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Men’s Swimming and Diving breaks American 800 Free Relay record at NCAA Championships
03.23.2022 | Men's Swimming and Diving
The Longhorns closed out day one with the lead at the NCAA Championships after collecting a pair of top-two relay results.
ATLANTA – No. 1 Texas Men's Swimming and Diving opened the 2022 NCAA National Championships in record-breaking fashion to take the lead following Wednesday's opening night of the four-day meet at the McAuley Aquatic Center.
The quartet of senior Drew Kibler, sophomore Coby Carrozza, freshman Luke Hobson and sophomore Carson Foster smashed the American record in the 800 free relay with a time of 6:03.89 to claim the Longhorns' first victory of the national meet. Texas' mark bested the previous time of 6:05.08 established by the Texas squad of Kibler, Austin Katz, Jeff Newkirk and Townley Hass at the 2019 NCAA Championships. Kibler (1:30.54) and Hobson (1:30.84) both posted sub-1:31 splits to highlight the UT effort.
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— Texas Men's Swimming & Diving (@TexasMSD) March 24, 2022
Prior to the record performance in the 800 free relay, Texas kicked off the meet with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay with a program-record 1:21.36 from the quartet of freshman Anthony Grimm, junior Caspar Corbeau, and seniors Alvin Jiang and Cameron Auchinachie. The time recorded by the Longhorns topped the previous NCAA, U.S. Open and meet records established by the Longhorns at the 2017 NCAA Championships, but was just behind Florida, whose relay squad clocked 1:21.13 for the victory. Highlighting the Longhorns' effort was Corbeau's breaststroke leg of 22.55, while Auchinachie posted a 50 free split of 18.38.
Texas tallied 74 points to give the defending national champions a 10-point lead over second-place Florida (64). California (61) and NC State (57) round out the top four, while Stanford (54) and Arizona State (54) are tied for fifth.
The Longhorns continue competition at the NCAA Championships on Thursday, March 24 through Saturday, March 26 at the McAuley Aquatic Center. Thursday's action will feature competition in the 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard individual medley, 50-yard freestyle, 1-meter springboard diving and 200-yard freestyle relay. Prelims will begin at 9 a.m. CT with finals sessions scheduled to get underway each day at 5 p.m. CT. All prelim and finals sessions will be streamed live on ESPN3.
2022 NCAA Championships – Team Standings after Day 1 (Top 10 teams listed)
1 TEXAS – 74
2. Florida – 64
3. California – 61
4. NC State – 57
5. Stanford – 54
5. Arizona State – 54
7. Louisville – 46
8. Georgia - 34
9. Alabama – 30
10. Virginia Tech – 28
Texas Longhorns Individual Event/Relay National Champions
800 free relay: Drew Kibler, Coby Carrozza, Luke Hobson, Carson Foster (AR)
Texas Longhorns 2022 All-Americans
Cameron Auchinachie: 200 medley relay
Coby Carrozza: 800 free relay (AR)
Caspar Corbeau: 200 medley relay
Carson Foster: 800 free relay (AR)
Anthony Grimm: 200 medley relay
Luke Hobson: 800 free relay (AR)
Alvin Jiang: 200 medley relay
Drew Kibler: 800 free relay (AR)
American Records set at 2022 NCAA Championships
800 free relay: Drew Kibler (1:30.54), Coby Carrozza (1:31.46), Luke Hobson (1:30.84), Carson Foster (1:31.05) – 6:03.89
Texas Program Records set at 2022 NCAA Championships
200 medley relay: Anthony Grimm (20.65), Caspar Corbeau (22.55), Alvin Jiang (20.08), Cameron Auchinachie (18.08) – 1:21.36
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