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Arizona & SMU
No. 1 Men’s Swimming and Diving Preview: No. 14 Arizona and SMU
01.25.2015 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Top-ranked Longhorns return home for bi-annual two-day meet with the Wildcats and Mustangs.
WHAT: Ten-time NCAA champion No. 1 Texas (5-1) returns home for a two-day double-dual meet against Arizona and SMU.
WHEN/WHERE
#1 Texas vs. Arizona and SMU
Friday, Jan. 30 – 5 p.m. CT
Saturday, Jan. 31 – 10 a.m. CT
Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center – Austin, Texas (admission is free)
LIVE RESULTS: http://sidearmstats.com/texas/swim/index.htm
TELEVISION: Longhorn Network will air live coverage of swimming Friday evening (5-7 p.m. CT) and tape-delayed coverage of diving Friday (7-8 p.m. CT). LHN picks up live coverage of swimming again on Saturday at 10 a.m. CT. The telecasts will be available to LHN subscribers on the WatchESPN app, as well.
QUICK HITS
- Texas ranks No. 1 for a second consecutive week in the CSCAA NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving team poll. UT ascended to No. 1 on Dec. 11 and remained at No. 1 in the most recent poll released last week (Jan. 22).
- Four Longhorns boast the nation's top times in five individual events:
- John Murray, 100 free (42.61)
- Clark Smith, 500 free (4:13.32)
- Will Licon, 200 breast (1:52.18)
- Joseph Schooling, 100 fly (45.59) and 200 fly (1:41.00, school record)
- Texas also holds the top times in the country in the 200 medley relay (Darmody, Murray, Conger, Ringgold, 1:23.88) and the 200 freestyle relay (Ellis, Murray, Schooling, Ringgold).
- Sophomore Jack Conger holds the world's No. 1 time in the 100-meter butterfly early on in 2015. The five-time All-American won the event in 51.64 at the USA Swimming Arena Pro Swim Series event in Austin (Jan. 15)
- Senior Tripp Cooper ranks No. 2 worldwide in the 100m butterfly right behind Conger. Cooper clocked 52.91 and finished second in the same race behind Conger.
- No fewer than seven Longhorns rank among the nation's top-16 in the 100-yard butterfly this season:
- 1. Joseph Schooling, 45.59
- 2. Jack Conger, 45.76
- 6. Kip Darmody, 46.26
- 7. Matt Ellis, 46.28
- 10. Tripp Cooper, 46.57
- 14. John Murray, 46.73
- 16. Will Glass, 46.81
- Sophomore Mark Anderson earned his third consecutive selection last week as the Big 12 Conference Men's Diver of the Week.
SWIMMING SCHEDULE (women first, men second for all events)
Friday, Jan. 30
3:15 p.m. CT
1,000 freestyle
5:00 p.m. CT
200 free relay
15 minute break
100 free
200 back
200 breast
100 fly
400 IM
15 minute break
400 medley relay
Saturday, Jan. 31
10 a.m. CT
200 medley relay
500 freestyle
15 minute break
200 free
100 back
100 breast
200 fly
50 free
200 IM
15 minute break
400 free relay
DIVING SCHEDULE
Friday, Jan. 30
2:30 p.m.
Men's 1-meter
3:47 p.m.
Women's 3-meter
4:54 p.m.
Men's 3-meter
6:01 p.m.
Women's 1-meter
Saturday, Jan. 31
10 a.m.
?Men's and women's platform
LAST MEETINGS vs. ARIZONA AND SMU
Texas defeated Arizona by a 194-153 count on Feb. 1, 2014 in Tucson. The Longhorns handed SMU a 184-108 defeat on Feb. 1, 2013 in Austin.
LAST TIME OUT
Texas hit the road earlier this month and completed a sweep of Southeastern Conference foes Auburn and Georgia. The Horns knocked off Auburn by a 156-135 count (Jan. 8) and toughed out a 158-142 win over the third-ranked Bulldogs (Jan. 10).
CONGER POSTS WORLD-LEADING 100-METER FLY
Sophomore Jack Conger clocked the world's top time and a personal best en route to victory in the 100-meter butterfly (Jan. 15) at the USA Swimming Arena Pro Swim Series event in Austin.
In a race featuring Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte and teammates Tripp Cooper, Matt Ellis, and Will Glass, Conger led from start-to-finish and took the win in 51.64 seconds, which continues to lead all swims worldwide early in 2015. Cooper clocked 52.91 for second place and continues to rank No. 2 in the world. Ellis ranks 11th in the world this year at 53.62 while Glass ranks 12th at 53.76.
Three of the world's top-10 swims in the 100m butterfly over the last year have come from current Longhorns:
Longhorns' World Top-10 Swims in Last Year (100m Butterfly)
8. Jack Conger, 51.64 at 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series (*swim ranks No. 1 in 2015)
9. Joseph Schooling, 51.69 at 2014 Commonwealth Games
T10. Matt Ellis, 51.73 at 2014 USA Swimming National Championships
ANDERSON TABBED BIG 12 MEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
The Big 12 Conference announced Jan. 21 the third consecutive selection of Texas All-America sophomore diver Mark Anderson as the league's Men's Diver of the Week.
Anderson and the Texas divers accumulated key points in the Horns' narrow win at Georgia and the win at Auburn. The Californian swept the one-meter events at Auburn (384.30) and Georgia (398.25) and added a third-place finish on three-meter (424.13) against the Bulldogs.
LONGHORNS IMPRESS AT TEXAS INVITE
Texas registered strong performances across-the-board at its annual Texas Invitational last month (Dec. 4-6) at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Four Longhorns posted top national times in their respective events, and a pair of school records took a tumble, as well. Freshman Joseph Schooling rewrote the school mark in the 200 butterfly at 1:41.00, the nation's fastest time in the event. He also posted a nation-leading mark in the 100 butterfly at 45.59 that made him UT's sixth-fastest swimmer all-time in the event. Sophomore Clark Smith also eclipsed the previous school record in the 200 butterfly at the Texas Invitational and clocked 1:41.42, the nation's second-fastest time.
Sophomore Will Licon toppled the 200 breaststroke school record previously held by Beijing Olympics finalist Scott Spann, Jr. The El Paso native posted the nation's fastest time in the event at 1:52.18 and defeated the event's American record holder, Arizona's Kevin Cordes, at the Texas Invitational.
Junior sprinter John Murray clocked the nation's top time in the 100 freestyle (42.61) at the Texas Invite, while the aforementioned Smith posted a top national time in the 500 freestyle at 4:13.32.
Below is a complete listing of where the Longhorns stack up among the top-25 nationally:
Top-25 National Rankings: Individual
50 Freestyle
5. John Murray – 19.37
6. Matt Ellis – 19.41
11. Brett Ringgold – 19.54
18. Jack Conger – 19.63
100 Freestyle
1. John Murray – 42.61
6. Brett Ringgold – 42.96
9. Matt Ellis – 43.02
200 Freestyle
3. Clay Youngquist – 1:34.02
5. Clark Smith – 1:34.07
500 Freestyle
1. Clark Smith – 4:13.32
9. Clay Youngquist – 4:16.61
24. Sam Lewis - 4:19.76
1,000 Freestyle
3. Clark Smith – 9:00.73
10. Sam Lewis – 9:05.04
15. Jonathan Roberts – 9:06.52
1,650 Freestyle
10. Sam Lewis – 14:57.81
100 Backstroke
5. Kip Darmody – 46.20
7. Jack Conger – 46.32
22. Joseph Schooling – 47.28
24. Brett Ringgold – 47.47
200 Backstroke
3. Jack Conger – 1:39.84
15. Will Glass – 1:42.33
100 Breaststroke
13. Will Licon – 52.90
18. Matt Ellis – 53.43
200 Breaststroke
1. Will Licon – 1:52.18
100 Butterfly
1. Joseph Schooling – 45.59
2. Jack Conger – 45.76
6. Kip Darmody – 46.26
7. Matt Ellis – 46.28
10. Tripp Cooper – 46.57
14. John Murray – 46.73
16. Will Glass – 46.81
200 Butterfly
1 Joseph Schooling – 1:41.00
2 Clark Smith – 1:41.42
24. Tripp Cooper – 1:44.63
200 IM
5. Will Licon – 1:43.51
11 Joseph Schooling – 1:44.28
400 IM
5. Will Licon – 3:42.48
13. John Martens – 3:45.31
22. Jonathan Roberts – 3:48.03
Top-25 National Rankings: Relays
200 Free Relay
1. Texas (Ellis, Murray, Schooling, Ringgold) – 1:16.72
400 Free Relay
2. Texas (Youngquist, Murray, Conger, Ellis) – 2:52.30
200 Medley Relay
1. Texas (Darmody, Murray, Conger, Ringgold) – 1:23.88
400 Medley Relay
2. Texas (Conger, Temple, Ellis, Ringgold) – 3:08.32
DIVERS CAP PRODUCTIVE FALL IN AUSTIN AND COLUMBUS
The Texas divers finished off their strong fall season last month at the USA Diving Winter National Championships in Columbus, Ohio. Junior Cory Bowersox won his second consecutive U.S. national title in three-meter synchro, and sophomore Mark Anderson placed sixth on one-meter at the same meet.
UT claimed two of the three events contested at the UT Diving Invite in November. Bowersox captured the one-meter title with 399.2 points while Anderson was victorious on platform with 441.75 points.
MORE ON THE LONGHORNS
- Head coach Eddie Reese begins his 37th season with the Longhorns. Under his guidance, Texas has won 10 NCAA titles, registered 11 NCAA runner-up finishes and secured top-three finishes at 28 of 36 NCAA Championship meets.
- Texas has more NCAA titles and NCAA top-two finishes than any other men's swimming and diving program since Reese's arrival on the Forty Acres in 1978.
NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving team titles since 1978-79
(Reese's first at season at Texas)
- Texas – 10
- Auburn – 8
- Stanford – 7
- California - 5
- Michigan - 2
- Florida - 2
- Arizona - 1
- UCLA 1
NCAA top-two finishes since 1978-79 (Reese's first at Texas)
- Texas – 21
- Stanford – 17
- Auburn – 11
- California – 8
- USC – 4
- Michigan – 3
- Florida – 3
- Arizona – 2
- UCLA – 2
- SMU – 1
- Texas returns 30 swimmers and divers, including 14 All-Americans, from the 2013-14 squad that placed second at the NCAA Championships and won the program's 35th consecutive conference title.
- Sophomore Jack Conger earned five All-America honors as a freshman and posted top-six individual finishes in the 500 freestyle and the 100 butterfly at the 2014 NCAA Championships.
- Senior Tripp Cooper placed fifth in the 100 butterfly and swam on two All-America relays last season at the NCAA Championships.
- All-America senior Kip Darmody racked up substantial points last season at the NCAA Championships, where he placed third in the 100 backstroke and sixth in the 200 backstroke while competing on five All-America relays.
- Junior Matt Ellis enjoyed a breakthrough summer that ultimately secured him a spot on the U.S. roster for the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in August. The Austin native cracked the world's top-10 in the 100m butterfly with his mark of 51.73 from the USA Swimming National Championships. Ellis ranks ninth in the world this year with his 51.73 while his teammate, freshman Joseph Schooling of Singapore, ranks eighth in the world at 51.69.
- Israeli Olympian Imri Ganiel returns after helping UT's 400 medley relay to third place at the NCAA Championships.
- Sophomore Will Glass scored as a freshman at the NCAA Championships and landed a seventh-place finish in the 100 butterfly, while junior Aaron Gustafson also produced a breakout swim last March and scored points in the 100 backstroke.
- Junior Sam Lewis scored his first NCAA Championship points as a sophomore in the 500 freestyle before earning All-America honors on the 800 freestyle relay.
- Sophomore Will Licon broke a school record as a freshman and placed fifth in the 400 IM at the NCAA Championships.
- Junior John Murray showed off his sprint versatility at the 2014 NCAA Championships. The San Antonio native split 18.36 seconds – the fastest relay split of the entire meet – on the 200 free relay at the NCAA meet. Murray also took on sprint breaststroke duties on the Longhorns' 200 medley relay and scored individually in the 50 and 100 freestyle events at the NCAA Championships.
- Clay Youngquist returns for his final season as a member of the 2014-15 USA Swimming National Team. Youngquist scored individually in the 200 freestyle and on the 800 freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships.
