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Sam Kendricks Memorial Orange and White Classic
Orange Team Claims First Sam Kendricks Memorial Orange & White Classic
09.22.2022 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Orange team won, 143-140
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas men's swim and dive program competed in the inaugural Sam Kendricks Memorial Orange and White Classic on Thursday night.
The Orange team came away victorious with the slightest margin of victory at 143-140 points.
Despite the Orange win, the White team swam away with the lone two meet records of the day. David Johnston took the first record, erasing Alex Zettle's previous 1000 free record with a time of 8:49.13. Luke Hobson later claimed the 200 free record, outdoing Drew Kibler's previous record with a time of 1:32.50.
The two teams each won eight events, while Noah Duperre, team Orange, took both dive events scoring 340.95 points on the 1-meter and 357 on the 3-meter.
Carson Foster of the Orang Team led all competitors winning three events, including the 200-yard IM (1:42.94), the 100-yard backstroke (46.07) and the 200-yard backstroke (1:41.76). Four other Longhorns each claimed two events with Hobson winning also winning the 500-yard free at 4:16.48.
Daniel Krueger of team White won both the 50-yard free and the 100-yard free at 19.54 and 42.78, respectively. Cole Crane, team White, also swept the short butterfly events in the 100-yard (46.85) and 200-yard fly (1:45.46) as the final Longhorn to win two events.
Caspar Corbeau was the final Longhorn to do the double, winning the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 52.56 and the 200-yard breast in 1:54.72.
Team Orange won the final event of the day, the 200-yard free, after Peter Larson, Aleksej Filipovic, Coby Carrozza and Corbeau finished with a time of 1:18.90.
Tonight's event was the first meet in remembrance of Sam Kendricks, a former Texas Swimming assistant coach and graduate of The University of Texas who went on to become the most recognizable voice in swimming in the United States. Kendricks passed away on July 6 after a nine-month battle with Merkel Cell Carcinoma. He was 59.
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