Big 12 Championships Prelims Day 2: Texas Has Another Strong Opening
The 2022 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships continued in Morgantown, West Virginia.
The Texas men and women had a strong opening last night, especially in the relays. The women broke their previously held record in the 200 medley relay (1:34.04) while the men were a second off meet record time in the same event (1:22.24).
Both the men and the women maintained their strong performances throughout prelims. Texas finished in at least the top-3 spots in every event this morning.
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Women’s 500 Freestyle
The second day of Big 12 competition opened with the women’s 500 freestyle. The Longhorn women had an impressive showing taking the top four slots going into tonight’s final. Evie Pfeifer, who claimed this meet record last year, led the group touching the wall in 4:42.34. Erica Sullivan followed closely behind her teammate stopping the clock at 4:43.21.
NCAA "A": A 4:35.76 Big 12: * 4:36.35 3/18/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas Meet: # 4:36.35 2/25/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas 2021 Invited: 4:44.77 NCAA "B": B 4:47.20 American: 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky US Open: 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky NCAA D1: 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Evie Pfeifer SR UT 4:40.39 4:42.34B 26.09 53.80 (27.71) 1:22.01 (28.21) 1:50.30 (28.29) 2:18.76 (28.46) 2:47.30 (28.54) 3:15.96 (28.66) 3:45.00 (29.04) 4:13.97 (28.97) 4:42.34 (28.37) 2 Erica Sullivan FR UT 4:43.85 4:43.21B 25.69 53.33 (27.64) 1:21.48 (28.15) 1:49.91 (28.43) 2:18.60 (28.69) 2:47.99 (29.39) 3:17.41 (29.42) 3:46.64 (29.23) 4:15.96 (29.32) 4:43.21 (27.25) 3 Olivia McMurray FR UT 4:43.73 4:50.66 26.12 54.39 (28.27) 1:23.45 (29.06) 1:52.91 (29.46) 2:22.68 (29.77) 2:52.24 (29.56) 3:21.98 (29.74) 3:51.77 (29.79) 4:21.83 (30.06) 4:50.66 (28.83) 4 Mary Smutny JR UT 4:51.21 4:51.08 26.62 55.07 (28.45) 1:23.96 (28.89) 1:53.15 (29.19) 2:22.27 (29.12) 2:51.41 (29.14) 3:20.88 (29.47) 3:50.74 (29.86) 4:21.00 (30.26) 4:51.08 (30.08) 5 Abby Reardon SO WVU 4:51.45 4:52.66 26.47 55.46 (28.99) 1:25.08 (29.62) 1:55.07 (29.99) 2:24.86 (29.79) 2:54.83 (29.97) 3:24.68 (29.85) 3:54.42 (29.74) 4:23.86 (29.44) 4:52.66 (28.80) 6 *Abby Pfeifer SO UT 4:53.39 4:52.72 27.14 56.11 (28.97) 1:25.42 (29.31) 1:54.73 (29.31) 2:24.38 (29.65) 2:53.81 (29.43) 3:23.49 (29.68) 3:53.33 (29.84) 4:23.41 (30.08) 4:52.72 (29.31) 7 Brinley Horras SO ISU 4:54.66 4:52.93 26.65 55.53 (28.88) 1:25.24 (29.71) 1:54.92 (29.68) 2:24.73 (29.81) 2:54.64 (29.91) 3:24.48 (29.84) 3:54.48 (30.00) 4:24.47 (29.99) 4:52.93 (28.46) 8 Emily Knorr FR WVU 4:54.12 4:54.49 27.28 56.49 (29.21) 1:26.14 (29.65) 1:56.13 (29.99) 2:26.05 (29.92) 2:55.72 (29.67) 3:25.56 (29.84) 3:55.40 (29.84) 4:25.23 (29.83) 4:54.49 (29.26) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Addi Barnes FR KU 4:52.01 4:54.80 26.48 55.35 (28.87) 1:24.94 (29.59) 1:55.05 (30.11) 2:25.14 (30.09) 2:55.03 (29.89) 3:25.09 (30.06) 3:55.16 (30.07) 4:25.22 (30.06) 4:54.80 (29.58) 10 Miranda Kirtley FR WVU 4:56.58 4:54.99 27.00 56.16 (29.16) 1:25.65 (29.49) 1:55.83 (30.18) 2:25.73 (29.90) 2:55.51 (29.78) 3:25.51 (30.00) 3:55.62 (30.11) 4:25.62 (30.00) 4:54.99 (29.37) 11 Serena Gould TCU 5:03.00 4:56.24 26.84 56.02 (29.18) 1:25.78 (29.76) 1:56.14 (30.36) 2:26.59 (30.45) 2:56.60 (30.01) 3:27.19 (30.59) 3:57.59 (30.40) 4:27.59 (30.00) 4:56.24 (28.65) 12 Jordan Edwards TCU 4:53.25 4:56.50 26.57 55.59 (29.02) 1:25.15 (29.56) 1:55.07 (29.92) 2:24.77 (29.70) 2:54.90 (30.13) 3:25.26 (30.36) 3:55.66 (30.40) 4:26.33 (30.67) 4:56.50 (30.17) 13 Kara Church SO KU 4:51.73 4:56.80 26.28 55.19 (28.91) 1:24.49 (29.30) 1:54.25 (29.76) 2:24.37 (30.12) 2:54.83 (30.46) 3:25.19 (30.36) 3:55.59 (30.40) 4:26.28 (30.69) 4:56.80 (30.52) 14 Sally Clough SR TCU 4:56.27 4:57.38 27.38 56.55 (29.17) 1:26.39 (29.84) 1:56.41 (30.02) 2:26.72 (30.31) 2:56.98 (30.26) 3:27.05 (30.07) 3:56.97 (29.92) 4:27.31 (30.34) 4:57.38 (30.07) 15 Mackenzie Bravence JR KU 5:00.05 4:57.85 26.74 56.01 (29.27) 1:25.84 (29.83) 1:56.24 (30.40) 2:26.44 (30.20) 2:56.57 (30.13) 3:26.76 (30.19) 3:56.99 (30.23) 4:27.37 (30.38) 4:57.85 (30.48) 16 Sydney Jackson SO ISU 4:57.64 4:57.98 27.14 56.36 (29.22) 1:26.36 (30.00) 1:56.65 (30.29) 2:27.08 (30.43) 2:57.58 (30.50) 3:28.09 (30.51) 3:58.63 (30.54) 4:28.97 (30.34) 4:57.98 (29.01)
Men’s 500 Freestyle
On the men’s side, Texas continued to dominate going one, two, three into the A-finals tonight. Coby Carozza (4:14.00) was nine one-hundredths of a second ahead of his teammate David Johnston (4:14.09).
NCAA "A": A 4:11.62 Big 12: * 4:08.19 3/28/2019 Townley Haas, Texas Meet: # 4:11.11 2/23/2017 Clark Smith, Texas 2021 Invited: 4:16.75 NCAA "B": B 4:23.34 American: 4:06.32 2/19/2020 Kieran Smith US Open: 4:06.32 2/19/2020 Kieran Smith NCAA D1: 4:06.32 2/19/2020 Kieeran Smith Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Coby Carrozza SO UT 4:13.50 4:14.00B 23.55 49.29 (25.74) 1:15.15 (25.86) 1:41.21 (26.06) 2:07.36 (26.15) 2:33.00 (25.64) 2:58.51 (25.51) 3:23.85 (25.34) 3:48.95 (25.10) 4:14.00 (25.05) 2 David Johnston SO UT 4:16.96 4:14.09B 23.43 48.75 (25.32) 1:14.35 (25.60) 1:40.00 (25.65) 2:05.65 (25.65) 2:31.41 (25.76) 2:57.24 (25.83) 3:23.00 (25.76) 3:48.83 (25.83) 4:14.09 (25.26) 3 Peter Larson JR UT 4:15.89 4:16.10B 23.40 49.28 (25.88) 1:15.39 (26.11) 1:41.68 (26.29) 2:07.96 (26.28) 2:33.85 (25.89) 2:59.01 (25.16) 3:24.58 (25.57) 3:50.80 (26.22) 4:16.10 (25.30) 4 Luke Hobson FR UT 4:09.72 4:18.07B 23.61 49.66 (26.05) 1:15.77 (26.11) 1:41.92 (26.15) 2:08.14 (26.22) 2:33.81 (25.67) 2:58.98 (25.17) 3:24.86 (25.88) 3:51.68 (26.82) 4:18.07 (26.39) 5 Alex Zettle SR UT 4:14.19 4:20.78B 23.94 49.74 (25.80) 1:15.96 (26.22) 1:42.47 (26.51) 2:08.91 (26.44) 2:35.58 (26.67) 3:02.41 (26.83) 3:29.04 (26.63) 3:55.27 (26.23) 4:20.78 (25.51) 6 Geremia Freri TCU 4:17.71 4:21.02B 23.39 49.25 (25.86) 1:15.53 (26.28) 1:42.12 (26.59) 2:08.86 (26.74) 2:35.45 (26.59) 3:02.28 (26.83) 3:29.07 (26.79) 3:55.41 (26.34) 4:21.02 (25.61) 7 *Ethan Heasley SO UT 4:21.97 4:22.23B 23.44 48.79 (25.35) 1:14.62 (25.83) 1:40.68 (26.06) 2:07.24 (26.56) 2:33.96 (26.72) 3:00.95 (26.99) 3:28.21 (27.26) 3:55.51 (27.30) 4:22.23 (26.72) 8 *Sam Artmann JR UT 4:28.45 4:25.07 24.00 50.16 (26.16) 1:16.63 (26.47) 1:43.32 (26.69) 2:10.18 (26.86) 2:37.21 (27.03) 3:04.02 (26.81) 3:31.42 (27.40) 3:58.82 (27.40) 4:25.07 (26.25) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 *Nathan Quarterman FR UT 4:36.27 4:29.30 23.48 49.74 (26.26) 1:16.51 (26.77) 1:43.75 (27.24) 2:11.27 (27.52) 2:39.00 (27.73) 3:06.69 (27.69) 3:34.66 (27.97) 4:02.59 (27.93) 4:29.30 (26.71) 10 Brendan Williams SO WVU 4:33.93 4:29.31 24.81 51.39 (26.58) 1:18.07 (26.68) 1:45.43 (27.36) 2:13.08 (27.65) 2:40.66 (27.58) 3:08.28 (27.62) 3:36.13 (27.85) 4:03.37 (27.24) 4:29.31 (25.94) 11 William Mullen SO WVU 4:30.90 4:30.06 24.24 50.52 (26.28) 1:17.41 (26.89) 1:44.45 (27.04) 2:11.61 (27.16) 2:39.11 (27.50) 3:06.83 (27.72) 3:34.91 (28.08) 4:03.01 (28.10) 4:30.06 (27.05) 12 Roanoke Shirk SO WVU 4:35.24 4:31.44 24.80 51.70 (26.90) 1:18.62 (26.92) 1:46.02 (27.40) 2:13.67 (27.65) 2:41.40 (27.73) 3:09.28 (27.88) 3:37.44 (28.16) 4:05.33 (27.89) 4:31.44 (26.11) 13 Dusan Babic SO TCU 4:26.19 4:31.83 24.46 51.10 (26.64) 1:17.74 (26.64) 1:44.94 (27.20) 2:12.65 (27.71) 2:40.67 (28.02) 3:08.99 (28.32) 3:37.41 (28.42) 4:05.77 (28.36) 4:31.83 (26.06) 14 *Charlie Brennig FR TCU 4:32.86 4:33.65 24.54 51.05 (26.51) 1:18.08 (27.03) 1:45.77 (27.69) 2:13.56 (27.79) 2:41.71 (28.15) 3:10.18 (28.47) 3:38.41 (28.23) 4:07.02 (28.61) 4:33.65 (26.63) 15 *Chris O'Connor SO UT 4:36.26 4:33.66 24.33 51.14 (26.81) 1:18.19 (27.05) 1:45.78 (27.59) 2:13.54 (27.76) 2:41.39 (27.85) 3:09.35 (27.96) 3:37.58 (28.23) 4:05.79 (28.21) 4:33.66 (27.87) 16 Joao Andrade SR TCU 4:31.94 4:33.79 24.90 52.05 (27.15) 1:19.48 (27.43) 1:47.14 (27.66) 2:15.09 (27.95) 2:42.86 (27.77) 3:10.91 (28.05) 3:38.94 (28.03) 4:06.89 (27.95) 4:33.79 (26.90)
Women’s 200 IM
The 200 IM saw the Texas women claim the top three spots with Emma Sticklin (1:56.57), Kelly Pash (1:56.86), and Olivia Bray (1:57.24). Two swimmers from Kansas, one from Iowa State, and one from Texas Christian round out the top seeds for tonight’s finals.
NCAA "A": A 1:53.66 Big 12: * 1:52.58 3/16/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas Meet: # 1:52.82 2/23/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas 2021 Invited: 1:57.62 NCAA "B": B 1:59.94 American: 1:50.67 3/15/2018 Ella Easton US Open: 1:50.67 3/15/2018 Ella Easton NCAA D1: 1:50.67 3/15/2018 Ella Easton Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Emma Sticklen SO UT 1:57.67 1:56.57B 24.93 53.16 (28.23) 1:28.50 (35.34) 1:56.57 (28.07) 2 Kelly Pash JR UT 1:55.33 1:56.86B 24.78 53.46 (28.68) 1:28.51 (35.05) 1:56.86 (28.35) 3 Olivia Bray SO UT 1:57.49 1:57.24B 24.52 53.07 (28.55) 1:29.29 (36.22) 1:57.24 (27.95) 4 Kate Steward SR KU 1:59.90 1:59.52B 26.11 56.34 (30.23) 1:30.06 (33.72) 1:59.52 (29.46) 5 Dannie Dilsaver SR KU 2:01.92 2:01.41 26.26 56.86 (30.60) 1:31.58 (34.72) 2:01.41 (29.83) 6 Trinity Gilbert JR ISU 2:04.07 2:02.21 26.70 56.86 (30.16) 1:32.69 (35.83) 2:02.21 (29.52) 7 Brigid Gwidt FR KU 2:03.74 2:02.37 26.47 57.46 (30.99) 1:33.43 (35.97) 2:02.37 (28.94) 8 Marlene Hirschberg SO TCU 2:02.19 2:02.42 26.54 57.28 (30.74) 1:33.41 (36.13) 2:02.42 (29.01) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Ava Collinge FR UT 2:00.33 2:02.57 26.47 57.40 (30.93) 1:32.94 (35.54) 2:02.57 (29.63) 10 Morgan Brophy FR UT 2:01.27 2:03.31 26.80 57.26 (30.46) 1:34.31 (37.05) 2:03.31 (29.00) 11 Jacqueline McCutchan JR WVU 2:03.45 2:03.36 26.10 56.20 (30.10) 1:33.09 (36.89) 2:03.36 (30.27) 12 Megan Morris JR TCU 2:04.56 2:03.41 26.50 56.67 (30.17) 1:33.83 (37.16) 2:03.41 (29.58) 13 Ellie Wehrmann SO KU 2:02.63 2:03.49 25.73 56.52 (30.79) 1:33.62 (37.10) 2:03.49 (29.87) 14 Lucia Rizzo SR ISU 2:02.47 2:04.13 27.05 58.38 (31.33) 1:34.74 (36.36) 2:04.13 (29.39) 15 Channing Hanley FR UT 2:01.71 2:04.16 26.67 58.23 (31.56) 1:33.89 (35.66) 2:04.16 (30.27) 16 Paige Riekhof SR KU 2:04.15 2:04.17 26.72 58.67 (31.95) 1:35.72 (37.05) 2:04.17 (28.45)
Men’s 200 IM
The Texas men had an impressive showing going into the finals for tonight. Tim Connery (1:43.48) and the Foster brothers Carson (1:43.91), and Jake (1:44.54) rounded out the top three finishers.
NCAA "A": A 1:41.34 Big 12: * 1:39.63 3/25/2019 John Shebat, Texas Meet: # 1:41.46 2/25/2021 Carson Foster, Texas 2021 Invited: 1:44.15 NCAA "B": B 1:46.77 American: 1:38.13 2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel US Open: 1:38.13 2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel NCAA D1: 1:38.13 2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Tim Connery FR UT 1:50.50 1:43.48B 21.67 47.84 (26.17) 1:18.38 (30.54) 1:43.48 (25.10) 2 Carson Foster SO UT 1:42.86 1:43.91B 22.34 47.96 (25.62) 1:18.00 (30.04) 1:43.91 (25.91) 3 Jake Foster JR UT 1:42.56 1:44.54B 22.75 49.17 (26.42) 1:18.60 (29.43) 1:44.54 (25.94) 4 *Halvor Borgstroem SR UT 1:49.12 1:46.16B 23.05 49.18 (26.13) 1:19.67 (30.49) 1:46.16 (26.49) 5 Caspar Corbeau JR UT 1:41.62 1:46.50B 22.19 49.22 (27.03) 1:19.72 (30.50) 1:46.50 (26.78) 6 Braden Vines SR UT 1:43.36 1:46.69B 23.10 49.44 (26.34) 1:20.20 (30.76) 1:46.69 (26.49) 7 Luke Dimiceli TCU 1:46.95 1:47.57 23.28 49.44 (26.16) 1:21.30 (31.86) 1:47.57 (26.27) 8 David Dixon SR WVU 1:47.14 1:47.72 23.46 49.95 (26.49) 1:21.63 (31.68) 1:47.72 (26.09) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 *Andrew Koustik SR UT 1:46.61 1:48.35 22.86 49.06 (26.20) 1:20.95 (31.89) 1:48.35 (27.40) 10 Josh Harlan SR WVU 1:49.83 1:48.66 23.72 50.49 (26.77) 1:22.34 (31.85) 1:48.66 (26.32) 11 Reilly Keaney FR WVU 1:52.43 1:49.64 24.29 52.32 (28.03) 1:22.82 (30.50) 1:49.64 (26.82) 12 Joe Schaefer SO WVU 1:52.34 1:50.97 24.19 52.59 (28.40) 1:23.85 (31.26) 1:50.97 (27.12) 13 *Tristan McFarland TCU 1:51.23 1:51.01 24.22 52.43 (28.21) 1:24.06 (31.63) 1:51.01 (26.95) 14 Janis Silins SO TCU 1:51.70 1:51.11 23.73 51.85 (28.12) 1:23.09 (31.24) 1:51.11 (28.02) 15 *Jonathan Bennett JR WVU 1:54.10 1:53.16 24.71 53.98 (29.27) 1:26.13 (32.15) 1:53.16 (27.03) 16 *Philip Endom TCU 1:55.90 1:53.18 24.62 53.28 (28.66) 1:25.47 (32.19) 1:53.18 (27.71)
Women’s 50 Freestyle
The Texas women continued their dominance this morning. Grace Cooper (22.29), Bridget Semenuk (22.52), Julia Cook (22.70), and Kyla Leibel (22.81) all had fast swims racking up B-cuts.
NCAA "A": A 21.66 Big 12: * 21.73 3/15/2017 Rebecca Millard, Texas Big 12: * 21.73 11/29/2018Grace Ariola, Texas Meet: # 21.87 2/26/2009 Hee-Jin Chang, Texas 2021 Invited: 22.32 NCAA "B": B 22.76 American: 20.90 12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil US Open: 20.90 12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil NCAA D1: 20.90 12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Grace Cooper SO UT 22.82 22.29B 10.81 22.29 (11.48) 2 Bridget Semenuk JR UT 22.49 22.52B 11.04 22.52 (11.48) 3 Julia Cook SR UT 22.81 22.70B 11.11 22.70 (11.59) 4 Kyla Leibel JR UT 22.60 22.81 11.10 22.81 (11.71) 5 Olivia Rhodes TCU 22.88 23.08 11.17 23.08 (11.91) 6 Ana Zortea SR WVU 23.06 23.16 11.25 23.16 (11.91) 7 Keyla Brown JR KU 23.24 23.31 11.44 23.31 (11.87) 8 Harna Minezawa JR WVU 23.42 23.33 11.16 23.33 (12.17) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Lucia Simovicova SO TCU 23.54 23.34 11.38 23.34 (11.96) 10 Dewi Blose SR KU 23.49 23.41 11.48 23.41 (11.93) 11 Claire Chahbandour TCU 23.50 23.45 11.19 23.45 (12.26) 12 Emily Haan SR ISU 23.76 23.47 11.35 23.47 (12.12) 13 Claudia Dougan SO KU 23.39 23.50 11.65 23.50 (11.85) 14 Ginger Hansen JR WVU 23.90 23.52 11.38 23.52 (12.14) 15 *Ava Longi SO UT 23.13 23.53 11.48 23.53 (12.05) 16 Autumn Looney JR KU 23.22 23.54 11.48 23.54 (12.06)
Men’s 50 Freestyle
To finish out prelims Texas once again went one, two, three for the men. Cameron Auchinachie (19.17), Daniel Krueger (19.21), and Raphael Paiva Da (19.33) will put on quite the race to watch tonight.
NCAA "A": A 18.96 Big 12: * 18.76 2/23/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas Meet: # 18.76 2/23/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas 2021 Invited: 19.46 NCAA "B": B 19.96 American: 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel US Open: 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel NCAA D1: 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Cameron Auchinachie SR UT 18.80 19.17B 2 Daniel Krueger SR UT 19.20 19.21B 9.41 19.21 (9.80) 3 Drew Kibler SR UT 19.19 19.33B 4 Raphael Paiva Da TCU 19.93 19.93B 9.62 19.93 (10.31) 5 Jadon Wuilliez TCU 19.83 20.03 9.84 20.03 (10.19) 6 Noah Cumby JR TCU 19.98 20.23 9.86 20.23 (10.37) 7 *Andrew Couchon SR UT 20.25 20.30 10.00 20.30 (10.30) 8 Jake Litchfield TCU 20.24 20.35 9.91 20.35 (10.44) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 *Ethan Harder JR UT 20.96 20.38 9.92 20.38 (10.46) 10 Zac Van Zandt SO UT 19.79 20.40 9.92 20.40 (10.48) 10 Conner McBeth FR WVU 20.84 20.40 9.76 20.40 (10.64) 12 *Charlie Scheinfeld SR UT 20.13 20.46 10.07 20.46 (10.39) 13 *Roberts Zemturis JR WVU 20.61 20.47 9.93 20.47 (10.54) 14 Piotr Sadlowski SO TCU 20.40 20.52 9.94 20.52 (10.58) 15 Hugh McPherson JR TCU 20.79 20.56 9.94 20.56 (10.62) 16 Braden Osborn FR WVU 20.68 20.58 10.02 20.58 (10.56)
Finals resume later tonight at 5:30 p.m. ET.