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Big 12 Championships
No. 2 Women’s Swimming and Diving opens strong on first day of Big 12 Championships
02.23.2022 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Texas won both relays on day one of the Big 12 Championships.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – No. 2 Texas Women's Swimming and Diving opened their title defense by sweeping both events on opening day of the Big 12 Championship on Wednesday at The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park.
The nine-team defending conference champion Longhorns established a program, meet and pool record in the 200 medley relay while also picking up the win in the 800 free relay.
The quartet of senior Julia Cook and sophomores Anna Elendt, Olivia Bray and Emma Sticklen started the night off by posting a 1:34.04 in the 200 medley relay, besting the UT record established in December at the Minnesota Invitational while also breaking pool and meet records previously held by Texas.
Texas followed that with a victory in the 800 free relay from the group of junior Kelly Pash, junior Kyla Leibel, Bray and Cook with a time of 7:01.74.
Starting the #Big12SD Championships right! 🤘 #HookEm pic.twitter.com/NBJ3hxuQme
— Texas Women's Swimming & Diving (@TexasWSD) February 24, 2022
TEAM STANDINGS
1. TEXAS – 80
2. Kansas – 68
3. TCU – 64
4. Iowa State – 58
4. West Virginia – 58
HIGHLIGHTS
- The victory in the 200 medley relay was the 10th-straight at the Big 12 Championships for UT, matching the Longhorns' conference record (1998-2007).
- UT has won 22 of the 26 conference titles in the 200 medley relay
- Texas' time of 1:34.04 in the 200 medley relay was the fifth-fastest in the NCAA this season.
- Cook won her third consecutive 200 medley relay conference title while Elendt and Bray were part of the victorious relay for the second year in a row.
- The Longhorns have now won 12 consecutive conference championships in the 800 free relay and 18 overall.
- Pash and Cook were also members of the last two 800 free relay championship squads, while Bray took part for the second straight year.
THURSDAY EVENTS
Prelims - 9:00 a.m. CT
500 free
200 IM
50 free
1-meter springboard
Finals - 5:00 p.m. CT
500 free
200 IM
50 free
1-meter springboard
400 medley relay
2022 Big 12 Championship Meet Records Set
200 medley relay: Julia Cook, Anna Elendt, Olivia Bray, Emma Sticklen – 1:34.04*
*All-Time Big 12 record
2022 Big 12 Championship Event Winners
200 medley relay: Julia Cook, Anna Elendt, Olivia Bray, Emma Sticklen – 1:34.04
800 free relay: Kelly Pash, Kyla Leibel, Olivia Bray, Julia Cook – 7:01.74
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