Big 12 Championships, Day 4 Prelims: Kelly Pash, Carson Foster Aiming for Third Individual Win Each
With both the Texas women and men cruising to another Big 12 title, the Longhorns ended up with the top qualifying time in every individual event Saturday. While none recorded any world-beating times, a pair of swimmers are in position to win their third individual title each. Seniors Kelly Pash, already the 200 and 400 IM winner, led a group of five Longhorns as the top swimmers in the women’s 100 freestyle while junior Carson Foster, already with a pair of individual medley wins already captured, edged teammate Ethan Harder for the top spot in the men’s 200 backstroke.
Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 29 1. University of Texas 751 2. Iowa State University 383 3. University of Kansas 382 4. Texas Christian University 375 5. West Virginia University 335
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 30 1. University of Texas 741 2. Texas Christian University 564 3. West Virginia University 492
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Women’s 200 Backstroke
Olivia Bray, the Texas junior already with a win in the 100 back and second-place finish in the 500 free this week, topped the 200 back prelims by more than six seconds. She touched in 1:52.70, just over two seconds off her season-best mark of 1:50.46 which ranks fifth nationally. Four other swimmers broke the 2:00-barrier: Iowa State’s Liz Richardson (1:59.01), Kansas’ Dewi Blose (1:59.28), West Virginia’s Paige Dressel (1:59.89) and Kansas’ Lezli Sisung (1:59.97).
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 Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Olivia Bray JR Texas 1:50.46 1:52.70 qI
26.64 56.31 (29.67)
1:24.68 (28.37) 1:52.70 (28.02)
2 Liz Richardson SR Iowa State 1:58.48 1:59.01 q
27.98 58.09 (30.11)
1:28.62 (30.53) 1:59.01 (30.39)
3 Dewi Blose SR Kansas 1:59.15 1:59.28 q
27.73 58.13 (30.40)
1:28.61 (30.48) 1:59.28 (30.67)
4 Paige Dressel JR West Virginia 1:59.11 1:59.89 q
28.33 58.37 (30.04)
1:28.85 (30.48) 1:59.89 (31.04)
5 Lezli Sisung SO Kansas 2:00.70 1:59.97 q
28.08 58.25 (30.17)
1:29.10 (30.85) 1:59.97 (30.87)
6 Emily Knorr SO West Virginia 1:59.91 2:00.12 q
28.53 59.05 (30.52)
1:29.80 (30.75) 2:00.12 (30.32)
7 Madi Dohrn FR Iowa State 2:00.35 2:00.79 q
28.30 58.04 (29.74)
1:29.07 (31.03) 2:00.79 (31.72)
8 Rylee Moore SO TCU 1:59.82 2:00.99 q
28.50 59.03 (30.53)
1:30.01 (30.98) 2:00.99 (30.98)
Men’s 200 Backstroke
Only 11 swimmers competed in the men’s 200 back, and it was Carson Foster, fresh off an impressive 400 IM Friday night in which he improved to No. 2 in the country, who earned the top mark at 1:40.50, just over a second off his season-best time of 1:40.50. Another Longhorn, senior Ethan Harder, finished just behind Foster in 1:40.79, while West Virginia’s Justin Heimes was third in 1:45.07. A third Longhorn, freshman Charlie Crosby, qualified fourth in 1:46.04.
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 Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Carson Foster JR Texas 1:39.25 1:40.50 qI
23.95 49.88 (25.93)
1:15.25 (25.37) 1:40.50 (25.25)
2 Ethan Harder SR Texas 1:40.84 1:40.79 qI
23.82 49.15 (25.33)
1:14.91 (25.76) 1:40.79 (25.88)
3 Justin Heimes JR West Virginia 1:46.91 1:45.07 q
25.42 52.35 (26.93)
1:18.86 (26.51) 1:45.07 (26.21)
4 Charlie Crosby FR Texas 1:43.81 1:46.04 q
24.55 51.31 (26.76)
1:18.75 (27.44) 1:46.04 (27.29)
5 Jamin Harlan FR West Virginia 1:48.30 1:46.92 q
25.02 51.62 (26.60)
1:19.24 (27.62) 1:46.92 (27.68)
6 Maverick Bray FR West Virginia 1:52.11 1:47.73 q
25.87 52.92 (27.05)
1:20.02 (27.10) 1:47.73 (27.71)
7 Edgar Cicanci FR TCU 1:44.68 1:48.87 q
24.11 50.77 (26.66)
1:19.50 (28.73) 1:48.87 (29.37)
8 Parker Hughes SR TCU 1:49.50 1:49.06 q
26.17 53.75 (27.58)
1:20.97 (27.22) 1:49.06 (28.09)
Women’s 100 Freestyle
Kelly Pash has already swept the IM events this week, topped the prelims of the 100 free in 48.12, seven tenths ahead of teammate Kyla Leibel (48.82). The Longhorns’ Ava Longi (49.09), Bridget Semenuk (49.18) and Grace Cooper (49.25) were the next qualifiers, while West Virginia’s Jaqueline McCutchan was also under 50 seconds (49.36).
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 Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kelly Pash SR Texas 47.35 48.12 qI
r:+0.71 10.98 23.10 (12.12)
35.75 (12.65) 48.12 (12.37)
2 Kyla Leibel SR Texas 48.68 48.82 qB
r:+0.69 11.17 23.42 (12.25)
36.23 (12.81) 48.82 (12.59)
3 Ava Longi JR Texas 48.90 49.09 qB
r:+0.71 11.23 23.67 (12.44)
36.46 (12.79) 49.09 (12.63)
4 Bridget Semenuk SR Texas 48.77 49.18 qB
r:+0.69 11.14 23.51 (12.37)
36.45 (12.94) 49.18 (12.73)
5 Grace Cooper JR Texas 48.51 49.25 qB
r:+0.65 11.23 23.77 (12.54)
36.56 (12.79) 49.25 (12.69)
6 Jacqueline McCu SR West Virginia 49.50 49.36 qB
r:+0.66 11.40 23.91 (12.51)
36.66 (12.75) 49.36 (12.70)
7 *Sienna Schelle FR Texas 50.09 50.19 q
r:+0.75 11.46 24.02 (12.56)
37.05 (13.03) 50.19 (13.14)
8 Ada Szwabinska FR West Virginia 50.77 50.30 q
r:+0.67 11.58 24.40 (12.82)
37.41 (13.01) 50.30 (12.89)
Men’s 100 Freestyle
Danny Krueger swam the top time of the morning in the 100 free at 42.28, with Peter Larson (42.85) and Luke Hobson (43.43) recording the next two times. Those swimmers will aim to post quicker times in the finals, particularly on the 400 free relay (likely with Caspar Corbeau) as Texas tries to secure a time that ranks in the top-eight in the country and good enough to swim in the top heat of the event at the NCAA Championships. West Virginia’s Conner McBeth had the top non-Texas time at 43.51.
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 Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Daniel Krueger SR Texas 42.23 42.28 qI
r:+0.70 9.60 20.24 (10.64)
31.30 (11.06) 42.28 (10.98)
2 Peter Larson SR Texas 42.54 42.85 qB
r:+0.64 9.69 20.44 (10.75)
31.73 (11.29) 42.85 (11.12)
3 Luke Hobson SO Texas 42.58 43.43 qB
r:+0.74 10.03 20.82 (10.79)
32.24 (11.42) 43.43 (11.19)
4 Conner McBeth SO West Virginia 43.06 43.51 qB
r:+0.69 9.73 20.47 (10.74)
32.00 (11.53) 43.51 (11.51)
5 *Kobe Ndebele SO Texas 43.34 43.63 q
r:+0.67 10.11 21.11 (11.00)
32.42 (11.31) 43.63 (11.21)
6 *Alek Filipovic FR Texas 43.87 43.97 q
r:+0.63 9.98 21.03 (11.05)
32.46 (11.43) 43.97 (11.51)
7 Roanoke Shirk JR West Virginia 44.41 44.23 q
r:+0.67 10.12 21.26 (11.14)
32.75 (11.49) 44.23 (11.48)
8 Milan Fabian SO TCU 44.06 44.47 q
r:+0.63 9.93 21.11 (11.18)
32.79 (11.68) 44.47 (11.68)
Women’s 200 Breaststroke
The Texas breaststroke duo of Anna Elendt and Lydia Jacoby will again go head-to-head in the final after Jacoby got the better of her veteran teammate in the 100 breast Friday night. Currently, Elendt ranks eighth in the country in the 200 breast (2:06.43) with Jacoby 10th (2:06.66), and in prelims, Elendt had the top time at 2:09.15, and Jacoby was second in 2:10.82. West Virginia’s Mia Cheatwood took third in 2:11.65, followed by Texas’ Channing Hanley (2:12.17).
Event 37 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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American: 2:01.43 2/4/2023 Kate Douglass
US Open: 2:01.43 2/4/2023 Kate Douglass
Big 12: * 2:03.92 2/26/2022 Anna Elendt, Texas
Meet: # 2:03.92 2/26/2022 Anna Elendt, UT-ST
2:06.18 A NCAA Auto
2:09.15 I 2022 NCAA Invited
2:13.89 B NCAA Bonus
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Anna Elendt JR Texas 2:06.43 2:09.15 qI
r:+0.67 28.10 1:00.44 (32.34)
1:33.43 (32.99) 2:09.15 (35.72)
2 Lydia Jacoby FR Texas 2:06.66 2:10.82 qB
r:+0.68 27.95 1:01.37 (33.42)
1:37.06 (35.69) 2:10.82 (33.76)
3 Mia Cheatwood FR West Virginia 2:12.01 2:11.65 qB
r:+0.74 29.87 1:03.09 (33.22)
1:37.03 (33.94) 2:11.65 (34.62)
4 Channing Hanley SO Texas 2:10.41 2:12.17 qB
r:+0.73 29.66 1:02.72 (33.06)
1:37.20 (34.48) 2:12.17 (34.97)
5 *Chase Davison FR Texas 2:14.23 2:14.31 q
r:+0.68 29.96 1:03.68 (33.72)
1:38.59 (34.91) 2:14.31 (35.72)
6 Lindsey Hosch FR Texas 2:13.85 2:15.57 q
r:+0.71 30.49 1:04.62 (34.13)
1:39.47 (34.85) 2:15.57 (36.10)
7 Claire Chahband SO TCU 2:16.37 2:16.76 q
r:+0.68 30.05 1:03.87 (33.82)
1:39.90 (36.03) 2:16.76 (36.86)
8 Molly Robinson FR Kansas 2:17.20 2:17.17 q
r:+0.76 30.80 1:05.54 (34.74)
1:41.06 (35.52) 2:17.17 (36.11)
Men’s 200 Breaststroke
While the Texas men have some holes in their lineup this year, the 200 breaststroke is not one of those races by any stretch. The Longhorns will get a chance to show that breaststroke talent in the final after Jake Foster led the way in prelims in 1:53.65, followed by Braden Vines (1:54.23) and Caspar Corbeau (1:54.66). For good measure, Paul DeGrado (1:57.20) and Will Chan (1:57.31) made it a one through five sweep for Texas in qualifying.
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 Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Jake Foster SR Texas 1:52.08 1:53.65 qB
r:+0.69 25.36 54.22 (28.86)
1:23.59 (29.37) 1:53.65 (30.06)
2 Braden Vines SR Texas 1:53.96 1:54.23 qB
r:+0.61 26.16 55.07 (28.91)
1:24.27 (29.20) 1:54.23 (29.96)
3 Caspar Corbeau SR Texas 1:52.77 1:54.66 qB
r:+0.71 25.33 54.21 (28.88)
1:23.93 (29.72) 1:54.66 (30.73)
4 Paul DeGrado SR Texas 1:57.45 1:57.20 qB
r:+0.66 26.06 55.25 (29.19)
1:25.62 (30.37) 1:57.20 (31.58)
5 William Chan SR Texas 1:59.46 1:57.31 qB
r:+0.71 25.73 55.37 (29.64)
1:25.84 (30.47) 1:57.31 (31.47)
6 Adam McDonald FR West Virginia 1:58.30 1:57.94 qB
r:+0.64 26.89 56.80 (29.91)
1:27.24 (30.44) 1:57.94 (30.70)
7 Danny Berlitz SO West Virginia 2:00.57 1:58.23 q
r:+0.74 27.18 57.20 (30.02)
1:27.35 (30.15) 1:58.23 (30.88)
8 Reilly Keaney SO West Virginia 1:58.80 1:58.30 q
r:+0.70 27.28 57.92 (30.64)
1:28.22 (30.30) 1:58.30 (30.08)
Women’s 200 Butterfly
Texas owns the top three times in the country right now in the women’s 200 fly with Emma Sticklen, Kelly Pash and Dakota Luther, and that’s with Olivia Bray, an NCAA finalist in the event last year, eschewing the event this season in favor of the 200 back. Pash also skipped the 200 fly Saturday after racing in the 100 free, so Luther (1:54.85) and Sticklen (1:55.22) were well ahead of the field as they secured the fastest qualifying marks. Iowa State’s Winter Craig edged out West Virginia’s Mia Walters for second, 2:00.91 to 2:01.07.
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 Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Dakota Luther SR Texas 1:51.58 1:54.85 qI
r:+0.73 25.98 55.30 (29.32)
1:24.71 (29.41) 1:54.85 (30.14)
2 Emma Sticklen JR Texas 1:51.37 1:55.22 qI
r:+0.68 25.37 54.49 (29.12)
1:25.12 (30.63) 1:55.22 (30.10)
3 Winter Craig JR Iowa State 2:01.84 2:00.91 q
r:+0.76 27.08 57.17 (30.09)
1:28.06 (30.89) 2:00.91 (32.85)
4 Mia Walters SO West Virginia 2:01.05 2:01.07 q
r:+0.76 27.55 58.10 (30.55)
1:29.27 (31.17) 2:01.07 (31.80)
5 Lucia Rizzo SR Iowa State 2:01.21 2:01.96 q
r:+0.73 26.88 57.16 (30.28)
1:28.92 (31.76) 2:01.96 (33.04)
6 Amelie Lessing SR Kansas 2:04.48 2:02.22 q
r:+0.74 26.92 58.34 (31.42)
1:29.93 (31.59) 2:02.22 (32.29)
7 Lilly Culp JR West Virginia 2:01.67 2:02.44 q
r:+0.74 27.81 58.69 (30.88)
1:30.33 (31.64) 2:02.44 (32.11)
8 Lauren Musbach JR West Virginia 2:02.97 2:03.40 q
r:+0.72 28.12 59.27 (31.15)
1:30.67 (31.40) 2:03.40 (32.73)
Men’s 200 Butterfly
Texas did record the top six times in the men’s 200 fly, but two of the top three were underclassmen racing exhibition this week. Freshman Ryan Brannon, one of those exhibition swimmers, topped the field in 1:43.17, followed by Sam Artmann in 1:43.58. Another exhibition swimmer, Holden Smth, had the third-best time at 1:45.50, followed by Coby Carrozza (1:45.96) and Cole Crane (1:47.85). Another exhibition swimmer, Spencer Aurnou-Rhees, was sixth in 1:48.13.
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 Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 *Ryan Branon FR Texas 1:43.95 1:43.17 qB
r:+0.67 23.30 49.39 (26.09)
1:16.07 (26.68) 1:43.17 (27.10)
2 Sam Artmann SR Texas 1:42.77 1:43.58 qB
r:+0.67 22.91 48.68 (25.77)
1:15.58 (26.90) 1:43.58 (28.00)
3 *Holden Smith SO Texas 1:45.65 1:45.50 qB
r:+0.66 23.08 48.92 (25.84)
1:15.84 (26.92) 1:45.50 (29.66)
4 Coby Carrozza JR Texas 1:42.96 1:45.96 qB
r:+0.77 23.54 50.35 (26.81)
1:18.17 (27.82) 1:45.96 (27.79)
5 Cole Crane SR Texas 1:42.25 1:47.85 q
r:+0.70 23.37 49.88 (26.51)
1:17.81 (27.93) 1:47.85 (30.04)
6 *Spencer Aurnou FR Texas 1:46.74 1:48.13 q
r:+0.70 23.51 50.73 (27.22)
1:19.41 (28.68) 1:48.13 (28.72)
7 *Zach Boley SR West Virginia 1:51.19 1:48.16 q
r:+0.70 24.71 51.83 (27.12)
1:11.96 (20.13) 1:48.16 (36.20)
8 Piotr Sadlowski SR TCU 1:52.20 1:48.61 q
r:+0.68 24.09 51.65 (27.56)
1:19.73 (28.08) 1:48.61 (28.88)
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