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No. 2 Men's Swimming and Diving knocks off No. 13 Auburn, 160-140
01.08.2018 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns post their second consecutive dual-meet victory.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 2 Texas (2-4) captured eight events and produced a 160-140 victory over visiting No. 13 Auburn Monday afternoon at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Texas opened the meet with a one-two showing from its one-meter divers. All-America sophomore Grayson Campbell claimed the win with 391.28 points, and freshman Jordan Windle followed in second with 355.73 points.
The Longhorns opened the meet's swimming portion with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay, as junior John Shebat and seniors Austin Temple, Joseph Schooling and Brett Ringgold were victorious in 1 minute, 27.91 seconds. Freshman Chris Yeager came from behind in the final couple hundred of yards to edge All-America teammate Jonathan Roberts for the win in the 1,000 freestyle at 9:12.46. Roberts followed closely behind at 9:12.82.
Auburn's Zach Apple claimed the 200 freestyle, but UT juniors Townley Haas (1:39.11) and Jeff Newkirk (1:39.41) plus Texas sophomore Sam Kline (1:39.50) helped stave off the Tigers' point gain with second, third and fourth-place finishes.
UT redshirt sophomore Ryan Harty tied Auburn's Hugo Gonzalez for the win in the 100 backstroke at 47.85 seconds. Junior John Shebat, the 2017 NCAA runner-up in the event, took third at 48.60. Auburn's Tommy Brewer claimed the 100 breaststroke, but UT's Austin Temple (56.16), Casey Melzer (56.20) and Jared Butler (56.43) chipped in nine points with their second, third and fourth-place finishes.
Schooling, the former two-time NCAA champion in the 200 butterfly, was victorious in the same event Monday at 1:44.95. Freshman Sam Pomajevich finished as the runner-up at 1:47.31 while junior Mason Tenney took third at 1:49.99. Ringgold claimed a tight 50 freestyle race and edged Auburn's Peter Holoda for the win at 20.02. Holoda settled for second at 20.08.
Auburn's Gonzalez captured the 200 backstroke, but Harty and Roberts posted second- and third-place finishes to help stave off the Tigers' point gain. Texas sent a pair of freshmen to the top of the final 500 freestyle standings. JohnThomas Larson took the win at 4:28.04 and held off a late charge from Pomajevich, who settled for second at 4:28.30.
Schooling, the reigning Olympic champion in the 100m butterfly, claimed the same event Monday in 47.43.
Windle returned to lead the Horns in the three-meter diving event with his second-place total of 360.75 points. Auburn capped the meet with its victory in the 200 freestyle relay, but Texas had already clinched the dual-meet win.
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