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No. 2 Women's Swimming and Diving falls to No. 9 Texas A&M, 169-131
11.07.2014 | Women's Swimming and Diving
All-America sophomore Madisyn Cox posts two individual wins for the Longhorns.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas collected five individual victories, including a pair from All-America sophomore Madisyn Cox, but No. 9 Texas A&M (3-1) emerged with a 169-131 win over No. 2 Texas (5-1) Friday evening at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Texas A&M claimed the meet's opening two events, the 200-yard medley relay and the 1000 freestyle, before Cox scored the Horns' first win. The Lubbock native claimed the 200 freestyle in 1 minute, 47.61 seconds.
UT senior Gretchen Jaques, the national leader in the 100 breaststroke, continued her season-long dominance of the event and won in 1:00.72, while sophomore Jordan Surhoff took fourth in 1:03.44.
A&M took a 19-point lead into the next event but Texas cut its deficit to six points following its performance in the 200 butterfly. Senior Kelsey LeNeave claimed the win in 1:58.88 while senior Kaitlin Pawlowicz, after a short layoff from the 1000 freestyle, took second in the 200 fly at 2:01.06. Senior Skylar Smith added three key third-place points at 2:03.64.
A&M captured the 50 freestyle, though second- and third-place finishes from Texas limited the Aggies' gains. Freshman Rebecca Millard took second at 23.29 while sophomore Brynne Wong placed third at 23.37.
Junior Meghan Houston led the Horns in the one-meter diving event with her second-place total of 303.53 points. All-America senior Emma Ivory-Ganja placed third with 302.85 points. Millard led the Horns in the 100 free by taking second at 50.14, while Karosas led Texas in the 200 backstroke at 1:54.97, a fraction of a second behind top finisher Lisa Bratton of Texas A&M.
Jaques returned to post Texas' top finish in the 200 breaststroke at 2:14.50 for second place. Pawlowicz put in another strong performance despite a rigorous workload and took second in the 500 freestyle at 4:50.21, while Cox followed in third at 4:50.77. Ivory-Ganja returned to post a convincing win on the three-meter board and totaled 347.40 points to grab the victory. Houston added a fourth-place total of 285.15 points.
Cox, an All-American as a true freshman in the 200 IM, notched her second win of the night in that event at 1:59.64. Texas wrapped the meet with its second-place mark of 3:21.65 in the 400 freestyle relay.
The Texas divers resume competition in two weeks at the UT Diving Invitational at the Texas Swimming Center. The UT swimmers wrap the fall next month at the annual Texas Invitational set for Dec. 4-6.
POST-MEET COMMENTS
Texas head coach Carol Capitani
We had some great performances that might be overshadowed by the loss. Kaitlin Pawlowicz stood up and raced, and Madisyn (Cox) stood up and raced. The same goes for Tasija (Karosas) and people like Rebecca Baxley and Kelsey LeNeave. A lot of people on our team had season-best times, and that's all we're looking for. Texas A&M is deep, and there's a reason they were fourth in the country (at the NCAA Championships) last year. We were slowly trying to pick away at the lead and we tried to get closer. It's a little disheartening. I think the most disappointing thing is just losing some real close races and we didn't get our hands on the wall first. It's not unacceptable. It's just something they need to learn. I think going into the Texas Invite we need to realize that every little thing counts…our finishes and turns and just doing every little thing right. We'll need to be almost perfect to have the kind of season we want to have.
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