AUSTIN, Texas – Team White collected 10 victories en route to a 154-120 victory over Team White Friday afternoon in the Longhorns’ annual intrasquad meet at UT’s Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Sophomore John Shebat opened the meet with an easy win in the 100-yard backstroke at 47.33 seconds while sophomore Preston Varozza took second at 48.96. Sophomore Casey Melzer picked up a tight win in the 100 breaststroke at 55.55 while junior Austin Temple followed closely behind at 55.77.
Senior Jack Conger, a U.S. Olympian and American record holder in the 200-yard butterfly, posted an impressive mark in the 100 butterfly and cruised to victory in 45.47. Fellow senior Will Glass followed in second at 47.75.
U.S. Olympian Clark Smith led from wire-to-wire in the 1000 freestyle and was victorious for the White team in 9:15.48. His U.S. Olympic teammate Townley Haas notched a win for the Orange team in the 200 freestyle, an event in which he holds the NCAA and American records. Haas won in 1:36.77 while senior P.J. Dunne took second at 1:37.21. Junior Brett Ringgold scored a win for the White team with his mark of 19.86 in the 50 freestyle.
Sophomore Sam Stewart, an Auburn transfer, claimed the 200 IM for the White team at 1:49.31, just ahead of the second-place mark of 1:49.59 from Jared Butler. Conger returned to post his second win of the day in the 200 butterfly at 1:42.40, and Ringgold registered his second win with a 43.55 in the 100 freestyle.
All-America junior Jonathan Roberts posted a 1:47.15 to win the 200 backstroke for team White. The 500 freestyle featured the last two NCAA champions in the event, as Smith, the 2015 NCAA champion, took the win at 4:18.98. Haas, the defending NCAA champion, took second at 4:25.62.
All-America senior Mark Anderson, a two-time Big 12 Diver of the Year, edged freshman Grayson Campbell to claim the one-meter diving event with 319.72 points. Campbell totaled 316.27 points for second. Freshman Jacob Cornish captured the three-meter event for the White team with 313.05 points.
Melzer added a victory in the 200 breaststroke at 2:00.90, and the White team finished off the meet with a win in the 400 freestyle relay at 2:56.87.
