Big 12 Championships, Day 4 Finals: Olivia Bray, Erica Sullivan, David Johnston Post Big Swims as Texas Clinches Titles
As expected, the winning streaks for the Texas women and men continued at the Big 12 Championships, with the Longhorn men winning a 27th consecutive conference title and the women an 11th straight. On the final night of the meet, Texas swimmers continued to post strong performances to set themselves up for next month’s NCAA Championships.
The first final of the evening saw Olivia Bray win her second event of the meet while posting the third-quickest time in the country in the women’s 200 backstroke while Carson Foster won his third title in the men’s 200 back while improving to No. 4 in the nation. Kelly Pash also won her third individual event of the meet as she topped the women’s 100 freestyle.
Later on in the session, Erica Sullivan and David Johnston each posted third-ranked times in the country in their respective 1650 freestyle races while Lydia Jacoby swam the third-fastest time nationally while crushing the 17-18 National Age Group record in the 200 breaststroke.
Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 43 1. University of Texas 1105 2. Iowa State University 564.5 3. Texas Christian University 555.5 4. West Virginia University 540 5. University of Kansas 515
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 44 1. University of Texas 1060 2. Texas Christian University 847 3. West Virginia University 755
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Women’s Platform Diving
It was a sweep for Texas on the platform to begin the final night, with Janie Boyle scoring 363.10 points to take the win. Teammates Jordan Skilken (322.36) and Sarah Carruthers (308.25) rounded out the top three.
Women’s 200 Backstroke
Only two swimmers have cracked 1:50 in the 200 back so far this season, but Olivia Bray came within a tenth of joining those ranks in a dominant victory in the opening race of the last session. Bray, who was up on the field by more than 3.5 seconds at the halfway point before winning the conference title by 7.7 seconds, touched in 1:50.09, breaking the Big 12 meet record she set last year and falling just short of the conference record of 1:49.91 set by Tasija Karosas in 2017.
In an event loaded with talent on the national level, including 200-meter back World Championship medalists Phoebe Bacon and Rhyan White, Bray now ranks second in the country, her time edging out Tennessee’s Josephine Fuller (1:50.12) while sitting behind only Stanford’s Claire Curzan (1:47.43) and Cal’s Isabelle Stadden (1:48.75).
In the race for second, Dewi Blose finished well to take second in 1:57.79, just ahead of Iowa State’s Liz Richardson (1:57.97). Also under 2:00 were Kansas’ Lezli Sisung (1:59.35) and West Virginia’s Paige Dressel (1:59.59).
Event 31 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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American: 1:47.16 3/10/2019 Regan Smith
US Open: 1:47.16 3/10/2019 Regan Smith
Big 12: * 1:49.91 3/18/2017 Tasija Karosas, Texas
Meet: # 1:51.09 2/26/2022 Olivia Bray, Texas
1:50.50 A NCAA Auto
1:53.98 I 2022 NCAA Invited
1:57.07 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Olivia Bray JR Texas 1:52.70 1:50.09#A 20
25.84 53.91 (28.07)
1:21.88 (27.97) 1:50.09 (28.21)
2 Dewi Blose SR Kansas 1:59.28 1:57.79 17
27.69 57.73 (30.04)
1:28.51 (30.78) 1:57.79 (29.28)
3 Liz Richardson SR Iowa State 1:59.01 1:57.97 16
27.88 57.94 (30.06)
1:27.97 (30.03) 1:57.97 (30.00)
4 Lezli Sisung SO Kansas 1:59.97 1:59.35 15
27.85 57.45 (29.60)
1:27.99 (30.54) 1:59.35 (31.36)
5 Paige Dressel JR West Virginia 1:59.89 1:59.59 14
28.28 58.18 (29.90)
1:28.45 (30.27) 1:59.59 (31.14)
6 Rylee Moore SO TCU 2:00.99 2:00.02 13
28.51 59.10 (30.59)
1:29.87 (30.77) 2:00.02 (30.15)
7 Madi Dohrn FR Iowa State 2:00.79 2:00.45 12
27.79 57.69 (29.90)
1:28.85 (31.16) 2:00.45 (31.60)
8 Emily Knorr SO West Virginia 2:00.12 2:00.61 11
28.77 59.29 (30.52)
1:30.01 (30.72) 2:00.61 (30.60)
Men’s 200 Backstroke
Carson Foster, the runnerup in the 200 backstroke at last year’s NCAA Championships, dominated the event at the Big 12 meet. Leading by over a second at the 100-yard mark, his final margin of victory was a whopping 2.61 seconds over Texas teammate Ethan Harder, and his time of 1:38.87 put him at No. 4 in the national rankings behind the 1:38.22 that Brendan Burns swam earlier in the night at the Big Ten Championships as well as Cal’s Destin Lasco and Georgia’s Ian Grum.
Harder finished second in 1:41.48, so he will rely on his prelims time of 1:40.79 to try to earn a spot at next month’s NCAA Championships, while West Virginia’s Justin Heimes placed third in 1:43.84.
Event 32 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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American: 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy
US Open: 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy
Big 12: * 1:36.42 3/27/2019 John Shebat, Texas
Meet: # 1:38.61 3/2/2019 Ryan Harty, Texas
1:39.13 A NCAA Auto
1:40.92 I 2022 NCAA Invited
1:44.82 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Carson Foster JR Texas 1:40.50 1:38.87 A 20
23.02 47.72 (24.70)
1:13.11 (25.39) 1:38.87 (25.76)
2 Ethan Harder SR Texas 1:40.79 1:41.48 B 17
23.51 48.77 (25.26)
1:14.70 (25.93) 1:41.48 (26.78)
3 Justin Heimes JR West Virginia 1:45.07 1:43.84 B 16
24.90 51.78 (26.88)
1:17.98 (26.20) 1:43.84 (25.86)
4 Edgar Cicanci FR TCU 1:48.87 1:45.41 15
24.22 50.84 (26.62)
1:18.21 (27.37) 1:45.41 (27.20)
5 Charlie Crosby FR Texas 1:46.04 1:46.01 14
23.78 50.12 (26.34)
1:17.68 (27.56) 1:46.01 (28.33)
6 Jamin Harlan FR West Virginia 1:46.92 1:47.07 13
25.08 52.35 (27.27)
1:20.04 (27.69) 1:47.07 (27.03)
7 Parker Hughes SR TCU 1:49.06 1:48.33 12
26.28 54.23 (27.95)
1:21.92 (27.69) 1:48.33 (26.41)
8 Maverick Bray FR West Virginia 1:47.73 1:48.90 11
26.40 54.07 (27.67)
1:22.04 (27.97) 1:48.90 (26.86)
Women’s 100 Freestyle
Kelly Pash has been the top women’s performer this week, and she finished off her individual slate of events with a win in the 100 free, eschewing her traditional spot in the 200 fly to race this event at the conference level. Pash finished in 47.68 to beat teammate Ava Longi by eight tenths, and the Longhorns ended up occupying the top four spots in the race. Longi finished in 48.47, ahead of Kyla Leibel (48.79) and Bridget Semenuk (48.89).
Event 33 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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American: 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel
US Open: 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel
Big 12: * 24.81 2/25/2022 Grace Cooper, Texas
Meet: # 24.81 2/25/2022 Grace Cooper, Texas
47.18 A NCAA Auto
48.44 I 2022 NCAA Invited
49.44 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Kelly Pash SR Texas 48.12 47.68 I 20
r:+0.69 10.86 22.88 (12.02)
35.38 (12.50) 47.68 (12.30)
2 Ava Longi JR Texas 49.09 48.47 B 17
r:+0.70 11.06 23.27 (12.21)
35.79 (12.52) 48.47 (12.68)
3 Kyla Leibel SR Texas 48.82 48.79 B 16
r:+0.72 11.19 23.46 (12.27)
36.09 (12.63) 48.79 (12.70)
4 Bridget Semenuk SR Texas 49.18 48.89 B 15
r:+0.66 10.91 23.27 (12.36)
36.09 (12.82) 48.89 (12.80)
5 Jacqueline McCu SR West Virginia 49.36 49.27 B 14
r:+0.67 11.28 23.70 (12.42)
36.36 (12.66) 49.27 (12.91)
6 Grace Cooper JR Texas 49.25 49.68 13
r:+0.66 11.23 23.66 (12.43)
36.58 (12.92) 49.68 (13.10)
7 Serena Gould JR TCU 50.34 50.33 12
r:+0.67 11.32 23.94 (12.62)
37.01 (13.07) 50.33 (13.32)
8 Ada Szwabinska FR West Virginia 50.30 50.36 11
r:+0.64 11.52 24.43 (12.91)
37.48 (13.05) 50.36 (12.88)
Men’s 100 Freestyle
Danny Krueger won the men’s 100 free in the final individual race of his career at the Big 12 meet, overcoming the early lead of Texas teammate Peter Larson to win by a half-second in 42.12. Although Krueger will need to swim much faster at the NCAA Championships next month to repeat his 2022 A-final performance last year (or even to score), his reliability and consistency in the 100 free is one aspect Texas can count on heading to Minneapolis for both individual swims and relays.
Larson took second in 42.61, holding off Luke Hobson (42.62) by one hundredth. West Virginia’s Conner McBeth placed fourth in 43.34, but the third-fastest time of the night belonged to Texas sophomore Kobe Ndebele, racing exhibition at the meet, who swam a 43.10 in the B-final.
Event 34 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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American: 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel
US Open: 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel
Big 12: * 41.26 2/29/2020 Daniel Krueger, Texas
Meet: # 41.26 2/29/2020 Daniel Krueger, Texas
41.64 A NCAA Auto
42.34 I 2022 NCAA Invited
43.59 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Daniel Krueger SR Texas 42.28 42.12 I 20
r:+0.71 9.63 20.08 (10.45)
31.05 (10.97) 42.12 (11.07)
2 Peter Larson SR Texas 42.85 42.61 B 17
r:+0.61 9.44 20.03 (10.59)
31.22 (11.19) 42.61 (11.39)
3 Luke Hobson SO Texas 43.43 42.62 B 16
r:+0.75 9.75 20.38 (10.63)
31.46 (11.08) 42.62 (11.16)
4 Conner McBeth SO West Virginia 43.51 43.34 B 15
r:+0.69 9.77 20.57 (10.80)
31.97 (11.40) 43.34 (11.37)
5 Milan Fabian SO TCU 44.47 43.61 14
r:+0.62 9.74 20.87 (11.13)
32.20 (11.33) 43.61 (11.41)
6 Dusan Babic SR TCU 44.67 44.26 13
r:+0.66 10.08 21.15 (11.07)
32.57 (11.42) 44.26 (11.69)
7 Roanoke Shirk JR West Virginia 44.23 44.77 12
r:+0.65 10.36 21.52 (11.16)
33.14 (11.62) 44.77 (11.63)
8 Raphael Paiva D SR TCU 44.62 45.12 11
r:+0.71 10.01 21.24 (11.23)
33.08 (11.84) 45.12 (12.04)
Women’s 1650 Freestyle
Last season, Erica Sullivan attempted to win the NCAA title in the 1650 free out of an afternoon heat after arriving at the national championships without a top-eight entry time. That won’t be a problem in 2023 after Sullivan clocked the third-fastest time in the country to win her conference title Saturday evening. Sullivan built an early lead before accelerating around the 500-yard mark, moving from 29.2 splits to the 28-mid range for the bulk of the race. The splits crept closer to 28-high and even 29-low territory, but she had enough to close in 27.88 and record a sub-15:50 swim.
Sullivan finished in 15:49.16, which ranks behind defending NCAA champion Paige McKenna of Wisconsin (15:46.90) and Kensey McMahon of Alabama (15:47.02) in the national rankings. Sullivan just missed Evie Pfeifer’s 2021 meet record of 15:48.65. Sullivan’s lifetime best in the event sits at 15:23.81, a 2019 swim which ranks her second all-time behind Katie Ledecky.
Sullivan won this race by 20 seconds while a pair of her Texas teammates rounded out the top three: Abby Pfeifer (16:09.67) and Olivia McMurray (16:19.62).
Event 35 Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
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American: 15:03.31 11/18/2017Katie Ledecky
US Open: 15:03.31 11/18/2017Katie Ledecky
Big 12: * 15:46.41 3/20/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas
Meet: # 15:48.65 2/27/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas
15:52.41 A NCAA Auto
16:16.47 I 2022 NCAA Invited
16:30.59 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Erica Sullivan SO Texas 15:58.97 15:49.16 A 20
r:+0.71 26.76 55.38 (28.62)
1:24.35 (28.97) 1:53.37 (29.02)
2:22.49 (29.12) 2:51.71 (29.22)
3:21.00 (29.29) 3:50.24 (29.24)
4:19.48 (29.24) 4:48.67 (29.19)
5:17.27 (28.60) 5:45.81 (28.54)
6:14.49 (28.68) 6:43.02 (28.53)
7:11.58 (28.56) 7:40.14 (28.56)
8:08.88 (28.74) 8:37.46 (28.58)
9:06.15 (28.69) 9:34.90 (28.75)
10:03.58 (28.68) 10:32.33 (28.75)
11:01.14 (28.81) 11:29.95 (28.81)
11:58.72 (28.77) 12:27.70 (28.98)
12:56.51 (28.81) 13:25.55 (29.04)
13:54.63 (29.08) 14:23.64 (29.01)
14:52.50 (28.86) 15:21.28 (28.78) 15:49.16 (27.88)
2 Abby Pfeifer JR Texas 16:07.14 16:09.67 I 17
r:+0.80 28.03 57.47 (29.44)
1:26.76 (29.29) 1:56.31 (29.55)
2:25.65 (29.34) 2:55.24 (29.59)
3:24.73 (29.49) 3:54.39 (29.66)
4:23.89 (29.50) 4:53.40 (29.51)
5:22.76 (29.36) 5:52.27 (29.51)
6:21.72 (29.45) 6:51.13 (29.41)
7:20.56 (29.43) 7:49.95 (29.39)
8:19.38 (29.43) 8:48.80 (29.42)
9:18.35 (29.55) 9:47.89 (29.54)
10:17.15 (29.26) 10:46.61 (29.46)
11:16.27 (29.66) 11:45.64 (29.37)
12:15.21 (29.57) 12:44.64 (29.43)
13:14.25 (29.61) 13:43.70 (29.45)
14:13.26 (29.56) 14:42.77 (29.51)
15:12.20 (29.43) 15:41.56 (29.36) 16:09.67 (28.11)
3 Olivia McMurray SO Texas 16:19.67 16:19.62 B 16
r:+0.77 27.07 56.67 (29.60)
1:26.37 (29.70) 1:55.87 (29.50)
2:25.72 (29.85) 2:55.36 (29.64)
3:25.10 (29.74) 3:55.00 (29.90)
4:24.83 (29.83) 4:54.54 (29.71)
5:24.19 (29.65) 5:53.49 (29.30)
6:23.36 (29.87) 6:53.01 (29.65)
7:22.66 (29.65) 7:52.46 (29.80)
8:22.19 (29.73) 8:52.04 (29.85)
9:21.76 (29.72) 9:51.79 (30.03)
10:21.97 (30.18) 10:51.76 (29.79)
11:21.44 (29.68) 11:51.39 (29.95)
12:21.55 (30.16) 12:51.59 (30.04)
13:21.72 (30.13) 13:51.49 (29.77)
14:21.33 (29.84) 14:51.57 (30.24)
15:21.72 (30.15) 15:51.17 (29.45) 16:19.62 (28.45)
4 Miranda Kirtley SO West Virginia 16:36.89 16:43.28 15
r:+0.73 27.88 57.98 (30.10)
1:28.18 (30.20) 1:58.58 (30.40)
2:29.04 (30.46) 2:59.41 (30.37)
3:29.84 (30.43) 4:00.20 (30.36)
4:30.58 (30.38) 5:00.97 (30.39)
5:31.24 (30.27) 6:01.47 (30.23)
6:31.54 (30.07) 7:01.95 (30.41)
7:32.27 (30.32) 8:02.53 (30.26)
8:32.88 (30.35) 9:03.05 (30.17)
9:33.44 (30.39) 10:03.93 (30.49)
10:34.70 (30.77) 11:05.27 (30.57)
11:35.87 (30.60) 12:06.80 (30.93)
12:37.64 (30.84) 13:08.52 (30.88)
13:39.50 (30.98) 14:10.36 (30.86)
14:41.24 (30.88) 15:12.16 (30.92)
15:42.78 (30.62) 16:13.38 (30.60) 16:43.28 (29.90)
5 Brinley Horras JR Iowa State 17:05.34 16:44.99 14
r:+0.78 27.59 58.01 (30.42)
1:28.70 (30.69) 1:59.26 (30.56)
2:30.17 (30.91) 3:00.86 (30.69)
3:31.39 (30.53) 4:02.48 (31.09)
4:33.40 (30.92) 5:04.19 (30.79)
5:34.87 (30.68) 6:05.70 (30.83)
6:36.30 (30.60) 7:06.83 (30.53)
7:37.30 (30.47) 8:07.90 (30.60)
8:38.36 (30.46) 9:08.89 (30.53)
9:39.54 (30.65) 10:09.99 (30.45)
10:40.55 (30.56) 11:10.86 (30.31)
11:41.32 (30.46) 12:11.75 (30.43)
12:42.34 (30.59) 13:12.83 (30.49)
13:43.23 (30.40) 14:13.82 (30.59)
14:44.32 (30.50) 15:15.07 (30.75)
15:45.84 (30.77) 16:16.42 (30.58) 16:44.99 (28.57)
6 Jordan Edwards SO TCU 16:53.11 16:46.98 13
r:+0.73 27.42 57.00 (29.58)
1:27.12 (30.12) 1:57.24 (30.12)
2:27.41 (30.17) 2:57.66 (30.25)
3:28.08 (30.42) 3:58.51 (30.43)
4:28.92 (30.41) 4:59.62 (30.70)
5:30.14 (30.52) 6:00.69 (30.55)
6:31.30 (30.61) 7:01.76 (30.46)
7:32.49 (30.73) 8:03.23 (30.74)
8:33.98 (30.75) 9:04.82 (30.84)
9:35.48 (30.66) 10:06.09 (30.61)
10:36.88 (30.79) 11:07.77 (30.89)
11:38.61 (30.84) 12:09.61 (31.00)
12:40.50 (30.89) 13:11.50 (31.00)
13:42.36 (30.86) 14:13.29 (30.93)
14:44.39 (31.10) 15:15.21 (30.82)
15:46.22 (31.01) 16:17.10 (30.88) 16:46.98 (29.88)
7 Corinne Guist FR Iowa State 17:15.51 16:55.55 12
r:+0.73 27.96 58.58 (30.62)
1:29.59 (31.01) 2:00.36 (30.77)
2:31.11 (30.75) 3:01.90 (30.79)
3:32.68 (30.78) 4:03.56 (30.88)
4:34.58 (31.02) 5:05.31 (30.73)
5:36.12 (30.81) 6:06.94 (30.82)
6:37.67 (30.73) 7:08.26 (30.59)
7:38.91 (30.65) 8:09.65 (30.74)
8:40.33 (30.68) 9:10.74 (30.41)
9:41.28 (30.54) 10:11.95 (30.67)
10:42.51 (30.56) 11:13.24 (30.73)
11:44.05 (30.81) 12:14.78 (30.73)
12:46.00 (31.22) 13:17.24 (31.24)
13:48.22 (30.98) 14:19.45 (31.23)
14:51.02 (31.57) 15:22.56 (31.54)
15:53.88 (31.32) 16:25.08 (31.20) 16:55.55 (30.47)
8 Maddy Rundell SR Iowa State 17:07.06 16:56.96 11
r:+0.77 27.94 58.38 (30.44)
1:29.29 (30.91) 2:00.23 (30.94)
2:31.26 (31.03) 3:02.13 (30.87)
3:33.08 (30.95) 4:04.18 (31.10)
4:35.42 (31.24) 5:06.67 (31.25)
5:37.38 (30.71) 6:08.29 (30.91)
6:39.27 (30.98) 7:10.25 (30.98)
7:41.39 (31.14) 8:12.08 (30.69)
8:42.91 (30.83) 9:13.87 (30.96)
9:44.88 (31.01) 10:16.01 (31.13)
10:47.05 (31.04) 11:17.92 (30.87)
11:48.76 (30.84) 12:19.84 (31.08)
12:50.70 (30.86) 13:21.48 (30.78)
13:52.24 (30.76) 14:23.59 (31.35)
14:54.69 (31.10) 15:25.79 (31.10)
15:56.91 (31.12) 16:27.58 (30.67) 16:56.96 (29.38)
Men’s 1650 Freestyle
Texas’ David Johnston recorded a dominant effort in the men’s mile to take the win in 14:37.30, a mark which ranks third in the country behind Kentucky’s Levi Sandidge and NC State’s Will Gallant. Johnston was within four seconds of his 2022 NCAAs time of 14:33.61, which placed fifth overall.
West Virginia’s William Mullen (15:20.04) and TCU’s Tristan McFarland (15:47.98) rounded out the top three, while the second-quickest time of the night belonged to the Longhorns’ Alex Zettle, who went 14:57.98 while racing exhibition.
Event 36 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
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American: 14:12.08 2/22/2020 Bobby Finke
US Open: 14:12.08 2/22/2020 Bobby Finke
Big 12: * 14:22.41 3/25/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
Meet: # 14:31.29 2/27/2016 Clark Smith, Texas
14:37.31 A NCAA Auto
14:55.57 I 2022 NCAA Invited
15:26.19 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 David Johnston JR Texas 14:32.40 14:37.30 A 20
r:+0.75 24.09 50.13 (26.04)
1:16.62 (26.49) 1:43.24 (26.62)
2:10.06 (26.82) 2:36.80 (26.74)
3:03.68 (26.88) 3:30.45 (26.77)
3:57.31 (26.86) 4:24.17 (26.86)
4:50.94 (26.77) 5:17.60 (26.66)
5:44.23 (26.63) 6:11.01 (26.78)
6:37.81 (26.80) 7:04.65 (26.84)
7:31.42 (26.77) 7:58.15 (26.73)
8:25.00 (26.85) 8:51.84 (26.84)
9:18.53 (26.69) 9:45.24 (26.71)
10:11.93 (26.69) 10:38.63 (26.70)
11:05.50 (26.87) 11:32.40 (26.90)
11:59.32 (26.92) 12:26.13 (26.81)
12:52.82 (26.69) 13:19.48 (26.66)
13:46.09 (26.61) 14:12.41 (26.32) 14:37.30 (24.89)
2 William Mullen JR West Virginia 15:24.48 15:20.04 B 17
r:+0.76 25.21 52.31 (27.10)
1:20.08 (27.77) 1:48.06 (27.98)
2:15.87 (27.81) 2:43.98 (28.11)
3:11.80 (27.82) 3:39.69 (27.89)
4:07.55 (27.86) 4:35.36 (27.81)
5:03.12 (27.76) 5:30.68 (27.56)
5:58.26 (27.58) 6:26.02 (27.76)
6:53.87 (27.85) 7:21.53 (27.66)
7:49.61 (28.08) 8:17.76 (28.15)
8:45.46 (27.70) 9:13.44 (27.98)
9:41.65 (28.21) 10:09.88 (28.23)
10:38.10 (28.22) 11:06.64 (28.54)
11:35.10 (28.46) 12:03.19 (28.09)
12:31.48 (28.29) 12:59.71 (28.23)
13:27.75 (28.04) 13:56.17 (28.42)
14:24.56 (28.39) 14:52.86 (28.30) 15:20.04 (27.18)
3 Tristan McFarla SO TCU 16:00.46 15:47.98 16
r:+0.70 25.68 53.84 (28.16)
1:22.09 (28.25) 1:50.42 (28.33)
2:19.20 (28.78) 2:47.76 (28.56)
3:16.44 (28.68) 3:45.15 (28.71)
4:13.99 (28.84) 4:42.88 (28.89)
5:11.47 (28.59) 5:40.25 (28.78)
6:09.20 (28.95) 6:38.09 (28.89)
7:07.07 (28.98) 7:35.51 (28.44)
8:04.19 (28.68) 8:33.04 (28.85)
9:01.87 (28.83) 9:30.69 (28.82)
9:59.77 (29.08) 10:28.81 (29.04)
10:57.76 (28.95) 11:26.86 (29.10)
11:55.93 (29.07) 12:25.11 (29.18)
12:54.22 (29.11) 13:23.47 (29.25)
13:52.69 (29.22) 14:21.72 (29.03)
14:51.02 (29.30) 15:19.99 (28.97) 15:47.98 (27.99)
4 Bryce Flynn JR TCU 15:55.70 15:52.35 15
r:+0.68 25.80 53.88 (28.08)
1:22.57 (28.69) 1:51.47 (28.90)
2:20.36 (28.89) 2:49.43 (29.07)
3:18.48 (29.05) 3:47.54 (29.06)
4:16.55 (29.01) 4:45.47 (28.92)
5:14.12 (28.65) 5:42.99 (28.87)
6:11.66 (28.67) 6:40.54 (28.88)
7:09.35 (28.81) 7:38.26 (28.91)
8:07.21 (28.95) 8:36.16 (28.95)
9:05.17 (29.01) 9:34.27 (29.10)
10:03.22 (28.95) 10:32.37 (29.15)
11:01.69 (29.32) 11:30.68 (28.99)
11:59.99 (29.31) 12:29.18 (29.19)
12:58.65 (29.47) 13:27.77 (29.12)
13:56.98 (29.21) 14:26.09 (29.11)
14:55.27 (29.18) 15:24.11 (28.84) 15:52.35 (28.24)
5 Geremia Freri SO TCU 15:13.13 15:57.08 14
r:+0.70 24.26 50.92 (26.66)
1:18.12 (27.20) 1:45.62 (27.50)
2:13.42 (27.80) 2:41.69 (28.27)
3:10.06 (28.37) 3:38.81 (28.75)
4:07.75 (28.94) 4:36.71 (28.96)
5:05.86 (29.15) 5:35.26 (29.40)
6:04.75 (29.49) 6:33.69 (28.94)
7:02.83 (29.14) 7:32.09 (29.26)
8:01.90 (29.81) 8:31.23 (29.33)
9:00.21 (28.98) 9:29.98 (29.77)
9:59.74 (29.76) 10:29.27 (29.53)
10:58.45 (29.18) 11:28.16 (29.71)
11:58.09 (29.93) 12:26.91 (28.82)
12:55.71 (28.80) 13:26.26 (30.55)
13:56.99 (30.73) 14:27.28 (30.29)
14:57.37 (30.09) 15:27.65 (30.28) 15:57.08 (29.43)
Men’s 200 Breaststroke
Caspar Corbeau went wire-to-wire in the 200 breast final while leading a Texas sweep of the top-five spots. Corbeau, a finalist in the 200-meter breast at last summer’s World Championships, swam a time of 1:51.92 to take the win by one-and-a-half seconds, his time good for 11th in the national rankings so far this season with surely more room to drop for the NCAA Championships.
Corbeau was followed by teammate Braden Vines, who placed second in 1:53.48, and Jake Foster, who was third in 1:53.61. Paul DeGrado (1:55.96) and Will Chan (1:56.44) occupied the next two spots for Texas.
Event 38 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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American: 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon
US Open: 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon
Big 12: * 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
Meet: # 1:49.89 2/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
1:51.54 A NCAA Auto
1:53.23 I 2022 NCAA Invited
1:57.95 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Caspar Corbeau SR Texas 1:54.66 1:51.92 I 20
r:+0.69 24.67 53.30 (28.63)
1:22.39 (29.09) 1:51.92 (29.53)
2 Braden Vines SR Texas 1:54.23 1:53.48 B 17
r:+0.62 25.69 54.09 (28.40)
1:23.26 (29.17) 1:53.48 (30.22)
3 Jake Foster SR Texas 1:53.65 1:53.61 B 16
r:+0.67 25.12 53.87 (28.75)
1:23.49 (29.62) 1:53.61 (30.12)
4 Paul DeGrado SR Texas 1:57.20 1:55.96 B 15
r:+0.67 25.94 55.10 (29.16)
1:25.23 (30.13) 1:55.96 (30.73)
5 William Chan SR Texas 1:57.31 1:56.44 B 14
r:+0.69 25.27 54.33 (29.06)
1:24.76 (30.43) 1:56.44 (31.68)
6 Danny Berlitz SO West Virginia 1:58.23 1:56.76 B 13
r:+0.72 26.66 56.53 (29.87)
1:26.54 (30.01) 1:56.76 (30.22)
7 Adam McDonald FR West Virginia 1:57.94 1:57.23 B 12
r:+0.65 26.74 56.67 (29.93)
1:26.82 (30.15) 1:57.23 (30.41)
8 Reilly Keaney SO West Virginia 1:58.30 1:58.37 11
r:+0.68 27.16 57.87 (30.71)
1:28.08 (30.21) 1:58.37 (30.29)
Women’s 200 Butterfly
Texas already owns the top three times in the country in the women’s 200 fly with Emma Sticklen, Kelly Pash and Dakota Luther, and even though Pash skipped the 200 fly Saturday, Sticklen and Luther took care of business for the Longhorns. Luther led for most of the race, but she faded on the last 50 while Sticklen powered through to win in 1:52.11, seven tenths off her top-ranked season best of 1:51.37. Luther, who has been as fast as 1:51.58 this year, took second in 1:52.71. The rest of the field finished well behind the top two, with West Virginia’s Mia Walters took third in 2:00.82.
Event 39 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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American: 1:49.51 2/24/2018 Ella Eastin
US Open: 1:49.51 2/24/2018 Ella Eastin
Big 12: * 1:51.18 3/21/2009 Kathleen Hersey, Texas
Meet: # 1:52.03 2/27/2021 Olivia Bray, Texas
1:52.86 A NCAA Auto
1:56.14 I 2022 NCAA Invited
1:59.23 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Emma Sticklen JR Texas 1:55.22 1:52.11 A 20
r:+0.68 25.04 53.39 (28.35)
1:22.95 (29.56) 1:52.11 (29.16)
2 Dakota Luther SR Texas 1:54.85 1:52.71 A 17
r:+0.73 25.12 53.27 (28.15)
1:22.54 (29.27) 1:52.71 (30.17)
3 Mia Walters SO West Virginia 2:01.07 2:00.82 16
r:+0.76 26.95 57.19 (30.24)
1:28.58 (31.39) 2:00.82 (32.24)
4 Lilly Culp JR West Virginia 2:02.44 2:01.23 15
r:+0.72 27.55 58.30 (30.75)
1:29.53 (31.23) 2:01.23 (31.70)
5 Lucia Rizzo SR Iowa State 2:01.96 2:01.36 14
r:+0.72 26.92 57.27 (30.35)
1:29.31 (32.04) 2:01.36 (32.05)
6 Winter Craig JR Iowa State 2:00.91 2:02.08 13
r:+0.78 27.12 57.43 (30.31)
1:28.85 (31.42) 2:02.08 (33.23)
7 Amelie Lessing SR Kansas 2:02.22 2:02.51 12
r:+0.72 26.73 57.66 (30.93)
1:29.50 (31.84) 2:02.51 (33.01)
8 Lauren Musbach JR West Virginia 2:03.40 2:03.56 11
r:+0.67 27.79 58.62 (30.83)
1:30.62 (32.00) 2:03.56 (32.94)
Men’s 200 Butterfly
Texas’ Cole Crane held the lead through the first 125 yards of the 200 fly final, but his teammate Sam Artmann caught up to Crane by the 150-yard mark before pulling away to take the win. Artmann hit the wall in 1:42.63, ahead of Crane’s 1:43.25. Coby Carrozza made it a 1-2-3 finish for Texas wit hhis time of 1:45.45 while exhibition swimmer Ryan Branon swam the third-quickest time of the night with a 1:43.80 in the B-final.
Event 40 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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American: 1:37.35 3/25/2017 Jack Conger
US Open: 1:37.35 3/25/2017 Jack Conger
Big 12: * 1:37.35 3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
Meet: # 1:39.17 2/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
1:40.20 A NCAA Auto
1:42.64 I 2022 NCAA Invited
1:46.31 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Sam Artmann SR Texas 1:43.58 1:42.63 I 20
r:+0.67 23.21 48.89 (25.68)
1:15.33 (26.44) 1:42.63 (27.30)
2 Cole Crane SR Texas 1:47.85 1:43.25 B 17
r:+0.67 22.92 48.40 (25.48)
1:15.43 (27.03) 1:43.25 (27.82)
3 Coby Carrozza JR Texas 1:45.96 1:45.45 B 16
r:+0.74 23.11 49.40 (26.29)
1:16.60 (27.20) 1:45.45 (28.85)
4 Piotr Sadlowski SR TCU 1:48.61 1:47.17 15
r:+0.70 23.80 50.72 (26.92)
1:18.14 (27.42) 1:47.17 (29.03)
5 Kornel Kohalmi FR TCU 1:49.50 1:48.00 14
r:+0.70 24.02 51.36 (27.34)
1:19.51 (28.15) 1:48.00 (28.49)
6 David Snider SR West Virginia 1:49.95 1:48.02 13
r:+0.65 24.11 51.42 (27.31)
1:19.48 (28.06) 1:48.02 (28.54)
7 Alvaro Santiago FR West Virginia 1:49.22 1:49.99 12
r:+0.68 24.60 52.43 (27.83)
1:20.89 (28.46) 1:49.99 (29.10)
8 Grant Klatt FR TCU 1:50.06 1:50.59 11
r:+0.72 24.24 51.85 (27.61)
1:20.55 (28.70) 1:50.59 (30.04)
Men’s Platform Diving
The last diving event of the meet went to Texas’ Noah Duperre with 392.30 points, good enough to narrowly beat out TCU’s Alec Hubbard (391.05). Another Horned Frogs diver, Ollie Cazaly, took third (328.55).
Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay
The Texas women cruised to an eight-second win in the 400 free relay, with Kelly Pash (47.62), Olivia Bray (47.29), Ava Longi (47.93) and Kyla Leibel (48.45) combining for a mark of 3:11.29. The Longhorns slightly improved upon their previous season-best mark while remaining eighth in the national rankings.
TCU’s Serena Gould, Emma Hultquist, Lucia Simovicova and Olivia Rhodes took second in 3:19.36,and third went to West Virginia’s Mia Cheatwood, Abby Reardon, Ada Szwabinska and Jaqueline McCutchan in 3:20.24.
Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay
The Longhorn men concluded the meet with an easy win in the 400 free relay, with Danny Krueger, Peter Larson, Luke Hobson and Carson Foster finishing in 2:49.26. However, Texas finished just off its season-best time of 2:49.15, which ranks 10th in the country. That means Texas will not race in the top heat of the 400 free relay at the NCAA Championships, just like in three of the other four relays on the program, so it will depend on the Longhorns improving their times by significant margins in order to continue a streak of top-two finishes at the meet dating back to 2014.
The top split on the Texas relay was Larson’s 42.15 while Krueger led off in 42.25. Meanwhile, Caspar Corbeau anchored the Texas B-relay in 42.08, so it would not be surprising if he ends up on the top squad at NCAAs next month.
West Virginia’s Danny Berlitz, Braden Osborn, Roanoke Shirk and Conner McBeth finished second in 2:54.77, and TCU’s Milan Fabian, Dusan Babic, Jadon Wuilliez and Parker Hughes took third in 2:55.69.
Event 44 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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American: 2:44.31 3/24/2018 North Carolina State
Held, Ress, Molacek, Stewart
US Open: 2:44.31 3/24/2018 North Carolina State
Held, Ress, Molacek, Stewart
Big 12: * 2:45.12 3/27/2019 University of Texas
Krueger, Shebat, Jackson, Haas
Meet: # 2:48.35 2/24/2018 University of Texas
Haas, Ringgold, Newkirk, Jackson
2:50.52 A NCAA Auto
2:52.44 I 2022 NCAA Invited
2:52.44 B NCAA Bonus
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Texas 2:49.15 2:49.26 A 40
1) Daniel Krueger SR 2) r:+0.26 Peter Larson SR
3) r:+0.29 Luke Hobson SO 4) r:+0.25 Carson Foster JR
r:+0.71 20.30 42.25 (42.25)
1:01.95 (19.70) 1:24.40 (42.15)
1:44.55 (20.15) 2:06.86 (42.46)
2:27.03 (20.17) 2:49.26 (42.40)
2 West Virginia 2:54.67 2:54.77 34
1) Danny Berlitz SO 2) r:+0.16 Braden Osborn SO
3) r:+0.18 Roanoke Shirk JR 4) r:+0.10 Conner McBeth SO
r:+0.72 20.86 43.76 (43.76)
1:04.41 (20.65) 1:28.24 (44.48)
1:48.92 (20.68) 2:12.05 (43.81)
2:31.97 (19.92) 2:54.77 (42.72)
3 TCU 2:55.70 2:55.69 32
1) Milan Fabian SO 2) r:+0.12 Dusan Babic SR
3) r:+0.12 Jadon Wuilliez SO 4) r:+0.32 Parker Hughes SR
r:+0.64 20.75 43.84 (43.84)
1:04.15 (20.31) 1:27.65 (43.81)
1:48.17 (20.52) 2:11.18 (43.53)
2:32.78 (21.60) 2:55.69 (44.51)
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