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Men’s Swimming and Diving Preview: #10 Auburn and #3 Georgia
01.07.2015 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns resume dual-meet competition with annual meets against SEC foes Auburn and Georgia.
WHAT: Ten-time NCAA champion #1 Texas (3-1) resumes dual-meet competition this week with road meets against Southeastern Conference foes #10 Auburn and #3 Georgia.
WHEN/WHERE
#1 Texas at #10 Auburn
Thursday, Jan. 8 – 2 p.m. CT
James E. Martin Aquatics Center – Auburn, Alabama
LIVE RESULTS: http://www.auburntigers.com/livestats/c-swim/
LIVE VIDEO: SEC Network Plus will air live coverage available to subscribers of ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN app. Brit Bowen (play-by-play) will join analysts Albert Subirats and Aubrey Peacock on the call. The live video link is available here http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2271988/NCAA-Swimming-Diving-Texas-vs-Auburn
#1 Texas at #3 Georgia
Saturday, Jan. 10 – 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT
Gabrielsen Natatorium – Athens, Georgia
LIVE RESULTS: http://www.georgiadogs.com/livestats/c-swim/14alabama/
LAST MEETINGS vs. AUBURN AND GEORGIA
Texas defeated Auburn by a 162.5-132.5 count on Jan. 9, 2014 in Austin. The Longhorns dealt Georgia a 169-126 defeat on Jan. 11, 2014 in Austin.
Auburn claimed the most recent meeting at Auburn by a 166-132 margin on Jan. 10, 2013. Texas defeated Georgia at its home pool by a 132-109 count on Jan. 12, 2013.
LAST TIME OUT: 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
1,650 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 32 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.
