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No. 4 Women's Swimming and Diving knocks off No. 20 Arizona, 179-120
01.27.2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns improve to 8-0 heading into Senior Day meet next week against TCU.
TUCSON, Ariz. – No. 4 Texas (8-0) put on another dominant performance and defeated host No. 20 Arizona by a 179-120 count Saturday afternoon at Arizona's Hillenbrand Aquatic Center.
Texas opened the meet by taking the top two spots in the 200-yard medley relay and earning the win at 1:40.02. Arizona responded with wins in the 1,000 and 200 freestyle events before the Longhorns took control. All-America sophomore Claire Adams claimed the 100 backstroke at 53.46 with Kaitlin Harty right behind in second at 55.39.
Junior Olivia Anderson captured the 100 breaststroke at 1:02.41 before her classmate Remedy Rule claimed the 200 butterfly at 1:58.14. All-America senior Rebecca Millard was victorious in the 100 freestyle at 49.98, and junior Quinn Carrozza came away with a 200 backstroke win at 1:56.85.
Sophomore Kennedy Lohman, an Arizona transfer, gave Texas a sweep of the breaststroke events with her 2:17.02 at 200 yards. Adams returned to post her second win of the day in the 100 butterfly at 53.77 with Rule right behind at 54.16. Freshman Evie Pfeifer edged out Arizona's Hannah Cox for the 400 IM win at 4:19.27, and Texas claimed the meet's final swimming event, the 400 freestyle relay, at 3:20.00.
The Texas divers put on another strong showing and swept the springboards. Sophomore Alison Gibson, the reigning NCAA champion on one-meter, won the same event with 335.40 points. Junior Meghan O'Brien was victorious on three-meter with 380.85 points.
Texas hosts its Senior Day meet against TCU on Friday, Feb. 2. UT will honor its seniors at approximately 1:45 p.m. prior to the meet's 2 p.m. start.
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