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Women’s Swimming and Diving Preview: Florida and Indiana
10.14.2015 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns welcome Gators and Hoosiers in home opener this weekend at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
WHAT: Nine-time national champion Texas opens the 2015-16 season with a two-day, double-dual meet this weekend against Florida and Indiana.
The meet will take on a unique format in which the three teams will go head-to-head in a 50-meter competition pool (used for Olympics, World Championships, etc.) in Friday's events and a 25-yard short-course pool for Saturday's events.
This weekend's contests pits three top-10 NCAA finishers against one another. Texas placed seventh as a team at the 2015 NCAA Championships while Florida took ninth and Indiana placed tenth.
WHEN:
Friday, Oct. 16 – 4 p.m. CT (diving begins at 3 p.m.)
Saturday, Oct. 17 – 10 a.m. CT
WHERE: Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center – Austin, Texas (admission is free)
RESULTS LINK: Available at TexasSports.com prior to the meet.
LIVE DIVING SCORES: DiveMeets.com
EVENT SCHEDULE
SWIMMING (all times Central)
Friday, October 16: LCM (50-meter pool)
4 p.m. start
200 medley relay
800 freestyle
200 freestyle
100 backstroke
100 breaststroke
200 butterfly
50 freestyle
20 minute break
100 freestyle
200 backstroke
200 breaststroke
400 freestyle
100 butterfly
10 minute break
200 IM
200 freestyle relay
Saturday, October 17: (25-yard pool)
10 a.m. start
200 medley relay
1000 freestyle
200 freestyle
100 backstroke
100 breaststroke
200 butterfly
50 freestyle
20 minute break
100 freestyle
200 backstroke
200 breaststroke
500 freestyle
100 butterfly
10 minute break
400 IM
400 freestyle relay
DIVING
Friday, Oct. 16
3-4 p.m. - Combined men's and women's 1m
4:30-5:10 – women's 3m
5:40-6:10 – men's 3m
Saturday, Oct. 17
10 a.m. (exhibition, un-scored) - men's and women's platform
MORE ON THE LONGHORNS
- Texas returns 16 swimmers and divers, including six All-Americans, from the 2014-15 squad that swept the Big 12 Championship and placed seventh at the NCAA Championships. It marked the top NCAA team finish at Texas for head coach Carol Capitani, who begins her fourth season with the Longhorns.
- Versatile All-America junior swimmer Madisyn Cox returns as one of the nation's premier individual medley swimmers. The Lubbock native is the only returning swimmer in the nation to place among the top-eight in both the 200 and 400 IM at the 2015 NCAA Championships. She joined former Louisville swimmer Tanja Kylliainen as the only swimmers to complete the feat last season. Cox, the 2015 Big 12 Swimmer of the Year, won bronze in the 400 IM and silver in the 200 IM at the USA Swimming National Championships in August. She won silver for the United States in the 200 IM over the summer at the World University Games.
- Junior All-America diver Murphy Bromberg enjoyed a productive sophomore season, and, like Madisyn Cox, she represented the U.S. in international competition over the summer. Bromberg placed fifth on platform at the Pan American Games in Toronto. She joined Texas junior Mark Anderson to place 13th in mixed synchro platform diving at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. The Big 12 selected Bromberg as its 2015 Women's Diver of the Year after she placed sixth on platform and 13th on three-meter at the NCAA Championships.
- Junior All-America swimmer Tasija Karosas ranks as the second-fastest Longhorn ever in the 100 backstroke (51.76) and the third-fastest in the 200 backstroke following her strong performances at the 2015 NCAA Championships. Karosas provides Texas additional depth in the 200 IM and the 200 freestyle.
- Junior All-America swimmer Brynne Wong has been a mainstay on Texas' sprint relays, and her versatility as a sprint freestyle and butterfly swimmer makes her a valuable contributor on the Longhorns' medley relays.
- Sophomore swimmers Rebecca Millard and Mimi Schneider return as All-Americans in the 200 freestyle and medley relays.
- Texas welcomes a dynamic group of freshmen that ranks as the nation's No. 4 recruiting class by SwimSwam.com. The class includes eight swimmers and three divers. UT also welcomes junior Maggie D'Innocenzo, who swam her first two seasons at USC. D'Innocenzo is the younger sister of former Texas men's swimmer Nick D'Innocenzo.
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