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No. 9 Men’s Swim & Dive preview: at SMU
02.08.2024 | Men's Swimming and Diving
The Longhorns close out the regular season in the final dual meet for legendary head coach Eddie Reese.
No. 9 Texas at SMU
When: Friday, Feb. 9 – 5:00 p.m. CT
Where: Dallas, Texas
Facility: Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center
Watch: PonyUp TV
Results: Meet Mobile | DiveMeets
Texas Top Times: 2023-24 | All-Time Top 10 | UT Record Holders
MEET NOTES
- Texas competes at SMU for the second time this season after previously participating in the SMU Classic in October.
- The Texas men's swim and dive team of nine student-athletes finished fourth at the 2023 SMU Classic with 270 points.
- Sophomore diver Nick Harris swept the competition winning the 1-meter event with 370.45 points and the 3-meter with 386 points. He totaled 32 points for the Longhorns.
- Freshman Will Modglin made his collegiate debut in the 100-yard backstroke and set the SMU Classic meet record with his time of 45.93. He later added a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard back with a time of 1:44.70 and a runner-up finish in the 50-yard free at 19.82.
- Fellow freshman Nate Germonprez won the 200-yard IM with his time of 1:45.27. He added a fourth-place finish in the 400-yard IM at 3:49.70 and won the B-Final in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 53.97.
- Luke Hobson was the runner-up in the 200-yard free with his time of 1:35.48, while Alec Enyeart finished fourth in the B-Final at 1:37.71.
- Cole Crane added 10 team points in the 100-yard fly with his time of 47.71 and Coby Carrozza scored five with his time of 48.12.
- The relay team of Carrozza, Hobson, Enyeart and Modglin finished third in the 800-yard free relay with their time of 6:28.38, scoring 18 team points. Modglin, Will Scholtz, Crane and Carrozza added 16 more points from the 200-yard medley relay after finishing in 1:26.89.
- Friday's meet will also mark the final dual meet for legendary Texas head coach Eddie Reese. He enters the weekend with an all-time dual meet mark of 322-88 with a 292-77 record at Texas.
NCAA Top-25 times this season by Longhorns
200 free: Luke Hobson (No. 3 – 1:31.88)
500 free: Luke Hobson (No. 14 – 4:15.56)
100 back: Will Modglin (No. 4 – 44.49*), Chris O'Connor (No. 22 – 45.74)
200 back: Will Modglin (No. 7 – 1:38.99*), Chris O'Connor (No. 20 – 1:40.42)
100 breast: Jake Foster (No. 1 – 51.22)
200 breast: Jake Foster (No. 12 – 1:53.05), Brayden Taivassalo (No. 19 – 1:53.89)
100 fly: Cole Crane (No. 23 – 45.82)
200 IM: Will Modglin (No. 6 – 1:41.84), Nate Germonprez (No. 18 – 1:43.14)
200 free relay: Nate Germonprez, Alecsej Filipovic, Will Modglin, Camden Taylor, (No. 17 – 1:17.40)
400 free relay: Will Modglin, Luke Hobson, Coby Carrozza, Nate Germonprez (No. 11 – 2:49.98*)
800 free relay: Nate Germonprez, Coby Carrozza, Will Modglin, Luke Hobson (No. 1 – 6:11.66*)
200 medley relay: Will Modglin, Will Scholtz, Cole Crane, Camden Taylor (No. 14 – 1:24.22)
400 medley relay: Chris O'Connor, Brayden Taivassalo, Cole Crane, Ethan Doehler (No. 25 – 3:08.11)
*Denotes A-Standard cut
Team Rankings
The Longhorns are ranked ninth in the latest College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) Division I poll (February 8). The top 10 includes Arizona State (350), California (326), NC State (322), Florida (311), Indiana (297), Stanford (283), Georgia (258), Texas A&M (244), TEXAS (242) and Auburn (218).
Storied Program
Texas placed third at the 2023 NCAA Championships and has claimed 15 NCAA Championships, finished runner-up 13 times and has a total of 36 top-3 finishes at the NCAA Championship meet. UT earned NCAA team titles in 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021.
Conference Dominance
The Longhorns have won all 26 Big 12 Conference titles and have claimed 44 consecutive crowns. This current streak dates to the 1980 Southwest Conference championship. Texas has earned a total of 65 conference titles (38 Southwest Conference, 27 Big 12 Conference).
Head Coach Eddie Reese
Eddie Reese is in his 46th season at the helm of the Texas program. A three-time U.S. Men's Olympic Team head coach (1992, 2004, 2008), Reese is the winningest coach in the sport's history with 15 NCAA titles. He is the only collegiate swimming coach to win an NCAA team title in five separate decades.
Up Next
Texas heads to Morgantown, W.Va. for the 2024 Big 12 Conference Championships, Feb. 27-Mar. 2.
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