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No. 1 Men's Swimming and Diving remains perfect, cruises past No. 15 Arizona
01.29.2016 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns credited with 12 wins in convincing team victory in Tucson.
TUCSON, Ariz. – No. 1 Texas (9-0) led from start-to-finish and put away a convincing 167-128 victory over host No. 15 Arizona Friday evening at U of A's Hillenbrand Aquatic Center.
Texas opened the meet by winning the 200-yard medley relay with room to spare, as freshman John Shebat, juniors Will Licon and Will Glass and sophomore Brett Ringgold were victorious in 1 minute, 28.49 seconds.
UT freshman Townley Haas, the only freshman in the country with top-five national marks in three events, led from start-to-finish in the 1000 freestyle and took the win at 9:18.18. His classmate, Ryan Harty, scored the Horns' third straight win with his mark of 1:38.28 in the 200 freestyle.
All-America sophomore Brett Ringgold, better known for his proficiency as a sprint freestyler, won the 100 backstroke at 48.94 while Shebat took second at 49.18. All-America sophomore Austin Temple made it five-for-five for Texas with his winning mark of 56.51 in the 100 breaststroke.
Harty notched his second win of the day and led a one-two Texas finish atop the 200 butterfly at 1:47.94. Senior John Martens followed in second at 1:48.60. Senior Mark Anderson and redshirt junior Sean O'Brien took first and second in the one-meter diving event at 383.18 and 376.20, respectively.
Ringgold posted his second win of the day and led a one-two-three Texas finish in the 100 freestyle. Ringgold was victorious at 44.76 while Haas took second at 45.41 and senior John Murray placed third at 45.75.
Officially, Arizona won the 200 backstroke, though Harty completed the event as an exhibition and posted the event's top time at 1:47.73. UT junior Hayden Henry won the 200 breaststroke at 2:04.73. Licon completed the event as an exhibition and posted the event's top time at 1:59.99.
All-America sophomore Jonathan Roberts captured the 500 freestyle at 4:33.04, and Glass followed with a win in the 100 butterfly at 54.16. O'Brien won the three-meter diving event with 374.85 points and joined his sister, freshman Meghan O'Brien of the Texas women's team, as a victorious diver Friday at Arizona.
Texas elected to exhibition the remaining events with the team victory well in hand. Harty capped a busy Friday evening with the top time in the 200 IM at 1:47.22. Texas also posted the top time in the meet's final event, the 400 freestyle relay, where freshman Tate Jackson, senior Matt Ellis, Murray and Ringgold finished in 2:59.20.
Texas and Arizona will compete in an unscored exhibition meet Saturday at 10 a.m. MST (11 a.m. CT).
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