The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
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No. 1 Men’s Swimming and Diving wins 41st consecutive conference title
02.29.2020 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Texas dominates Big 12 Championship to take home 2020 title.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The No. 1 Texas men's swimming and diving program picked up its 41st consecutive conference title after claiming the 2020 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships held at the Aquatics Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown, West Virginia.
The Longhorns won all 21 events during the 2020 Big 12 Championships.
TEAM SCORESTexas: 1127
WVU: 873
TCU: 654
NOTES
2020 Big 12 Coach of the Meet: Eddie Reese
2020 Big 12 Co-Diving Coach of the Meet: Matt Scoggin
2020 Big 12 Diver of the Meet: Jordan Windle
2020 Big 12 Swimmer of the Meet: Daniel Krueger
2020 Big 12 Newcomer of the Meet: Alvin Jiang
- For the third-straight year, Jordan Windle won the Platform competition and for the second-straight night, Windle entered the sixth round with the ability to take a victory lap, as he held over a 100-point lead after the fifth, and ended with a 520.40. Texas also took silver and bronze with freshman Andrew Harness scoring a second-place 391.30 and senior Jacob Cornish took third at 389.80.
- In the 200 back, Austin Katz took home the win with a a-cut time of 1:39.17. Alvin Jiang finished in second at 1:42.64.
- Krueger with the win at 41.26, a Big 12 record and an a-cut time to take the victory in the 100 free. Maxime Rooney finished in second with a time of 42.06. Drew Kibler added a third-place finish with a 42.49, and Chris Staka came in fifth at 43.59.
- Parker Neri wins gold with a time of 14:55.01 in the 1650, and he was followed in second and third place by teammates JohnThomas Larson (15:04.67) and Jack Collins (15.16.16).
- Caspar Corbeau won the 200-breaststroke final with a time of 1:53.92, just shy of the a-cut mark. Braden Vines followed in third with a time of 1:56.67, while Jake Foster took fifth at 1:57.37. Charlie Scheinfeld finished in sixth at 1:59.35.
- Texas took home the title in the 200 fly with a 1:41.78 by Sam Pomajevich. Andrew Koustik added a second-place finish for the Longhorns with a time of 1:43.16.
- Rooney, Kibler, Krueger, and Willenbring won the 400 free relay with a time of 2:48.56.
LIST OF EVENT WINNERS
- 1m Diving: Grayson Campbell; 422.45
- 3m Diving: Jordan Windle; 553.15
- Platform Diving: Jordan Windle; 520.40
- 200 Medley Relay: Chris Staka, Caspar Corbeau, Maxime Rooney, Daniel Krueger; 1.23.56
- 400 Medley Relay: Chris Staka, Charlie Scheinfeld, Alvin Jiang, Daniel Krueger; 3:04.13
- 200 Free Relay: Matthew Willenbring, Maxime Rooney, Drew Kibler, Daniel Krueger; 1:16.48
- 400 Free Relay: Maxime Rooney, Drew Kibler, Matthew Willenbring, Daniel Krueger; 2:48.56
- 800 Free Relay: Sam Pomajevich, Maxime Rooney, Austin Katz, Drew Kibler; 6:16.56
- 50 Free: Daniel Krueger; 19.19
- 100 Free: Daniel Krueger; 41.26
- 200 Free: Drew Kibler; 1:33.66
- 500 Free: JohnThomas Larson; 4:16.65
- 1650 Free: Parker Neri; 14:55.01
- 200 IM: Matthew Willenbring; 1:43.98
- 400 IM: Jake Foster; 3:43.92
- 100 Fly: Alvin Jiang; 45.11
- 200 Fly: Sam Pomajevich; 1:41.78
- 100 Breast: Caspar Corbeau; 52.64
- 200 Breast: Caspar Corbeau; 1:53.92
- 100 Back: Alvin Jiang; 44.95
- 200 Back: Austin Katz; 1:39.17