MANSFIELD, Texas, October 24. TEXAS captured seven of eight events to finish off its victory Saturday at the Southwest Collegiate Plunge, a four-team championship-style meet featuring Texas A&M, Missouri and SMU. The Longhorns claimed the event with 872 points after leading with 459 points after Friday's opening session.
Texas opened day two with a win in the 200-yard medley relay, as freshman Cole Cragin, junior Scott Spann, senior Ricky Berens and sophomore Jimmy Feigen finished in 1 minute, 30.81 seconds. Cragin led off in 22.98 on the backstroke leg before Spann split 25.55 on the breaststroke. Berens picked up the butterfly in 21.89 before Feigen anchored in 20.39.
Sophomore Jackson Wilcox led UT in the 200 freestyle by taking second in 1:39.98. Senior Peter Jameson took fourth in 1:42.00. Junior Bryan Collins took second in the "B" final in 1:42.28, and junior Jim Robertson took fourth in 1:44.12. Sophomore Eric Friedland led a one-two Texas finish in the 200 breaststroke in 2:03.51, and freshman Nick D'Innocenzo followed in second at 2:05.65. Spann took the "B" final in 2:03.39, and senior Dan Nyaradi took second in 2:09.23.
Sophomore Drew Livingston captured the three-meter diving event with 356.32 points, and junior Matt Cooper took third with 343.50 points. Junior Matt Cardell totaled 352.95 points in an exhibition performance. Feigen claimed the 50 freestyle in 20.62, and senior Ben Van Roekel took fourth in 21.00. Freshman Dax Hill won the "B" final in 21.42, and senior Peter Jameson placed fourth in 21.60.
Berens led the Horns in the 100 backstroke by taking first in 48.71. Cragin, the national high school record holder in the event, took third in 49.16. Freshman Austin Surhoff claimed the "B" final in 50.75, and senior Alan Maher took third in 51.99. Sophomore Neil Caskey led the Texas contingent in the 200 butterfly, as he took first in 1:50.78. Wilcox placed fourth in 1:52.76. D'Innocenzo captured the "B" final in 1:54.79. Texas closed the meet with a win in the 400 freestyle relay, as Hill, Berens, Van Roekel and Jameson finished in 3:03.07.
The Longhorns host their home opener on Friday, Oct. 30 against Indiana. The meet will begin at 3 p.m. Central at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center following the first session of the Texas women's meet against Indiana and Michigan.
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