Texas A&M’s Castillo Luna takes down another school record

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Texas A&M sophomore Mauro Castillo Luna lowered his own school record in the 200-yard breaststroke twice on Saturday to highlight the Aggies' final day at the 2016 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.

The Aggies finished the five-day meet in eighth place with 532 points. Florida won with 1,275 points, followed by Auburn (1,223), Georgia (1,010), Alabama (915), Missouri (902), Tennessee (745), South Carolina (574), the Aggies, Kentucky (530) and LSU (526).

Castillo Luna, from Zacatecas, Mexico, first lowered the 200 breaststroke record in the morning prelims with a time of 1:54.93, which was the second-fastest in the morning races. Later that day, Castillo Luna went even faster with a time of 1:54.64 that earned him a sixth-place finish. Castillo Luna has lopped nearly two full seconds off the school record since his arrival at Texas A&M (old record was 1:56.55 by Bryan Snowden in 2011).

Also contributing individual points on the final day were sophomore Brock Bonetti and junior Turker Ayar. Bonetti placed eighth in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:43.98 after establishing a season best of 1:42.75 in the morning prelims. Ayar finished 24^th in the 100 freestyle with a time of 44.50. A few minutes later, Ayar established his season best of 43.90 in the 100 free on the opening leg of the Aggies' 400 freestyle relay.

The Aggies closed out the meet with an eighth-place finish in the 400 free relay with the foursome of Ayar, senior Antoine Marc, sophomore Justin Morey and junior Jacob Gonzales finishing in a season-best time of 2:55.06.

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