By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern
The No. 1/4 Texas Longhorns travelled to Tucson, Arizona this weekend to compete against the No. 15/11 Arizona Wildcats for the Arizona Senior Day celebrations. The teams competed on both Friday and Saturday, with Saturday’s competition scored as exhibition. On Friday, however, the Longhorns continued their domination of Division I swimming with a victory on both sides.
Men’s Meet:
Friday’s meet kicked off with a Texas victory in the 200 medley relay. A team of John Shebat, Will Licon, Will Glass, and Brett Ringgold touched with a time of 1:28.49, half a second behind the Arizona team of Chatham Dobbs, Andrew Sovero, Chad Idensohn, and Renny Richmond (1:29.02). Texas freshman Townley Haas then won the 1000 free with a time of 9:18.18. Arizona junior Ty Fowler was second (9:23.42), while his sophomore teammate Nick Hogsed was third (9:26.99). The 200 free was won by Texas freshman Ryan Harty (1:38.28), second went to Arizona’s freshman Parks Jones (1:39.23), and third was grabbed by Longhorn junior PJ Dunne (1:40.66).
The Texas sophomore Ringgold and freshman Shebat nabbed the top two spots in the 100 back with 48.94 and 49.18, respectively. Arizona freshman Dobbs was third (49.95). Sophomore Austin Temple added another win to the Longhorn’s meet with a victory in the 100 breast (56.51). Wildcat senior Sovero was second (56.69), over half a second ahead of Texas junior Hayden Henry (57.36). Harty doubled up with a win in the 200 fly (1:47.94). He was followed by senior teammate John Martens (1:48.60) and Arizona’s sophomore Justin Wright (1:48.83).
The Wildcats struck back hard against the Longhorns in the 50 free with a sweep led by the junior Richmond (20.73) and completed by sophomores JP Beach (20.83) and Idensohn (21.01). Arizona’s sweep of the 50 was answered by a Texas sweep in the 100 free, though. Led by Ringgold (44.76), it was completed by Haas (45.41) and senior John Murray (45.75). Arizona’s junior Thane Maudslien won the 200 back (1:48.54), over a second ahead of second place, which was grabbed by Texas junior Licon (1:49.73). Shebat was third (1:51. 99).
The Longhorns’ Henry won the 200 breast (2:04.73), well ahead of Arizona junior Gage Crosby (2:06.53), while the Texas sophomore Jonathan Roberts claimed the 500 free (4:33.04). Arizona’s Hogsed was second (4:34.10) and Fowler was third (4:36.89). Junior Will Glass of Texas grabbed first in the 100 fly (48.72), about a second ahead of Arizona sophomore Moose Skjaerpe (49.70). The meet was then scored as exhibition and Texas junior diver Mark Anderson won the 1-meter, while classmate Sean O’Brien grabbed the 3-meter.
The final score of the meet was 167-128 in Texas’ favor.
Women’s Meet:
The women’s meet was much closer between the ranked teams, with the meet coming down to the last few events.
Arizona struck first with a victory in the 200 medley relay. The team of Annie Ochitwa, Emma Schoettmer, Mackenzie Rumrill, and Taylor Schick took first with a time of 1:40.03, just two tenths of a second ahead of the Texas team of Tasija Karosas, Olivia Anderson, Mimi Schneider, and Rebecca Millard (1:40.23). Texas freshman Joanna Evans then grabbed first in the 1000 free (9:58.94), almost 20 seconds ahead of Arizona freshman Emma McCarthy, who was second (10:17.43). The Longhorns proceeded to sweep the 200 free, led by junior Madisyn Cox (1:48.42) and completed by Evans (1:49.05) and fellow freshman Quinn Carrozza (1:49.36).
Texas’ junior Karosas took first in the 100 back (53.93) and was followed by a pair of Wildcat freshman–Taylor Garcia was second (54.66), while Ochitwa was third (54.80). Arizona senior Schoettmer was first in the 100 breast (1:02.82), beating Texas freshman Anderson by just over a tenth of a second (1:02.95). The Longhorns then grabbed the top two spots in the 200 fly. Freshman Remedy Rule was first (2:02.09) and her junior teammate Maggie D’Innocenzo followed just a hundredth of second behind (2:02.10). Arizona’s freshman Mik Ranslem was third (2:03.83).
Arizona senior Schick was the only woman under 23 in the 50 free (22.99). She was followed by Texas’ sophomore Millard (23.10) and Arizona freshman Paige Kremer (23.41). Wildcat freshman Katrina Kanopka then won the 100 free (50.36) and was followed by Millard (50.57) and Texas freshman Nora McCullagh (50.84). Longhorns Karosas and Carrozza then grabbed the top two spots in the 200 back with 1:56.82 and 1:58.73, respectively. Cox added another individual win to her day with a victory in the 200 breast (2:12.71). She was followed by Schoettmer (2:14.80) and Arizona’s junior Sara Borendame (2:18.54).
Evans doubled up with a win in the 500 free (4:49.17) ahead of Arizona senior Bonnie Brandon (4:51.49) and McCullagh (4:52.07). The Wildcats then swept the 100 fly, led by Ochitwa’s 54.16 and completed by Rumrill (54.66) and Garcia (55.40). Cox completed the day with a third win in the 200 IM (2:01.06) and was followed by Arizona freshman Karli Thuen (2:05.30) and Rumrill (2:05.69). An Arizona team of Konopka, Schick, Brandon, and Ochitwa took the 400 free relay (3:19.89), about a second ahead of the Texas team of Karosas, Millard, McCullagh, and Cox (3:20.90).
Texas divers Meghan O’Brien and Meghan Houston went 1-2 on the 1-meter competition, while Arizona’s Sally Hackett took first on the 3-meter, followed by O’Brien. The meet fell in Texas’ favor 154-146.
Full results: 2016 Arizona vs. Texas Dual – Results