The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
02.28.2015 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
Campus landmark will be lit in burnt orange to recognize the impending victories for Texas men’s and women’s swimming and diving at the Big 12 Championships.
AUSTIN, Texas – The UT Tower will be drenched in burnt orange lighting this evening (Feb. 28) in recognition of The University of Texas men's and women's swimming and diving teams' impending victories at the Big 12 Championships.
The four-day event ends tonight at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. The men's platform diving final begins at 4:30 p.m. CT while the swimming finals get underway at 6 p.m. CT.
Per UT tradition, the UT Tower is bathed in burnt orange lighting from top-to-bottom when a University of Texas athletics team wins a conference championship.
The top-ranked Texas men are poised to win their 36th consecutive conference title under 37th-year head coach Eddie Reese, 32nd-year associate head coach Kris Kubik and 21st-year diving coach Matt Scoggin. With one session remaining, Texas leads with 741 points while TCU sits in second place with 505 points. West Virginia holds third place with 447 points.
Under third-year head coach Carol Capitani, third-year assistant Roric Fink and Scoggin, the sixth-ranked Texas women are set to win their third consecutive Big 12 team title. UT leads the event with 754.5 points, well ahead of second-place Iowa State (413.5).
