The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
Big 12 Championships
02.26.2016 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Top-ranked Texas wins five events, stretches lead with one day remaining.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 1 Texas added five victories and stretched its lead on day three of the 2016 Big 12 Championships at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Sophomore Jonathan Roberts kicked off the night with a Big 12 meet record in the 400-yard individual medley, as he clocked 3 minutes, 41.54 seconds to become the fourth-fastest Longhorn ever in the event.
Roberts topped the meet record of 3:41.88 previously held by Friday's runner-up. Junior Will Licon took second in Friday's final at 3:42.98 while senior John Martens placed fourth at 3:47.31.
Sophomore Joseph Schooling posted the sixth-fastest 100 butterfly swim of all-time and the No. 3 all-time swim at Texas with his Big 12 meet record of 44.62, good for the No. 1 time in the country this season.
Junior Jack Conger took second at 45.28, the No. 4 time nationally, while junior Will Glass placed third at 46.01. Sophomore Brett Ringgold took fourth at 46.47, and senior Matt Ellis took sixth at 47.51. Freshman Tate Jackson added a seventh-place time of 47.63.
Freshman Townley Haas posted the No. 4 time in the country on his way to victory in the 200 freestyle at 1:33.19, a mark that also made him the seventh-fastest Longhorn ever in the event.
His classmate Jeff Newkirk finished as the runner-up at 1:35.09 while senior Sam Lewis placed fourth at 1:38.11. Junior P.J. Dunne claimed the consolation final at 1:34.94.
Sophomore Austin Temple landed the Longhorns' top finish in the 100 breaststroke with his second-place mark of 54.01, and freshman John Shebat led the Horns with his runner-up mark of 46.08 in the 100 backstroke.
All-America junior Mark Anderson led a one-two-three Texas finish in the three-meter diving finals, as the Californian took the win with 475.65 points.
"Mark Anderson was really in the moment and very focused," UT diving coach Matt Scoggin said. "He was almost in a position to put together a tremendous list. He was one reverse half tuck away from probably the best list of his life. That dive is coming along very strongly for him right now.
Senior Cory Bowersox placed second on three-meter with 460.35 points while redshirt junior Sean O'Brien took third with 412.35 points.
Texas capped the night by claiming the 200 freestyle relay, as Schooling, senior John Murray, Jackson and Ringgold finished in 1:17.10, good for a NCAA automatic-qualifying cut.
Through three of four days, Texas leads the event with 712 points. West Virginia sits in second with 566 points, and TCU holds third with 494 points.
Day four of the Big 12 Championships gets underway Saturday at 10 a.m. CT.
