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No. 1 Women's Swimming and Diving takes down No. 6 Texas A&M, 172-123
11.02.2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns take 11 events en route to win
AUSTIN, Texas – The No .1 University of Texas Women's Swimming and Diving team took down in-state rival and No. 6 Texas A&M in a dual meet on Friday night at the Texas Swimming Center.
Score
Texas 172, Texas A&M 123
Wins
200 Medley Relay – Julia Cook, Olivia Anderson, Claire Adams, Grace Ariola (1:39.16)
1000 Freestyle – Joanna Evans (9:47.68)
100 Backstroke – Claire Adams (52.56)
200 Butterfly – Remedy Rule (1:56.68)
50 Freestyle – Grace Ariola (22.52)
100 Freestyle – Julia Cook (49.76)
200 Backstroke – Claire Adams (1:55.54)
500 Freestyle – Joanna Evans (4:49.44)
100 Butterfly – Remedy Rule (53.84)
1-meter Diving – Murphy Bromberg (319.73)
3-meter Diving – Alison Gibson (347.63)
Meet Notes
- The Longhorns extended their dual meet winning streak to 16 wins with the victory.
- With the win tonight, Texas earned its third-straight top-20 win on the season and fourth-straight over Texas A&M.
- Joanna Evans set the fastest pace this year for the NCAA in the 1000 freestyle with her 9:47.68. Evie Pfeifer also cracked the top-three in the NCAA this year with a 9:49.02 time.
- Claire Adams put down the fourth-fastest pace this year in the NCAA with a 52.56 in the 100 backstroke. She also notched the eighth-fastest in the 200 back (1:55.54).
Up Next
The Longhorns will travel to California to face No. 2 Stanford on Nov. 9 and then head to Berkeley to face No. 5 California on Nov. 10. Texas took over the No. 1 spot in the latest CSCAA rankings from Stanford who is the two-time defending champions.
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