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Big 12 Championships
No. 1 Men’s Swimming and Diving preview: Big 12 Championships
02.22.2022 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Texas is seeking a 26th consecutive Big 12 Championship and 43rd-straight conference crown.
No. 1 Texas at 2022 Big 12 Championships
When: Wednesday, Feb. 23 – Saturday, Feb. 26
Where: West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Facility: The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Host: Kyle Sockwell; Analysts: Josh Davis, Natalie Kalibat)
Results: Live Stats | Meet Mobile
Big 12 Championship Media Availability: Eddie Reese | Matt Scoggin
Texas' Top Times: 2021-22 | All-Time
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 (Finals: 4 p.m. CT)
Men's 1-meter springboard
200-yard Medley Relay
800-yard Freestyle Relay
Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 (Finals: 5 p.m. CT)
500-yard Freestyle
200-yard Individual Medley
50-yard Freestyle
Women's 1-meter springboard
400-yard Medley Relay
Friday, Feb. 26, 2022 (Finals: 4:15 p.m. – Diving; 5 p.m. CT – Swimming)
Women's 3-meter springboard
100-yard Butterfly
400-yard Individual Medley
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Breaststroke
100-yard Backstroke
Men's 3-meter springboard
200-yard Freestyle Relay
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2022 (Finals: 4:00 p.m. – Diving; 5 p.m. CT – Swimming)
Men's Platform
200-yard Backstroke
100-yard Freestyle
1,650-yard Freestyle
200-yard Breaststroke
200-yard Butterfly
Women's Platform
400-yard Freestyle Relay
Meet Notes
Television/Streaming Coverage
Big 12 Now on ESPN+ will provide live coverage throughout the four days of competition at the Big 12 Championships with live commentary provided during the finals.
Team Rankings
Texas opened the 2021-22 campaign at No. 1 in the rankings and have held firm in the top spot throughout the season. The Longhorns totaled 350 points in the most recent poll (Feb. 11) and are followed in the top-10 of the rankings by NC State (331), California (325), Indiana (305), Florida (299), Stanford (268), Arizona State (260), Virginia Tech (235), Ohio State (231) and Louisville (222).
Storied Program
Texas is the defending NCAA champion and has claimed 15 NCAA Championships, finished runner-up 12 times and has a total of 34 top-3 finishes at the NCAA Championship meet. UT earned NCAA team titles in 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021.
Conference Dominance
The Longhorns have won all 25 Big 12 Conference titles and have claimed 42 consecutive crowns. This current streak dates back to the 1980 Southwest Conference championship. Texas has earned a total of 63 conference titles (38 Southwest Conference, 25 Big 12 Conference).
Head Coach Eddie Reese
Eddie Reese is in his 44th season at the helm of the Texas program. A three-time U.S. Men's Olympic Team head coach (1992, 2004, 2008), Reese is the winningest coach in the sport's history with 15 NCAA titles. He is the only collegiate swimming coach to win an NCAA team title in five separate decades.
A Cut times for the Longhorns
50 freestyle – Cameron Auchinachie (18.80)
100 freestyle – Daniel Krueger (41.45)
500 freestyle – Luke Hobson (4:09.72)
100 breaststroke – Caspar Corbeau (50.79)
200 breaststroke – Caspar Corbeau (1:50.81)
400 IM – Carson Foster (3:37.35)
200 free relay – Daniel Krueger, Cameron Auchinachie, Drew Kibler, Caspar Corbeau (1:15.49)
400 free relay – Cameron Auchinachie, Drew Kibler, Caspar Corbeau, Daniel Kruger (2:46.46)
800 free relay – Drew Kibler, Coby Carrozza, Peter Larson, Carson Foster (6:10.14)
200 medley relay – Cameron Auchinachie, Charlie Scheinfeld, Zac Van Zandt, Drew Kibler (1:23.33)
400 medley relay – Cameron Auchinachie, Caspar Corbeau, Alvin Jiang, Daniel Krueger (3:02.48)
Players Mentioned
