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Women's Swimming and Diving overpowers Florida, Indiana in season opener
10.16.2015 | Women's Swimming and Diving
All-America junior Madisyn Cox posts two of the Longhorns’ five wins of the meet.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas All-America junior Madisyn Cox won two events and the Longhorns added four additional event victories Friday evening in season-opening wins over Florida and Indiana at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Texas posted a 168-130 victory over Indiana and dealt Florida a 171-129 defeat. Indiana knocked off Florida by a 159-139 count. The meet was contested in a 50-meter long-course pool more commonly used in international and U.S. national meets.
Texas picked up its first win of the day in the 800m freestyle where freshman Joanna Evans of The Bahamas was victorious in 8 minutes, 54.12 seconds. The Longhorns picked up a bundle of points in the 200 freestyle where Madisyn Cox and freshman Quinn Carrozza posted a one-two finish. Cox took the win in 2:01.58 while Carrozza, an Austin native, followed in second at 2:03.40.
Sophomore Rebecca Millard put up a strong swim against Florida All-America sprinter Natalie Hinds and claimed the 50 freestyle at 26.28. Freshman Brooke Hansen took third in 26.56. Millard paced the Horns in the 100 freestyle with her second-place mark of 57.67.
Texas held substantial leads over Indiana and Florida, but after Florida trimmed the lead, UT's Carrozza gave the Horns some breathing room with her winning mark of 2:13.66 in the 200 backstroke.
Cox and freshman Olivia Anderson put more distance between Texas and Florida in the 200 breaststroke with their third- and fourth-place swims that surpassed the Gators' top finishes. Evans added another strong swim and took a close second in the 400 freestyle at 4:20.30.
Cox wrapped a productive evening with her second win of the session. The Lubbock native won the 200 individual medley in 2:16.42 while junior Maggie D'Innocenzo took third at 2:21.55. Cox won a silver medal in the same event over the summer at the World University Games.
Senior Meghan Houston led the Texas diving contingent with her runner-up finish on the one-meter board with 278.55 points. Freshmen Meghan O'Brien and Sofia Rauzi placed fifth and sixth, respectively. Rauzi added a fourth-place finish on three-meter while O'Brien took fifth.
Texas capped the meet by winning the 200 freestyle relay handily, as Hansen, freshman Anelise Diener, Carrozza and Millard finished in 1:44.54
Texas, Florida and Indiana meet again Saturday at 10 a.m. in the traditional 25-yard short course format.
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