Big 12 Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Carson Foster Drops 1:42.04 200 IM

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Big 12 Championships, Day 2: Carson Foster Drops 1:42.04 200 IM

On a morning of customary dominance by Texas, Carson Foster managed to stand out by going 1:42.04 in the 200 individual medley on Thursday, the second day of the Big 12 Championships.

Foster was one of the six-for-six performance of Longhorns grabbing top seeds at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, in the first prelims session of the meet. The full recap:

Team Scores

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 5                      
 
  1. University of Texas                80   2. West Virginia University           66
  3. Iowa State University              62   3. Texas Christian University         62
  5. University of Kansas               58
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 6                       
 
  1. University of Texas               139   2. Texas Christian University        116
  3. West Virginia University           75

Big 12 Championships Links

Women’s 500 freestyle

Erica Sullivan coasted to the top seed in finals by going 4:45.16 in the 500. It’s nine seconds off her season-best time, the leading time in the country entering championship season. Teammate Olivia Bray was second in 4:47.69 with Abby Pfeifer third. Olivia McMurray was fifth, TCU’s Jordan Edwards sneaking into the equation.

Sullivan and Bray helped the Longhorns set a meet record in the 800 free relay Wednesday and sneak within a half-second of the American record.

Event 7  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
     American:   4:24.06  3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky
      US Open:   4:24.06  3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky
       Big 12: * 4:36.35  3/18/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas
         Meet: # 4:36.35  2/25/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas
                 4:35.76  A NCAA Auto
                 4:43.08  I 2022 NCAA Invited
                 4:47.20  B NCAA Bonus
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Erica Sullivan   SO Texas             4:35.88    4:45.16 qB     
    r:+0.70  26.33        54.47 (28.14)
        1:22.89 (28.42)     1:51.87 (28.98)
        2:20.72 (28.85)     2:49.71 (28.99)
        3:18.73 (29.02)     3:48.01 (29.28)
        4:17.54 (29.53)     4:45.16 (27.62)
  2 Olivia Bray      JR Texas             4:40.80    4:47.69 q      
    r:+0.74  25.06        52.79 (27.73)
        1:21.21 (28.42)     1:50.00 (28.79)
        2:18.98 (28.98)     2:47.72 (28.74)
        3:18.46 (30.74)     3:48.68 (30.22)
        4:19.07 (30.39)     4:47.69 (28.62)
  3 Abby Pfeifer     JR Texas             4:44.55    4:49.78 q      
    r:+0.77  27.20        55.75 (28.55)
        1:24.72 (28.97)     1:53.76 (29.04)
        2:23.19 (29.43)     2:52.34 (29.15)
        3:21.77 (29.43)     3:51.22 (29.45)
        4:20.74 (29.52)     4:49.78 (29.04)
  4 Jordan Edwards   SO TCU               4:52.15    4:50.82 q      
    r:+0.75  26.42        54.95 (28.53)
        1:23.88 (28.93)     1:53.31 (29.43)
        2:22.59 (29.28)     2:52.09 (29.50)
        3:21.79 (29.70)     3:51.57 (29.78)
        4:21.47 (29.90)     4:50.82 (29.35)
  5 Olivia McMurray  SO Texas             4:39.38    4:51.44 q      
    r:+0.79  25.80        53.57 (27.77)
        1:22.16 (28.59)     1:51.17 (29.01)
        2:20.42 (29.25)     2:49.76 (29.34)
        3:19.07 (29.31)     3:50.55 (31.48)
        4:22.21 (31.66)     4:51.44 (29.23)
  6 Abby Reardon     JR West Virginia     4:49.51    4:52.80 q      
    r:+0.70  26.61        55.70 (29.09)
        1:25.49 (29.79)     1:55.57 (30.08)
        2:25.74 (30.17)     2:55.69 (29.95)
        3:25.58 (29.89)     3:55.20 (29.62)
        4:24.49 (29.29)     4:52.80 (28.31)
  7 Brinley Horras   JR Iowa State        4:53.29    4:53.32 q      
    r:+0.74  26.74        55.77 (29.03)
        1:25.19 (29.42)     1:54.93 (29.74)
        2:24.99 (30.06)     2:55.04 (30.05)
        3:25.16 (30.12)     3:55.11 (29.95)
        4:25.00 (29.89)     4:53.32 (28.32)
  8 *Mary Smutny     SR Texas             4:49.82    4:53.55 q      
    r:+0.68  27.00        56.35 (29.35)
        1:25.95 (29.60)     1:55.76 (29.81)
        2:25.64 (29.88)     2:55.49 (29.85)
        3:25.29 (29.80)     3:55.09 (29.80)
        4:24.68 (29.59)     4:53.55 (28.87)

Men’s 500 freestyle

Alex Zettle led Texas in taking the top six spots in the event, dropping 10.5 seconds from his season-best to 4:15.06. It’s been a slow season for the senior, who has posted 4:13s at NCAAs each of the last two years and appears to be rounding into that form again.

Luke Hobson was second in 4:16.18, .15 up on Jackson Huckabay.

Event 8  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
     American:   4:06.32  2/19/2020 Kieran Smith
      US Open:   4:06.32  2/19/2020 Kieran Smith
       Big 12: * 4:08.19  3/28/2019 Townley Haas, Texas
         Meet: # 4:11.11  2/23/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
                 4:11.40  A NCAA Auto
                 4:14.96  I 2022 NCAA Invited
                 4:22.35  B NCAA Bonus
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 *Alex Zettle     SR Texas             4:25.62    4:15.04 qB     
    r:+0.82  23.39        48.46 (25.07)
        1:13.65 (25.19)     1:39.23 (25.58)
        2:05.03 (25.80)     2:30.82 (25.79)
        2:56.63 (25.81)     3:22.92 (26.29)
        3:49.13 (26.21)     4:15.04 (25.91)
  2 Luke Hobson      SO Texas             4:13.82    4:16.18 qB     
    r:+0.79  23.70        48.77 (25.07)
        1:14.28 (25.51)     1:40.08 (25.80)
        2:05.79 (25.71)     2:31.96 (26.17)
        2:58.00 (26.04)     3:24.54 (26.54)
        3:51.02 (26.48)     4:16.18 (25.16)
  3 *Jackson Huckab  SO Texas             4:21.61    4:16.31 qB     
    r:+0.65  22.97        48.67 (25.70)
        1:14.47 (25.80)     1:40.43 (25.96)
        2:06.71 (26.28)     2:33.19 (26.48)
        2:59.33 (26.14)     3:25.58 (26.25)
        3:51.42 (25.84)     4:16.31 (24.89)
  4 Coby Carrozza    JR Texas             4:14.90    4:20.04 qB     
    r:+0.75  23.62        49.34 (25.72)
        1:15.58 (26.24)     1:42.12 (26.54)
        2:08.84 (26.72)     2:35.22 (26.38)
        3:01.62 (26.40)     3:28.37 (26.75)
        3:55.08 (26.71)     4:20.04 (24.96)
  5 David Johnston   JR Texas             4:10.95    4:20.25 qB     
    r:+0.75  23.91        49.70 (25.79)
        1:15.90 (26.20)     1:42.07 (26.17)
        2:08.66 (26.59)     2:35.25 (26.59)
        3:01.86 (26.61)     3:28.49 (26.63)
        3:54.93 (26.44)     4:20.25 (25.32)
  6 Alec Enyeart     FR Texas             4:14.21    4:21.96 qB     
    r:+0.76  23.75        49.15 (25.40)
        1:14.83 (25.68)     1:40.94 (26.11)
        2:07.42 (26.48)     2:34.08 (26.66)
        3:00.90 (26.82)     3:28.16 (27.26)
        3:55.14 (26.98)     4:21.96 (26.82)
  7 Milan Fabian     SO TCU               4:26.47    4:25.13 q      
    r:+0.65  24.34        51.05 (26.71)
        1:18.04 (26.99)     1:45.20 (27.16)
        2:12.39 (27.19)     2:39.46 (27.07)
        3:06.34 (26.88)     3:33.06 (26.72)
        3:59.70 (26.64)     4:25.13 (25.43)
  8 William Mullen   JR West Virginia     4:28.01    4:27.68 q      
    r:+0.70  24.51        51.14 (26.63)
        1:18.01 (26.87)     1:44.93 (26.92)
        2:11.98 (27.05)     2:39.04 (27.06)
        3:06.23 (27.19)     3:33.28 (27.05)
        4:00.78 (27.50)     4:27.68 (26.90)

Women’s 200 individual medley

Another member of that 800 free relay from Wednesday, Kelly Pash set the standard in the 200 IM by more than five seconds, in 1:55.72. She entered with a best time this season of 1:53.81, and she’ll have Madisyn Cox’s Big 12 record from 2017 (1:52.58) in her sights, either tonight or at NCAAs. Cox’s meet record from that same year is 1:52.82.

Emma Sticklen followed in 2:00.88, with Dakota Luther in third. Jacqueline McCutchan of West Virginia was fourth.

Event 9  Women 200 Yard IM
==================================================================
     American:   1:50.08  3/17/2022 Alex Walsh

      US Open:   1:50.08  3/17/2022 Alex Walsh
       Big 12: * 1:52.58  3/16/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
         Meet: # 1:52.82  2/23/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
                 1:53.66  A NCAA Auto
                 1:56.85  I 2022 NCAA Invited
                 1:59.56  B NCAA Bonus
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Kelly Pash       SR Texas             1:53.81    1:55.72 qI     
    r:+0.70  24.73        53.25 (28.52)
        1:27.61 (34.36)     1:55.72 (28.11)
  2 Emma Sticklen    JR Texas             1:54.70    2:00.88 q      
    r:+0.68  24.61        53.01 (28.40)
        1:30.53 (37.52)     2:00.88 (30.35)
  3 Dakota Luther    SR Texas             1:59.29    2:01.11 q      
    r:+0.73  25.17        55.33 (30.16)
        1:31.61 (36.28)     2:01.11 (29.50)
  4 Jacqueline McCu  SR West Virginia     2:02.15    2:01.21 q      
    r:+0.65  26.22        56.22 (30.00)
        1:31.87 (35.65)     2:01.21 (29.34)
  5 Lucia Rizzo      SR Iowa State        2:01.31    2:01.23 q      
    r:+0.74  25.92        56.69 (30.77)
        1:32.14 (35.45)     2:01.23 (29.09)
  6 Trinity Kay      SR Iowa State        2:01.90    2:01.66 q      
    r:+0.70  26.01        56.38 (30.37)
        1:31.90 (35.52)     2:01.66 (29.76)
  7 Mia Cheatwood    FR West Virginia     2:01.34    2:01.77 q      
    r:+0.74  26.20        57.01 (30.81)
        1:31.89 (34.88)     2:01.77 (29.88)
  8 Channing Hanley  SO Texas             2:02.44    2:01.91 q      
    r:+0.79  26.18        57.31 (31.13)
        1:31.87 (34.56)     2:01.91 (30.04)

Men’s 200 individual medley

Texas monopolized the top four, and Fosters took the top two spots. Carson Foster went 1:42.04 for the top seed. He set the meet record last year at 1:41.32. Jake Foster is his nearest chaser at 1:43.31, .31 ahead of Braden Vines. Caspar Corbeau is fourth.

Event 10  Men 200 Yard IM
==================================================================
     American:   1:38.13  2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel
      US Open:   1:37.69  3/24/2022 Leon Marchand
       Big 12: * 1:39.63  3/25/2019 John Shebat, Texas
         Meet: # 1:41.32  2/24/2022 Carson Foster, Texas
                 1:41.22  A NCAA Auto
                 1:43.36  I 2022 NCAA Invited
                 1:46.52  B NCAA Bonus
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Carson Foster    JR Texas             1:42.68    1:42.04 qI     
    r:+0.67  21.80        46.57 (24.77)
        1:16.62 (30.05)     1:42.04 (25.42)
  2 Jake Foster      SR Texas             1:43.64    1:43.31 qI     
    r:+0.64  22.31        48.70 (26.39)
        1:17.72 (29.02)     1:43.31 (25.59)
  3 Braden Vines     SR Texas             1:43.70    1:43.62 qB     
    r:+0.60  22.50        48.11 (25.61)
        1:17.61 (29.50)     1:43.62 (26.01)
  4 Caspar Corbeau   SR Texas             1:44.96    1:44.94 qB     
    r:+0.69  22.56        49.38 (26.82)
        1:19.16 (29.78)     1:44.94 (25.78)
  5 Danny Berlitz    SO West Virginia     1:47.92    1:45.77 qB     
    r:+0.74  23.40        50.63 (27.23)
        1:20.32 (29.69)     1:45.77 (25.45)
  6 *Alek Filipovic  FR Texas             1:47.88    1:46.49 qB     
    r:+0.66  22.85        49.96 (27.11)
        1:20.62 (30.66)     1:46.49 (25.87)
  7 Geremia Freri    SO TCU               1:46.70    1:46.75 q      
    r:+0.67  22.96        50.47 (27.51)
        1:20.92 (30.45)     1:46.75 (25.83)
  8 *Holden Smith    SO Texas             1:47.45    1:46.78 q      
    r:+0.63  22.75        50.09 (27.34)
        1:20.52 (30.43)     1:46.78 (26.26)

Women’s 50 freestyle

Grace Cooper paces a Texas run of the top four spots in 22.25. She’s the top seed by nearly a quarter second over teammate Bridget Semenuk. Cooper has gone 21.89 this year and will have her eyes on the meet record of 21.87 that has stood since 2009 in the hands of Texas’ Hee-Jin Chang.

Texas’s Ava Longi and Kyla Leibel round out the top four. Three swimmers tied for sixth in 23.17.

Event 11  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
     American:   20.83  2/15/2023 Gretchen Walsh
      US Open:   20.83  2/15/2023 Gretchen Walsh
       Big 12: * 21.73  3/15/2017 Rebecca Millard, Texas
         Meet: # 21.87  2/26/2009 Hee-Jin Chang, Texas
                 21.66  A NCAA Auto
                 22.16  I 2022 NCAA Invited
                 22.71  B NCAA Bonus
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Grace Cooper     JR Texas               21.89      22.25 qB     
    r:+0.63  10.69        22.25 (11.56)
  2 Bridget Semenuk  SR Texas               22.06      22.47 qB     
    r:+0.65  10.89        22.47 (11.58)
  3 Ava Longi        JR Texas               22.69      22.59 qB     
    r:+0.70  10.98        22.59 (11.61)
  4 Kyla Leibel      SR Texas               22.28      22.61 qB     
    r:+0.69  10.94        22.61 (11.67)
  5 Olivia Rhodes    SO TCU                 23.00      22.88 q      
    r:+0.64  11.01        22.88 (11.87)
  6 *Sienna Schelle  FR Texas               23.11      23.17 q      
    r:+0.73  11.19        23.17 (11.98)
  6 Dewi Blose       SR Kansas              23.51      23.17 q      
    r:+0.66  11.20        23.17 (11.97)
  6 Ada Szwabinska   FR West Virginia       23.06      23.17 q      
    r:+0.69  10.97        23.17 (12.20)

Men’s 50 freestyle

Peter Larson was out front of the Texas leading quartet with a time of 19.45. That puts him as the top seed ahead of teammate Daniel Krueger, who carried the top time of the season in 19.40. He clocked in at 19.73 in the morning, .02 up on William Chan. Charlie Crosby was fourth, and Conner McBeth was the lone non-Texas under 20 seconds at 19.82 for fifth.

Event 12  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
     American:   17.63  3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel
      US Open:   17.63  3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel
       Big 12: * 18.76  2/23/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas
         Meet: # 18.76  2/23/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas
                 18.88  A NCAA Auto
                 19.28  I 2022 NCAA Invited
                 19.82  B NCAA Bonus
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Peter Larson     SR Texas               19.41      19.45 qB     
     r:+0.61  9.34        19.45 (10.11)
  2 Daniel Krueger   SR Texas               19.40      19.73 qB     
     r:+0.72  9.66        19.73 (10.07)
  3 William Chan     SR Texas               19.93      19.75 qB     
     r:+0.64  9.43        19.75 (10.32)
  4 Charlie Crosby   FR Texas               19.54      19.80 qB     
     r:+0.72  9.64        19.80 (10.16)
  5 Conner McBeth    SO West Virginia       20.04      19.82 qB     
     r:+0.69  9.55        19.82 (10.27)
  6 Sam Artmann      SR Texas               19.99      19.91 q      
     r:+0.70  9.77        19.91 (10.14)
  7 *Kobe Ndebele    SO Texas               20.03      20.01 q      
     r:+0.64  9.63        20.01 (10.38)
  8 Jadon Wuilliez   SO TCU                 20.01      20.15 q      
     r:+0.64  9.70        20.15 (10.45)
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