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No. 6 Women's Swimming and Diving tops No. 7 Arizona, 189-156
01.29.2011 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 29, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas - No. 6 Texas (5-2) maintained its lead from session one and won nine of 10 events in the second session to finish off a 189-156 victory over No. 7 Arizona Saturday afternoon at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Junior Leah Gingrich started the afternoon with a win in the 1,650-yard freestyle, where she won by over seven seconds with a mark of 16:52.25. Arizona narrowly out-touched Texas by seven one-hundredths of a second in the 200 medley relay, though UT posted a NCAA "B" cut of 1:41.07. Freshman Lily Moldenhauer led off in 25.75 before sophomore Laura Sogar split 28.32 on the breaststroke leg. Sophomore Kelsey Amundsen split 24.62 on the butterfly before sophomore Bethany Adams anchored in 22.38.
Junior Karlee Bispo put another event in the win column for Texas when she captured the 200 freestyle with a NCAA "B" cut of 1:47.92. Junior Katie Riefenstahl added a fourth-place time of 1:49.63. Moldenhauer maintained Texas' momentum in the 100 backstroke, where she was victorious with a NCAA "B" cut of 54.51. Sophomore Jessica Guro took third in 55.80. Sogar notched another Longhorns victory in the 100 breaststroke with a NCAA "B" cut of 1:01.11. Adams posted a third-place time of 1:03.19.
Sophomore Maren Taylor maintained Texas' winning ways with a win in the platform event, which was not scored toward the team competition. Taylor was victorious with 286.40 points. Gingrich notched her second win of the afternoon, as she claimed the 200 butterfly with a NCAA "B" cut of 1:59.72. Freshman Ellen Lobb took second in 2:01.64. UT elected to exhibition its remaining events, though the Longhorns continued to pile up victories.
Bispo registered another victory, this time in the 50 freestyle with a top time of 22.95, good for another NCAA "B" cut. Amundsen placed third in 23.37. Bispo went back-to-back for her third win of the day, as she clocked 2:00.73 - another NCAA "B" cut - to win the 200 individual medley. Gingrich took second place in 2:02.72.
Texas capped the afternoon with a convincing victory in the 400 freestyle relay with a NCAA "B" cut of 3:20.91. Adams led off in 50.97 before Amundsen split 49.88 on leg two. Gingrich picked up the third leg in 50.37 before Bispo put a stamp on an outstanding afternoon with a 49.69 anchor leg.
Texas resumes competition on Saturday, Feb. 5 when it hosts SMU on Senior Day at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
POST-MEET COMMENTS
Texas head coach Kim Brackin
"I'm really happy with how the team came together. We talked about visualizing today's session as a third (final) day of a NCAA Championship or Big 12 meet. I gave them the challenge to come back and be even better than yesterday. We had a very nice first session, so they could very easily have come back in and done the same thing. But, the challenge was to get better because I knew Arizona would get better. I was pleased with that. I think we're in a good spot right now."
