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No. 2 Women’s Swimming and Diving Preview: No. 5 Texas A&M
10.30.2017 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns renew rivalry with Aggies on Friday in College Station.
WHAT: No. 2 Texas (2-0) resumes dual-meet competition this week when it pays a visit to No. 5 Texas A&M (3-0).
WHEN/WHERE
Friday, Nov. 3 – 6 p.m. CT
Student Rec Center Natatorium – College Station, Texas
LIVE VIDEO
Available to SEC Network subscribers via WatchESPN.com and the ESPN mobile application (cable log-in required).
RESULTS
http://www.sidearmstats.com/tamu/swim/1718TEXAS/index.htm
LAST MEETING
Texas defeated Texas A&M by a 166.5-128.5 count on Nov. 3, 2016 in Austin. The Longhorns claimed the last meet between the two schools in College Station by a 166-134 margin (Nov. 6, 2015).
LAST TIME OUT
The Longhorns opened the 2017-18 season with a double-dual meet against No. 10 Indiana and No. 18 Florida at the Gators' home pool in Gainesville. Texas emerged with a pair of wins, as UT defeated the Hoosiers, 226.5-200.5 and Florida, 290.5-136.5.
Texas won seven events on day one of its double dual in Gainesville. Junior diver Meghan O'Brien defeated the likes of U.S. Olympian Jessica Parratto en route to victory in the three-meter competition.
Bahamian Olympian Joanna Evans won both the 500 and 1,000 freestyle events, and All-America senior Rebecca Millard swept the sprint freestyle (50 & 100) events. Junior Remedy Rule claimed the 100 butterfly and sophomore Claire Adams posted the nation's fourth-fastest time while winning the 100 backstroke (52.52).
On day two, freshman Evie Pfeifer notched her first victory as a Longhorn and claimed the 400 IM (4:13.90). Millard added a third win and second in as many days in the 100 freestyle, and Adams was victorious in the 200 backstroke. Texas finished off the meet with a victory in the 200 freestyle relay.
TEXAS BRINGS MOMENTUM INTO 2017-18 SEASON
Texas produced an 11-1 dual-meet record and did anything but rest on their laurels heading into the postseason. The Longhorns finished just one-half of a point outside of fourth place at the NCAA Championships, but with their fifth-place team showing, UT left Indianapolis with its best national finish in eight years and its top showing under head coach Carol Capitani.
All-America junior Joanna Evans returns as the school record holder in the 500-yard freestyle. The Olympian from The Bahamas nearly claimed the school mark in the 1,650 freestyle, but her seventh-place mark of 15:54.46 at the NCAA Championships was the fastest swim by a Longhorn in over 30 years.
All-America senior Rebecca Millard took down the school record in the 50 freestyle at the NCAA Championships, and the Californian is a fraction of a second off of Karlee Bispo's school mark in the 100 freestyle.
Sophomore Alison Gibson showed up to her first NCAA Championships still several months shy of her 18th birthday, but she looked like a seasoned veteran in her first event at the national meet. The Austin native won the NCAA title on one-meter and became UT's first NCAA diving champion on any board since Jessica Livingston in 2007 (platform).
Juniors Meghan O'Brien and Sofia Rauzi are NCAA Championships qualifiers, and All-America redshirt junior Murphy Bromberg adds additional depth in the diving corps. Junior swimmer Mimi Schneider also returns from a redshirt year for the Longhorns. All 11 Texas juniors and redshirt juniors have been on a pool deck for an NCAA Championship meet.
Sophomores Claire Adams and Lauren Case hold the top national individual finishes among returning Longhorns swimmers. Adams placed sixth in the 100 backstroke at the NCAA Championships, where Case took sixth in the 200 butterfly. Sophomore transfer Kennedy Lohman brings NCAA Championships experience after competing for Arizona as a freshman.
UT welcomes nine true freshmen for the 2017-18 season.
EVANS WINS SILVER AND BRONZE AT WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES
Texas junior Joanna Evans won a pair of medals for The Bahamas over the summer at the World University Games in Taipei City, Taiwan. Evans, a multiple All-American in her first two seasons as a Longhorn, won silver in the 400m freestyle in 4:08.52. She added bronze in the 800m freestyle.
Junior diver Meghan O'Brien joined Texas men's diver Grayson Campbell to place fourth for the U.S. in the mixed synchronized three-meter diving final in Taipei City. Texas sophomore Alison Gibson placed fourth in synchro three-meter at the same meet. Gibson also represented Team USA at the FINA World Championships.
Texas head coach Carol Capitani took on her first international head-coaching assignment and led the U.S. women's swimming team at the World University Games.
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