Big 12 Championships: Texas Breaks American Record in 400 Free Relay

COLUMBIA, Missouri, February 28. TEXAS finished the Big 12 Championships with an American record in the men's 400-yard freestyle relay.

The foursome of David Walters (41.92), Benjamin Van Roekel (42.55), Jimmy Feigen (41.95) and Ryan Verlatti (42.75) posted a sterling time of 2:49.17 to clip the previous American record of 2:49.80 set by Texas in 2001.

The NCAA and U.S. Open record still remains in the hands of Auburn's Jakob Andkjaer, Gideon Louw, Kohlton Norys and Matt Targett as they posted a 2:46.03 at the 2009 Southeastern Conference Championships last weekend.

Event 42 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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American: ! 2:49.80 3/24/2001 Texas
Dusin, Crocker, Hannan, Rauch
Big 12 Conf: c 2:49.80 2001 Texas
Dusing, Crocker, Hannan, Rauch
Big 12 Champ: * 2:51.32 2001 TA&M
Dusing, Kemp, Crocker, Rauch
Pool Record: p 2:55.65 2/25/2006 Univ. of Texas
Newman, Sullivant, Gardner, Picasso
2:52.47 A
2:58.50 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Texas-ST 'A' 2:50.49 2:49.17!A 40
1) Walters, David 2) r:0.31 Van Roekel, Benjamin
3) r:0.80 Feigen, Jimmy 4) r:-0.10 Verlatti, Ryan
51 19.76 41.92 19.86 42.55
19.60 41.95 20.28 42.75

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