The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
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Men's Swimming and Diving splits home opener with Indiana and Michigan
10.26.2012 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Oct. 26, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas picked up victories from divers Will Chandler and William McCraney and swimmers Clay Youngquist and Kip Darmody, as the Horns split a pair of meets against Indiana and Michigan Friday evening at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Texas defeated Indiana by a 185-115 count and suffered a 194-106 defeat at the hands of Michigan, who also defeated Indiana by a 223-77 margin.
Chandler and McCraney paced a Texas sweep of the diving events with McCraney leading the way in the one-meter event with 334.60 points. Freshman Sean O'Brien took second with 330.50 points, and Chandler took third. Chandler went on to claim the three-meter event with 371.10 points. McCraney placed second with 356.75 points.
Youngquist, selected on Tuesday at the CollegeSwimming.com Division I Men's Swimmer of the Week, posted his second dominant win in as many outings in the 200-yard freestyle. Youngquist was victorious in 1:35.26, good for the fastest time in college swimming. Teammate Dax Hill, the event's defending NCAA champion, took third in 1:37.60.
Darmody added a win in the 200 backstroke in 1:45.21.
"We know we're working hard, and that's why we have meets to find out where we are," said 35th-year head coach Eddie Reese. "We were slow off the blocks and had trouble on turns, and I get all the `credit' for that. For the most part, the team as a group did a super job of competing, and that's all I can ask.
"I put them in position to go fast or slow," Reese added. "We have a pet name for October - we call it `Rocktober'. And then for November, it's `Slow-vember.' So, we're going into `Slow-vember.' We just started early."
Texas will join Indiana and Michigan to compete in an unscored meet Saturday at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. The action begins at 10 a.m. Central.
