The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 5 Women's Swimming & Diving downs Texas A&M, 180-112
10.15.2021 | Women's Swimming and Diving
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – In its first road dual meet of the season, the women's swimming and diving team came away with the convincing win 180-112 against Texas A&M.
The Longhorns posted numerous NCAA "B" cut times in College Station, highlighted by Hailey Hernandez on the boards and Kelly Pash who claimed five total individual events in the second meet of the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- After claiming the Texas 3m program record in her collegiate debut, Hailey Hernandez swept both diving events in her first road dual meet of the season. She claimed her first event with 383.70 points in the 3m and followed up with 328.73 in the 1m.
- Bridget O'Neil finished second in the 1m at 308.93, while Paola Pineda finished just behind Hernandez in the 3m with 357.08.
- Julia Cook, Anna Elendt, Kelly Pash and Bridget Semenuk took the first swim event of the day with a time of 1:38.70.
- Erica Sullivan won her second-straight 1000-yard event this season with a season-best time of 9:44.75.
- Julia Cook earned a "B"-cut standard times in both the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke with her winning times of 53.44 and 1:56.63, respectively.
- Anna Elendt won the 100-yard breaststroke, meeting the NCAA "B" standard with a time of 1:00.26 and added a 200-yard breaststroke win with another NCAA "B" cut effort with a time of 2:12.21. Ellie Andrews finished in second in both with her times of 1:02.14 and 2:15.01.
- Three Longhorns, Kelly Pash, Emma Sticklen and Olivia Bray, all earned NCAA "B" cut times in the 200-yard butterfly. Pash won the event at 1:55.14, Sticklen finished second at 1:56.27 and Bray closed out the top three spots with a time of 1:58.75.
- The 50-yard free was claimed by sophomore Grace Cooper and her time of 22.89 seconds.
- Pash added her second individual NCAA "B" cut standard time in the 100-yard free, winning the event at 49.22.
- Longhorns took the top four times in the 500-yard free, with Evie Pfeifer taking the event with her NCAA "B" cut time at 4:45.12, while Erica Sullivan's time of 4:46.25 also earned the feat.
NEXT UP:
Texas will travel to Charlottesville, Va., on Nov. 5 for the third meet of the season.