Longhorns Keep Winning on Night Three of Texas Hall of Fame Invite

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By Jason Tillotson. 

The third night of competition in the 2018 Texas Hall of Fame Invite got underway this evening with a few big wins and some close upsets. One of those big wins was delivered from Lady Longhorn Joanna Evans, who was able to get by Olympic gold medalist Allison Schmitt in her signature 200 freestyle.

Another highlight of the night was a quick 100 breast by USC’s Carsten Vissering, who threw down a 50.88 to win the A final by a half-second.

Check below for a full recap of tonights action.

For full results, click here.

The University of Texas Longhorns continued their dominance from last night during tonight’s finals session with a win in the very first event; the women’s 400 IM.

Lady Longhorn Evie Pfiefer dipped under the 4:10 barrier by producing a 4:09.11 to put her ahead of Arizona’s Hannah Cox, who swam a 4:10.74 for second. Pfeifer’s teammate, Maxine Walters, nabbed third with a 4:13.72.

In the men’s 400 IM Stanford’s Alex Liang cruised to a win with a time of 3:42.90. A pair of Longhorns took followed Liang, with Braden Vines (3:45.76) in second and JT Larson (3:46.48) in third, respectively.

USC’s Louise Hansson took the women’s 100 fly with an NCAA ‘A’ cut time of 49.80, making her the only woman in the field to get under the 50-second barrier. Texas senior Remedy Rule earned second for the Longhorns with her 51.71. A fleet of Trojans followed Rule with Caitlin Tycz (52.21), Madison Wright (52.37) Catherine Sanchez (52.49) placing third, fourth and fifth, respectively.

The men’s 100 fly saw Texas senior Tate Jackson touch first in a 45.78 while Arizona’s Chatham Dobbs was just .07 behind in 45.85. Just a tenth of a second behind Dobbs was USC’s Alex Valente in a 45.95.

The Lady Longhorns continued to show their deep talent in the freestyle events with Joanna Evans, last night’s 500 free winner, taking the win in the 200 free with her 1:43.94. Evans edged Olympic gold medalist Allison Schmitt who touched second, just .01 behind, in a time of 1:43.95. USC’s Tatum Wade was third in the heat with a time of 1:44.37.

Texas senior Townley Haas stepped up after a disappointing 4:20.57 in the 500 last night by winning the men’s 200 free tonight in a solid time of 1:33.24, which was just enough to get by Harvard’s Dean Farris, who touched second in a 1:33.53. Longhorn due of Jeff Newkirk (1:33.57) and Jake Sannem (1:33.78) took third and fourth, respectively.

The Longhorns continued to roll with yet another victory, this time in the women’s 100 breast with Kennedy Lohman (59.86) getting past USC’s Riley Scott (59.99) by just .13. Fellow Trojans Maggie Aroesty (1:00.31) and Kirsten Vose (1:00.33) nabbed third and fourth, respectively.

USC’s Carsten Vissering dropped a monster 50.88 in the men’s 100 breast to earn a big win for the Trojans. Longhorn Charles Scheinfield posted an impressive 51.41, to get second while Stanford’s Matt Anderson touched third in 52.16.

Wisconsin’s Beat Nelson followed up her 200 IM win from last night with her 100 back victory tonight, on her way to cracking the American record. Nelson dropped a 49.67, which marked her as the only woman to go under 50-seconds in the field, and makes her the fastest American woman in history. Texas Trio of Claire Adams (50.95), Julia Cook (51.70) and Grace Ariola (51.86) took second, third and fourth, respectively.

Harvard’s Dean Farris showed just how great of shape he’s really in, after placing second in the 200 free earlier in the evening, Farris earned another victory for the Crimson with his 45.26 in the 100 back. Texas Longhorn Ryan Harty earned second in 45.35. Arizona’s Chatham Dobbs also showed impressive versatility, after earning second in the 100 fly earlier in the evening, Dobbs nabbed a third place finish in the heat with his 45.85.

For the relay action, the Wisconsin women upset the Longhorns by out-touching them by just .02. The Longhorns ending up earning back those lost points by touching second and third with their A and B relays. The A team of Claire Adams (24.33), Kennedy Lohman (27.59), Remedy Rule (23.13) and Grace Ariola (21.14) took second in a time of 1:36.19 while their B team comprised of Julia Cook  (24.41), Olivia Anderson (28.33) and Emily Reese (23.41) and Anelise Diener (21.83) produced a 1:37.98 for third.

USC overtook the Longhorns by over a second in a time of 1:23.84, largely due to Vissering’s insane 22.95 breaststroke split. The Longhorns touched second in 1:24.97 with their squad of John Shebat (21.79), Charles Scheinfield (23.75), Tate Jackson (20.16) and Luke Bowman (19.27). Stanford ended up third with a time of 1:25.25.

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