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No. 2 Women's Swim & Dive takes down TCU 192-99
10.20.2023 | Women's Swimming and Diving
The No. 2 Longhorns defeat TCU, 192-99, for their second-straight home win of the season.
AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 2 women's swim and dive team took home its second-straight home win of the season defeating TCU, 192-99.
The Longhorns won 11 swimming events and swept the diving events to beat its second Big 12 opponent of the season. Texas beat Houston 193-103 earlier to open the season.
Senior Bridget O'Neil got the winning started on the 1-meter springboard, leading the competition with 351.83 points. Freshman Caroline Kupka finished second with 302.93 points, marking the only two competitors to score more than 300 points. O'Neil completed her sweep winning the 3-meter with 365.85 points. Kupka again finished second with 341.18 points and Amanda Stalfort finishing third at 310.28.
Back in the pool, the 200-yard medley relay of Emma Kern, Anna Elendt, Emma Sticklen and Grace Cooper won the first swimming event with a time of 1:37.29. The time is tied for the third-fastest time recorded in the NCAA this season.
Ava Longi took first in the 200 free with her time of 1:49.87, leading the Longhorns to a sweep in the event. Freshman Berit Berglund was second at 1:52.79, while Brooke Adams finished third with her time of 1:54.48.
Sticklen earned her first individual win of the night in the 100 back at 53.29 and added her second in the 100 fly with a time of 52.28. Elendt later added her own win in the 100 breast at 59.49, meeting the NCAA-B standard and swimming the third-fastest time in the NCAA.
Freshman Erin Gemmell won took on three Horned Frogs on her own and came out on top with a winning time of 2:00.71 in the 200 fly and won the 100 free in 49.30, an NCAA-B standard. Emma Davidson later won the 50 free with a time of 23.23.
Alicia Wilson took first in the 200 back with a time of 1:58.86, while Berglund finished second with a time of 1:58.99.
Freshman Angie Coe led the Longhorns in the 500 free with her time of 4:50.56, while Abby Pfeifer finished second (4:55.05) and Ella Myers was third with a time of 5:00.06.
The Longhorns travel to Charlottesville, Va., on Oct. 27-28 to take on No. 1 Virginia.
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