The Texas Longhorns rumbled past the Auburn Tigers in Austin, Texas tonight in a heavily-anticipated top 10 contest.
The top-ranked Longhorn men smacked the No. 8 Auburn men, 156-136. The No. 6 women rolled the No. 10 Auburn women, 171-121. The final scores do not indicate the full impact of the meet as Texas began exhibitioning their swimmers during the 100 fly events.
The Texas women whitewashed Auburn as the only two event “victories” for Auburn came by way of an exhibition swim by Texas. Rebecca Millard swept the sprint frees with wins in the 50 (23.04) and 100 (50.01). Swimming World intern Tasija Karosas topped both the 100 back (53.61) and 200 back (1:55.86), while Madisyn Cox touched first in the 100 breast (1:01.10) and 200 breast (2:11.11).
Here’s the full list of the top swims of the night:
Women’s Event Winners
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The top-ranked Texas men had a slightly more difficult time of it, but still were exhibitioning by the 100 fly. Clark Smith crushed the distance frees with wins in the 500 (4:24.07) and 1000 (9:11.24). Will Licon smoked the 100 breast (54.05) and 200 breast (1:57.14), while Ryan Harty took home wins in the 100 back (47.37) and 200 back (1:42.86).
Auburn’s Peter Holoda, however, stopped a clean sweep by Texas with wins in the 50 free (20.10) and 100 free (44.51). Joe Patching also picked up a win in the 200 IM (1:46.90) and 200 free relay (1:19.89).
Men’s Event Winners
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You have Ryan Harty and Joe Patching winning the 200 back.
Good catch. Patching won the IM!