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Cox claims 400 individual medley school mark at Big 12 Championships
02.24.2017 | Women's Swimming and Diving
All-America senior Madisyn Cox breaks Kathleen Hersey’s eight-year-old school mark in the 400-yard individual medley.
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AUSTIN, Texas – Texas All-America senior Madisyn Cox added a second individual school record to her résumé as the second-ranked Longhorns continued their unblemished run through the Big 12 Championships Friday at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Earlier this season, Cox claimed the school mark from two-time U.S. Olympian Kathleen Hersey in the 200 IM, and on Friday evening, she took the 400 IM for herself, as well. The Lubbock native clocked 4:01.15 for the win and eclipsed the school and Big 12 marks of 4:01.91 by Hersey from the 2009 NCAA Championships. Cox's 4:01.15 is good for the No. 3 national time this season. Senior Maggie D'Innocenzo added a runner-up finish in 4:14.28.
Sophomore Meghan O'Brien completed a sweep of the springboard events at the Big 12 Championships and claimed Friday's three-meter final with 383.00 points. Freshman Alison Gibson added a third-place total of 311.70 points.
Freshman Lauren Case secured her first career Big 12 title and captured the 100 butterfly in 52.03. Sophomore Remedy Rule followed closely behind in second at 52.05 while senior Brynne Wong placed third at 53.89.
Bahamian Olympian Joanna Evans won her second league crown in as many nights and won her first Big 12 title in the 200 freestyle at 1:44.41. Sophomore Quinn Carrozza placed second at 1:46.11 while her classmate Nora McCullagh took third at 1:47.11. Sophomore Anelise Diener placed sixth at 1:49.27.
Senior Tasija Karosas nearly took down her school and Big 12 records in the 100 backstroke, but her winning time of 50.96 was good for a championship record. Freshman Claire Adams followed closely behind at 51.29 while her classmate Kaitlin Harty placed third at 54.07. Senior Rebecca Baxley took eighth at 55.31.
Senior Jordan Surhoff won her first Big 12 individual title and claimed the 100 breaststroke at 1:00.89. Sophomore Olivia Anderson took second at 1:01.66.
Texas capped the evening by posting the third-fastest 200 freestyle relay in school history, as senior Rebecca Millard, Adams, Rule and Diener clocked 1:28.04, well under the NCAA automatic-qualifying cut.
Texas leads the championships with 694 points while Kansas sits in second with 437.5 points. West Virginia holds third with 390.5 points and Iowa State is in fourth place with 371.5 points. TCU holds fifth place at 303.5.
The fourth and final day of the Big 12 Championships begins Saturday at 10 a.m. CT.
