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No. 2 Men’s Swimming and Diving Preview: Big 12 Championships
02.19.2015 | Men's Swimming and Diving
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WHAT: Ten-time NCAA champion No. 2 Texas (9-1) hosts the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships.
WHEN/WHERE
Wednesday, Feb. 25 through Saturday, Feb. 28 (complete schedule below)
Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center – Austin, Texas
ADMISSION:
Finals sessions: $10 adults/$5 youth
Prelims sessions: $6 adults/$4 youth
*Admission is free for Wednesday's finals
LIVE RESULTS: http://sidearmstats.com/texas/swim/index.htm
LIVE DIVING SCORES: DiveMeets.com
QUICK HITS
- Texas ranks No. 2 in the latest CSCAA NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving team poll after sitting at the top spot in the previous two poll releases.
- Five Longhorns finished the regular season with the nation's top times in individual events:
- John Murray, 100 free (42.61)
- Clark Smith, 500 free (4:13.32)
- Will Licon, 200 breast (1:52.18)
- Joseph Schooling, 100 fly (45.59)
- Jack Conger, 200 fly (1:40.34, school record)
- Texas finished the regular season with the nation's top times in the 200 medley relay (Darmody, Murray, Conger, Ringgold, 1:23.88) and the 200 freestyle relay (Ellis, Murray, Schooling, Ringgold).
- Sophomore Jack Conger holds the world's No. 1 time in the 100-meter butterfly early on in 2015. The five-time All-American won the event in 51.64 at the USA Swimming Arena Pro Swim Series event in Austin (Jan. 15)
- No fewer than seven Longhorns were ranked among the nation's top-17 in the 100-yard butterfly this season:
- 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
- 15. John Murray, 46.73
- 16. Will Glass, 46.81
BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
Texas has won all 18 Big 12 Championship meets and has claimed 35 consecutive conference championships under 37th-year head coach Eddie Reese.
Texas claimed the 2014 Big 12 Championship in Austin with 1,071 points. Will Chandler was selected as the Men's Diver of the Meet, and Jack Conger was selected as the Outstanding Newcomer of the Meet. Matt Scoggin was named the Men's Diving Coach of the Meet for a league-best 10th time.
Texas has won 201 Big 12 individual swimming titles, 77 Big 12 relay titles and 28 Big 12 diving titles in its 18 Big 12 Championship appearances. UT serves as the Big 12 Championships host for the eighth time.
The women's portion of the Big 12 Championships features Texas, West Virginia, TCU, Kansas and Iowa State. The men's championships feature Texas, West Virginia and TCU.
FULL SCHEDULE
Wednesday, Feb. 25 (all times Central)
4:30 p.m.
Men's 1-meter diving (prelims)
6 p.m. (finals)
200 medley relay
Men's 1-meter diving
800 freestyle relay
Thursday, Feb. 26
10 a.m. (prelims)
500 freestyle
200 IM
50 freestyle
1 p.m. (prelims)
Women's 1-meter diving
6 p.m. (finals)
500 freestyle
200 IM
50 freestyle
Women's 1-meter diving
400 medley relay
Friday, Feb. 27
10 a.m. (prelims)
400 IM
100 butterfly
200 freestyle
100 breaststroke
100 backstroke
Noon (prelims)
Women's 3-meter diving
2:30 p.m. (prelims)
Men's 3-meter diving
5 p.m. (finals)
Women's 3-meter diving
6 p.m. (finals)
400 IM
100 butterfly
200 freestyle
100 breaststroke
100 backstroke
Men's 3-meter diving
200 freestyle relay
Saturday, Feb. 28
10 a.m. (prelims)
200 backstroke
100 freestyle
200 breaststroke
200 butterfly
11:45 a.m. (prelims)
Men's platform diving
2:40 p.m. (prelims)
Women's platform diving
4:30 p.m. (finals)
Men's platform diving
6 p.m. (finals)
200 backstroke
100 freestyle
1,650 freestyle
200 breaststroke
200 butterfly
Women's platform diving
400 freestyle relay
CAREER BIG 12 INDIVIDUAL TITLES
3___Tripp Cooper (2013 100 & 200 fly; 2014 200 fly)
3___Clay Youngquist (2013 & 2014 200 free, 2014 500 free)
2___Cory Bowersox (2013 1m & 3m diving; 2014 3m diving)
2___Jack Conger (2014 200 back & 100 fly)
2___Kip Darmody (2012 200 back; 2013 100 back)
2___Will Licon (2014 200 breast & 400 IM)
1___Mark Anderson (2014 platform diving)
1___Will Chandler (2013 platform diving)
1___Matt Korman (2013 200 breast)
1___Sam Lewis (2014 1,650 free)
1___Imri Ganiel (2014 100 breast)
CAREER BIG 12 RELAY TITLES
7___Kip Darmody (2012 & '13 800 FR, 2013 200 FR, 2014 400 FR, 800 FR, 200 MR & 400 MR)
5___Clay Youngquist (2012 & '13 400 FR; 2012 & '13 800 FR, 2014 800 FR)
4___John Murray (2013 400 FR, 2014 200 FR, 400 FR & 200 MR)
4___Jack Conger (2014 400 FR, 800 FR, 200 MR & 400 MR)
3___Matt Ellis (2014 200 FR, 400 FR & 400 MR)
2___Tripp Cooper (2013 200 MR, 2014 200 FR)
2___Imri Ganiel (2014 200 MR & 400 MR)
1___Sam Lewis (2014 800 FR)
1___Jacob Ritter (2013 800 FR)
CONGER POSTS WORLD-LEADING 100-METER FLY
Sophomore Jack Conger clocked the world's top time and a personal best en route to victory in the 100-meter butterfly (Jan. 15) at the USA Swimming Arena Pro Swim Series event in Austin.
In a race featuring Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte and teammates Tripp Cooper, Matt Ellis, and Will Glass, Conger led from start-to-finish and took the win in 51.64 seconds, which continues to lead all swims worldwide early in 2015. Cooper clocked 52.91 for second place and ranked No. 2 in the world at the time of the swim. Ellis ranked 12th in the world this year at 53.62 while Glass ranked 13th at 53.76.
Three of the world's top-10 swims in the 100m butterfly over the last year have come from current Longhorns:
Longhorns' World Top-10 Swims in Last Year (100m Butterfly)
8. Jack Conger, 51.64 at 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series (*swim ranks No. 1 in 2015)
9. Joseph Schooling, 51.69 at 2014 Commonwealth Games
T10. Matt Ellis, 51.73 at 2014 USA Swimming National Championships
LONGHORNS IMPRESS AT TEXAS INVITE
Texas registered strong performances across-the-board at its annual Texas Invitational (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 (has since been eclipsed by Conger). 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 (through end of regular season)
50 Freestyle
5. John Murray – 19.37
6. Matt Ellis – 19.41
12. Brett Ringgold – 19.54
19. Jack Conger – 19.63
100 Freestyle
1. John Murray – 42.61
6. Brett Ringgold – 42.96
9. Matt Ellis – 43.02
200 Freestyle
6. Clay Youngquist – 1:34.02
8. 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
1,000 Freestyle
1. Sam Lewis – 8:52.72
5. Clark Smith – 9:00.73
10. Sam Lewis – 9:05.04
18. Jonathan Roberts – 9:06.52
1,650 Freestyle
10. Sam Lewis – 14:57.81
100 Backstroke
5. Kip Darmody – 46.20
8. Jack Conger – 46.32
23. 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
19. 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
15. John Murray – 46.73
16. Will Glass – 46.81
200 Butterfly
1 Jack Conger – 1:40.34
2 Joseph Schooling – 1:41.00
3 Clark Smith – 1:41.42
13. John Martens – 1:44.02
25. 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
23. 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 in December 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 is in 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 30 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.
