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Diving head first into a new era
Questions answered about Big 12,
season goals, personnel changes
By Kristina Buffin
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With the dawn of a new season and a new
conference, the coaches and members of the
Texas A&M Men’s and Women’s Swimming
and Diving Teams talk about the changes
and goals for a team that is expected to make
a splash in the Big 12 Conference.
The Aggies will have an opportunity to test
their prowess in their first meet at the Big 12
Invitational in St. Louis, Mo., this weekend.
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the powerhouses of tne new
Big 12 Conference?
“Texas has won the [Southwest Confer
ence] 17 years in a row now, and Nebraska
has won the Big Eight a number of times —
plus Kansas. We should be able to challenge
them. Last year, we did not win an individual
event in swimming, but this year, I think we
are determined and can win a lot." — Don
Wagner, A&M Women’s Swimming Coach.
What are some of the key losses
for the team?
“We lost a kid, an All-American [junior
Jarrod Flores] to grades and that was a
rough foot to start off on late in the sum
mer. Because it was an unanticipated loss,
we need to increase recruiting." — Kevin
Wright, A&M Diving Coach.
“In terms of numbers, we gained more
than we lost. Scott DeWolf will be missed,
but we have signed people who have an
awful lot of proven talent and potential.”
— Mel Nash.
“We lost two good sprinters in Julie
Bates and Denean Knapp, but the incom
ing class will more than offset those loses.”
— Don Wagner
What are some key recruiting
additions to the team?
“We recruited someone to fill in at
Scott’s (DeWolf) event — the 200-meter
butterfly — in Devon Howard. He made
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Sophomore Niclas Egmar swims the freestyle at practice at the Student Rec.
Center Natatorium Monday.
“The powerhouse will still be Texas, as it
was with the Southwest Conference. It will
definitely be a great conference meet. We
will face Nebraska (who finished first in the
NCAA Championships last year) in not just a
dual meet, but a conference meet, and it will
be good experience and good competition.”
— Senior Robb Pantano, backstroke/freestyle.
“[The Big 12] is a whole new animal,
and much different from my last 16 years
here. We still have Texas, and they’ll prob
ably win, but weTl make a run. In the
SWC, Texas would finish first with SMU as
second, then TCU. In the Big 12, we have
Texas, then Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa State
— who won the conference last year —
and Missouri, who has a new coach. We
could swim well and still finish fifth.” —
Mel Nash, A&M Men’s Swimming Coach.
consols at the Olympic Trials and is a blue-
chipper. He is the first guy to come in with
credentials on paper.” — Mel Nash.
“We got Danielle Guenan from Team
Orlando. She is a real hard worker and in
the top eight in the nation in her age
group. On the tower, she is pretty
tough.” — Kevin Wright.
“We got two kids — Tracy Evans and
Monica Stroman. Tracy is versatile from
the 200 to the mile. They are a really solid
one-two punch.
“Last year, we were not real strong in
the 400-meter individual medley, but
Monica should help. Both have the po
tential of qualifying for the NCAA’s.” —
Don Wagner.
See Q&A, Page 8
Tim Moog, The Battalion
Senior Robb Pantano has qualified for the NCAA Championships each of the last
three years and has received honorable mention All-American honors in three events.
Senior Robb Pantano is taking
a final plunge for the Aggies
By Kristina Buffin
The Battalion
T he Texas A&M Men’s Swimming
Team is a crazy bunch and senior
Robb Pantano is their ringleader.
“We are very spirited,” Pantano said.
“There are many personalities, which is
good because it never becomes stagnant.
Everyone jokes around, but they know
there is a time to be serious. It is kind of
unique considering the size of the team.”
Pantano, who was an All-American in
three different events at Creighton Prep
High School in Omaha, Neb., has had to
adjust to the differences between his
home state and Texas. He said the two are
like night and day, but he has adjusted
and now loves Texas.
“The people are unbelievable,” Pan
tano said. “A lot of that is seen in the
team. They are a great bunch of guys. It
must be the Texas atmosphere, because
everyone is friendly and personable.”
Pantano’s eligibility will end after this
season, but he said he will leave with
nothing but good feelings about his ex
perience at A&M.
“It is kind of sad because I spent the
last 16 years of my life swimming, and
this is my last year competing at this lev
el,” Pantano said. “It is a good feeling, just
because of the experience I have gained
the last three years.”
A&M Head Coach Mel Nash said Pan
tano has experienced nothing but suc
cess, and that has added up to a lot of
success for the program.
“He epitomizes the person who is
hungry and wants to be good — who did
n’t necessarily have the paper creden
tials,” Nash said. “He has taken a different
direction each year.
“First, he worked on his backstroke,
and then his freestyle. It has helped him
branch out in his swimming and made
him more flexible in the relay.”
Pantano said swimming is considered
more challenging from a mental standpoint
than a physical one. He said it is probably
the most mentally demanding sport.
“It is like track where it is a very indi
vidualized sport,” Pantano said. “In track,
you can talk to your teammates in races,
but with swimming it is you and the bot
tom of the pool.”
Pantano said unless one experiences the
sport, one cannot understand the demands
and challenges swimmers must face.
“I am tempted to say it is one of the
most difficult sports, because 90 percent of
it is mental,” he said. “You can be talented,
but that does not mean you can make it.”
Pantano has definitely made it. He has
qualified for the NCAA Championships in
each of his three years at A&M, and last
year he received honorable mention All-
American honors in three events. Pantano
was also a part of the A&M 200-meter
medley relay team that finished eighth at
the Championships — the highest finish of
any men’s relay team in A&M history.
“We did very well,” Pantano said. “We
did that well because of the team support
throughout the year.”
Pantano said he wants to build on last
season’s success both individually and
through the team.
“I would like to be an automatic All-
American in both individual events and in
relays,” Pantano said. “My primary goal is to
finish swimming and look back and see a
team ready to advance to the next level. I
want the guys on the team to learn what it is
like to be on the level of tire NCAA’s.”
See Pantano, Page 8
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