2021 Big 12 Swimming Championships Day Three Finals: Corbeau Drops 51 100 Breast, Pfeifer & Pash Post 4:04 400 IMs
The 2021 Big 12 swimming and diving championships continued Friday night from Austin, Texas as the Longhorns won every single event in the pool and also put up the nation’s top time in the 200 free relay with four weeks until NCAAs in Greensboro.
The Longhorns are a fairly young team this season, and those underclassmen were on full display in their home pool as freshman Olivia Bray got the night started with a cruising win in the 100 fly at 51.05 as she has been a 50.3 already this season. She won ahead of teammate Emma Sticklen (51.99).
Event 17 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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50.92 A Ncaa Auto
52.34 I 2020 Invited
53.76 B Ncaa Cons
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Olivia Bray 19 Texas 51.99 51.05 I 20
r:+0.70 10.86 23.65 (12.79)
37.40 (13.75) 51.05 (13.65)
2 Emma Sticklen 18 Texas 52.57 51.99 I 17
r:+0.69 11.08 23.83 (12.75)
37.68 (13.85) 51.99 (14.31)
3 Emily Haimes 19 West Virginia 54.60 54.13 16
r:+0.74 11.34 25.12 (13.78)
39.37 (14.25) 54.13 (14.76)
4 Emily Reese 21 Texas 54.05 54.14 15
r:+0.71 11.38 24.70 (13.32)
38.71 (14.01) 54.14 (15.43)
5 Autumn Looney 19 Kansas 54.29 54.37 14
r:+0.67 11.80 25.47 (13.67)
39.87 (14.40) 54.37 (14.50)
6 Grace Cooper 18 Texas 54.45 54.43 13
r:+0.71 11.30 25.22 (13.92)
39.47 (14.25) 54.43 (14.96)
7 Harna Minezawa 20 West Virginia 54.78 54.52 12
r:+0.68 11.80 25.80 (14.00)
40.25 (14.45) 54.52 (14.27)
8 Greta Olsen 21 Kansas 54.59 54.72 11
r:+0.74 12.00 25.42 (13.42)
39.97 (14.55) 54.72 (14.75)
Fellow freshman Carson Foster won his second Big 12 title with a win in the 400 IM at 3:40.22 in a thrilling race over sophomore Jake Foster (3:40.35) as that is a dangerous duo ahead of NCAAs in four weeks. Jake nearly caught Carson on the final 50 with a 25.36 to Carson’s 26.30.
Carson has already been a 3:35 this season while Jake has yet to break 3:40 in his career, inching closer and closer to that barrier.
David Johnston was third for Texas at 3:43.91.
Event 20 Men 400 Yard IM
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3:39.16 A Ncaa Auto
3:44.36 I 2020 Invited
3:51.46 B Ncaa Cons
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Carson Foster 19 Texas 3:42.56 3:40.22 I 20
r:+0.68 22.78 49.39 (26.61)
1:17.03 (27.64) 1:43.85 (26.82)
2:15.16 (31.31) 2:47.14 (31.98)
3:13.92 (26.78) 3:40.22 (26.30)
2 Jake Foster 20 Texas 3:40.67 3:40.35 I 17
r:+0.67 23.42 50.08 (26.66)
1:18.76 (28.68) 1:47.19 (28.43)
2:17.28 (30.09) 2:48.64 (31.36)
3:14.99 (26.35) 3:40.35 (25.36)
3 David Johnston 19 Texas 3:47.41 3:43.91 I 16
r:+0.72 24.56 52.35 (27.79)
1:20.97 (28.62) 1:49.03 (28.06)
2:20.81 (31.78) 2:52.72 (31.91)
3:19.06 (26.34) 3:43.91 (24.85)
4 Andrew Koustik 21 Texas 3:51.18 3:48.21 B 15
r:+0.66 23.09 49.70 (26.61)
1:19.34 (29.64) 1:48.80 (29.46)
2:21.02 (32.22) 2:54.08 (33.06)
3:21.44 (27.36) 3:48.21 (26.77)
5 Charles Millett 20 TCU 3:54.18 3:53.80 14
r:+0.66 24.93 53.44 (28.51)
1:23.05 (29.61) 1:51.96 (28.91)
2:25.48 (33.52) 2:59.41 (33.93)
3:27.07 (27.66) 3:53.80 (26.73)
6 Philip Kay 21 West Virginia 4:00.14 3:54.70 13
r:+0.68 25.06 53.60 (28.54)
1:23.72 (30.12) 1:53.65 (29.93)
2:27.54 (33.89) 3:01.11 (33.57)
3:28.57 (27.46) 3:54.70 (26.13)
7 Jonathan Bennet 21 West Virginia 3:54.93 3:57.87 12
r:+0.73 25.02 53.32 (28.30)
1:24.61 (31.29) 1:54.88 (30.27)
2:27.72 (32.84) 3:01.21 (33.49)
3:30.05 (28.84) 3:57.87 (27.82)
8 Kevin Chao 22 TCU 3:58.67 4:01.07 11
r:+0.67 26.02 55.42 (29.40)
1:27.04 (31.62) 1:58.17 (31.13)
2:31.94 (33.77) 3:06.38 (34.44)
3:34.46 (28.08) 4:01.07 (26.61)
Another freshman Anna Elendt won the 100 breaststroke with a comfortable 58.45 as the German native has already been a 58.0 this season and should factor into the national title in that event in three weeks. Elendt and Bray are a big reason why this Texas team is so vastly improved and why their medley relays are dangerous ahead of NCAAs. Kansas picked up big points from Kate Steward (1:01.24) in second with Iowa State’s Lehr Thorson (1:01.53) in third.
Event 23 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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58.60 A Ncaa Auto
59.98 I 2020 Invited
1:01.84 B Ncaa Cons
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Anna Elendt 19 Texas 59.22 58.45 A 20
r:+0.74 12.79 27.60 (14.81)
43.04 (15.44) 58.45 (15.41)
2 Kate Steward 21 Kansas 1:00.95 1:01.24 B 17
r:+0.69 13.73 29.06 (15.33)
45.10 (16.04) 1:01.24 (16.14)
3 Lehr Thorson 22 Iowa State 1:01.82 1:01.53 B 16
r:+0.80 13.42 28.86 (15.44)
44.87 (16.01) 1:01.53 (16.66)
4 Dannie Dilsaver 22 Kansas 1:02.22 1:02.12 15
r:+0.76 13.18 29.49 (16.31)
45.47 (15.98) 1:02.12 (16.65)
5 Martha Haas 22 Iowa State 1:02.38 1:02.15 14
r:+0.76 13.06 29.14 (16.08)
45.36 (16.22) 1:02.15 (16.79)
6 Alaina Breitbac 18 Iowa State 1:03.15 1:03.10 13
r:+0.66 13.51 29.72 (16.21)
45.97 (16.25) 1:03.10 (17.13)
7 Paige Hanley 20 Iowa State 1:02.96 1:03.82 12
r:+0.74 13.39 28.98 (15.59)
45.95 (16.97) 1:03.82 (17.87)
8 Chloe Miller 22 TCU 1:03.01 1:04.20 11
r:+0.71 13.82 30.15 (16.33)
46.62 (16.47) 1:04.20 (17.58)
Sophomore Caspar Corbeau, who has yet to swim at an NCAA championships, swam a lifetime best in the 100 breaststroke with a 51.62 which puts himself eighth nationally with four weeks until NCAAs. He is a better 200 breaststroker and should show out well tomorrow as he took care of business in the shorter distance with a win over TCU’s Vitauts Silins (52.56) and Texas’ Charlie Scheinfeld (53.06).
Event 24 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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51.67 A Ncaa Auto
52.46 I 2020 Invited
54.27 B Ncaa Cons
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Caspar Corbeau 19 Texas 52.38 51.62 A 20
r:+0.70 11.26 24.38 (13.12)
38.11 (13.73) 51.62 (13.51)
2 Vitauts Silins 20 TCU 53.13 52.56 B 17
r:+0.69 11.23 24.75 (13.52)
38.57 (13.82) 52.56 (13.99)
3 Charlie Scheinf 21 Texas 52.71 53.06 B 16
r:+0.63 11.31 24.81 (13.50)
38.96 (14.15) 53.06 (14.10)
4 Fausto Huerta 21 West Virginia 54.49 53.76 B 15
r:+0.64 11.16 25.12 (13.96)
39.04 (13.92) 53.76 (14.72)
5 Hugh McPherson 21 TCU 54.17 54.33 14
r:+0.63 12.16 25.70 (13.54)
39.85 (14.15) 54.33 (14.48)
6 Joe Schaefer 18 West Virginia 55.44 55.27 13
r:+0.68 11.82 25.92 (14.10)
40.50 (14.58) 55.27 (14.77)
7 Ben Brooks 22 West Virginia 56.55 56.93 12
r:+0.66 12.11 26.80 (14.69)
41.43 (14.63) 56.93 (15.50)
8 Andrew Rattray 20 TCU 1:00.34 57.06 11
r:+0.65 12.34 27.05 (14.71)
41.93 (14.88) 57.06 (15.13)
In one of the most exciting races of the night, Texas’ Evie Pfeifer ran down her teammate Kelly Pash with a 4:04.61 to Pash’s 4:04.93, as Pfeifer was sitting in second the entire way until taking over the lead on the final 50. This is Pfeifer’s fourth straight win in the event at the Big 12 swimming and diving championships as this was a season best for her and Pash.
Event 19 Women 400 Yard IM
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4:03.62 A Ncaa Auto
4:10.39 I 2020 Invited
4:17.30 B Ncaa Cons
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Evie Pfeifer 21 Texas 4:09.83 4:04.61 I 20
r:+0.78 26.36 56.21 (29.85)
1:27.97 (31.76) 1:58.12 (30.15)
2:32.89 (34.77) 3:08.50 (35.61)
3:37.54 (29.04) 4:04.61 (27.07)
2 Kelly Pash 19 Texas 4:16.56 4:04.93 I 17
r:+0.71 25.44 54.38 (28.94)
1:25.76 (31.38) 1:56.57 (30.81)
2:32.58 (36.01) 3:08.10 (35.52)
3:37.44 (29.34) 4:04.93 (27.49)
3 Lucia Rizzo 21 Iowa State 4:22.38 4:17.46 16
r:+0.68 27.27 57.69 (30.42)
1:30.99 (33.30) 2:04.03 (33.04)
2:41.75 (37.72) 3:19.21 (37.46)
3:49.05 (29.84) 4:17.46 (28.41)
4 Megan Morris 20 TCU 4:17.72 4:20.60 15
r:+0.71 27.34 58.41 (31.07)
1:31.16 (32.75) 2:03.55 (32.39)
2:42.12 (38.57) 3:20.41 (38.29)
3:51.63 (31.22) 4:20.60 (28.97)
5 Paige Riekhof 20 Kansas 4:21.31 4:22.48 14
r:+0.65 27.34 57.86 (30.52)
1:31.79 (33.93) 2:04.58 (32.79)
2:42.53 (37.95) 3:22.07 (39.54)
3:52.07 (30.00) 4:22.48 (30.41)
6 Kaeleigh Rice 21 TCU 4:22.53 4:24.75 13
r:+0.69 27.91 59.92 (32.01)
1:32.56 (32.64) 2:05.16 (32.60)
2:42.78 (37.62) 3:22.18 (39.40)
3:53.69 (31.51) 4:24.75 (31.06)
7 Emily Heymans 19 Iowa State 4:25.80 4:25.28 12
r:+0.81 28.38 1:00.74 (32.36)
1:34.92 (34.18) 2:07.98 (33.06)
2:45.21 (37.23) 3:22.70 (37.49)
3:54.65 (31.95) 4:25.28 (30.63)
8 Lauren Musbach 18 West Virginia 4:26.90 4:28.23 11
r:+0.69 28.37 1:00.19 (31.82)
1:34.66 (34.47) 2:07.59 (32.93)
2:46.67 (39.08) 3:25.55 (38.88)
3:57.39 (31.84) 4:28.23 (30.84)
In another exciting race, Texas senior Alvin Jiang won the 100 back at the final stroke with a 45.09 over fellow senior Chris Staka (45.12), adding on to Jiang’s win in the 100 butterfly at 44.91 in an impressive swim where he kicked out to 15 on every wall. He beat Zac Van Zandt (45.98) and Drew Kibler (46.45) in the 100 butterfly. Fellow senior Austin Katz was third in the backstroke at 46.39.
Event 26 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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44.95 A Ncaa Auto
46.22 I 2020 Invited
47.77 B Ncaa Cons
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Alvin Jiang 22 Texas 47.25 45.09 I 20
10.65 21.74 (11.09)
33.49 (11.75) 45.09 (11.60)
2 Chris Staka 22 Texas 45.53 45.12 I 17
10.63 21.63 (11.00)
33.48 (11.85) 45.12 (11.64)
3 Austin Katz 21 Texas 46.73 46.39 B 16
10.97 22.16 (11.19)
34.33 (12.17) 46.39 (12.06)
4 Stefan Varga 20 TCU 48.12 48.27 15
11.18 23.07 (11.89)
35.84 (12.77) 48.27 (12.43)
5 Kade Knoch 20 TCU 49.04 48.92 14
11.37 23.61 (12.24)
36.14 (12.53) 48.92 (12.78)
6 Justin Heimes 18 West Virginia 48.77 48.93 13
11.40 23.59 (12.19)
36.16 (12.57) 48.93 (12.77)
7 Ryen Van Wyk 22 West Virginia 48.80 49.97 12
11.36 23.61 (12.25)
36.47 (12.86) 49.97 (13.50)
8 Rasmus Pedersen 20 TCU 49.63 50.64 11
11.56 24.29 (12.73)
37.31 (13.02) 50.64 (13.33)
Event 26 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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44.95 A Ncaa Auto
46.22 I 2020 Invited
47.77 B Ncaa Cons
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Alvin Jiang 22 Texas 47.25 45.09 I 20
10.65 21.74 (11.09)
33.49 (11.75) 45.09 (11.60)
2 Chris Staka 22 Texas 45.53 45.12 I 17
10.63 21.63 (11.00)
33.48 (11.85) 45.12 (11.64)
3 Austin Katz 21 Texas 46.73 46.39 B 16
10.97 22.16 (11.19)
34.33 (12.17) 46.39 (12.06)
4 Stefan Varga 20 TCU 48.12 48.27 15
11.18 23.07 (11.89)
35.84 (12.77) 48.27 (12.43)
5 Kade Knoch 20 TCU 49.04 48.92 14
11.37 23.61 (12.24)
36.14 (12.53) 48.92 (12.78)
6 Justin Heimes 18 West Virginia 48.77 48.93 13
11.40 23.59 (12.19)
36.16 (12.57) 48.93 (12.77)
7 Ryen Van Wyk 22 West Virginia 48.80 49.97 12
11.36 23.61 (12.25)
36.47 (12.86) 49.97 (13.50)
8 Rasmus Pedersen 20 TCU 49.63 50.64 11
11.56 24.29 (12.73)
37.31 (13.02) 50.64 (13.33)
Kibler was noticeably missing from the 200 free field as Jake Sannem won in his absence with a 1:33.63 over JohnThomas Larson (1:33.91) and Daniel Krueger (1:33.98).
Event 22 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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1:32.05 A Ncaa Auto
1:34.07 I 2020 Invited
1:36.32 B Ncaa Cons
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Jake Sannem 22 Texas 1:35.21 1:33.63 I 20
r:+0.75 21.94 45.74 (23.80)
1:09.73 (23.99) 1:33.63 (23.90)
2 JohnThomas Lars 22 Texas 1:34.74 1:33.91 I 17
r:+0.65 21.97 45.81 (23.84)
1:09.79 (23.98) 1:33.91 (24.12)
3 Daniel Krueger 21 Texas 1:34.87 1:33.98 I 16
r:+0.72 21.48 45.53 (24.05)
1:10.09 (24.56) 1:33.98 (23.89)
4 Coby Carrozza 19 Texas 1:35.38 1:35.64 B 15
r:+0.73 21.83 45.86 (24.03)
1:10.79 (24.93) 1:35.64 (24.85)
5 Noah Cumby 20 TCU 1:36.85 1:35.74 B 14
r:+0.65 22.05 46.45 (24.40)
1:11.21 (24.76) 1:35.74 (24.53)
6 Max Gustafson 21 West Virginia 1:36.52 1:37.24 13
r:+0.66 22.95 47.80 (24.85)
1:12.90 (25.10) 1:37.24 (24.34)
7 Roanoke Shirk 19 West Virginia 1:37.29 1:37.32 12
r:+0.63 23.17 47.69 (24.52)
1:12.45 (24.76) 1:37.32 (24.87)
8 Brendan William 19 West Virginia 1:39.50 1:41.60 11
r:+0.76 23.51 49.14 (25.63)
1:15.70 (26.56) 1:41.60 (25.90)
Julia Cook won the 100 back for the Longhorns (51.24) while Kyla Leibel won the 200 free (1:46.52).
The Longhorns set a season best in the women’s 200 free relay with the team of Bridget Semenuk (22.44), Pash (21.86), Grace Cooper (21.84) and Cook (21.82) as they are now seventh nationally with a 1:27.96 as West Virginia was second at 1:31.05.
Event 27 Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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1:28.43 A Ncaa Auto
1:29.21 B Ncaa Cons
Team Seed Finals Points
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1 Texas 1:29.01 1:27.96 A 40
1) Bridget Semenuk 19 2) r:+0.18 Kelly Pash 19
3) r:+0.20 Grace Cooper 18 4) r:+0.22 Julia Cook 20
r:+0.64 10.90 22.44 (22.44)
32.75 (10.31) 44.30 (21.86)
54.59 (10.29) 1:06.14 (21.84)
1:16.51 (10.37) 1:27.96 (21.82)
2 West Virginia 1:31.52 1:31.05 34
1) Harna Minezawa 20 2) r:+0.12 Jordan Buechler 18
3) r:+0.25 Jacqueline McCchan 19 4) r:+0.33 Emily Haimes 19
r:+0.62 11.15 23.26 (23.26)
33.77 (10.51) 45.85 (22.59)
56.67 (10.82) 1:08.82 (22.97)
1:19.40 (10.58) 1:31.05 (22.23)
3 Kansas 1:35.24 1:32.16 32
1) Manon Manning 21 2) r:+0.45 Autumn Looney 19
3) r:+0.37 Dewi Blose 20 4) r:+0.16 Lauryn Parrish 22
r:+0.76 11.13 23.02 (23.02)
33.93 (10.91) 46.19 (23.17)
57.22 (11.03) 1:09.29 (23.10)
1:20.03 (10.74) 1:32.16 (22.87)
4 Iowa State 1:34.92 1:33.23 30
1) Andie Quirke 19 2) r:+0.29 Martha Haas 22
3) r:+0.31 Emily Haan 21 4) r:+0.22 Sophia Goushchina 19
r:+0.74 11.61 23.75 (23.75)
34.91 (11.16) 47.11 (23.36)
58.18 (11.07) 1:10.25 (23.14)
1:21.29 (11.04) 1:33.23 (22.98)
5 TCU 1:31.16 1:33.24 28
1) Katelyn Kenchel 22 2) r:+0.31 Megan Morris 20
3) r:+0.39 Chloe Miller 22 4) r:+0.30 Emma Hultquist 19
r:+0.70 11.56 23.51 (23.51)
34.38 (10.87) 46.36 (22.85)
57.78 (11.42) 1:09.80 (23.44)
1:21.02 (11.22) 1:33.24 (23.44)
The Longhorn men sit third nationally in the 200 free relay with their 1:15.76 on Friday to close out the Big 12 swimming and diving championships with the team of Daniel Krueger (19.26), Jiang (18.78), Luke Bowman (19.14) and Kibler (18.58).
Event 28 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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1:17.17 A Ncaa Auto
1:17.86 B Ncaa Cons
Team Seed Finals Points
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1 Texas 1:17.32 1:15.76 A 40
1) Daniel Krueger 21 2) r:+0.26 Alvin Jiang 22
3) r:+0.24 Luke Bowman 21 4) r:+0.20 Drew Kibler 20
r:+0.74 9.47 19.26 (19.26)
28.14 (8.88) 38.04 (18.78)
47.10 (9.06) 57.18 (19.14)
1:05.88 (8.70) 1:15.76 (18.58)
2 West Virginia 1:20.96 1:19.73 34
1) Roberts Zemturis 20 2) r:+0.26 Max Gustafson 21
3) r:+0.22 David Dixon 22 4) r:+0.31 Ryen Van Wyk 22
r:+0.59 9.73 20.26 (20.26)
29.66 (9.40) 40.05 (19.79)
49.53 (9.48) 1:00.17 (20.12)
1:09.37 (9.20) 1:19.73 (19.56)
3 TCU 1:19.98 1:19.94 32
1) Noah Cumby 20 2) r:+0.31 Hugh McPherson 21
3) r:+0.26 Stefan Varga 20 4) r:+0.33 Piotr Sadlowski 21
r:+0.64 9.85 20.12 (20.12)
29.60 (9.48) 40.01 (19.89)
49.45 (9.44) 1:00.15 (20.14)
1:09.41 (9.26) 1:19.94 (19.79)
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