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Women’s Swimming and Diving Preview: Texas Invitational
11.27.2016 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns kick off annual four-day meet Wednesday evening.
WHAT: Nine-time national champion No. 4 Texas (7-1) hosts the annual Texas Invitational at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
The four-day meet, which simulates a competition environment comparable to the Big 12 and NCAA Championship meets, features the host Longhorns along with USC, Arizona, Wisconsin, BYU, Harvard, Denver and Oklahoma Baptist. The Stanford men and the UCLA women will compete this weekend, as well.
Diving will not be contested given that the Texas divers hosted the Texas Diving Invitational earlier this month.
WHEN (all times Central)
Wednesday, Nov. 30
6 p.m. – 800 freestyle relay, only
Thursday, Dec. 1 and Friday, Dec. 2
10 a.m. prelims/6 p.m. finals
Saturday, Dec. 3
9 a.m. prelims/4 p.m. finals
Complete schedule & meet information here
TELEVISION
Longhorn Network will air live coverage of the "A" final heats during the Thursday and Saturday finals sessions and tape-delayed coverage from Friday's finals. Sam Gore (play-by-play) and Brendan Hansen (color analyst) will be on the call.
MORE ON THE LONGHORNS
- Fifth-year head coach Carol Capitani returns 22 swimmers and divers, including 10 All-Americans, from the 2015-16 squad that swept the Big 12 Championship and placed 15th at the NCAA Championships.
- The Longhorns return a talented senior class headed by Madisyn Cox and Tasija Karosas. Cox, a member of the 2015-16 and 2016-17 USA Swimming National Teams, placed fourth in the 200m and 400m individual medley events at the U.S. Olympic Trials. The Lubbock native is a two-time All-American in the 200-yard individual medley and boasts 10 All-America certificates overall. She was selected as CollegeSwimming.com's National Swimmer of the Week earlier this month after posting five wins in UT's dual-meet victories over N.C. State and Texas A&M.
- Karosas, a 10-time All-American and 13-time Big 12 champion, reached the semifinals of the 100m and 200m backstroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials. She holds school and Big 12 records in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events.
- Millard returns as the leader of the Longhorns' sprint group. The U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier is a nine-time All-American who won the 100 freestyle consolation final last March at the NCAA Championships.
- Sophomore Joanna Evans represented The Bahamas over the summer at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She placed 13th in the 400m freestyle, 23rd in the 800m freestyle and 37th in the 200m freestyle in Rio. The 2016 Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year, Evans returns as the Big 12 champion in the 500 and 1,650 freestyle events.
- Senior Jordan Surhoff picked up her first individual All-America honor last season in the 100 breaststroke. She added a second All-America recognition in the 200 medley relay alongside Karosas and juniors Rebecca Millard and Mimi Schneider.
- Olivia Anderson brings momentum into her sophomore campaign after reaching the semifinals of the 100m and 200m breaststroke events at the U.S. Olympic Trials. The Minnesotan qualified for the 2016 NCAA Championships and won the Big 12 title in the 100 breaststroke.
- Senior Brynne Wong returns as a four-time All-American and two-time NCAA Championships qualifier.
- All-American Quinn Carrozza put together a productive summer during which she reached the semifinals of the 200m backstroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials. The Austin native won the 200 freestyle as a freshman at the 2016 Big 12 Championships.
- Sophomore Nora McCullagh earned All-America honors in the 400 and 800 freestyle relays for Texas at the NCAA Championships.
- Texas welcomes one of the nation's premier freshman classes. Claire Adams, Lauren Case and Kaitlin Harty all are current or former members of the USA Swimming National Junior Team. Adams is a former world junior record holder in the 100m backstroke.
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