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No. 2 Men's Swimming and Diving tops No. 12 Auburn, 164-136
01.12.2017 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns win 10 of 16 events to knock off the Tigers; Horns await No. 7 Georgia on Saturday.
AUBURN, Ala. – All-America senior Will Licon won all three of his individual events, and No. 2 Texas (3-3) collected 10 wins on the day as the Longhorns posted 164-136 victory over host No. 12 Auburn Thursday at AU's James E. Martin Aquatic Center.
Texas opened the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay, where All-America sophomore John Shebat joined Licon, Olympic gold medalist Joseph Schooling and All-America junior Brett Ringgold to secure the victory at 1 minute, 26.38 seconds.
All-America senior Clark Smith, the American record holder in the 1,000 freestyle, claimed top honors in the same event Thursday at 9:06.65 while All-America junior Jonathan Roberts followed in second at 9:12.23.
All-America senior Mark Anderson teamed with freshman Grayson Campbell to finish off a Texas sweep of the diving events. Anderson claimed the one-meter event with 377.85 points while Campbell won on three-meter at 410.93, just ahead of Anderson's 408.08.
Sophomore Townley Haas, the fifth-place finisher in the 200m freestyle at the 2016 Olympic Games, claimed the 200-yard version of the event Thursday in 1:36.02. Haas holds NCAA, American, U.S. Open, Big 12 and school records in the event.
Licon notched the first of his three individual wins on the day in the 100 breaststroke, where he won with room to spare at 53.39. Schooling, the NCAA record holder and two-time defending NCAA champion in the 200 butterfly, claimed the same event in 1:45.80. All-America senior and Alabama native Will Glass took third at 1:46.73.
Licon, the NCAA, American, U.S. Open, Big 12 and school record holder in the 200 breaststroke, won the same event Thursday in 1:57.37. The El Paso native is a two-time defending NCAA champion in the event.
Smith, one of back-to-back NCAA champions for Texas in the 500 freestyle, claimed the event for the Longhorns in 4:27.26. Sophomore Jeff Newkirk took second at 4:29.39. Licon, the defending NCAA champion in the 200 IM, captured the same event in 1:45.38, just ahead of his teammate Roberts at 1:46.32.
Texas take on No. 7 Georgia Saturday morning in Athens, Georgia at 11 a.m. ET. A live video stream will be available to SEC Network subscribers on the WatchESPN mobile application and ESPN3.com.
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