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Women’s Swimming and Diving Preview: Stanford and California
10.29.2014 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns continue season-opening road swing, take on Pac-12 powers Stanford and California.
WHAT: Nine-time national champion Texas (3-0) continues a rigorous opening month of its dual-meet schedule with a pair of road meets at Pac-12 Conference powers Stanford and California.
WHEN/WHERE:
Texas at Stanford
Thursday, Oct. 30 – 6 p.m. CT (4 p.m. local)
Avery Aquatic Center – Stanford, California
LIVE RESULTS: Available at GoStanford.com prior to the meet
PINK OUT AT STANFORD: Fans attending Thursday's Texas-Stanford meet at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center are encouraged to wear pink attire to raise awareness in the fight against cancer. Texas head coach Carol Capitani and Stanford head coach Greg Meehan each have pledged to donate $1 to cancer research for every fan wearing pink at the Texas-Stanford meet.
Texas at California
Friday, Oct. 31 – 3 p.m. CT (1 p.m. local)
Spieker Aquatics Complex – Berkeley, California
LIVE RESULTS: http://www.collegeswimming.com/results/26975/
LAST MEETINGS: Stanford defeated Texas by a 154-146 count on Jan. 4, 2014 in Austin. California defeated Texas by a 172-128 margin on Nov. 2, 2012 in Berkeley.
LAST TIME OUT: Texas swept its season-opening quad meet last weekend (Oct. 25-26) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Longhorns defeated host Michigan (199-154), Louisville (243.5-109.5) and Indiana (204.5-148.5).
LONGHORNS AMONG THE TOP 25
Below is an early-season listing of Longhorns ranked among the nation's top-25 based on swims from last week's meet against Indiana, Louisville and Michigan.
50 Freestyle
14. Gretchen Jaques – 22.87
100 Freestyle
18. Rebecca Millard – 50.26
200 Freestyle
8. Madisyn Cox – 1:47.24
500 Freestyle
21. Kaitlin Pawlowicz – 4:51.11
1000 Freestyle
3. Kaitlin Pawlowicz – 9:44.68
100 Backstroke
10. Tasija Karosas – 53.66
23. Sarah Denninghoff – 54.68
200 Backstroke
6. Tasija Karosas – 1:56.02
100 Breaststroke
4. Gretchen Jaques – 1:01.37
17. Bethany Leap – 1:02.36
200 Breaststroke
9. Gretchen Jaques – 2:13.85
15. Bethany Leap – 2:14.71
100 Butterfly
13. Kelsey LeNeave – 54.16
200 Butterfly
18. Kelsey LeNeave – 1:59.72
24. Tasija Karosas – 2:00.15
200 IM
1. Madisyn Cox – 1:58.56
14. Skylar Smith – 2:01.91
400 IM
5. Madisyn Cox – 4:14.51
MORE ON THE LONGHORNS
- Texas returns 21 swimmers and divers, including eight All-Americans, from the 2013-14 squad that won the Big 12 Championship and placed ninth at the NCAA Championships.
- Senior diver Emma Ivory-Ganja, now in her second season at Texas after transferring from UCLA, earned All-America honors on all three boards at the 2014 NCAA Championships. Ivory-Ganja was the NCAA runner-up on platform and placed seventh in the three-meter event at the NCAA meet. Sophomore Murphy Bromberg joins Ivory-Ganja as an All-American on three-meter last season.
- USA Swimming announced earlier this month the selection of UT sophomore swimmer Madisyn Cox to the U.S. roster for the FINA Short Course World Championships set for December in Qatar. The Lubbock native earned honorable mention All-America honors as a freshman in the 200 IM and won her first Big 12 title in that event last February.
- Senior swimmer Sarah Denninghoff returns after sitting out last season as a medical redshirt. The 13-time All-American placed eighth in the 200 backstroke at the 2013 NCAA Championships in her first season as a Longhorn after transferring from Arizona.
- Versatile senior swimmer Gretchen Jaques gives Texas options in the sprint breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle events. The Californian joined current teammate Brynne Wong and former teammates Lily Moldenhauer and Ellen Lobb to tie the school record and place sixth in the 200 medley relay last season at the NCAA Championships. Jaques also scored individually last season in the 100 breaststroke.
- Sophomore swimmer Tasija Karosas joined teammate Kelsey LeNeave to help Texas place ninth in the 800 freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships. Karosas won her first Big 12 title last March with a personal best of 1:53.49 in the 200 backstroke. LeNeave scored her first individual points at an NCAA Championship last March with her 16th-place finish in the 200 freestyle.
- Three-time NCAA Championships qualifier Kaitlin Pawlowicz returns after posting top-three finishes in the 500 freestyle and the 400 IM at 2014 Big 12 Championships.
- Senior swimmer Skylar Smith is a former Big 12 champion in the 200 IM who has qualified for two NCAA Championship meets.
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