Big 12 Championships, Day 2: Carson Foster Drops 1:42.04 200 IM
On a morning of customary dominance by Texas, Carson Foster managed to stand out by going 1:42.04 in the 200 individual medley on Thursday, the second day of the Big 12 Championships.
Foster was one of the six-for-six performance of Longhorns grabbing top seeds at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, in the first prelims session of the meet. The full recap:
Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 5 1. University of Texas 80 2. West Virginia University 66 3. Iowa State University 62 3. Texas Christian University 62 5. University of Kansas 58
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 6 1. University of Texas 139 2. Texas Christian University 116 3. West Virginia University 75
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Women’s 500 freestyle
Erica Sullivan coasted to the top seed in finals by going 4:45.16 in the 500. It’s nine seconds off her season-best time, the leading time in the country entering championship season. Teammate Olivia Bray was second in 4:47.69 with Abby Pfeifer third. Olivia McMurray was fifth, TCU’s Jordan Edwards sneaking into the equation.
Sullivan and Bray helped the Longhorns set a meet record in the 800 free relay Wednesday and sneak within a half-second of the American record.
Event 7 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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American: 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky
US Open: 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky
Big 12: * 4:36.35 3/18/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas
Meet: # 4:36.35 2/25/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas
4:35.76 A NCAA Auto
4:43.08 I 2022 NCAA Invited
4:47.20 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Erica Sullivan SO Texas 4:35.88 4:45.16 qB
r:+0.70 26.33 54.47 (28.14)
1:22.89 (28.42) 1:51.87 (28.98)
2:20.72 (28.85) 2:49.71 (28.99)
3:18.73 (29.02) 3:48.01 (29.28)
4:17.54 (29.53) 4:45.16 (27.62)
2 Olivia Bray JR Texas 4:40.80 4:47.69 q
r:+0.74 25.06 52.79 (27.73)
1:21.21 (28.42) 1:50.00 (28.79)
2:18.98 (28.98) 2:47.72 (28.74)
3:18.46 (30.74) 3:48.68 (30.22)
4:19.07 (30.39) 4:47.69 (28.62)
3 Abby Pfeifer JR Texas 4:44.55 4:49.78 q
r:+0.77 27.20 55.75 (28.55)
1:24.72 (28.97) 1:53.76 (29.04)
2:23.19 (29.43) 2:52.34 (29.15)
3:21.77 (29.43) 3:51.22 (29.45)
4:20.74 (29.52) 4:49.78 (29.04)
4 Jordan Edwards SO TCU 4:52.15 4:50.82 q
r:+0.75 26.42 54.95 (28.53)
1:23.88 (28.93) 1:53.31 (29.43)
2:22.59 (29.28) 2:52.09 (29.50)
3:21.79 (29.70) 3:51.57 (29.78)
4:21.47 (29.90) 4:50.82 (29.35)
5 Olivia McMurray SO Texas 4:39.38 4:51.44 q
r:+0.79 25.80 53.57 (27.77)
1:22.16 (28.59) 1:51.17 (29.01)
2:20.42 (29.25) 2:49.76 (29.34)
3:19.07 (29.31) 3:50.55 (31.48)
4:22.21 (31.66) 4:51.44 (29.23)
6 Abby Reardon JR West Virginia 4:49.51 4:52.80 q
r:+0.70 26.61 55.70 (29.09)
1:25.49 (29.79) 1:55.57 (30.08)
2:25.74 (30.17) 2:55.69 (29.95)
3:25.58 (29.89) 3:55.20 (29.62)
4:24.49 (29.29) 4:52.80 (28.31)
7 Brinley Horras JR Iowa State 4:53.29 4:53.32 q
r:+0.74 26.74 55.77 (29.03)
1:25.19 (29.42) 1:54.93 (29.74)
2:24.99 (30.06) 2:55.04 (30.05)
3:25.16 (30.12) 3:55.11 (29.95)
4:25.00 (29.89) 4:53.32 (28.32)
8 *Mary Smutny SR Texas 4:49.82 4:53.55 q
r:+0.68 27.00 56.35 (29.35)
1:25.95 (29.60) 1:55.76 (29.81)
2:25.64 (29.88) 2:55.49 (29.85)
3:25.29 (29.80) 3:55.09 (29.80)
4:24.68 (29.59) 4:53.55 (28.87)
Men’s 500 freestyle
Alex Zettle led Texas in taking the top six spots in the event, dropping 10.5 seconds from his season-best to 4:15.06. It’s been a slow season for the senior, who has posted 4:13s at NCAAs each of the last two years and appears to be rounding into that form again.
Luke Hobson was second in 4:16.18, .15 up on Jackson Huckabay.
Event 8 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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American: 4:06.32 2/19/2020 Kieran Smith
US Open: 4:06.32 2/19/2020 Kieran Smith
Big 12: * 4:08.19 3/28/2019 Townley Haas, Texas
Meet: # 4:11.11 2/23/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
4:11.40 A NCAA Auto
4:14.96 I 2022 NCAA Invited
4:22.35 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 *Alex Zettle SR Texas 4:25.62 4:15.04 qB
r:+0.82 23.39 48.46 (25.07)
1:13.65 (25.19) 1:39.23 (25.58)
2:05.03 (25.80) 2:30.82 (25.79)
2:56.63 (25.81) 3:22.92 (26.29)
3:49.13 (26.21) 4:15.04 (25.91)
2 Luke Hobson SO Texas 4:13.82 4:16.18 qB
r:+0.79 23.70 48.77 (25.07)
1:14.28 (25.51) 1:40.08 (25.80)
2:05.79 (25.71) 2:31.96 (26.17)
2:58.00 (26.04) 3:24.54 (26.54)
3:51.02 (26.48) 4:16.18 (25.16)
3 *Jackson Huckab SO Texas 4:21.61 4:16.31 qB
r:+0.65 22.97 48.67 (25.70)
1:14.47 (25.80) 1:40.43 (25.96)
2:06.71 (26.28) 2:33.19 (26.48)
2:59.33 (26.14) 3:25.58 (26.25)
3:51.42 (25.84) 4:16.31 (24.89)
4 Coby Carrozza JR Texas 4:14.90 4:20.04 qB
r:+0.75 23.62 49.34 (25.72)
1:15.58 (26.24) 1:42.12 (26.54)
2:08.84 (26.72) 2:35.22 (26.38)
3:01.62 (26.40) 3:28.37 (26.75)
3:55.08 (26.71) 4:20.04 (24.96)
5 David Johnston JR Texas 4:10.95 4:20.25 qB
r:+0.75 23.91 49.70 (25.79)
1:15.90 (26.20) 1:42.07 (26.17)
2:08.66 (26.59) 2:35.25 (26.59)
3:01.86 (26.61) 3:28.49 (26.63)
3:54.93 (26.44) 4:20.25 (25.32)
6 Alec Enyeart FR Texas 4:14.21 4:21.96 qB
r:+0.76 23.75 49.15 (25.40)
1:14.83 (25.68) 1:40.94 (26.11)
2:07.42 (26.48) 2:34.08 (26.66)
3:00.90 (26.82) 3:28.16 (27.26)
3:55.14 (26.98) 4:21.96 (26.82)
7 Milan Fabian SO TCU 4:26.47 4:25.13 q
r:+0.65 24.34 51.05 (26.71)
1:18.04 (26.99) 1:45.20 (27.16)
2:12.39 (27.19) 2:39.46 (27.07)
3:06.34 (26.88) 3:33.06 (26.72)
3:59.70 (26.64) 4:25.13 (25.43)
8 William Mullen JR West Virginia 4:28.01 4:27.68 q
r:+0.70 24.51 51.14 (26.63)
1:18.01 (26.87) 1:44.93 (26.92)
2:11.98 (27.05) 2:39.04 (27.06)
3:06.23 (27.19) 3:33.28 (27.05)
4:00.78 (27.50) 4:27.68 (26.90)
Women’s 200 individual medley
Another member of that 800 free relay from Wednesday, Kelly Pash set the standard in the 200 IM by more than five seconds, in 1:55.72. She entered with a best time this season of 1:53.81, and she’ll have Madisyn Cox’s Big 12 record from 2017 (1:52.58) in her sights, either tonight or at NCAAs. Cox’s meet record from that same year is 1:52.82.
Emma Sticklen followed in 2:00.88, with Dakota Luther in third. Jacqueline McCutchan of West Virginia was fourth.
Event 9 Women 200 Yard IM
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American: 1:50.08 3/17/2022 Alex Walsh
US Open: 1:50.08 3/17/2022 Alex Walsh
Big 12: * 1:52.58 3/16/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
Meet: # 1:52.82 2/23/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
1:53.66 A NCAA Auto
1:56.85 I 2022 NCAA Invited
1:59.56 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kelly Pash SR Texas 1:53.81 1:55.72 qI
r:+0.70 24.73 53.25 (28.52)
1:27.61 (34.36) 1:55.72 (28.11)
2 Emma Sticklen JR Texas 1:54.70 2:00.88 q
r:+0.68 24.61 53.01 (28.40)
1:30.53 (37.52) 2:00.88 (30.35)
3 Dakota Luther SR Texas 1:59.29 2:01.11 q
r:+0.73 25.17 55.33 (30.16)
1:31.61 (36.28) 2:01.11 (29.50)
4 Jacqueline McCu SR West Virginia 2:02.15 2:01.21 q
r:+0.65 26.22 56.22 (30.00)
1:31.87 (35.65) 2:01.21 (29.34)
5 Lucia Rizzo SR Iowa State 2:01.31 2:01.23 q
r:+0.74 25.92 56.69 (30.77)
1:32.14 (35.45) 2:01.23 (29.09)
6 Trinity Kay SR Iowa State 2:01.90 2:01.66 q
r:+0.70 26.01 56.38 (30.37)
1:31.90 (35.52) 2:01.66 (29.76)
7 Mia Cheatwood FR West Virginia 2:01.34 2:01.77 q
r:+0.74 26.20 57.01 (30.81)
1:31.89 (34.88) 2:01.77 (29.88)
8 Channing Hanley SO Texas 2:02.44 2:01.91 q
r:+0.79 26.18 57.31 (31.13)
1:31.87 (34.56) 2:01.91 (30.04)
Men’s 200 individual medley
Texas monopolized the top four, and Fosters took the top two spots. Carson Foster went 1:42.04 for the top seed. He set the meet record last year at 1:41.32. Jake Foster is his nearest chaser at 1:43.31, .31 ahead of Braden Vines. Caspar Corbeau is fourth.
Event 10 Men 200 Yard IM
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American: 1:38.13 2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel
US Open: 1:37.69 3/24/2022 Leon Marchand
Big 12: * 1:39.63 3/25/2019 John Shebat, Texas
Meet: # 1:41.32 2/24/2022 Carson Foster, Texas
1:41.22 A NCAA Auto
1:43.36 I 2022 NCAA Invited
1:46.52 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Carson Foster JR Texas 1:42.68 1:42.04 qI
r:+0.67 21.80 46.57 (24.77)
1:16.62 (30.05) 1:42.04 (25.42)
2 Jake Foster SR Texas 1:43.64 1:43.31 qI
r:+0.64 22.31 48.70 (26.39)
1:17.72 (29.02) 1:43.31 (25.59)
3 Braden Vines SR Texas 1:43.70 1:43.62 qB
r:+0.60 22.50 48.11 (25.61)
1:17.61 (29.50) 1:43.62 (26.01)
4 Caspar Corbeau SR Texas 1:44.96 1:44.94 qB
r:+0.69 22.56 49.38 (26.82)
1:19.16 (29.78) 1:44.94 (25.78)
5 Danny Berlitz SO West Virginia 1:47.92 1:45.77 qB
r:+0.74 23.40 50.63 (27.23)
1:20.32 (29.69) 1:45.77 (25.45)
6 *Alek Filipovic FR Texas 1:47.88 1:46.49 qB
r:+0.66 22.85 49.96 (27.11)
1:20.62 (30.66) 1:46.49 (25.87)
7 Geremia Freri SO TCU 1:46.70 1:46.75 q
r:+0.67 22.96 50.47 (27.51)
1:20.92 (30.45) 1:46.75 (25.83)
8 *Holden Smith SO Texas 1:47.45 1:46.78 q
r:+0.63 22.75 50.09 (27.34)
1:20.52 (30.43) 1:46.78 (26.26)
Women’s 50 freestyle
Grace Cooper paces a Texas run of the top four spots in 22.25. She’s the top seed by nearly a quarter second over teammate Bridget Semenuk. Cooper has gone 21.89 this year and will have her eyes on the meet record of 21.87 that has stood since 2009 in the hands of Texas’ Hee-Jin Chang.
Texas’s Ava Longi and Kyla Leibel round out the top four. Three swimmers tied for sixth in 23.17.
Event 11 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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American: 20.83 2/15/2023 Gretchen Walsh
US Open: 20.83 2/15/2023 Gretchen Walsh
Big 12: * 21.73 3/15/2017 Rebecca Millard, Texas
Meet: # 21.87 2/26/2009 Hee-Jin Chang, Texas
21.66 A NCAA Auto
22.16 I 2022 NCAA Invited
22.71 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Grace Cooper JR Texas 21.89 22.25 qB
r:+0.63 10.69 22.25 (11.56)
2 Bridget Semenuk SR Texas 22.06 22.47 qB
r:+0.65 10.89 22.47 (11.58)
3 Ava Longi JR Texas 22.69 22.59 qB
r:+0.70 10.98 22.59 (11.61)
4 Kyla Leibel SR Texas 22.28 22.61 qB
r:+0.69 10.94 22.61 (11.67)
5 Olivia Rhodes SO TCU 23.00 22.88 q
r:+0.64 11.01 22.88 (11.87)
6 *Sienna Schelle FR Texas 23.11 23.17 q
r:+0.73 11.19 23.17 (11.98)
6 Dewi Blose SR Kansas 23.51 23.17 q
r:+0.66 11.20 23.17 (11.97)
6 Ada Szwabinska FR West Virginia 23.06 23.17 q
r:+0.69 10.97 23.17 (12.20)
Men’s 50 freestyle
Peter Larson was out front of the Texas leading quartet with a time of 19.45. That puts him as the top seed ahead of teammate Daniel Krueger, who carried the top time of the season in 19.40. He clocked in at 19.73 in the morning, .02 up on William Chan. Charlie Crosby was fourth, and Conner McBeth was the lone non-Texas under 20 seconds at 19.82 for fifth.
Event 12 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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American: 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel
US Open: 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel
Big 12: * 18.76 2/23/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas
Meet: # 18.76 2/23/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas
18.88 A NCAA Auto
19.28 I 2022 NCAA Invited
19.82 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Peter Larson SR Texas 19.41 19.45 qB
r:+0.61 9.34 19.45 (10.11)
2 Daniel Krueger SR Texas 19.40 19.73 qB
r:+0.72 9.66 19.73 (10.07)
3 William Chan SR Texas 19.93 19.75 qB
r:+0.64 9.43 19.75 (10.32)
4 Charlie Crosby FR Texas 19.54 19.80 qB
r:+0.72 9.64 19.80 (10.16)
5 Conner McBeth SO West Virginia 20.04 19.82 qB
r:+0.69 9.55 19.82 (10.27)
6 Sam Artmann SR Texas 19.99 19.91 q
r:+0.70 9.77 19.91 (10.14)
7 *Kobe Ndebele SO Texas 20.03 20.01 q
r:+0.64 9.63 20.01 (10.38)
8 Jadon Wuilliez SO TCU 20.01 20.15 q
r:+0.64 9.70 20.15 (10.45)