The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
02.07.2024 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Kelly Pash, Bridget O’Neil and Angie Coe earned Texas a share of all three weekly Big 12 honors.
IRVING, Texas – No. 2 Texas Women's Swimming & Diving collected three Big 12 Conference weekly awards, the league announced on Wednesday. Kelly Pash earned Swimmer of the Week honors for the second consecutive week and Bridget O'Neil collected a share of the Diver of the Week honors, while Angie Coe was named the Newcomer of the Week following outstanding performances against TCU and in The Sterkel Classic. It marks the sixth time this season Texas had at least a share of all three awards.
Pash, a native of Carmel, Ind., Pash won five individual races over two days of competition last weekend. On Friday against TCU in long course racing, Pash won the 100 free with a time of 55.11 and followed that with a victory in the 400 IM, cutting over five seconds off of her previous personal best with a swim of 4:45.50. At the Sterkel Classic on Saturday, she won the 200-yard fly with an A-cut 1:51.22 to rise to No. 2 in the national rankings, then won the 100-yard fly in 50.40, her second-fastest time of the season. She closed out the weekend with a victory in the 100-yard fly with a swim of 47.72. Pash earned her second conference swimmer of the week honor of the season and ninth of her career.
O'Neil, from Southlake, Texas, swept the springboards in dual meet action against TCU on Friday. On 1-meter, O'Neil scored 337.50 points to earn the victory by more than eight points over the runner-up. She followed that with a dominating performance on 3-meter, scoring a season-best 398.18 points to win by almost a 57-point margin. O'Neil has now earned a share of diver of the week honors four times this season, three individually, and 11 times overall in her career.
Coe, who hails from Charleston, Ill., won three individual events and had four top-two finishes while also swimming in a pair of relays during the two days of racing. Against TCU, Coe won the 200 back with a career-best time of 2:14.69, then won the 200 IM with a swim of 2:19.68. She also earned a runner-up result in the 50 free with a PB of 25.77. At the Sterkel Classic, she collected another career best, winning the 400 IM in 4:07.45, moving her to No. 5 on Texas' all-time performer list and No. 13 in the nation this year. She also swam the free leg of Texas' 200 medley relay, splitting 22.63, and the anchor leg of the 400 medley relay, splitting 49.80. Coe earned the first Big 12 honor of her career.
Texas closes out the regular-season schedule in Dallas on Friday with a dual meet against SMU. Competition is set to begin at 5 p.m. CT.
Texas' 2023-24 Big 12 Conference Weekly Honors
Oct. 11
Olivia Bray (Swimmer)
Hailey Hernandez (Diver)
Emma Kern (Co-Newcomer)
Oct. 25
Emma Sticklen (Swimmer)
Bridget O'Neil (Diver)
Erin Gemmell (Newcomer)
Nov. 1
Grace Cooper (Swimmer)
Bridget O'Neil (Diver)
Berit Berglund (Newcomer)
Nov. 8
Ava Longi (Swimmer)
Hailey Hernandez (Co-Diver)
Caroline Kupka (Newcomer)
Nov. 22
Emma Sticklen (Swimmer)
Berit Berglund (Newcomer)
Jan. 31
Kelly Pash (Swimmer)
Bridget O'Neil (Diver)
Erin Gemmell (Newcomer)
Feb. 7
Kelly Pash (Swimmer)
Bridget O'Neil (Co-Diver)
Angie Coe (Newcomer)
