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Texas Sweeps TCU

Texas Men

No. 1 Texas sent its eight seniors out with a victory and handed TCU a 156.5-121.5 defeat Friday evening on Senior Day at UT’s Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
 
The Longhorns opened the meet with a one-two finish in the 1,650 freestyle, where All-America senior Sam Lewis, who was recognized with seven other classmates prior to the meet, took the win in 14 minutes, 54.53 seconds.  All-America sophomore Jonathan Roberts took second at 15:01.02. 
 
The Horns followed up with a victory in the 200 medley relay, where the quartet of sophomores Joseph Schooling and Austin Temple joined freshmen Ryan Harty and Townley Haas to win in 1:29.26.  All-America senior Cory Bowersox led a trio of Longhorns atop the final one-meter diving standings with 427.35 points. 
 
Redshirt junior Sean O’Brien took second at 414.60 while junior Mark Anderson placed third at 351.45.  Bowersox later completed a sweep of the diving events with his three-meter win at 471.38. 
 
All-America junior Clark Smith led a one-two-three Texas showing atop the 200 freestyle at 1:37.20.  Freshman Jeff Newkirk followed in second at 1:40.44 while senior Ian LeMaistre added a third-place mark of 1:43.28. 
 
Senior John Murray led a quartet of Horns atop the 100 backstroke at 50.01 before sophomore Austin Temple claimed the 100 breaststroke at 54.66.  Harty and Haas paced the Horns in the 200 butterfly, as Harty took the win at 1:47.45.  Freshman Jeremy Nichols led a one-two finish for Texas in the 50 freestyle at 20.63.
 
Harty returned minutes after winning the 200 butterfly to claim the 100 freestyle at 45.42 before LeMaistre added a victory in the 200 backstroke at 1:47.49.  All-America junior Will Licon, the defending NCAA champion in the 200 breaststroke, won the same event Friday afternoon at 1:58.10.  
 
All-America junior Jack Conger captured the 500 freestyle at 4:27.06 before freshman Mason Tenney claimed the 100 butterfly at 49.34.  Senior John Martens posted a strong mid-season time in the 400 individual medley and pulled away to victory in 3:45.25.          
 
The Horns capped the meet by winning the 200 freestyle relay, as freshman Max Holter, junior Hayden Henry, Murray and junior P.J. Dunne finished in 1:22.98. 
 
Texas hosts the Big 12 Championships from Feb. 24-27 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.


Texas Women

No. 4 Texas led from start-to-finish and put away a 167-120 victory over TCU Friday evening on Senior Day at UT’s Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.    
 
Texas kicked off the meet with freshman Joanna Evans’ convincing win in the 1,650-yard freestyle at 16 minutes, 20.09 seconds.  The Longhorns posted a one-two finish in the next event, the 200 medley relay, where the quartet of juniors Rebecca Baxley and Madisyn Cox teamed with sophomore Sam Sutton and junior Brynne Wong to win at 1:43.70. 
 
Texas posted the top-four finishers in the one-meter diving event.  Senior Meghan Houston, who was recognized prior to the meet with diver Kristina Hoffmann and swimmer Erin Yeager, took the win with 338.25 points while freshman Meghan O’Brien took second with 324.83 points.  Freshman Sofia Rauzi placed third at 296.03 and Hoffmann placed fourth at 292.28.  O’Brien later claimed the three-meter diving event with 337.35 points, while Houston took second at 327.45. 
 
All-America junior Tasija Karosas led a one-two-three Texas finish in the 200 freestyle at 1:49.41 and returned minutes later to win the 100 backstroke at 54.09.  Freshman Olivia Anderson led a similar Texas finish in the 100 breaststroke and came away with the win at 1:01.56. 
 
Cox and Baxley paced the Horns in the 200 butterfly with their first- and second-place marks of 2:00.99 and 2:06.06.  Sophomore Mimi Schneider posted an impressive mid-season time on her way to victory in the 50 freestyle at 22.51.  Sutton added a second-place mark of 23.30.  Freshman Nora McCullagh completed the sprint sweep for Texas with her winning mark of 50.70 in the 100 freestyle.    
 
Cox completed an impressive double on short rest and claimed the 200 backstroke at 1:57.93.  Sophomore Bethany Leap captured the 200 breaststroke at 2:19.37 before senior Erin Yeager capped her final home meet by winning the 500 freestyle at 5:03.88.
 
Junior Brynne Wong claimed the 100 butterfly at 54.85 while freshman Quinn Carrozza added a second-place mark of 55.39.  Freshman Joanna Evans pulled away to victory in the 400 IM at 4:20.89.        
 
The Longhorns closed the meet by winning the 200 freestyle relay, as freshman Brooke Hansen joined Sutton and freshmen Remedy Rule and Nora McCullagh to win in 1:34.61.
 
Texas hosts the Big 12 Championships from Feb. 24-27 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.


TCU

The TCU men and women's swimming and diving teams fell to the No. 1/4 Texas Longhorns on Friday night at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin.

"We gained a lot of racing experience today against the No. 1 ranked team in the nation," head coach Richard Sybesma said.

Sophomore Carlos Hunnicutt logged a season-best time of 3:55.90 in the 400-yard individual medley, placing first. It was his sixth first-place finish of the year.

Freshman Ally Robertson helped create the TCU sweep of the 400 IM events as she earned first at 4:27.11.

Junior Garrett Hills, who already earned an NCAA "B" cut time in the 100-yard butterfly this season, kept his momentum as he recorded a first-place time of 49.61 in the 100 fly on Friday. Hills now has eight first-place finishes on the year.

In the women's 3-meter dive, freshman Kelli Funk qualified for regionals after posting a season-best score of 307.50.

Junior Ashley Dyke placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:21.97.

The Horned Frogs will return to Austin for the Big 12 Championships on Feb. 24.

"Competing in the same pool where the conference meet will be held was very valuable for our team," Sybesma said. 

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