Read below for full coverage of day two finals at the Big 12 championships in Austin, Texas.
Women’s 500 free
Texas’ Joanna Evans won the first individual swimming event of the meet when she topped the field in the 500 free. She came in with a time of 4:36.97, taking down the Texas school record of 4:37.73 set by Erica Hansen back in 1992. She topped the field by more than three seconds, as the closest swimmer to Evans was freshman teammate Lauren Case, who ended up settling for second in 4:40.09.
Well back in third was Texas’ Quinn Carrozza, who touched in 4:45.79. Fourth went to West Virginia’s Emma Skelley (4:46.76), and Iowa State’s Keely Soellner was fifth (4:48.09). Texas’ Maggie D’Innocenzo (4:49.56), Kansas’ Jenny Nusbaum (4:51.30) and Iowa State’s Haley Ruegemer (4:55.33) also competed in the championship final.
1 Joanna Evans SO Texas 4:42.07 4:36.97* 20
r:+0.76 25.39 52.78 (27.39)
1:20.61 (27.83) 1:48.60 (27.99)
2:16.55 (27.95) 2:44.54 (27.99)
3:12.52 (27.98) 3:40.62 (28.10)
4:09.27 (28.65) 4:36.97 (27.70)
2 Lauren Case FR Texas 4:45.73 4:40.09B 17
r:+0.77 25.53 53.44 (27.91)
1:21.50 (28.06) 1:49.90 (28.40)
2:17.98 (28.08) 2:46.36 (28.38)
3:14.75 (28.39) 3:43.57 (28.82)
4:12.24 (28.67) 4:40.09 (27.85)
3 Quinn Carrozza SO Texas 4:45.95 4:45.97B 16
r:+0.83 25.52 53.14 (27.62)
1:21.15 (28.01) 1:49.45 (28.30)
2:18.13 (28.68) 2:47.15 (29.02)
3:16.54 (29.39) 3:46.38 (29.84)
4:16.35 (29.97) 4:45.97 (29.62)
4 Emma Skelley SR West Virginia 4:46.54 4:46.76B 15
r:+0.85 26.85 55.28 (28.43)
1:24.31 (29.03) 1:53.33 (29.02)
2:22.23 (28.90) 2:51.25 (29.02)
3:20.26 (29.01) 3:49.43 (29.17)
4:18.42 (28.99) 4:46.76 (28.34)
5 Keely Soellner FR Iowa State 4:50.12 4:48.09 14
r:+0.68 26.82 55.29 (28.47)
1:24.59 (29.30) 1:53.76 (29.17)
2:22.88 (29.12) 2:52.09 (29.21)
3:21.62 (29.53) 3:50.70 (29.08)
4:19.65 (28.95) 4:48.09 (28.44)
6 Maggie D'Innocenzo SR Texas 4:50.82 4:49.56 13
r:+0.73 26.98 56.11 (29.13)
1:25.12 (29.01) 1:54.33 (29.21)
2:23.46 (29.13) 2:52.60 (29.14)
3:21.95 (29.35) 3:51.11 (29.16)
4:20.40 (29.29) 4:49.56 (29.16)
7 Jenny Nusbaum Kansas 4:49.84 4:51.30 12
r:+0.74 26.66 55.63 (28.97)
1:24.67 (29.04) 1:53.73 (29.06)
2:22.91 (29.18) 2:52.34 (29.43)
3:22.29 (29.95) 3:52.22 (29.93)
4:22.00 (29.78) 4:51.30 (29.30)
8 Haley Ruegemer SO Iowa State 4:50.97 4:55.33 11
r:+0.84 26.69 55.47 (28.78)
1:25.03 (29.56) 1:54.69 (29.66)
2:24.64 (29.95) 2:54.59 (29.95)
3:24.55 (29.96) 3:54.78 (30.23)
4:25.19 (30.41) 4:55.33 (30.14)
Men’s 500 free
Texas’ Clark Smith ran away from the field in the 500 free final, posting a strong time of 4:11.11. That time ranks third in the country behind the 4:10.63 from Michigan’s Felix Auboeck at the B1G championships earleir in the night and the 4:11.07 from South Carolina’s Fynn Minuth at the SEC championships last week.
Smith was the NCAA champion in the event in 2015, and the 2016 NCAA champion finished second Thursday night as Texas’ Townley Haas touched in 4:12.90. The Longhorns made it a top four sweep as Jeff Newkirk finished third in 4:15.99, and Jonathan Roberts touched fourth in 4:24.41.
West Virginia’s Trayton Saladin (4:25.31) and Ryan Kelly (4:26.69) finished fifth and sixth, respectively, and they were followed by TCU’s Dayne Odendaal (4:27.55) and WVU’s Drew Damich (4:28.19).
1 Clark Smith SR UT 4:16.31 4:11.11# 20
r:+0.68 23.05 47.99 (24.94)
1:13.38 (25.39) 1:39.01 (25.63)
2:04.69 (25.68) 2:30.26 (25.57)
2:56.00 (25.74) 3:21.65 (25.65)
3:47.35 (25.70) 4:11.11 (23.76)
2 Townley Haas SO UT 4:22.21 4:12.90A 17
r:+0.81 23.10 48.02 (24.92)
1:13.61 (25.59) 1:39.32 (25.71)
2:05.09 (25.77) 2:31.07 (25.98)
2:56.76 (25.69) 3:22.69 (25.93)
3:48.22 (25.53) 4:12.90 (24.68)
3 Jeff Newkirk SO UT 4:16.88 4:15.99B 16
r:+0.74 23.46 48.84 (25.38)
1:14.53 (25.69) 1:40.23 (25.70)
2:05.90 (25.67) 2:32.04 (26.14)
2:58.15 (26.11) 3:24.49 (26.34)
3:50.33 (25.84) 4:15.99 (25.66)
4 Jonathan Roberts JR UT 4:24.34 4:24.41B 15
r:+0.72 23.53 49.00 (25.47)
1:15.08 (26.08) 1:41.76 (26.68)
2:08.79 (27.03) 2:35.97 (27.18)
3:03.35 (27.38) 3:30.57 (27.22)
3:57.53 (26.96) 4:24.41 (26.88)
5 Trayton Saladin FR West Virginia 4:27.56 4:25.31 14
r:+0.72 24.66 51.27 (26.61)
1:17.84 (26.57) 1:44.43 (26.59)
2:10.96 (26.53) 2:37.87 (26.91)
3:04.94 (27.07) 3:31.96 (27.02)
3:59.27 (27.31) 4:25.31 (26.04)
6 Ryan Kelly FR West Virginia 4:28.93 4:26.69 13
r:+0.70 24.76 51.51 (26.75)
1:18.51 (27.00) 1:45.53 (27.02)
2:12.95 (27.42) 2:40.69 (27.74)
3:07.98 (27.29) 3:34.76 (26.78)
4:01.38 (26.62) 4:26.69 (25.31)
7 Dayne Odendaal Tx Christian 4:27.19 4:27.55 12
r:+0.77 24.23 50.64 (26.41)
1:17.74 (27.10) 1:45.08 (27.34)
2:12.36 (27.28) 2:39.62 (27.26)
3:07.15 (27.53) 3:34.60 (27.45)
4:01.54 (26.94) 4:27.55 (26.01)
8 Drew Damich SO West Virginia 4:27.78 4:28.19 11
r:+0.75 24.36 50.91 (26.55)
1:17.92 (27.01) 1:45.31 (27.39)
2:12.64 (27.33) 2:39.79 (27.15)
3:07.35 (27.56) 3:34.87 (27.52)
4:02.17 (27.30) 4:28.19 (26.02)
Women’s 200 IM
Texas’ Madisyn Cox blasted an impressive time of 1:52.82 to win the 200 IM and lower her own school and conference records by one one-hundredth of a second. She improves her own No. 1 national ranking, but that time could come under heavy pressure later in the night when Stanford’s Ella Eastin and Cal’s Kathleen Baker contest the event at the women’s Pac-12 championships.
Finishing second to Cox was sophomore teammate Nora McCullagh, who came in at 1:58.89. West Virginia’s Morgan Bullock picked up third place in 2:00.80, while TCU’s Devin Newton and Kansas’ Pia Pavlic tied for fourth in 2:01.38.
Kansas’ Haley Downey (2:02.21) and TCU teammates Elise Forzley (2:02.47) and Alexandra Robertson (2:04.35) rounded out the A-final.
1 Madisyn Cox SR Texas 1:55.71 1:52.82* 20
r:+0.72 24.76 53.32 (28.56)
1:26.12 (32.80) 1:52.82 (26.70)
2 Nora McCullagh SO Texas 1:59.47 1:58.89B 17
r:+0.78 25.80 55.48 (29.68)
1:29.91 (34.43) 1:58.89 (28.98)
3 Morgan Bullock FR West Virginia 2:01.46 2:00.80B 16
r:+0.73 25.90 56.30 (30.40)
1:32.47 (36.17) 2:00.80 (28.33)
4 Devin Newton JR Tx Christian 2:01.15 2:01.38B 14.5
r:+0.76 26.04 56.61 (30.57)
1:32.01 (35.40) 2:01.38 (29.37)
4 Pia Pavlic Kansas 2:02.99 2:01.38B 14.5
r:+0.80 25.63 55.87 (30.24)
1:32.59 (36.72) 2:01.38 (28.79)
6 Haley Downey Kansas 2:02.96 2:02.21 13
r:+0.70 26.55 59.15 (32.60)
1:33.47 (34.32) 2:02.21 (28.74)
7 Elise Forzley FR Tx Christian 2:01.70 2:02.47 12
r:+0.72 26.53 56.36 (29.83)
1:33.63 (37.27) 2:02.47 (28.84)
8 Alexandra Robertson SO Tx Christian 2:02.98 2:04.35 11
r:+0.74 26.85 58.31 (31.46)
1:35.67 (37.36) 2:04.35 (28.68)
Men’s 200 IM
Texas senior Will Licon won the 200 IM in 1:42.35, an NCAA provisional cut. But the bigger news was it led a 1-2-3-4 sweep for the Longhorns.
John Shebat took second (1:42.99), followed by Sam Stewart (1:45.16) and Josh Artman (1:46.58).
TCU’s Carlos Hunnicutt took fifth (1:49.23), followed by West Virginia’s Luke Hene (1:49.83), TCU’s Jakub Swierczynski (1:50.02) and West Virginia’s Jack Portman (1:50.55).
1 Will Licon SR UT 1:46.64 1:42.35B 20
r:+0.70 22.42 48.25 (25.83)
1:17.56 (29.31) 1:42.35 (24.79)
2 John Shebat SO UT 1:43.35 1:42.99B 17
r:+0.70 22.10 47.49 (25.39)
1:17.54 (30.05) 1:42.99 (25.45)
3 Sam Stewart SO UT 1:45.15 1:45.16B 16
r:+0.73 23.15 49.70 (26.55)
1:19.78 (30.08) 1:45.16 (25.38)
4 Josh Artmann FR UT 1:47.42 1:46.58B 15
r:+0.72 23.21 49.58 (26.37)
1:20.64 (31.06) 1:46.58 (25.94)
5 Carlos Hunnicutt JR Tx Christian 1:49.23 1:49.23 14
r:+0.69 23.59 51.76 (28.17)
1:23.35 (31.59) 1:49.23 (25.88)
6 Luke Hene FR West Virginia 1:50.79 1:49.83 13
r:+0.70 24.24 51.23 (26.99)
1:23.71 (32.48) 1:49.83 (26.12)
7 Jakub Swierczynski JR Tx Christian 1:50.39 1:50.02 12
r:+0.75 23.50 51.98 (28.48)
1:23.02 (31.04) 1:50.02 (27.00)
8 Jack Portmann FR West Virginia 1:50.79 1:50.55 11
r:+0.64 24.26 52.30 (28.04)
1:24.25 (31.95) 1:50.55 (26.30)
Women’s 50 free
Texas went 1-2-3-4 in the women’s 50 freestyle, led by Rebecca Millard‘s 22.03, an NCAA provisional cut.
Claire Adams was second (22.33), followed by Anelise Diener (22.61) and Remedy Rule (22.62).
Iowa State’s Laura Miksch was fifth (22.78), followed by West Virginia’s Julia Nilton (23.03), Texas’s Brooke Hansen (23.16) and Iowa State’s Savanna Townsend (23.25).
1 Rebecca Millard JR Texas 22.07 22.03B 20
r:+0.75 10.75 22.03 (11.28)
2 Claire Adams FR Texas 22.46 22.33B 17
r:+0.75 10.78 22.33 (11.55)
3 Anelise Diener SO Texas 22.72 22.61B 16
r:+0.75 11.00 22.61 (11.61)
4 Remedy Rule SO Texas 22.83 22.62B 15
r:+0.70 11.02 22.62 (11.60)
5 Laura Miksch JR Iowa State 22.71 22.78B 14
r:+0.71 10.98 22.78 (11.80)
6 Julia Nilton West Virginia 22.95 23.03 13
r:+0.70 11.10 23.03 (11.93)
7 Brooke Hansen SO Texas 23.30 23.16 12
r:+0.77 11.24 23.16 (11.92)
8 Savanna Townsend SR Iowa State 23.31 23.25 11
r:+0.68 11.38 23.25 (11.87)
Men’s 50 free
Texas junior Joseph Schooling won the 50 freestyle in 18.76 — a Big 12 record time, passing the 18.84 set by Jimmy Feigen in 2009, and an NCAA ‘A’ cut.
It was another 1-2-3-4 Texas finish as Jack Conger was second (19.27), Britt Ringgold was third (19.29) and Tate Jackson was fourth (19.52) — all NCAA provisional cuts.
West Virginia’s Merwane Elmerini took fifth (19.59), followed by Texas’s PJ Dunne (19.89), Texas’s Will Glass (19.99) and TCU’s Garrett Hills (20.09).
1 Joseph Schooling JR UT 19.18 18.76* 20
r:+0.59 9.05 18.76 (9.71)
2 Jack Conger SR UT 19.20 19.27B 17
r:+0.67 9.24 19.27 (10.03)
3 Brett Ringgold JR UT 19.78 19.29B 16
r:+0.72 9.41 19.29 (9.88)
4 Tate Jackson SO UT 19.62 19.52B 15
r:+0.69 9.49 19.52 (10.03)
5 Merwane Elmerini SO West Virginia 19.75 19.59B 14
r:+0.61 9.55 19.59 (10.04)
6 PJ Dunne SR UT 19.84 19.89B 13
r:+0.66 9.71 19.89 (10.18)
7 Will Glass SR UT 20.19 19.99B 12
r:+0.70 9.58 19.99 (10.41)
8 Garrett Hills SR Tx Christian 20.32 20.09B 11
r:+0.62 9.65 20.09 (10.44)
Women’s 1-meter diving
Texas sophomore Meghan O’Brien won 1-meter diving with 338.80 points, going 1-2 with teammate Alison Gibson (327.0).
Iowa State’s Julie Dickinson took third (300.55), followed by Texas’ Sofia Rauzi (293.15),then a trio of West Virginia Mountaineers — Averly Hobbs (263.80), Julia Calcut (263.55) and Maddie Woods (248.75) — and Kansas’s Nadia Khechfe (247.0).
1 Meghan O'Brien SO Texas 292.75 338.80 20 2 Alison Gibson FR Texas 331.25 327.00 17 3 Julie Dickinson SR Iowa State 270.85 300.55 16 4 Sofia Rauzi SO Texas 283.10 293.15 15 5 Averly Hobbs SO West Virginia 265.50 263.80 14 6 Julia Calcutt SO West Virginia 269.75 263.55 13 7 Maddie Woods SO West Virginia 272.40 248.75 12 8 Nadia Khechfe Kansas 249.95 247.00 11
Women’s 400 medley relay
The Texas women capped a stellar day by winning the 400 medley relay.
Tasija Karosas, Madisyn Cox, Remedy Rule and Rebecca Millard won in 3:31.04, an NCAA ‘A’ cut.
Kansas was second behind Yulduz Kuchkarova, Haley Downey, Haley Bishop and Carly Straight in 3:39.66.
West Virginia’s Amelie Currat, Emma Harris, Morgan Bullock and Julia Nilton took third in 3:40.65.
1 Texas 3:29.26 3:31.05A 40
1) Tasija Karosas SR 2) r:+0.22 Madisyn Cox SR
3) r:+0.24 Remedy Rule SO 4) r:+0.08 Rebecca Millard JR
25.35 52.36 (52.36)
1:19.96 (27.60) 1:51.09 (58.73)
2:15.34 (24.25) 2:43.59 (52.50)
3:06.17 (22.58) 3:31.05 (47.46)
2 Kansas 3:42.05 3:39.66 34
1) Yulduz Kuchkarova 2) r:+0.52 Haley Downey
3) r:+0.24 Haley Bishop 4) r:+0.11 Carly Straight
26.12 54.65 (54.65)
1:23.43 (28.78) 1:56.23 (1:01.58)
2:20.92 (24.69) 2:49.88 (53.65)
3:13.33 (23.45) 3:39.66 (49.78)
3 West Virginia 3:42.78 3:40.65 32
1) Amelie Currat JR 2) r:+0.29 Emma Harris SO
3) r:+0.33 Morgan Bullock FR 4) r:+0.60 Julia Nilton
26.11 54.27 (54.27)
1:22.97 (28.70) 1:55.81 (1:01.54)
2:20.75 (24.94) 2:49.87 (54.06)
3:14.22 (24.35) 3:40.65 (50.78)
4 Tx Christian 3:44.72 3:41.38 30
1) Elise Forzley FR 2) r:+0.37 Devin Newton JR
3) r:+0.28 Micaela Roemer SO 4) r:+0.35 Claire Munster FR
26.91 55.04 (55.04)
1:23.31 (28.27) 1:56.86 (1:01.82)
2:21.93 (25.07) 2:51.29 (54.43)
3:15.24 (23.95) 3:41.38 (50.09)
5 Iowa State 3:47.36 3:42.96 28
1) Kasey Roberts JR 2) r:+0.33 Danica Delaquis JR
3) r:+0.38 Mary Kate Luddy JR 4) r:+0.26 Savanna Townsend SR
26.96 55.50 (55.50)
1:24.16 (28.66) 1:56.96 (1:01.46)
2:22.90 (25.94) 2:52.44 (55.48)
3:16.51 (24.07) 3:42.96 (50.52)
-- Texas 'B' 3:32.53 X3:32.89A
1) Claire Adams FR 2) r:+0.18 Olivia Anderson SO
3) r:+0.42 Lauren Case FR 4) r:+0.14 Anelise Diener SO
25.33 51.76 (51.76)
1:19.71 (27.95) 1:52.33 (1:00.57)
2:16.21 (23.88) 2:43.89 (51.56)
3:06.92 (23.03) 3:32.89 (49.00)
-- Texas 'C' 3:35.96 X3:39.18
1) Kaitlin Harty FR 2) r:+0.26 Jordan Surhoff SR
3) r:+0.25 Nora McCullagh SO 4) r:+0.11 Brooke Hansen SO
26.39 53.81 (53.81)
1:21.94 (28.13) 1:54.98 (1:01.17)
2:20.08 (25.10) 2:49.63 (54.65)
3:13.29 (23.66) 3:39.18 (49.55)
-- Tx Christian 'B' 3:48.72 X3:45.40
1) Madison Ibrahim SO 2) r:+0.52 Ashley Dyke SR
3) r:+0.41 Maddison Johnson JR 4) r:+0.14 Hannah Dooley FR
26.43 54.20 (54.20)
1:23.58 (29.38) 1:56.70 (1:02.50)
2:23.07 (26.37) 2:53.37 (56.67)
3:18.19 (24.82) 3:45.40 (52.03)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 13
1. University of Texas 355 2. University of Kansas 208.5
3. Iowa State University 206 4. West Virginia University 188
5. Texas Christian University 154.5
Men’s 400 medley relay
Texas won the 400 medley relay as John Shebat, Will Licon, Joseph Schooling and Jack Conger finished in 3:05.33, an NCAA ‘A’ cut.
West Virginia (3:14.30) was second, followed by TCU (3:14.56).
1 UT 3:05.63 3:05.33A 40
1) John Shebat SO 2) r:+0.23 Will Licon SR
3) r:+0.32 Joseph Schooling JR 4) r:+0.09 Jack Conger SR
22.18 46.24 (46.24)
1:02.54 (16.30) 1:37.07 (50.83)
1:58.11 (21.04) 2:22.71 (45.64)
2:42.81 (20.10) 3:05.33 (42.62)
2 West Virginia 3:21.41 3:14.30 34
1) Merwane Elmerini SO 2) r:+0.29 Jake Armstrong SO
3) r:+0.34 Jack Frazier FR 4) r:+0.35 Drew Damich SO
23.05 47.71 (47.71)
1:12.62 (24.91) 1:40.99 (53.28)
2:03.89 (22.90) 2:30.03 (49.04)
2:51.15 (21.12) 3:14.30 (44.27)
3 Tx Christian 3:19.00 3:14.56 32
1) Radu Duican FR 2) r:+0.21 Jakub Swierczynski JR
3) r:+0.28 John Smith JR 4) r:+0.16 Garrett Hills SR
23.00 47.91 (47.91)
1:12.70 (24.79) 1:42.20 (54.29)
2:04.20 (22.00) 2:30.80 (48.60)
2:51.38 (20.58) 3:14.56 (43.76)
-- UT 'B' 3:12.30 X3:10.89
1) *Braxton Moore FR 2) r:+0.19 Austin Temple JR
3) r:+0.20 Max Holter SO 4) r:+0.21 Brett Ringgold JR
23.33 48.06 (48.06)
1:13.26 (25.20) 1:42.23 (54.17)
2:03.90 (21.67) 2:29.05 (46.82)
2:48.78 (19.73) 3:10.89 (41.84)
-- UT 'C' 3:15.30 X3:12.11
1) *Preston Varozza FR 2) r:+0.12 Casey Melzer SO
3) r:+0.20 *Jacob Huerta FR 4) r:+0.29 *Jeremy Nichols SO
23.57 48.83 (48.83)
1:13.32 (24.49) 1:42.00 (53.17)
2:03.57 (21.57) 2:29.49 (47.49)
2:49.94 (20.45) 3:12.11 (42.62)
-- Tx Christian 'B' 3:23.00 X3:23.66
1) Darian Nezami JR 2) r:+0.25 John Remetta SR
3) r:+0.22 *PJ Stapleton FR 4) r:+0.25 Jonathan Drewes SO
24.20 50.56 (50.56)
1:16.66 (26.10) 1:47.04 (56.48)
2:10.29 (23.25) 2:37.66 (50.62)
2:58.97 (21.31) 3:23.66 (46.00)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 14
1. University of Texas 398 2. West Virginia University 299
3. Texas Christian University 216
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