SMU vs. Texas

AUSTIN, Texas, February 5. NO. 6 Texas (6-2) claimed 10 of 13 events on its way to a 137-89 victory over No. 22 SMU Saturday afternoon on Senior Day at UT’s Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.

Texas opened the meet by going one-two in the 200-yard medley relay. UT’s “B” relay of freshman Ellen Lobb, sophomores Bethany Adams and Kelsey Amundsen and freshman Samantha Tucker took the victory in a NCAA “B” cut of 1 minute, 41.74 seconds. Texas’ “A” relay of freshman Alex Hooper, sophomores Laura Sogar and Jessica Guro and junior Karlee Bispo took second in 1:42.28.

Natalie Sacco, one of five Texas seniors honored prior to the meet, claimed the ensuing event, the 1,000 freestyle in 10:12.54. SMU’s Nina Rangelova took the 200 freestyle in 1:47.59, but Texas claimed the next four slots to stave off any substantial point gain by the Mustangs. UT junior Leah Gingrich took second in a NCAA “B” cut of 1:48.57, while freshman Lily Moldenhauer placed third in 1:49.80. Amundsen placed fourth in 1:51.19, and senior Adrienne Woods placed fifth in 1:51.84.

Freshman Ellen Lobb added another win for the Horns in the 50 freestyle, where she led a first-through-fourth Texas finish in 23.34. Senior Brie Powers placed second in 23.77, and freshman Alex Hooper took third in 23.98. Junior Becca Tomlin placed fourth in 24.04.

Texas tacked on a one-two finish in the 200 individual medley, where Bispo led the way with a NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 2:00.20. UT’s Sogar claimed second in 2:03.22. Lobb scored her second win of the day in the next event, the 200 butterfly, in 2:01.51. Senior Katie Hamilton added a third-place finish in 2:07.32. Adams chipped in another victory for the Horns, as she led a one-two Texas showing in the 100 freestyle at 50.59. Tucker took second place in 51.16.

UT’s Guro led the Horns in the 200 backstroke by taking second in a NCAA “B” cut of 1:59.03. Freshman Ashley Brewer added a third-place time of 2:02.20. Bispo returned to lead Texas in the 500 freestyle with a second-place time of 4:51.68, good for a NCAA “B” cut. Freshman Lauren Ross took third in 5:03.58.

The one-meter and three-meter diving events were contested last weekend in conjunction with UT’s dual meet against Arizona. Sophomore Maren Taylor took the win in the one-meter event with 296.45 points. Cullinan took second with 272.95 points and also claimed the three-meter event with 309.10 points.

With the victory in hand, Texas elected to complete the next two events as exhibitions. Freshman Catherine Wagner took the win in the 200 breaststroke with a NCAA “B” cut of 2:15.87. The Horns finished off the victory with a win in the 200 freestyle relay, where Amundsen, Adams, Moldenhauer and Tucker finished in 1:33.30.

Texas resumes competition on Wednesday, Feb. 9 when it visits The University of Houston to compete in the Sprint for the Cure.

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