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No. 7 Men's Swim & Dive preview: at No. 15 Virginia
10.27.2023 | Men's Swimming and Diving
The Longhorns take on the Cavaliers in new dual-meet format.
No. 7 Texas at No. 15 Virginia When: Oct. 27 – 28
Where: Charlottesville, Va.
Facility: Virginia Aquatic & Fitness Center
Results: Meet Mobile
About the dual meet
In a new style of competition, Texas and Virginia will compete in "Super Finals" on Friday. The events will feature 4v4 races of each event and will be followed by a one-on-one race with each winner scoring five points. The Super Finals have already been decided for both teams:
Men's 100m Back – Will Modglin vs. Will Cole
Men's 100m Breast – Nate Germonprez vs. Noah Nichols
Men's 100m IM – Nate Germonprez vs. Tim Connery
Men's 100m Fly – Will Modglin vs. Kamal Muhammad
Men's 50m Free Heat 1 – Peter Paulus vs. Simon Lins
Heat 2 – Camden Taylor vs. Jack Madoch
Heat 3 – Will Modglin vs. Connor Boyle
Saturday's meet will return to traditional dual meet style programming.
Friday's Events:
- Diving begins at 1 p.m. CT
- 200 medley relay
- 200 free
- 100 back
- 100 breast
- 50 free
- Women's 500 free
- 100 IM
- 100 fly
- Men's 500 free
- 4x50 relay
Saturday's Events:
- Diving begins at 8 a.m. CT
- 400 medley relay
- 1000 free
- 200 back
- 200 breast
- 100 free
- 200 fly
- 200 IM
- 400 free relay
Longhorns this season
Texas men have competed three times this season, opening the year at the Sam Kendrick's Memorial Orange and White Classic. The men later traveled north to Dallas for the SMU Classic and returned home for the dual meet against TCU, earning its first win of the season (191.5-100.5). The Longhorns have been led by freshmen standout Will Modglin, who's been named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week twice. Luke Hobson continues to show his dominance in the pool and had earned Big 12 Swimmer of the Week for the fifth time in his career. The divers will begin the action on both days and will be led by senior Noah Duperre and sophomore Nick Harris.
Coby Carrozza, Jake Foster, Chris O'Connor and Brayden Taivassalo competed at the PanAmerican Games for Team USA and Canada. Foster got well acquainted with the medal stand, earning four gold medals. Foster swept the breaststroke events and won bot the 4x100 men's and mixed medley relays. Carrozza brought home four medals, two golds (200m free and 4x100 medley relay) and two silvers (4x100 free relay and 4x200 free relay), while Taivassalo won silver in the 200 breast and bronze in the 4x100 medley relay.
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