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Swimming & Diving takes down Texas A&M, Indiana
10.21.2022 | Men's Swimming and Diving
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas men's and women's swimming and diving teams had a strong performance in their double dual meet against Texas A&M and Indiana on Friday.
The Texas men dominated Texas A&M 220-80 and pulled off a close victory against Indiana, 155-145. On the women's side Texas beat the Aggies 209-89 and Indiana 200-100.
The Texas women won nine events in the meet, starting with the 1-meter springboard.
Texas opened by claiming the first two spots in the women's 1-meter springboard. Bridget O'Neil took the top spot with 294.10 points and teammate Hailey Hernandez finished second with 293.80 points.
In the women's 200-yard freestyle Kelly Pash won in a time of 1:45.86, over two seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
The Longhorns swept the top three spots in the women's 100-yard freestyle. Kelly Pash repeated in a time of 48.17. Bridget Semenuk finished second and Kyla Leibel rounded out the top-three for Texas.
Texas also finished 1-2 in the 100-yard breaststroke. Anna Elendt crossed first in 59.26 and Lydia Jacoby finished second in 59.93.
In the women's 200-yard medley relay the Longhorns A and B squad beat the field with times of 1:38.32 for A and 138.55 for B.
The Texas men won seven events in the meet with the final event being the most compelling.
The dual vs. Indiana came down to the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay. Indiana opened up with an early lead, but Daniel Krueger brought it home for the Longhorns as they edged the Hoosiers, 2:52.45-2:52.90 to clinch the dual victory.
Krueger took home the win in the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 43.19 and captured the 50-yard freestyle in 19.72.
In the men's 500-yard freestyle David Johnson won the event in a time of 4:18.73, outpacing the nearest competitor by over four seconds. Johnson also won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 8:51.24, with the runner-up finishing in 9:02.92.
Texas took the top two spots in the men's 200-yard breaststroke. Jake Foster won the event in a time of 1:55.32 and teammate Caspar Corbeau finished second in 1:56.78.
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