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Women’s Swimming and Diving Preview: No. 12 Auburn and No. 2 Georgia
01.07.2015 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Sixth-ranked Longhorns cap the fall season with annual three-day meet at UT’s Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
WHAT: Nine-time national champion No. 6 Texas (5-1) resumes dual-meet competition this week with road meets against Southeastern Conference foes No. 12 Auburn and No. 2 Georgia.
WHEN/WHERE
#6 Texas at #12 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
#6 Texas at #2 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 168.5-129.5 count on Jan. 9, 2014 in Austin. Georgia edged Texas by a 157.5-142.5 margin on Jan. 11, 2014 in Austin.
Auburn defeated Texas in the most recent meeting at Auburn by a 153-145 count on Jan. 10, 2013. Georgia defeated Texas in Athens (143-100) on Jan. 12, 2013.
LAST TIME OUT: The Longhorns produced strong swims at their annual Texas Invitational last month (Dec. 4-6) at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Texas qualified its 200 free and 400 medley relays for the NCAA Championships on the first day of the Invite. Day two saw senior Gretchen Jaques become the second Longhorn ever to clear 59 seconds in the breaststroke. Jaques clocked 58.94 in prelims and won the event in the finals at 58.78, good for a NCAA automatic-qualifying cut.
Senior Kaitlin Pawlowicz opened day three of the Invite with an historic swim and became the first Longhorn in early 30 years to clear 16 minutes in the 1,650 freestyle. She clipped nearly 10 seconds off of her personal best and placed third in the event at 15:57.37. The swim ranked her as the third-fastest Longhorn ever in the event.
Redshirt senior Sarah Denninghoff nearly claimed the school record in the 200 backstroke and won the event in 1:52.61. Senior Kelsey LeNeave won the 200 butterfly in a personal-best time of 1:55.76.
Below is a complete listing of where the Longhorn stack up among the top-25 nationally:
Top-25 National Times: Individual Events
50 Freestyle
T22. Gretchen Jaques – 22.37
500 Freestyle
22. Kaitlin Pawlowicz – 4:42.51
1,650 Freestyle
7. Kaitlin Pawlowicz – 15:57.37
100 Backstroke
T9. Sarah Denninghoff – 52.06
200 Backstroke
8. Sarah Denninghoff – 1:52.61
100 Breaststroke
2. Gretchen Jaques – 58.78
200 Breaststroke
5. Gretchen Jaques – 2:08.60
100 Butterfly
13. Kelsey LeNeave – 52.41
200 Butterfly
11. Kelsey LeNeave – 1:55.76
400 IM
18. Kaitlin Pawlowicz - 4:10.82
COX RETURNS FROM FINA SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
All-America sophomore Madisyn Cox has rejoined the team after missing last month's Texas Invitational to compete for the United States at the FINA Short Course World Championships.
The Lubbock native helped the Americans to fifth place in the 800m freestyle relay at the bi-annual meet. The meet marked Cox's first swim in an international event for the United States.
DIVERS CAP PRODUCTIVE FALL IN AUSTIN AND COLUMBUS
The Texas divers swept all three boards at November's UT Diving Invite before producing solid performances last month at the USA Diving Winter National Championships in Columbus, Ohio.
Senior Emma Ivory-Ganja kicked off the UT Diving Invite with a victory on the three-meter board and logged a personal best of 395.40 points. Junior Meghan Houston won her second consecutive one-meter title and totaled 304.25 points. Sophomore Murphy Bromberg completed the Longhorns' sweep with 360.70 points in the platform event.
Ivory-Ganja and Bromberg teamed up to place second in the platform synchro finals at the USA Diving Winter Nationals. Bromberg took second place in the individual platform event, while Ivory-Ganja added an eighth-place finish in the three-meter final with 834 points.
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.
- Sophomore swimmer Madisyn Cox 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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