Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships
Morgantown, West Virginia 2020
The 2020 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships continue from the campus of West Virginia University with the finals of the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 3m diving and 200 free relay.
The Texas men swept every event in the pool as junior Alvin Jiang had two impressive wins in the 100 fly and 100 back.
Kansas was able to celebrate a champion on Friday night as Kate Steward won the 100 breaststroke and Chen Jiayu won the 3m diving event.
Details
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 25 1. University of Texas 712 2. University of Kansas 573 3. Texas Christian University 352 4. West Virginia University 303 5. Iowa State University 262
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 26 1. University of Texas 764 2. West Virginia University 581 3. Texas Christian University 436
Women’s 100 Fly
Texas junior Emily Reese started the night off with a win in the 100 butterfly at the Big 12 swimming and diving championships with a 53.49 as she finished ahead of Kansas’ Greta Olsen (53.90) and West Virginia’s Morgan Bullock (53.92). It looked like it could be a non-Texas win for the first time at these championships but top seed from this morning Elizabeth Amato-Hanner (54.21) finished in fifth.
Event 17 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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Big 12: * 51.32 11/22/2008Triin Aljand, Texas A & M
Meet: # 51.92 2/26/2014 Lily Moldenhauer, Texas
2019 Invited: 52.34
NCAA "A": 50.92
NCAA "B": 53.76
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Emily Reese JR TEX 53.94 53.49 20
11.39 24.62 (13.23)
38.58 (13.96) 53.49 (14.91)
2 Greta Olsen SO KANS 54.04 53.90 17
11.86 25.10 (13.24)
39.38 (14.28) 53.90 (14.52)
3 Morgan Bullock SR WVU 54.41 53.92 16
11.64 25.41 (13.77)
39.44 (14.03) 53.92 (14.48)
4 Autumn Looney FR KANS 54.05 54.09 15
11.44 25.08 (13.64)
39.57 (14.49) 54.09 (14.52)
5 Elizabeth Amato-Hanne SR KANS 53.89 54.21 14
11.68 25.12 (13.44)
39.47 (14.35) 54.21 (14.74)
6 Kaitlyn Witt SO KANS 55.25 54.72 13
11.70 25.08 (13.38)
39.57 (14.49) 54.72 (15.15)
7 Lauren Case SR TEX 54.70 55.22 12
11.96 26.03 (14.07)
40.51 (14.48) 55.22 (14.71)
8 Anna Munster SR TCU 55.42 55.83 11
12.08 26.06 (13.98)
40.77 (14.71) 55.83 (15.06)
Men’s 100 Fly
Junior Alvin Jiang scored a minor upset in the 100 butterfly with a 45.11 to take down fellow Texas transfer Maxime Rooney (45.21).
Event 18 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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Big 12: * 43.75 3/24/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas
Meet: # 44.06 2/24/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas
2019 Invited: 45.90
NCAA "A": 45.05
NCAA "B": 47.43
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Alvin Jiang JR TEX 46.41 45.11 20
9.90 20.80 (10.90)
32.88 (12.08) 45.11 (12.23)
2 Maxime Rooney SR TEX 45.43 45.21 17
9.55 20.78 (11.23)
33.14 (12.36) 45.21 (12.07)
3 Sam Pomajevich JR TEX 46.22 46.23 16
9.89 21.47 (11.58)
33.88 (12.41) 46.23 (12.35)
4 Piotr Sadlowski FR TCU 47.65 46.58 15
10.05 21.88 (11.83)
34.48 (12.60) 46.58 (12.10)
5 Chris Staka JR TEX 46.80 46.97 14
9.87 21.23 (11.36)
34.02 (12.79) 46.97 (12.95)
6 David Dixon JR WVU 47.43 46.98 13
10.86 22.33 (11.47)
34.60 (12.27) 46.98 (12.38)
7 Angelo Russo JR WVU 47.90 47.64 12
10.30 22.25 (11.95)
34.81 (12.56) 47.64 (12.83)
8 Trayton Saladin SR WVU 47.76 47.87 11
10.51 22.59 (12.08)
35.03 (12.44) 47.87 (12.84)
Women’s 400 IM
Evie Pfeifer won her second title of the Big 12 swimming and diving championships as she won the 400 IM with a 4:06.47 on Friday night in Morgantown, West Virginia. That’s a season best time for her and puts her 15th in Division I with 19 days to go until NCAAs. Freshman Kelly Pash (4:07.71) finished in second as that was also a season best for her.
Event 19 Women 400 Yard IM
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Big 12: * 4:00.97 3/17/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
Meet: # 4:01.15 2/24/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
2019 Invited: 4:10.00
NCAA "A": 4:03.62
NCAA "B": 4:17.30
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Evie Pfeifer JR TEX 4:11.02 4:06.47 20
26.69 56.01 (29.32)
1:27.47 (31.46) 1:57.32 (29.85)
2:32.15 (34.83) 3:08.15 (36.00)
3:37.97 (29.82) 4:06.47 (28.50)
2 Kelly Pash FR TEX 4:10.95 4:07.71 17
25.98 55.18 (29.20)
1:27.00 (31.82) 1:57.46 (30.46)
2:33.40 (35.94) 3:09.99 (36.59)
3:39.45 (29.46) 4:07.71 (28.26)
3 Dannie Dilsaver JR KANS 4:21.16 4:18.12 16
26.95 57.65 (30.70)
1:30.77 (33.12) 2:03.46 (32.69)
2:39.79 (36.33) 3:16.64 (36.85)
3:47.50 (30.86) 4:18.12 (30.62)
4 Alex Pampalone SR WVU 4:22.92 4:18.81 15
28.01 59.67 (31.66)
1:32.03 (32.36) 2:03.99 (31.96)
2:41.93 (37.94) 3:19.97 (38.04)
3:50.41 (30.44) 4:18.81 (28.40)
5 Ashley Pollok JR TEX 4:19.39 4:20.08 14
27.05 57.89 (30.84)
1:29.81 (31.92) 2:01.75 (31.94)
2:40.30 (38.55) 3:19.06 (38.76)
3:49.72 (30.66) 4:20.08 (30.36)
6 Kaeleigh Rice JR TCU 4:24.15 4:22.61 13
27.55 59.00 (31.45)
1:32.01 (33.01) 2:04.30 (32.29)
2:41.95 (37.65) 3:20.17 (38.22)
3:51.55 (31.38) 4:22.61 (31.06)
7 Paige Riekhof SO KANS 4:25.29 4:24.15 12
27.63 58.66 (31.03)
1:32.53 (33.87) 2:06.43 (33.90)
2:43.73 (37.30) 3:22.27 (38.54)
3:53.39 (31.12) 4:24.15 (30.76)
8 Hannah Morris FR TCU 4:24.35 4:26.80 11
27.39 59.52 (32.13)
1:32.20 (32.68) 2:04.47 (32.27)
2:44.00 (39.53) 3:23.76 (39.76)
3:56.02 (32.26) 4:26.80 (30.78)
Men’s 400 IM
Freshman Jake Foster won his first Big 12 conference title with a 3:43.92 in the 400 IM as he cruised to the win over Andrew Koustik (3:46.40). Foster was a 3:40 earlier in the season and should factor into this race at the NCAAs in 26 days.
Event 20 Men 400 Yard IM
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Big 12: * 3:36.37 3/27/2015 Will Licon, Texas
Meet: # 3:40.26 2/24/2017 Jonathan Roberts, Texas
2019 Invited: 3:43.42
NCAA "A": 3:39.16
NCAA "B": 3:51.46
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Jake Foster FR TEX 3:44.57 3:43.92 20
23.28 50.32 (27.04)
1:19.27 (28.95) 1:47.56 (28.29)
2:18.55 (30.99) 2:51.00 (32.45)
3:17.99 (26.99) 3:43.92 (25.93)
2 Andrew Koustik SO TEX 3:52.21 3:46.40 17
23.21 49.63 (26.42)
1:19.02 (29.39) 1:47.42 (28.40)
2:18.95 (31.53) 2:51.60 (32.65)
3:19.53 (27.93) 3:46.40 (26.87)
3 Braden Vines SO TEX 3:52.84 3:51.40 16
24.06 51.96 (27.90)
1:21.42 (29.46) 1:50.41 (28.99)
2:22.83 (32.42) 2:55.75 (32.92)
3:24.14 (28.39) 3:51.40 (27.26)
4 Josh Harlan SO WVU 3:56.99 3:52.71 15
25.37 53.62 (28.25)
1:22.95 (29.33) 1:51.75 (28.80)
2:24.88 (33.13) 2:58.12 (33.24)
3:25.86 (27.74) 3:52.71 (26.85)
5 Philip Kay JR WVU 3:55.70 3:54.26 14
25.08 53.49 (28.41)
1:23.46 (29.97) 1:53.26 (29.80)
2:26.81 (33.55) 3:00.10 (33.29)
3:27.44 (27.34) 3:54.26 (26.82)
6 Dusan Babic FR TCU 3:57.57 3:55.86 13
24.77 53.44 (28.67)
1:23.09 (29.65) 1:52.50 (29.41)
2:26.53 (34.03) 3:01.09 (34.56)
3:29.11 (28.02) 3:55.86 (26.75)
7 Charles Millette FR TCU 3:59.14 3:56.22 12
26.00 54.01 (28.01)
1:23.17 (29.16) 1:52.25 (29.08)
2:26.70 (34.45) 3:01.42 (34.72)
3:29.26 (27.84) 3:56.22 (26.96)
8 Kevin Chao JR TCU 3:58.11 3:59.51 11
26.10 55.27 (29.17)
1:27.10 (31.83) 1:57.72 (30.62)
2:32.07 (34.35) 3:05.85 (33.78)
3:33.11 (27.26) 3:59.51 (26.40)
Women’s 200 Free
Texas freshmen nearly went 1-2-3 in the 200 freestyle as Bridget Semenuk (1:45.66) led the way ahead of Kyla Leibel (1:46.85). But Kansas senior Jenny Nusbaum (1:47.35) out-touched Miranda Heckman (1:47.67) to deny the Longhorns the sweep. They also had a freshman Mary Smutny (1:49.34) place sixth.
Event 21 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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Big 12: * 1:42.78 3/16/2012 Karlee Bispo, Texas
Meet: # 1:43.43 2/23/2011 Karlee Bispo, Texas
2019 Invited: 1:45.12
NCAA "A": 1:42.98
NCAA "B": 1:47.12
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Bridget Semenuk FR TEX 1:46.82 1:45.66 20
24.31 50.68 (26.37)
1:17.95 (27.27) 1:45.66 (27.71)
2 Kyla Leibel FR TEX 1:46.93 1:46.85 17
24.63 51.28 (26.65)
1:18.69 (27.41) 1:46.85 (28.16)
3 Jenny Nusbaum SR KANS 1:47.67 1:47.35 16
25.12 51.99 (26.87)
1:19.76 (27.77) 1:47.35 (27.59)
4 Miranda Heckman FR TEX 1:47.18 1:47.67 15
24.94 51.89 (26.95)
1:19.74 (27.85) 1:47.67 (27.93)
5 Logan Shiller JR TEX 1:49.03 1:47.82 14
25.53 52.76 (27.23)
1:20.39 (27.63) 1:47.82 (27.43)
6 Mary Smutny FR TEX 1:49.54 1:49.34 13
25.56 52.57 (27.01)
1:20.51 (27.94) 1:49.34 (28.83)
7 Claire Campbell SO KANS 1:49.67 1:50.02 12
25.80 53.16 (27.36)
1:21.37 (28.21) 1:50.02 (28.65)
8 Lauryn Parrish JR KANS 1:49.85 1:50.13 11
26.01 53.92 (27.91)
1:22.12 (28.20) 1:50.13 (28.01)
Men’s 200 Free
Texas sophomores swept the top three spots in the men’s 200 free with Drew Kibler leading the way at 1:33.66 as he cruised ahead of noted sprinters Daniel Krueger (1:34.58) and Matthew Willenbring (1:35.32). All three of those guys swam on the same team at the 2017 World Juniors for the United States.
Event 22 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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Big 12: * 1:29.50 3/23/2018 Townley Haas, Texas
Meet: # 1:32.01 2/25/2009 Ricky Berens, Texas
2019 Invited: 1:34.21
NCAA "A": 1:32.05
NCAA "B": 1:36.32
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Drew Kibler SO TEX 1:34.88 1:33.66 20
21.73 45.18 (23.45)
1:09.52 (24.34) 1:33.66 (24.14)
2 Daniel Krueger SO TEX 1:35.03 1:34.58 17
20.93 44.83 (23.90)
1:09.64 (24.81) 1:34.58 (24.94)
3 Matthew Willenbring SO TEX 1:37.31 1:35.32 16
21.89 45.78 (23.89)
1:10.36 (24.58) 1:35.32 (24.96)
4 JohnThomas Larson JR TEX 1:34.91 1:35.43 15
22.13 46.27 (24.14)
1:10.85 (24.58) 1:35.43 (24.58)
5 Rasmus Pedersen FR TCU 1:36.96 1:36.60 14
22.62 47.23 (24.61)
1:12.08 (24.85) 1:36.60 (24.52)
6 Joao Andrade JR TCU 1:38.57 1:38.26 13
23.46 48.65 (25.19)
1:13.65 (25.00) 1:38.26 (24.61)
7 Max Gustafson JR WVU 1:39.57 1:39.47 12
22.97 48.17 (25.20)
1:14.05 (25.88) 1:39.47 (25.42)
Women’s 100 Breast
Kansas was able to celebrate a win on Friday night at the Big 12 swimming and diving championships as Kate Steward (1:00.34) broke up the Texas party to win the 100 breaststroke. Steward came into the meet as the top seed and we highlighted this race as an opportunity for a non-Texas swimmer to come out on top. Iowa State’s Lehr Thorson (1:01.02) finished in second and Texas’ Kennedy Lohman (1:01.18) was third.
Event 23 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Big 12: * 57.23 3/20/2014 Breeja Larson, Texas A & M
Meet: # 57.92 2/24/2012 Breeja Larson, Texas A&M
2019 Invited: 59.93
NCAA "A": 58.60
NCAA "B": 1:01.84
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Kate Steward SO KANS 1:00.82 1:00.34 20
13.17 28.26 (15.09)
44.20 (15.94) 1:00.34 (16.14)
2 Lehr Thorson JR ISU 1:01.18 1:01.02 17
13.52 28.77 (15.25)
44.57 (15.80) 1:01.02 (16.45)
3 Kennedy Lohman SR TEX 1:01.10 1:01.18 16
14.03 28.81 (14.78)
45.06 (16.25) 1:01.18 (16.12)
4 Haley Downey SR KANS 1:01.43 1:01.30 15
13.35 28.96 (15.61)
45.15 (16.19) 1:01.30 (16.15)
5 Holly Jansen SO TEX 1:01.62 1:01.86 14
13.38 29.19 (15.81)
45.33 (16.14) 1:01.86 (16.53)
6 Martha Haas JR ISU 1:02.11 1:02.06 13
13.36 29.24 (15.88)
45.27 (16.03) 1:02.06 (16.79)
7 Sheridan Schreiber SO TCU 1:02.03 1:02.23 12
13.49 29.18 (15.69)
45.48 (16.30) 1:02.23 (16.75)
8 Kaitlyn Witt SO KANS 1:03.12 1:03.33 11
13.77 29.39 (15.62)
46.38 (16.99) 1:03.33 (16.95)
Men’s 100 Breast
Freshmen swept the top two spots in the men’s 100 breast with Texas’ Caspar Corbeau winning at 52.55 while TCU’s Vitauts Silins (52.83) was second. Corbeau was already a 51.4 earlier this season so he should factor into the national title race in 26 days.
Event 24 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Big 12: * 50.68 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
Meet: # 51.15 2/22/2017 Will Licon, Texas
2019 Invited: 52.52
NCAA "A": 51.67
NCAA "B": 54.27
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Caspar Corbeau FR TEX 52.64 52.55 20
11.10 24.72 (13.62)
38.79 (14.07) 52.55 (13.76)
2 Vitauts Silins FR TCU 53.28 52.83 17
11.65 25.07 (13.42)
39.52 (14.45) 52.83 (13.31)
3 Fausto Huerta SO WVU 54.53 53.63 16
11.46 25.24 (13.78)
39.27 (14.03) 53.63 (14.36)
4 Charlie Scheinfeld SO TEX 54.02 54.65 15
11.57 25.58 (14.01)
40.09 (14.51) 54.65 (14.56)
5 Jack Portmann SR WVU 55.97 54.88 14
11.58 25.70 (14.12)
40.12 (14.42) 54.88 (14.76)
6 Hugh McPherson SO TCU 54.18 54.95 13
12.07 26.00 (13.93)
40.99 (14.99) 54.95 (13.96)
7 Ben Brooks JR WVU 56.44 56.47 12
12.17 26.72 (14.55)
41.46 (14.74) 56.47 (15.01)
Women’s 100 Back
Senior Claire Adams added slightly from her relay time last night when she was a 50.5 in the 400 medley relay as she won the individual 100 back final with a 51.10. Adams was a 50.6 this morning which put her fourth in the nation as she still had a solid time, finishing 1-2 with teammate Julia Cook (51.76). Cook was just off the 51.6 she swam at the Minnesota Invite.
Event 25 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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Big 12: * 50.51 2/27/2020 Claire Adams, Texas
Meet: # 50.51 2/27/2020 Claire Adams, Texas
2019 Invited: 52.46
NCAA "A": 50.93
NCAA "B": 53.94
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Claire Adams SR TEX 50.68 51.10 20
12.08 24.57 (12.49)
37.93 (13.36) 51.10 (13.17)
2 Julia Cook SO TEX 51.27 51.76 17
12.24 24.62 (12.38)
37.98 (13.36) 51.76 (13.78)
3 Dewi Blose SO KANS 53.02 52.44 16
12.42 25.22 (12.80)
38.95 (13.73) 52.44 (13.49)
4 Manon Manning JR KANS 52.89 52.84 15
12.65 25.53 (12.88)
39.13 (13.60) 52.84 (13.71)
5 Elizabeth Amato-Hanne SR KANS 53.07 54.01 14
12.94 26.50 (13.56)
40.38 (13.88) 54.01 (13.63)
6 Jordan Wheeler SR TEX 55.45 54.83 13
12.79 26.37 (13.58)
40.57 (14.20) 54.83 (14.26)
7 Liz Richardson FR ISU 55.28 55.14 12
12.98 26.83 (13.85)
41.08 (14.25) 55.14 (14.06)
8 Emily Haan SO ISU 55.10 55.30 11
12.85 26.42 (13.57)
40.69 (14.27) 55.30 (14.61)
Men’s 100 Back
Alvin Jiang won his second title of the night at the Big 12 swimming and diving championships with a 44.95 in the 100 back after he upset teammate Maxime Rooney in the 100 fly earlier. Jiang got the better of Austin Katz (45.85), who should be strong in tomorrow’s 200. West Virginia’s Hunter Armstrong (46.22) finished in third place.
Event 26 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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Big 12: * 44.35 3/24/2017 John Shebat, Texas
Meet: # 45.19 3/1/2019 Ryan Harty, Texas
2019 Invited: 46.06
NCAA "A": 44.95
NCAA "B": 47.77
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Alvin Jiang JR TEX 46.73 44.95# 20
10.53 21.66 (11.13)
33.41 (11.75) 44.95 (11.54)
2 Austin Katz JR TEX 46.22 45.85 17
10.97 22.11 (11.14)
34.06 (11.95) 45.85 (11.79)
3 Hunter Armstrong FR WVU 47.17 46.22 16
10.81 22.20 (11.39)
34.24 (12.04) 46.22 (11.98)
4 Angelo Russo JR WVU 47.72 47.80 15
11.61 23.30 (11.69)
35.62 (12.32) 47.80 (12.18)
5 Trayton Saladin SR WVU 48.48 48.31 14
11.40 23.58 (12.18)
35.98 (12.40) 48.31 (12.33)
6 Radu Duican SR TCU 48.43 48.65 13
11.28 23.22 (11.94)
35.86 (12.64) 48.65 (12.79)
7 Kade Knoch SO TCU 49.18 48.81 12
11.31 23.32 (12.01)
35.84 (12.52) 48.81 (12.97)
8 Ryen Van Wyk JR WVU 49.68 49.45 11
11.25 23.33 (12.08)
36.14 (12.81) 49.45 (13.31)
Women’s 3m Diving
Event 15 Women 15-18 3 mtr Diving
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Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Jiayu Chen FR KANS 330.30 384.60 20
2 Alison Gibson SR TEX 362.45 381.60 17
3 Paola Pineda Vazquez SO TEX 360.80 338.90 16
4 Jordan Skilken FR TEX 302.85 306.25 15
6 Izzy Ashdown JR TCU 300.15 300.30 13
7 Morgan Menninger SO TEX 289.40 292.30 12
8 Holly Darling FR WVU 300.20 272.70 11
Men’s 3m Diving
Women’s 200 Free Relay
Texas won the 200 free relay at 1:28.92, a half second off their mid-season best. Bridget Semenuk (22.58), Julia Cook (21.90), Claire Adams (22.06) and Kyla Leibel (22.38) won for the Longhorns as they are currently 15th in Division I with 19 days until NCAAs. They finished ahead of Kansas (1:31.03) and TCU (1:31.16).
Men’s 200 Free Relay
Texas won the men’s relay at 1:16.48 with Matthew Willenbring (19.67), Maxime Rooney (19.05), Drew Kibler (18.98) and Daniel Krueger (18.78) touching ahead of West Virginia (1:19.76) and TCU (1:19.98).
