Joseph Schooling Unleashes Swift 200 Fly to Close Big 12s

Photo Courtesy: Andy Ringgold/Aringo

AUSTIN – With the team title decided (Texas wins) before the Big 12 Championships even started, individual swims were the highlight of the meet. Texas’s Joseph Schooling shot to sixth all time in the 200-yard fly tonight.

Men’s Meet

Jack Conger, one of only two Longhorns to have broken 1:40 in the 200-yard back alongside legendary Aaron Peirsol, cracked the Big 12 meet record with a 1:39.70 tonight. Conger owned the previous record with a 1:40.56 from last year. Will Glass took second overall in 1:41.66. TCU’s Cooper Robinson hit the wall third in 1:44.29.

In the B final, Ian LeMaistre put up a 1:42.85 after leading qualifying this morning with a 1:43.00. LeMaistre, however, is on the Texas B squad and unable to compete in an A final. That’s his best time this week after time trialing a 1:42.90 on Wednesday.

Texas’ Brett Ringgold chased down the 100-yard free title with a time of 42.82. That cleared his preliminary time of 42.98. Teammate Matt Ellis claimed third in 43.56. West Virginia’s Tim Squires took second in 43.44.

Texas’ Jonathan Roberts tracked down the 1650-yard free crown in 14:53.33 with teammate Sam Lewis taking second in 14:55.39. TCU’s Connor Dobbs wound up third in 15:25.13.

Will Licon lowered the Big 12 and school record in the 200-yard breast with a time of 1:51.77 for the win tonight. That swim cleared the previous Big 12 mark he shared with Scott Spann of 1:52.18, and blasted Nick D’Innocenzo’s meet record of 1:53.68 from 2011.

Austin Temple took second for Texas in 1:57.15 with West Virginia’s Max Spencer placing third in 1:57.41.

Joseph Schooling posted the second-fastest time in Texas history in the 200-yard fly with a time of 1:40.59. That’s second to Jack Conger’s American record of 1:39.31 set during time trials on Wednesday. Texas’ John Martens took second in 1:43.05 with Tripp Cooper winding up third in 1:45.10.

Schooling moved to sixth-fastest all time in the event with his swim tonight as well.

All Time 200 Fly

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Texas’ Brett Ringgold (42.60), Matt Ellis (42.96), Kip Darmody (43.55) and Clay Youngquist (43.03) clocked an NCAA A cut in the 400-yard free relay with a time of 2:52.14 to close the curtains on the meet.

Team Scores

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Women’s Meet

Tasija Karosas claimed her second consecutive Big 12 title in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:52.74. That swim just missed Kathleen Hersey’s school record of 1:52.58.

Kansas’ Yulduz Kuchkaro touched the wall second in the 200 back with a time of 1:56.16, while Iowa State’s Marissa Engel placed third overall in 1:58.00.

Rebecca Millard topped the women’s 100-yard free finale in 48.84 with teammate Mimi Schneider earning second in 49.74. TCU’s Julia Sanders wound up third in 50.09.

Kaitlin Pawlowicz raced her way to the fifth-fastest 1650-yard free ever at Texas with a 16:01.92 for the Big 12 title. Kansas’ Chelsie Miller finished second in 16:13.03 with West Virginia’s Emma Skelley earning third in 16:38.05.

Gretchen Jaques wins second consecutive Big 12 title in the 200 breast with a 2:08.94 for the win this year. No one else was close as teammate Madisyn Cox took second in 2:11.42 with Iowa State’s Kasey Roberts earning third in 2:11.82.

Kelsey Leneave won her first Big 12 200 fly title with a time of 1:56.21. Kansas’ Chelsie Miller, who took second in the 1650 free earlier in the evening, placed second in the 200 fly with a 1:58.53. West Virginia’s Julie Ogden took third in 1:59.13.

Rebecca Millard (49.08), Tasija Karosas (49.54), Mimi Schneider (49.47) and Gretchen Jaques (48.91) won the 400-yard free relay for Texas in 3:17.00 to close out the night.

Team Scores

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2015 Big 12 Championships, Day Four – Results

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