The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
03.29.2014 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Freshman diver Michael Hixon selected as the NCAA Diver of the Meet.
Day 3 Final Results | Complete Results
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AUSTIN, Texas – Texas posted three individual All-America finishes and added an All- America relay on its way to a second-place finish in the NCAA Championships at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
The Longhorns took second in the final team standings with 417.5 points, only behind California who won the meet with 468.5 points. It marked the 11th NCAA runner-up finish to go with 10 NCAA titles for 36th-year head coach Eddie Reese. Texas has placed among the top-three in 28 of 36 NCAA Championship meets during Reese's tenure on the Forty Acres.
Freshman diver Michael Hixon was selected as the NCAA Championships' Diver of the Meet after sweeping the springboard diving events and adding All-America honors on platform. Hixon is UT's first diver to win the award since Drew Livingston in 2012.
The CSCAA (College Swimming Coaches Association of America) bestowed its Diving Coach of the Year honor upon UT diving coach Matt Scoggin, who also earned the honor in 2012. Scoggin's divers won two titles and totaled five top-two finishes at the NCAA Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.
Junior Kip Darmody started off the day with a sixth-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke. His time of 1:40.18 was the third-best in Texas history and topped his personal best. Freshman Jack Conger tacked on 11 points for the Longhorns with his eighth-place finish in 1:40.73. Senior Patrick Murphy competed in the consolation final and finished in 12th place at 1:41.06. Will Glass also swam in the consolation final, finishing in 15th place with a time of 1:41.06.
Sophomore John Murray's time of 42.43 in the 100-yard freestyle was good for a fifth-place finish in the championship final. Sophomore Matt Ellis competed in the consolation final where he placed seventh in 42.98.
Freshman Will Licon added a sixth-place finish in the 200 breaststroke consolation final in 1:53.69. The El Paso native scored in all three individual events this week at the NCAA Championships.
Hixon finished out his meet with a seventh-place finish in the platform diving event. He finished with 366.35 points while freshman Mark Anderson took 12th overall with 380.15 points in the consolation final.
The Longhorns finished the night and the meet with a fourth-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Ellis led off in 43.07 seconds before Murray split 42.11 on the second leg. Conger picked up the third leg in 43.06 while Weir anchored in 42.70.
