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No. 4 Women's Swimming and Diving falls to No. 1 Stanford, 161-137
11.12.2016 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns suffer first defeat of the season to the top-ranked Cardinal.
STANFORD, Calif. – No. 4 Texas (7-1) gave No. 1 Stanford all it wanted in a tightly-contested dual meet, but the Cardinal, behind Olympic gold medalists Simone Manuel and Katie Ledecky, dealt the Longhorns a 161-137 defeat Saturday afternoon at Stanford's Avery Aquatics Center.
Stanford opened the meet with a win in the 400-yard medley relay, as Manuel, the Rio Olympics co-gold medalist in the 100m freestyle, anchored the Cardinal to victory in 3:33.24. Texas yielded a couple of points with the disqualification of its "A" relay, though the Horns' "B" relay managed to take second overall at 3:38.47.
Ledecky, a gold medalist at both the London and Rio Olympic Games, won the 1,000 freestyle in 9:10.49. Manuel returned to win the 200 freestyle at 1:44.25 while UT All-America senior Madisyn Cox settled for second at 1:45.05, ahead of Stanford Olympian Lia Neal.
Stanford went one-two in the 100 backstroke before the Horns collected their first individual win from All-America sophomore Olivia Anderson. The Minnesotan put away the 100 breaststroke in 1:01.46.
Texas sophomore Remedy Rule defeated the 2016 NCAA runner-up on her way to victory in the 200 butterfly. Rule put away the victory in 1:55.52 while Stanford sophomore Ella Eastin, the reigning NCAA runner-up, took second at 1:56.91. Ledecky competed in the same event and placed third at 1:57.23.
Stanford's Manuel and Neal took first and second, respectively, in the 50 freestyle before Texas returned the favor in the one-meter diving event. UT sophomore Meghan O'Brien claimed the event with 301.35 points while freshman Alison Gibson took second with 297.38 points.
Stanford's Neal returned to win the 100 freestyle before Texas posted consecutive wins in the 200 backstroke and 200 breaststroke. UT senior Tasija Karosas edged teammate Claire Adams for the win at 1:55.02 while Adams posted a strong mid-season time of 1:55.19 for second.
Cox notched her first win of the afternoon in the 200 breaststroke at 2:10.39 while Anderson added a second-place mark of 2:14.39. Ledecky claimed the 500 freestyle with an exceptional mark of 4:33.94 while UT's Joanna Evans, a Rio Olympian herself, took second at 4:47.17.
Gibson delivered Texas a sweep of the diving events with her winning three-meter mark of 325.88 points. O'Brien added a second-place total of 321.08 points.
Cox finished off her second individual win of the day and defeated Eastin, the reigning NCAA champion in the 200 IM. Cox took the victory at 1:55.87 while Stanford's Allie Szekely took second at 1:58.69.
Stanford, who clinched the team win by way of its second, third and fourth-place showings in the 200 IM, finished the meet with a victory in the 200 freestyle relay at 1:29.83.
The Texas divers resume fall competition next week at the UT Diving Invitational (Nov. 17-19) while the swimmers conclude the fall at the annual Texas Invitational that kicks off on Nov. 30.
POST-MEET COMMENTS
Texas head coach Carol Capitani
There's a reason Stanford is No. 1 in the dual meet rankings, and I'm proud of the way we fought hard from start to finish. Our 200s were pretty solid - with wins in the fly, back, breast and IM. Olivia Anderson's win in the 100 breast and our divers being able to crush it on the boards were also reasons to celebrate, so again, what a total team effort.
It's always fun to go up against some of the best, and with so many pool records broken today, It was great to race in front of such a large and enthusiastic crowd.
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