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No. 2 Women's Swimming and Diving tops school, Big 12 records at Big 12 Championships
02.22.2017 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Horns eclipse five-year-old league record in the 200-yard medley relay, sweep both relays on the meet’s first of four days.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 2 Texas toppled school and Big 12 records in the 200-yard medley relay and added a win in the 800 freestyle relay to complete a sweep of night one at the 2017 Big 12 Championships.
Texas kicked off the four-day championship with its impressive swim in the 200 medley relay, where seniors Tasija Karosas and Madisyn Cox, sophomore Remedy Rule and junior Rebecca Millard clocked 1 minute, 35.39 seconds for the win, well under the previous conference mark of 1:36.02 set by Texas A&M in 2012.
The swim eclipsed the school mark of 1:36.32 set by Karosas, Jordan Surhoff, Mimi Schneider and Millard at the 2016 Big 12 Championships.
The Horns capped the evening by taking the 800 freestyle relay, where Cox, sophomore Joanna Evans, freshman Claire Adams and Karosas finished in 7:00.70, good for the sixth-fastest relay in school history.
Texas leads the championships with 80 points while Kansas follows in second with 68 points. Iowa State holds third with 64 points while TCU and West Virginia sit in fourth with 58 points.
Day two of the Big 12 Championships begins Thursday at 10 a.m. CT.
