COLUMBIA, Missouri, February 26. TRAILING by one point heading after the opening day of action, No. 3 Texas seized all four events and took the lead on day two of the 2009 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships Thursday at the Mizzou Aquatics Center.
Texas leads the four-day event with 397 points, and Texas A&M sits in second with 265 points. Missouri is in third place with 241 points.
Freshman Jackson Wilcox opened the evening with a narrow win over teammate Michael Klueh in the 500-yard freestyle. Wilcox was victorious in 4:13.50 with Klueh following closely behind in 4:13.75. Sophomore Scott Jostes took third at 4:18.27, and sophomore Bryan Collins placed fourth at 4:19.29. Senior Sean Patton placed fifth at 4:22.51.
Junior Ricky Berens led a first-through-fourth Texas finish in the 200 individual medley. Berens trailed going into the freestyle leg and pulled away for the win in 1:43.84, well under the Big 12 meet record of 1:44.31 produced by Texas-Ex Nate Dusing in 2001. Sophomore Brian Wilson placed second at 1:44.35, and senior Agustin Magruder took third at 1:44.45. Freshman Hayes Johnson placed fourth at 1:47.09, and freshman Eric Friedland took sixth at 1:47.67.
The 50 freestyle featured a tie for the title with UT junior Dave Walters and UT freshman Jimmy Feigen. The duo tied for first in a NCAA automatic-qualifying mark of 19.27. Junior Ben Van Roekel took fifth in 19.79, and sophomore Jonathan Jackson placed sixth at 19.88. Sophomore Matt Donch placed eighth at 20.06. Junior Peter Jameson claimed the consolation final in 20.02.
Texas finished off the evening with a win in the 400 medley relay in 3:06.40. Junior Hill Taylor led off in 46.03 before giving way to Magruder, who split 52.30 on the breaststroke leg. Berens picked up the butterfly in 45.49, and Feigen anchored in 42.58.
For the women, No. 3 Texas swept all five events, broke three school records and extended its lead on day two of the 2009 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.
Texas continues to hold the lead after two days of action with 307 points, while Texas A&M sits in second with 281 points. Missouri sits in third with 209 points, and Kansas is in fourth with 173. Iowa State holds fifth at 112, and Nebraska is in sixth with 108 points.
Freshman Leah Gingrich kicked off the evening with a new meet record and a conference title in the 500 freestyle. Gingrich collected her first career Big 12 title in 4:40.18, well under the previous meet record of 4:42.79 set by Texas A&M's Jenni Stratton a season ago. Junior Susana Escobar took second in 4:41.87.
The Longhorns added a bundle of points from the consolation final, where sophomore Ashleigh McCleery led a one-two-three Texas finish. McCleery's winning time of 4:41.78 would have been good for second place in the championship final. Junior Traci Van Matre took second in 4:46.36, and sophomore Natalie Sacco placed third in 4:47.96. Senior Rebecca Orr placed fifth in 4:51.06.
Freshman Kathleen Hersey lowered her school record in the 200 individual medley and was victorious in 1:55.29. The mark topped the previous conference record of 1:55.45 set by Texas A&M's Julia Wilkinson in 2008. Freshman Karlee Bispo took third in 1:58.24.
After setting new school and Big 12 Conference records in the morning preliminary rounds, senior Hee-Jin Chang claimed the 50 freestyle in 21.88 and knocked off three-time defending Big 12 champion Triin Aljand of Texas A&M. Chang had set new school and conference marks in the morning with a mark of 21.87.
Senior Kathryn Kelly celebrated her 22nd birthday by claiming her second career conference title in the one-meter diving event with 329.30 points. Senior Jessica Livingston placed second at 315.30, and freshman Shelby Cullinan took fifth with 287.35.
Texas ended the night by smashing the school record in the 400 medley relay. Hersey opened in 51.78, and junior Alexi Spann picked up the breaststroke in 1:01.94. Chang followed in 52.41 on the butterfly, and Bispo anchored in 47.79, as the relay finished in 3:33.92. That broke the previous school record of 3:35.92 set by Hayley McGregory, Elizabeth Tinnon, Sarah Wanezek and Kristin Siminski at the 2005 NCAA Championships.
Texas begins day three at the Big 12 Championships on Friday at 10 a.m. Central.
Special thanks to Texas for contributing this report.
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