Big 12 Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Kelly Pash, Erica Sullivan Lead Texas Women

Erica Sullivan; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Big 12 Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Kelly Pash, Erica Sullivan Lead Texas Women

There will be little to stop Texas from filling the podium at the Big 12 Championships this week, and Wednesday’s prelims opener at the Aquatics Center at Mylan Park is showing that from the get-go.

Erica Sullivan took the top spot in the women’s 500 freestyle to open prelims, and Kelly Pash led the Longhorns securing the top five spots in the 200 individual medley.

An event-by-event rundown of the first prelims sessions follows. The evening session will include men’s 1-meter diving and the women’s team diving event.

Women’s 500 freestyle

Erica Sullivan led the way in prelims with a time of 4:46.06. Teammate Erin Gemmell was .97 seconds behind. Gemmell entered with the top seed time at 4:40.40.

Points wise, TCU has four A finalists, led by Jordan Edwards in fourth. Freshman Sydney Inman dropped nearly 5.5 seconds to finish fifth. Houston’s Eden Humphrey is in the A final in third.

Event 7  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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      NCAA D1: ! 4:24.06  3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky
     American: $ 4:24.06  3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky
      US Open: & 4:24.06  3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky
       Big 12: * 4:35.02  3/18/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas
         Meet: # 4:36.35  2/25/2021 Evie Pfeifer, Texas
     NCAA "A": A 4:37.89
     NCAA "B": B 4:47.20
 NCCA Invit23:   4:41.09
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Sullivan, Erica        JR TEX               4:42.25    4:46.06B 
             26.14        54.32 (28.18)
        1:22.80 (28.48)     1:51.40 (28.60)
        2:20.11 (28.71)     2:49.08 (28.97)
        3:18.13 (29.05)     3:47.43 (29.30)
        4:16.98 (29.55)     4:46.06 (29.08)
  2 Gemmell, Erin          FR TEX               4:40.40    4:47.03B 
             25.20        53.44 (28.24)
        1:22.16 (28.72)     1:50.95 (28.79)
        2:20.19 (29.24)     2:49.65 (29.46)
        3:18.79 (29.14)     3:48.37 (29.58)
        4:18.11 (29.74)     4:47.03 (28.92)
  3 Humphrey, Eden         SO UH                4:47.99    4:50.16  
             26.86        55.29 (28.43)
        1:24.19 (28.90)     1:53.51 (29.32)
        2:22.61 (29.10)     2:52.11 (29.50)
        3:21.61 (29.50)     3:51.29 (29.68)
        4:20.84 (29.55)     4:50.16 (29.32)
  4 Edwards, Jordan        JR TCU               4:50.51    4:51.63  
             26.71        55.42 (28.71)
        1:24.57 (29.15)     1:53.96 (29.39)
        2:23.46 (29.50)     2:53.12 (29.66)
        3:22.71 (29.59)     3:52.35 (29.64)
        4:22.19 (29.84)     4:51.63 (29.44)
  5 Inman, Sydney          FR TCU               4:57.05    4:51.69  
             26.92        55.64 (28.72)
        1:24.99 (29.35)     1:54.24 (29.25)
        2:23.85 (29.61)     2:53.58 (29.73)
        3:23.45 (29.87)     3:52.94 (29.49)
        4:22.51 (29.57)     4:51.69 (29.18)
  6 Popham, Mikayla        GS TCU               4:48.50    4:52.67  
             26.04        54.81 (28.77)
        1:24.11 (29.30)     1:53.62 (29.51)
        2:23.23 (29.61)     2:52.92 (29.69)
        3:22.54 (29.62)     3:52.45 (29.91)
        4:22.60 (30.15)     4:52.67 (30.07)
  7 Church, Kara           SR TCU               4:50.13    4:52.74  
             26.44        55.70 (29.26)
        1:25.32 (29.62)     1:54.66 (29.34)
        2:24.04 (29.38)     2:53.62 (29.58)
        3:23.45 (29.83)     3:53.24 (29.79)
        4:23.24 (30.00)     4:52.74 (29.50)
  8 Geldmacher, Regan      JR BYU               4:52.27    4:54.05  
             26.49        55.63 (29.14)
        1:25.51 (29.88)     1:55.28 (29.77)
        2:25.11 (29.83)     2:55.30 (30.19)
        3:25.45 (30.15)     3:55.44 (29.99)
        4:25.45 (30.01)     4:54.05 (28.60)

Men’s 500 freestyle

Texas has the top three spots, with Coby Carrozza leading the way in 4:19.92. He was the top seed entering the meet at 4:17.52.

Second is Alec Enyeart in 4:20.34, followed by Manning Haskal. Cincinnati’s Alex Gonzalez is the first non-Texan. TCU has the in the A final, including a massive drop by Kornel Kohalmi from the 20th seed to sixth in in 4:25.40.

Women’s 200 individual medley

The top five times in the 200 IM belong to Texas, led by Kelly Pash’s 1:56.20. She was the top seed entering the meet. Second was Emma Sticklen, and the senior was the fifth finisher among the Longhorns in the morning. In between those two came Campbell Stoll in 1:57.75, Alicia Wilson and Angie Coe.

Event 9  Women 200 Yard IM
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      NCAA D1: ! 1:48.37  3/16/2023 Kate Douglass
     American: $ 1:50.08  3/17/2022 Alex Walsh

      US Open: & 1:48.37  3/16/2023 Kate Douglass
       Big 12: * 1:52.58  3/16/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
         Meet: # 1:52.82  2/23/2017 Madisyn Cox, Texas
     NCAA "A": A 1:53.66
     NCAA "B": B 1:59.56
 NCCA Invit23:   1:56.90
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Pash, Kelly            GS TEX               1:53.18    1:56.20B 
             25.00        53.91 (28.91)
        1:28.23 (34.32)     1:56.20 (27.97)
  2 Stoll, Campbell        FR TEX               1:57.24    1:57.74B 
             25.50        54.52 (29.02)
        1:28.58 (34.06)     1:57.74 (29.16)
  3 Wilson, Alicia         GS TEX               1:56.58    1:58.69B 
             25.08        54.39 (29.31)
        1:29.85 (35.46)     1:58.69 (28.84)
  4 Coe, Angie             FR TEX               1:55.91    1:58.90B 
             25.45        55.13 (29.68)
        1:30.54 (35.41)     1:58.90 (28.36)
  5 Sticklen, Emma         SR TEX               1:54.94    1:59.87  
             24.94        54.13 (29.19)
        1:31.41 (37.28)     1:59.87 (28.46)
  6 Rose, Julie            FR CINC              2:00.77    1:59.94  
             26.26        57.85 (31.59)
        1:32.02 (34.17)     1:59.94 (27.92)
  7 Cheatwood, Mia         SO WVU               1:59.98    2:00.22  
             25.72        56.38 (30.66)
        1:30.40 (34.02)     2:00.22 (29.82)
  8 Gavin, Grace           SO CINC              2:01.26    2:01.12  
             25.91        56.52 (30.61)
        1:32.19 (35.67)     2:01.12 (28.93)

Men’s 200 individual medley

Hark, a non-Texan swimmer as a top seed. By .15 seconds, BYU freshman Jordan Tiffany took that honor, throwing down a college-best time of 1:42.84. He was just ahead of Texas freshman Nate Germonprez. The mantle of favorite might still rest on Texas’ Will Modglin, who has gone 1:41.84 this year. He was 1:43.97 in prelims for the third seed.

Brad Polo is also in the A final for BYU in fourth. Texas’ Alec Filipovic was sixth.

Event 10  Men 200 Yard IM
==================================================================
      NCAA D1: ! 1:36.34  3/23/2023 Leon Marchand
     American: $ 1:38.13  2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel
      US Open: & 1:36.34  3/23/2023 Leon Marchand
       Big 12: * 1:39.63  3/25/2019 John Shebat, Texas
         Meet: # 1:40.42  2/23/2023 Carson Foster, Texas
     NCAA "A": A 1:41.03
     NCAA "B": B 1:46.16
 NCCA Invit23:   1:43.14
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Tiffany, Jordan        FR BYU               1:43.42    1:42.84B 
             21.51        46.60 (25.09)
        1:17.76 (31.16)     1:42.84 (25.08)
  2 Germonprez, Nate       FR TEX               1:43.14    1:42.99B 
             21.85        48.25 (26.40)
        1:17.67 (29.42)     1:42.99 (25.32)
  3 Modglin, Will          FR TEX               1:41.84    1:43.97B 
             21.73        46.83 (25.10)
        1:17.66 (30.83)     1:43.97 (26.31)
  4 Prolo, Brad               BYU               1:47.24    1:44.52B 
             22.38        48.78 (26.40)
        1:18.53 (29.75)     1:44.52 (25.99)
  5 Berlitz, Danny         SR WVU               1:44.78    1:44.92B 
             23.06        49.76 (26.70)
        1:19.66 (29.90)     1:44.92 (25.26)
  6 Filipovic, Alec        SO TEX               1:47.81    1:44.97B 
             22.86        49.27 (26.41)
        1:19.83 (30.56)     1:44.97 (25.14)
  7 Gubeno, Hunter         SR CINC              1:46.13    1:45.48B 
             23.14        48.86 (25.72)
        1:19.71 (30.85)     1:45.48 (25.77)
  8 Freri, Geremia         JR TCU               1:45.28    1:45.60B 
             22.60        50.13 (27.53)
        1:20.19 (30.06)     1:45.60 (25.41)

Women’s 50 freestyle

It’ll be five Longhorns in the A final of the women’s 50, led by Grace Cooper. The senior went 21.96 to win prelims. She’s the only one in the field to be sub-22 this year.

Ava Longi is second in 22.29, followed by Cincinnati’s Jessica Davis. Sienna Schellenger (fourth), Emma Davidson (fifth) and Alexa Fulton (seventh) also crowd the A final.

Event 11  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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      NCAA D1: ! 20.57  2/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh
     American: $ 20.57  2/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh
      US Open: & 20.57  2/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh
       Big 12: * 21.66  11/17/2023Grace Cooper, Texas
         Meet: # 21.87  2/26/2009 Hee-Jin Chang, Texas
     NCAA "A": A 21.63
     NCAA "B": B 22.67
 NCCA Invit23:   22.15
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Cooper, Grace          SR TEX                 21.66      21.96B 
             10.61        21.96 (11.35)
  2 Longi, Ava             SR TEX                 22.01      22.29B 
             10.90        22.29 (11.39)
  3 Davis, Jessica         SR CINC                22.75      22.43B 
             10.97        22.43 (11.46)
  4 Schellenger, Sienna    SO TEX                 22.34      22.55B 
             11.08        22.55 (11.47)
  5 Davidson, Emma         GS TEX                 22.31      22.65B 
             11.05        22.65 (11.60)
  6 Rhodes, Olivia         JR TCU                 22.74      22.66B 
             10.98        22.66 (11.68)
  7 Fulton, Alexa          FR TEX                 22.69      22.80  
             11.14        22.80 (11.66)
  8 Williams, Halli        JR BYU                 22.62      22.88  
             11.14        22.88 (11.74)

Men’s 50 freestyle

Grad student Cole Crane produced a massive time drop to finish first in the 50 free, going from a seed time of 20.59 seconds to the fastest prelims time in 19.64. He was .07 ahead of Cincinnati’s Jon Osa.

Seven swimmers broke 20 seconds. Four were from Texas, with Camden Taylor third and Peter Paulus fourth.

Event 12  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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      NCAA D1: ! 17.63  3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel
     American: $ 17.63  3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel
      US Open: & 17.63  3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel
       Big 12: * 18.60  2/24/2022 Drew Kibler, Texas
         Meet: # 18.76  2/23/2017 Joseph Schooling, Texas
     NCAA "A": A 18.82
     NCAA "B": B 19.79
 NCCA Invit23:   19.21
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Crane, Cole            GS TEX                 20.59      19.64B 
              9.53        19.64 (10.11)
  2 Osa, Jon               GS CINC                19.87      19.71B 
              9.63        19.71 (10.08)
  3 Taylor, Camden         FR TEX                 19.86      19.78B 
              9.59        19.78 (10.19)
  4 Paulus, Peter          SR TEX                 19.93      19.85  
              9.57        19.85 (10.28)
  5 Camacho Salgado, Dieg  JR BYU                 20.11      19.88  
              9.69        19.88 (10.19)
  6 Artmann, Sam           GS TEX                 20.88      19.90  
              9.72        19.90 (10.18)
  7 Edwards, Tanner        FR BYU                 20.00      19.92  
              9.69        19.92 (10.23)
  8 Wuilliez, Jadon        JR TCU                 20.07      20.04  
              9.79        20.04 (10.25)

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