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No. 6 Women’s Swimming and Diving Preview: No. 2 North Carolina & No. 7 N.C. State
11.12.2015 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns visit a pair of top-10 foes this weekend in No. 2 UNC and No. 7 N.C. State.
WHAT: Nine-time national champion No. 6 Texas (5-0) heads for the east coast this weekend and takes on top-10 opponents in consecutive days.
WHEN/WHERE
No. 6 Texas at No. 2 North Carolina
Friday, Nov. 13 – 3 p.m. CT
Koury Natatorium – Chapel Hill, N.C.
LIVE RESULTS: Available at GoHeels.com just prior to the meet
No. 6 Texas at N.C. State
Saturday, Nov. 14 – 10 a.m. CT
Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center – Raleigh, N.C.LIVE RESULTS: http://sportstiming.com/live-results-n-c-state-university-vs-texas-am/
LAST TIME OUT
The Longhorns won 10 of 16 events and improved to 5-0 by way of a 166-134 win at No. 14 Texas A&M last Friday.
PRE-MEET COMMENTS
Texas head coach Carol Capitani
We're excited for our first real road trip where we get on a plane and travel. We're excited to see what we can do. UNC is always a tough competitor. I've had some tough battles against them before when I was at Georgia for 15 years, and I know they're going to race tough. They are better than they've ever been in the national rankings, and they have some superstars we're going to have to contend with in that meet. We're excited to see all of our girls stand up and race, and I think we're getting our feet on the ground racing-wise.
N.C. State is an up and coming team. They've got a lot of moxie. They're really well-coached, and they're hungry. N.C. State reminds me of us a couple of years ago. I don't think they're going to lay down easy either. I don't believe they have a meet before the meet on Saturday. We're going to have to come from dual meet Friday, drive over there, get up the next morning and race even tougher. But, that's why we set it up like this…it mimics a championship meet…whether it's conference or the NCAA Championships. This kind of racing can only help our program down the road.
I'm just really happy with the growth of our team and the learning that's been going on. Our freshmen came in with some really good times, and they're learning it's a different environment in college swimming. But, I'm excited by how they've blended into the fold. They understand their roles. I appreciate the leadership from the upperclassmen helping our whole team come together.
TOP-25 NATIONAL RANKINGS
50 Freestyle
9. Rebecca Millard, 22.77
100 Freestyle
10. Rebecca Millard, 49.58
11. Brooke Hansen, 49.59
200 Freestyle
4. Madisyn Cox, 1:46.52
500 Freestyle
14. Joanna Evans, 4:49.67
1000 Freestyle
5. Joanna Evans, 9:47.61
19. Quinn Carrozza, 9:57.22
100 Backstroke
13. Tasija Karosas, 53.74
200 Backstroke
4. Quinn Carrozza, 1:54.82
6. Tasija Karosas, 1:55.36
200 Breaststroke
4. Madisyn Cox, 2:11.21
100 Butterfly
24. Remedy Rule, 54.54
200 Butterfly
17. Remedy Rule, 1:59.47
200 IM
2. Madisyn Cox, 1:58.22
400 IM
4. Madisyn Cox, 4:15.00
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. Cox was selected as the Big 12 Women's Swimmer of the Week (Oct. 21) after posting the nation's fourth-fastest time in the 400 IM (4:15.00), the No. 5 mark nationally in the 200 freestyle (1:47.93) and the No. 6 national mark in the 200 breaststroke (2:12.83).
- 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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