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No. 2 Men's Swimming and Diving tops No. 8 Auburn, 162.5-132.5
01.09.2014 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns await Georgia on Saturday at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 2 Texas (6-1) won nine events and claimed a 162.5-132.5 victory over No. 8 Auburn Thursday afternoon at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
The meet kicked off with the one-meter diving event, where redshirt junior Will Chandler was victorious with 367.05 points. Sophomore Cory Bowersox and freshman Michael Hixon solidified a one-two-three Texas finish. Bowersox took second just behind Chandler with 365.78 points while Hixon was third with 361.43 points.
Texas picked up where the divers left off and took first and second in the 1,000-yard freestyle, where freshman Clark Smith picked up the win in 9:05.73. Sophomore Sam Lewis took second in 9:09.46. Juniors Clay Youngquist, Kip Darmody and Jake Ritter notched a one-two-three Texas showing in the 200 freestyle. Youngquist took the win with a NCAA "B" cut of 1:36.90. Darmody, whose brother Kyle swims for Auburn, took second in 1:39.40, while Ritter took third in 1:40.77.
Sophomore John Martens added a NCAA "B" cut and a victory in the 200 butterfly at 1:46.72, and junior Tripp Cooper placed third in 1:50.36. Freshman Jack Conger engaged in a tight battle with Auburn's Joe Patching in the 200 backstroke and emerged with a narrow victory in 1:44.57. Patching finished in 1:44.89. Freshman Will Glass placed third in 1:47.27.
Freshman Will Licon claimed the 200 breaststroke in 2:01.19 and was followed by junior Matt Korman, the event's reigning Big 12 champion, who tied for second at 2:02.96. Youngquist posted his second win of the day and led a one-two finish in the 500 freestyle at 4:26.22. Lewis took second at 4:28.36.
Conger and Cooper led a one-two Longhorns showing in the 100 butterfly, where Conger scored his second win in 47.32, and Cooper finished in 48.20. Freshman Michael Hixon completed the Texas sweep of the diving events and captured the three-meter event with 422.03 points.
With the team victory in hand, Texas declined its remaining points in the 400 IM and 200 freestyle relay.
Texas hosts another Southeastern Conference foe on Saturday, Jan. 11 when it welcomes Georgia. The meet will kick off with the 1,650 freestyle at 9:30 a.m. CT, and Longhorn Network will pick up live coverage beginning at 10 a.m. CT.
