Big 12 swimming and diving championships
Morgantown, West Virginia 2020
The Big 12 swimming and diving championships continued from the campus of West Virginia University with the finals of the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, women’s 1m diving, and 400 medley relays. Texas sophomore Daniel Krueger had the best swim of the day with his 19.19 in the 50 free as he actually improved on his season best time this season to put him 10th in Division I with 27 days to go until NCAAs.
Texas junior Evie Pfeifer also had a solid swim in the 500 free to win with a 4:38 as she was right on what she went at the Minnesota Invite in December.
Details
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 13 1. University of Texas 370 2. University of Kansas 276 3. West Virginia University 178 4. Texas Christian University 174 5. Iowa State University 114
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. University of Texas 382 2. West Virginia University 291 3. Texas Christian University 228
Women’s 500 Free
Texas’ Evie Pfeifer won the 500 freestyle to open up Thursday’s night session at the Big 12 swimming and diving championships with a 4:38.48 as she was right on the 4:38 she swam at the Minnesota Invite in December. Pfeifer should advance to NCAAs with that swim as she finished well ahead of Kansas’ Jenny Nusbaum (4:47.57) and Texas’ Mary Smutny (4:49.01).
Event 7 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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Big 12: * 4:36.87 2/23/2017 Joanna Evans, Texas
Meet: # 4:36.87 2/28/2019 Joanna Evans, Texas
2019 Invited: 4:40.96
NCAA "A": A 4:35.76
NCAA "B": B 4:47.20
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Evie Pfeifer JR TEX 4:40.13 4:38.48B 20
25.90 53.29 (27.39)
1:21.25 (27.96) 1:49.20 (27.95)
2:17.23 (28.03) 2:45.57 (28.34)
3:13.88 (28.31) 3:42.41 (28.53)
4:10.76 (28.35) 4:38.48 (27.72)
2 Jenny Nusbaum SR KANS 4:47.20 4:47.57 17
25.94 54.12 (28.18)
1:22.61 (28.49) 1:51.15 (28.54)
2:20.07 (28.92) 2:49.37 (29.30)
3:19.05 (29.68) 3:48.65 (29.60)
4:18.59 (29.94) 4:47.57 (28.98)
3 Mary Smutny FR TEX 4:52.93 4:49.01 16
26.28 54.83 (28.55)
1:23.78 (28.95) 1:52.75 (28.97)
2:21.80 (29.05) 2:51.07 (29.27)
3:20.37 (29.30) 3:50.15 (29.78)
4:20.12 (29.97) 4:49.01 (28.89)
4 Lauren Case SR TEX 4:52.65 4:49.35 15
26.15 54.71 (28.56)
1:23.45 (28.74) 1:52.59 (29.14)
2:22.00 (29.41) 2:51.47 (29.47)
3:21.06 (29.59) 3:50.69 (29.63)
4:20.29 (29.60) 4:49.35 (29.06)
5 Logan Shiller JR TEX 4:49.65 4:51.99 14
26.54 55.30 (28.76)
1:24.53 (29.23) 1:54.04 (29.51)
2:23.69 (29.65) 2:53.40 (29.71)
3:22.88 (29.48) 3:52.67 (29.79)
4:22.63 (29.96) 4:51.99 (29.36)
6 Sally Clough JR TCU 4:56.84 4:53.56 13
27.49 56.74 (29.25)
1:26.16 (29.42) 1:55.95 (29.79)
2:25.71 (29.76) 2:55.02 (29.31)
3:24.53 (29.51) 3:54.42 (29.89)
4:24.40 (29.98) 4:53.56 (29.16)
7 Emma Bliss SO WVU 4:54.16 4:56.09 12
27.01 55.71 (28.70)
1:25.22 (29.51) 1:55.19 (29.97)
2:25.45 (30.26) 2:55.93 (30.48)
3:26.70 (30.77) 3:57.15 (30.45)
4:27.09 (29.94) 4:56.09 (29.00)
8 Crissie Blomquist JR KANS 4:56.70 4:57.26 11
26.45 55.18 (28.73)
1:24.69 (29.51) 1:54.55 (29.86)
2:24.78 (30.23) 2:55.22 (30.44)
3:25.76 (30.54) 3:56.29 (30.53)
4:26.87 (30.58) 4:57.26 (30.39)
Men’s 500 Free
John Thomas Larson kept his number one seed in the finals of the 500 freestyle as he won with a 4:16.65. Taking advantage of no Austin Katz and no Drew Kibler, Texas junior Parker Neri finished in second at 4:18.61.
TCU’s Dusan Babic finished in third as the freshman dropped a 4:23.26 to improve on his 4:25 from the heats.
Event 8 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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Big 12: * 4:08.19 3/28/2019 Townley Haas, Texas
Meet: # 4:11.11 2/23/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
2019 Invited: 4:16.04
NCAA "A": A 4:11.82
NCAA "B": B 4:23.34
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 JohnThomas Larson JR TEX 4:18.34 4:16.65B 20
23.34 48.70 (25.36)
1:14.38 (25.68) 1:40.29 (25.91)
2:06.38 (26.09) 2:32.66 (26.28)
2:59.07 (26.41) 3:25.09 (26.02)
3:50.92 (25.83) 4:16.65 (25.73)
2 Parker Neri JR TEX 4:24.97 4:18.61B 17
23.61 49.18 (25.57)
1:15.16 (25.98) 1:41.15 (25.99)
2:07.59 (26.44) 2:33.92 (26.33)
3:00.19 (26.27) 3:26.42 (26.23)
3:52.81 (26.39) 4:18.61 (25.80)
3 Dusan Babic FR TCU 4:25.24 4:23.26B 16
24.04 50.02 (25.98)
1:16.53 (26.51) 1:43.39 (26.86)
2:10.45 (27.06) 2:37.45 (27.00)
3:04.48 (27.03) 3:31.18 (26.70)
3:57.92 (26.74) 4:23.26 (25.34)
4 Sam Pomajevich JR TEX 4:25.87 4:23.57 15
23.39 49.57 (26.18)
1:16.19 (26.62) 1:43.32 (27.13)
2:10.50 (27.18) 2:37.73 (27.23)
3:05.13 (27.40) 3:32.29 (27.16)
3:58.67 (26.38) 4:23.57 (24.90)
5 Joao Andrade JR TCU 4:28.36 4:23.65 14
24.18 50.48 (26.30)
1:16.99 (26.51) 1:43.66 (26.67)
2:10.68 (27.02) 2:37.54 (26.86)
3:04.41 (26.87) 3:31.17 (26.76)
3:57.76 (26.59) 4:23.65 (25.89)
6 Jack Collins SR TEX 4:29.40 4:23.71 13
24.69 51.07 (26.38)
1:17.61 (26.54) 1:44.39 (26.78)
2:11.18 (26.79) 2:37.85 (26.67)
3:04.66 (26.81) 3:31.53 (26.87)
3:58.21 (26.68) 4:23.71 (25.50)
7 Kevin Chao JR TCU 4:31.17 4:29.01 12
24.33 50.92 (26.59)
1:17.88 (26.96) 1:44.84 (26.96)
2:11.97 (27.13) 2:39.47 (27.50)
3:07.21 (27.74) 3:34.70 (27.49)
4:02.27 (27.57) 4:29.01 (26.74)
8 Zach Boley FR WVU 4:32.35 4:30.18 11
24.91 51.72 (26.81)
1:18.81 (27.09) 1:45.91 (27.10)
2:12.87 (26.96) 2:40.19 (27.32)
3:07.65 (27.46) 3:35.47 (27.82)
4:03.35 (27.88) 4:30.18 (26.83)
Women’s 200 IM
Freshman Kelly Pash won her first Big 12 individual title in the 200 IM with a 1:55.91, which is her season best time. Pash finished well in front of Kansas sophomore Kate Steward (1:59.78) and Jayhawk junior Dannie Dilsaver (2:00.26).
Event 9 Women 200 Yard IM
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Big 12: * 1:52.58 3/16/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
Meet: # 1:52.82 2/23/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
2019 Invited: 1:56.76
NCAA "A": A 1:53.66
NCAA "B": B 1:59.94
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Kelly Pash FR TEX 1:57.79 1:55.91B 20
25.05 53.57 (28.52)
1:28.04 (34.47) 1:55.91 (27.87)
2 Kate Steward SO KANS 1:59.99 1:59.78B 17
26.84 57.81 (30.97)
1:30.99 (33.18) 1:59.78 (28.79)
3 Dannie Dilsaver JR KANS 2:00.02 2:00.26 16
26.11 56.56 (30.45)
1:31.03 (34.47) 2:00.26 (29.23)
4 Morgan Bullock SR WVU 2:00.69 2:00.45 15
26.42 56.37 (29.95)
1:32.11 (35.74) 2:00.45 (28.34)
5 Haley Downey SR KANS 2:01.56 2:00.50 14
26.54 58.25 (31.71)
1:31.99 (33.74) 2:00.50 (28.51)
6 Ashley Pollok JR TEX 2:00.68 2:00.91 13
26.66 56.47 (29.81)
1:32.24 (35.77) 2:00.91 (28.67)
7 Paige Riekhof SO KANS 2:02.53 2:03.31 12
26.66 57.87 (31.21)
1:33.98 (36.11) 2:03.31 (29.33)
8 Kaeleigh Rice JR TCU 2:03.34 2:03.41 11
26.83 57.86 (31.03)
1:33.83 (35.97) 2:03.41 (29.58)
Men’s 200 IM
Texas sophomore Matthew Willenbring won the 200 IM final with a 1:43.98 as he was much quicker mid-season when he was a 1:41 in December. Nonetheless, Willenbring is safely on his way to NCAAs in 27 days as he won tonight’s final ahead of freshmen Jake Foster (1:44.82) and Caspar Corbeau (1:45.43).
Event 10 Men 200 Yard IM
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Big 12: * 1:39.63 3/25/2019 John Shebat, Texas
Meet: # 1:41.67 2/26/2015 Will Licon, Texas
2019 Invited: 1:43.82
NCAA "A": A 1:41.34
NCAA "B": B 1:46.77
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Matthew Willenbring SO TEX 1:45.26 1:43.98B 20
22.28 48.36 (26.08)
1:18.87 (30.51) 1:43.98 (25.11)
2 Jake Foster FR TEX 1:46.17 1:44.82B 17
22.44 48.81 (26.37)
1:18.87 (30.06) 1:44.82 (25.95)
3 Caspar Corbeau FR TEX 1:45.94 1:45.43B 16
23.53 50.68 (27.15)
1:20.43 (29.75) 1:45.43 (25.00)
4 David Dixon JR WVU 1:48.89 1:45.57B 15
22.58 50.57 (27.99)
1:20.64 (30.07) 1:45.57 (24.93)
5 Braden Vines SO TEX 1:48.04 1:45.99B 14
23.23 50.05 (26.82)
1:20.11 (30.06) 1:45.99 (25.88)
6 Vitauts Silins FR TCU 1:49.91 1:48.69 13
23.49 51.64 (28.15)
1:22.35 (30.71) 1:48.69 (26.34)
7 Josh Harlan SO WVU 1:48.93 1:49.03 12
24.30 51.29 (26.99)
1:22.83 (31.54) 1:49.03 (26.20)
8 Philip Kay JR WVU 1:49.55 1:49.97 11
23.88 51.65 (27.77)
1:23.80 (32.15) 1:49.97 (26.17)
Women’s 50 Free
Freshmen Bridget Semenuk (22.33) and Kyla Leibel (22.83) swept the top two spots in the finals of the 50 freestyle as that bodes well for the future of Texas’ 200 free relay. West Virginia’s Julia Nilton (22.89) and Emily Haimes (22.98) finished in third and fourth for the Mountaineers in their home pool.
Event 11 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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Big 12: * 21.73 3/15/2017 Rebecca Millard, Texas
Big 12: * 21.73 11/29/2018Grace Ariola, Texas
Meet: # 21.87 2/26/2009 Hee-Jin Chang, Texas
2019 Invited: 22.23
NCAA "A": A 21.66
NCAA "B": B 22.76
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Bridget Semenuk FR TEX 22.34 22.33B 20
10.95 22.33 (11.38)
2 Kyla Leibel FR TEX 22.98 22.83 17
11.12 22.83 (11.71)
3 Julia Nilton SR WVU 22.98 22.89 16
10.99 22.89 (11.90)
4 Emily Haimes FR WVU 22.87 22.98 15
11.22 22.98 (11.76)
5 Jordan Wheeler SR TEX 23.10 23.01 14
11.13 23.01 (11.88)
6 Carly Straight SR KANS 23.02 23.04 13
11.13 23.04 (11.91)
7 Grace Ariola SO TEX 23.11 23.08 12
11.06 23.08 (12.02)
8 Manon Manning JR KANS 23.03 23.14 11
11.26 23.14 (11.88)
Men’s 50 Free
The Longhorns swept the top three spots in the finals of the 50 free as Daniel Krueger swam a 19.19 in winning the title ahead of Maxime Rooney (19.41) and Chris Staka (19.77).
Event 12 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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Big 12: * 18.76 2/23/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas
Meet: # 18.76 2/23/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas
2019 Invited: 19.35
NCAA "A": A 18.96
NCAA "B": B 19.96
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Daniel Krueger SO TEX 19.33 19.19B 20
9.45 19.19 (9.74)
2 Maxime Rooney SR TEX 19.53 19.41B 17
9.50 19.41 (9.91)
3 Chris Staka JR TEX 19.93 19.77B 16
9.67 19.77 (10.10)
4 Hunter Armstrong FR WVU 20.20 19.78B 15
9.76 19.78 (10.02)
5 Ryen Van Wyk JR WVU 20.28 19.93B 14
9.59 19.93 (10.34)
6 Christopher O'Shea JR WVU 20.22 20.21 13
9.86 20.21 (10.35)
7 Sam Neaveill SR WVU 20.40 20.34 12
9.81 20.34 (10.53)
8 Rasmus Pedersen FR TCU 20.57 20.67 11
10.02 20.67 (10.65)
Women’s 1m Diving
Event 3 Women 1 mtr Diving
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Big 12: * 356.25 2/22/2018 Alison Gibson, Texas
Meet: # 420.60 2/9/2019 Vicky Xu, Kansas
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Alison Gibson SR TEX 282.85 323.35 20
2 Jiayu Chen FR KANS 306.85 311.35 17
3 Paola Pineda Vazquez SO TEX 310.95 307.85 16
4 Morgan Menninger SO TEX 284.70 298.75 15
5 Janie Boyle FR TEX 278.30 283.20 14
6 Holly Darling FR WVU 285.25 280.85 13
7 Peri Charapich SR KANS 262.95 262.65 12
8 Izzy Ashdown JR TCU 268.10 252.00 11
Women’s 400 Medley Relay
The Texas women used the same four swimmers on their 400 medley relay that they did in the 200 medley and 800 free relays last night. Claire Adams (50.51), Evie Pfeifer (1:01.07), Kelly Pash (51.73) and Julia Cook (48.09) won their third relay as a quartet with a 3:31.40 as they improved on their mid-season invite time and put themselves 13th in Division I.
Kansas finished in second at 3:35.96 thanks to a notable 59.73 breast split from sophomore Kate Steward.
Event 13 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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Big 12: * 3:29.51 2/22/2018 University of Texas
T Karosas, M Cox, R Rule, R Millard
Meet: # 3:29.51 2/22/2018 University of Texas
Adams, Lohman, Rule, Millard
2019 Invited: 3:34.28
NCAA "A": A 3:31.66
NCAA "B": B 3:33.78
School Seed Finals Points
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1 TEX 3:32.63 3:31.40A 40
1) Claire Adams SR 2) Evie Pfeifer JR
3) Kelly Pash FR 4) Julia Cook SO
24.35 50.51 (50.51)
1:18.92 (28.41) 1:51.58 (1:01.07)
2:15.77 (24.19) 2:43.31 (51.73)
3:05.72 (22.41) 3:31.40 (48.09)
2 KANS 3:37.37 3:35.96 34
1) Manon Manning JR 2) Kate Steward SO
3) Elizabeth Amato-Hanner SR 4) Jenny Nusbaum SR
25.38 53.06 (53.06)
1:20.64 (27.58) 1:52.79 (59.73)
2:17.59 (24.80) 2:46.31 (53.52)
3:09.88 (23.57) 3:35.96 (49.65)
3 TCU 3:45.43 3:42.06 32
1) Zoe Woods FR 2) Sheridan Schreiber SO
3) Megan Morris SO 4) Madeline Sandberg SR
26.33 55.63 (55.63)
1:24.20 (28.57) 1:57.13 (1:01.50)
2:22.28 (25.15) 2:51.57 (54.44)
3:15.06 (23.49) 3:42.06 (50.49)
4 ISU 3:43.72 3:43.43 30
1) Emily Haan SO 2) Martha Haas JR
3) Lucia Rizzo SO 4) Anna Andersen SR
27.07 56.26 (56.26)
1:24.68 (28.42) 1:57.58 (1:01.32)
2:23.54 (25.96) 2:53.12 (55.54)
3:17.16 (24.04) 3:43.43 (50.31)
5 WVU 3:45.41 3:44.20 28
1) Ally Vannetta JR 2) Mathilde Kaelbel FR
3) Morgan Bullock SR 4) Emily Haimes FR
26.95 55.57 (55.57)
1:25.70 (30.13) 2:00.79 (1:05.22)
2:25.45 (24.66) 2:54.60 (53.81)
3:17.72 (23.12) 3:44.20 (49.60)
Men’s 400 Medley Relay
The Texas men used Chris Staka (46.00), Charlie Scheinfeld (52.57), Alvin Jiang (44.27) and Daniel Krueger (41.29) to win the 400 medley relay to close out Thursday night’s session of the 2020 Big 12 swimming and diving championships. Host West Virginia finished in second at 3:09.00 and TCU was third at 3:10.90.
Event 14 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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Big 12: * 2:59.22 3/23/2017 University of Texas
Shebat, Lincon, Schooling, Conger
Meet: # 3:04.57 2/28/2019 University of Texas
Katz, Stewart, Schooling, Jackson
2019 Invited: 3:08.16
NCAA "A": A 3:05.95
NCAA "B": B 3:07.74
School Seed Finals Points
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1 TEX 3:01.51 3:04.13# 40
1) Chris Staka JR 2) Charlie Scheinfeld SO
3) Alvin Jiang JR 4) Daniel Krueger SO
22.19 46.00 (46.00)
1:10.46 (24.46) 1:38.57 (52.57)
1:58.84 (20.27) 2:22.84 (44.27)
2:42.28 (19.44) 3:04.13 (41.29)
2 WVU 3:11.35 3:09.00 34
1) Angelo Russo JR 2) Fausto Huerta SO
3) David Dixon JR 4) Hunter Armstrong FR
22.93 47.26 (47.26)
1:11.68 (24.42) 1:40.06 (52.80)
2:01.80 (21.74) 2:26.58 (46.52)
2:46.72 (20.14) 3:09.00 (42.42)
3 TCU 3:14.74 3:10.90 32
1) Rasmus Pedersen FR 2) Vitauts Silins FR
3) Piotr Sadlowski FR 4) Dusan Babic FR
23.41 48.47 (48.47)
1:12.93 (24.46) 1:40.86 (52.39)
2:02.12 (21.26) 2:26.78 (45.92)
2:47.59 (20.81) 3:10.90 (44.12)
