The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
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Women's Swimming and Diving caps Texas Invitational with four more wins
12.03.2016 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Texas collects wins from Tasija Karosas, Madisyn Cox and Remedy Rule and posts a top national time in the 400 freestyle relay.
AUSTIN, Texas – Individual wins from Tasija Karosas, Madisyn Cox and Remedy Rule plus a top national time in the 400 freestyle relay highlighted the final night of competition for the Longhorns Saturday at the Texas Invitational.
Karosas led a one-two Longhorns finish in the 200 backstroke where she took the victory in 1:51.65, good for an NCAA automatic-qualifying cut. Freshman Claire Adams followed closely behind in second at 1:52.43.
Rebecca Millard dropped a 47.84 in the 100 freestyle championship final, good for second place, the No. 5 time in the nation this season and a personal best.
Cox scored her third win in as many events and posted the nation's fourth-fastest time in the 200 breaststroke at 2:07.21, a personal best. Senior Jordan Surhoff added a sixth-place mark of 2:13.44.
Rule posted a lifetime best on her way to victory in the 200 butterfly at 1:53.97, good for the sixth-fastest swim ever at UT. Freshman Lauren Case, a two-time member of the USA Swimming National Junior Team in the 200m butterfly, took third at 1:54.69.
The Horns wrapped the meet win a victory and a top national time in the 400 freestyle relay, where Millard, Adams, Cox and Karosas finished in 3:12.29, good for the fourth-fastest relay ever at UT. Notably, the relay moves ahead of a previously top-ranked relay from Stanford that features Olympians Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel and Lia Neal.
Sophomore Joanna Evans added a fourth-place mark of 16:08.50 in the 1,650 freestyle.
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