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Texas Sweeps N.C. State

Texas Men

No. 1 Texas (6-0) finished off a superb weekend of swimming and diving and put away a formidable fifth-ranked North Carolina State squad by a 154-136 count Saturday afternoon at the Wolfpack’s Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center.
 
Texas took an early lead after the 200-yard medley relay and led the Wolfpack throughout the meet.  The Horns held on for a tight win in the relay at 1 minute, 27.58 seconds and edged the Wolfpack by four one-hundredths of a second.  The Texas relay featured freshman John Shebat and All-Americans Will Licon, Joseph Schooling and Brett Ringgold. 
 
N.C. State claimed the 1,000 freestyle but Texas all but canceled out the points with its second, third and fourth-place showings.  Sophomore Jonathan Roberts took second at 9:08.26 while senior Sam Lewis claimed third at 9:09.83. 
 
All-America junior Jack Conger clocked the nation’s No. 3 time in the 200 freestyle and won going away in 1:35.77.  Freshman Townley Haas chipped in three points with his third-place mark of 1:36.70.  Freshman Ryan Harty notched a season best in the 100 backstroke and won the event with a NCAA provisional-qualifying mark of 47.11.  Shebat followed in third at 48.44.
 
Licon added another win for Texas and captured the 100 breaststroke at 54.40.  Schooling, the defending NCAA champion in the 200 butterfly, claimed the same event Saturday in 1:43.76, the fastest time in the country this season.  Conger holds the No. 2 national time at 1:44.12.  Senior John Martens placed third in the race at 1:47.58. 
 
All-America senior diver Cory Bowersox swept the two diving events.  He led a one-two-three Texas finish on the one-meter board with 373.50 points, while redshirt junior Sean O’Brien took second at 362.25.  Bowersox won the three-meter contest with 395.70 points while All-America junior Mark Anderson took second at 383.48.
 
Harty returned to post his second individual win in the 200 backstroke, as he posted the nation’s second-fastest time en route to victory at 1:42.52.  Licon registered the nation’s No. 3 time in the 200 breaststroke and won by over five seconds at 1:56.67. 
 
The 500 freestyle featured a showdown between defending NCAA champion Clark Smith of Texas and N.C. State’s Anton Ipsen, who entered the meet with the top time in college swimming at 4:20.29.  Smith, however, won Saturday with room to spare at 4:20.85, while Ipsen settled for second at 4:22.66. 
 
With the team victory in hand, Texas elected to decline any points due them in the ensuing events, but the Longhorns continued to pile up wins.  Schooling, last year’s NCAA champion in the 100 and 200 butterfly events, smashed the top national mark he set in Friday’s meet and won with a new national top time of 46.08. 
 
The versatile freshman Harty closed out a strong weekend of racing with a convincing win in the 200 individual medley at 1:46.71.  Licon, last year’s NCAA runner-up in the event, settled for second at 1:47.26. 
 
Texas’ 200 freestyle relay featuring Ringgold, Schooling, senior John Murray and Conger edged the Wolfpack for the win in 1:19.04.  N.C. State momentarily won the same relay last March at the 2015 NCAA Championships, but the Wolfpack’s disqualification awarded the title to the Longhorns.
 
The Texas divers resume fall competition this week when they host the UT Diving Invitational (Nov. 19-21) at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.   

 

Texas Women

No. 6 Texas (6-1) won seven events and utilized its depth to put away a 160-140 victory over No. 7 North Carolina State Saturday afternoon at the Wolfpack’s Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center.   
 
“We had a great two days of racing, and I’m really pleased with the complete team performances on both days,” said UT head coach Carol Capitani.  “Although we came up short (Friday) against UNC, I’m really proud of the team effort.” 
 
N.C. State narrowly won the meet’s first event, the 200-yard medley relay, before Texas freshman Joanna Evans won the 1,000 freestyle by over 11 seconds at 9 minutes, 49.80 seconds.  The Longhorns assumed the lead after the 200 freestyle, where All-America junior Madisyn Cox was victorious in 1:47.77.  Freshman Brooke Hansen added four points with her second-place mark of 1:49.49. 
 
N.C. State tied up the meet at 37 with its first, third and fourth-place showings in the 100 backstroke and took a one-point lead after winning the 100 breaststroke.  Texas, however, outscored the Wolfpack 16-3 in the next event, the 200 butterfly, where the Longhorns took the top three spots.  Freshman Remedy Rule won in 1:59.59 while native North Carolinian Nora McCullagh took second at 2:00.76.  Junior Maggie D’Innocenzo added three points with her third-place mark of 2:02.66. 
 
N.C. State trimmed the Texas lead after winning the 50 freestyle, but All-America sophomore Rebecca Millard helped stretch the Longhorns’ cushion to 10 points with her win in the 100 freestyle at 49.54. 
 
N.C. State won the three-meter diving event, but the Longhorns’ second, third and fourth-place finishes all but canceled out the Wolfpack win.  Senior Meghan Houston led the Horns with her second-place score of 310.05.  Houston also paced the Horns with her second-place total of 297.53 points on the one-meter board. 
 
Freshman Quinn Carrozza led a one-two Texas tandem atop the 200 backstroke and edged teammate Tasija Karosas in 1:56.10, good for a NCAA provisional-qualifying mark.  Karosas also notched a NCAA “B” cut with her second-place effort of 1:56.36. 
 
The Wolfpack claimed the 200 breaststroke, but as was often the case in the weekend meets, Texas took second, third and fourth to effectively cancel out the opponent’s points.  Sophomore Bethany Leap took second at 2:16.16 while freshman Olivia Anderson claimed third at 2:16.36.  Junior Jordan Surhoff placed fourth at 2:18.62. 
 
Cox registered her second win of the day and won the 500 freestyle handily at 4:48.07.  She returned after a short layoff to post a third win in the 200 individual medley at 1:58.95. 
 
“We had a lot of season-best times and a lot of gutsy swims this weekend,” Capitani added.  “Today, we had even better swims in a tough environment. N.C. State has a real home pool advantage, and it was good for our girls to overcome a different sort of pressure.  It was fun to see them stand up and race a second day in a row.”
 
The Texas divers continue fall competition next week when they host the UT Diving Invitational (Nov. 19-21) at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. 


N.C. State

Despite winning 14 events and setting three pool records on the day, the NC State swimming and diving team fell to Texas in a dual Saturday inside Casey Aquatic Center.

The top-ranked Longhorn men defeated the No. 8 Wolfpack, 154-136, while the No. 6 Texas women topped the seventh-ranked NC State, 160-140. Texas’ men improve to 6-0 on its season and its women to 6-1, while NC State’s men move to 1-3 and its women to 3-1 on the dual season. 

“Today was a great meet on both sides," Coach Holloway said. "It was a close race for most of the meet,” said head coach Braden Holloway. “The high point for the women was that it was a team effort. It was a battle for the women right until the final few events. A lot of the ladies stepped up today and really helped as far as adding depth to each race. 

“Our top swimmers had great days as well- Riki Bonnema had a strong day for us in the sprint events. Kayla Brumbaum winning both breaststroke events and Rachel Mumma winning both diving events were also huge points for us. 

“For the guys, we got out touched a lot which stung because those points really add up at the end of the day. In saying that, we could have been a little better with our finishes today. I think that Simonas Bilis walking away with a few more individual wins against Texas was a big positive and a confidence booster for him. 

“Anton Ipsen was challenged today was well, he was very strong in the 1,000 free and was out touched in the 500. I felt like we were better in certain areas and that we could have been better in others, and will work on some things to get ready for the Nike Cup Invite that’s coming up next weekend.”

The Wolfpack women got off to a strong start in the contest after taking first in the 200 medley relay. The team of Ashlyn Koletic, Kayla Brumbaum, Krista Duffield and Riki Bonnema posted a time of 1:40.14. 

The women finished in strong fashion as well, as the group of Bonnema, Duffield, Lotta Nevalainen and Natalie Labonge won the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:19.83.

In the men’s 200 medley relay, despite a powerful comeback from Simonas Bilis in the freestyle leg of the event the Pack finished .04 seconds behind Texas to finish second. Andreas Schiellerup, Derek Hren, Ryan Held and Bilis stopped the clock at 1:27.62 to tab the fastest time of the season for the Pack in the event. 

The team of Held, Joe Bonk, Scheillerup and Bilis posted the second-fastest mark in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:19.20. The event was a tight race that came down to the last leg where the Pack was out touched by Texas in .16 seconds.

Rachel Muller placed second in both distance free events. She posted a mark of 10:01.33 in the 1,000 and stopped the clock at 4:51.89 in the 500 after coming back in the final laps to edge out the Longhorns’ Joanna Evans.

Anton Ipsen demolished his previous time in the 1,000 free by just under five seconds to win the men’s event. He posted a mark of 8:55.99 which stands as the fastest time in the nation. He placed second in the 500 free with a time of 4:22.66, less than two seconds behind Texas’ Clark Smith. 

In the 200 free Held placed second in the men’s race with a season-best mark of 1:36.30, while Muller finished third in the women’s event after touching the wall in 1:49.57.

In the women’s 50 free Bonnema edged out Texas’ Rebecca Millard to take first in the event after touching the wall in 22.82. Ashlyn Koletic managed to place third with a mark of 23.08 behind her teammate to grab valuable points for the Pack.

The Wolfpack men also finished third in its respective heat of the 50 free. Bilis took first with a time of 19.89 by nearly half of a body length, while Schiellerup took third with a mark of 20.61.

Bonnema placed second in the women’s 100 free with a mark of 50.03, while Bilis and Held earned a one, two finish in the men’s race. Bilis posted a time of 43.58 to sweep the sprint free events and post a pool record while Held stopped the clock at 43.64.

Alexia Zevnik won the 100 back with a time of 53.56 while Yuri Nakano placed third in the event with a mark of 54.78. Zevnik also earned a top-three finish in the 200 back as she stopped the clock at 1:57.06 to finish third. 

Hennessey Stuart placed second in the men’s 100 and 200 back after stopping the clock at 47.64 in the 100 and touched the wall in 1:44.49 in the 200.

Brumbaum swept the women’s breaststroke events, taking a win in the 100 after posting a time of 1:01.74 to mark a Casey Aquatic Center record. In the 200 she came from behind in the second half of the race to stop the clock at 2:14.32.

NC State took a sweep in the second-place spot in the men’s breaststroke events. Hren finished second in the 100 breast with a mark of 54.98 while Patrik Schwarzenbach touched the wall in 2:01.78.

Christian McCurdy posted a season-best mark of 1:44.53 to place second in the 200 butterfly, breaking the previously set pool record of 1:44.68. His time stands as the No. 3 time in the country. 

Soren Dahl posted the second-fastest time in the men’s 100 fly after stopping the clock at 47.84, and Jason Deana narrowly finished behind him with a mark of 49.44.

NC State took a one, two finish in the women’s 100 fly as Nakano won the event with a mark of 54.63 while Koletic finished behind her teammate in 55.18. 

Zevnik earned a second-place finish in the women’s 200 individual medley after posting a time of 2:01.77, while McCurdy placed third in the men’s event with a mark of 1:50.13.

Rachel Mumma swept the women’s diving events as she posted a score of 332.40 in the three-meter competition and a mark of 325.95 on the one-meter dive

The Pack will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., to compete in the Nike Cup Invitational Nov. 19-21, hosted by UNC-Chapel Hill.

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