Read moreVENDT SETS AMERICAN, U.S. OPEN RECORDS IN 400 I.M. PRELIMS23 March 2000Southern Cal freshman Erik Vendt smashed the American record in the 400 meter I.M. this morning, with a 4:08.22. This was over three seconds better than Chad Carvin's American record set earlier this year (4:11.72). The rest of the field promises a close race tonight: Florida sophomore Eric Donn...
Read moreDolan Wins 200 IM13 August 2000By Kari Lydersen Tom Dolan won the 200 IM final in 2:00.81, adding to his win in the 400 IM. Tom Wilkens, who was third in the 400 IM, filled the second Olympic slot with his 2:01.38. Kevin Clements was third in 2:02.55, and Ron Karnaugh was fourth in 2:02.91. Karnaugh, 34 and a medical doctor, had ...
Texas Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Notes01 February 2002No. 3 Texas Men (4-1) vs. No. 9 Arizona (3-3)/No. 5 Arizona St. (5-2) No. 2 Texas Women (7-2) vs. No. 3 Arizona (5-2)/No. 7 Arizona St. (5-2) Friday-Saturday, Feb. 1-2 * Hillenbrand Aquatic Center * Tucson, Ariz. The Longhorns Checklist * The Texas women's team is ranked No. 2 in the most recent...
Texas Men's Swimming Signs 3 Recruits23 December 1997From Penny Abrahams of UT - AUSTIN, TEXAS- Three standout high school men's swimmers have signed National Letters of Intent to attend the University of Texas beginning with the 1998-99 school year, Texas men's head swim coach Eddie Reese announced. Among the signees are Leffie Crawford (Pacifica, Ca...
Read moreKowal, Dolan Qualify First for 200 Breast and 200 IM Finals12 August 2000By Kari Lydersen Event 19: Women's 200 Breast Semi-Final Kristy Kowal qualified first for the finals of the 200 breast with a 2:25.92, just .57 off the American record. Kowal, 21 and representing Athens Bulldogs, was followed by Megan Quann, the American record-setter and champion in the 100 bre...
Read moreCzene Ties 200 I.M. World Record22 March 2000Arizona State freshman Atilla Czene, from Hungary, tied the world record in the 200 I.M. with a 1:54.65, matching the 1994 mark by Jani Sievinen of Finland. Texas junior Nate Dusing led for the first 100, on world record pace, with Czene passing him and taking the lead by over a second and a half af...
Texas Men's Swimming and Diving10 January 2002* The Longhorns return to action this weekend when they travel to No.19 Texas A&M. Texas defeated the Aggies (238-131) the last time the two schools faced off on Jan. 26-27, 2001. The Horns are a perfect 22-0 vs. Texas A&M under the direction of head coach Eddie Reese (since 1979). * Texas was victo...
Texas Men's Swimming and Diving25 January 2002* The Longhorns return to action this weekend when they travel to No.19 Texas A&M. Texas defeated the Aggies (238-131) the last time the two schools faced off on Jan. 26-27, 2001. The Horns are a perfect 22-0 vs. Texas A&M under the direction of head coach Eddie Reese (since 1979). * Texas was vic...
Read moreNCAA Div. I: Texas Longhorns Kick Off New Season, Look to Repeat as NCAA Champion23 October 2000AUSTIN, TEXAS. October 24. THE University of Texas Longhorns, defending men's NCAA swimming and diving champions, head to Lawrence, Kan. for the Big 12 Conference Relays on Friday, Oct. 27 beginning at 9 a.m. at the Robinson Natatorium. < Last Year's Big 12 Relay/> Last year, the Longhorns c...
1999 Pan Am Games Swimming: Day 606 August 1999Courtesy www.usswim.org USA GRABS THREE GOLDS ON FINAL NIGHT OF PAN AMERICAN GAMES The Americans grabbed seven more medals, including three golds, and broke their sixth meet record on the final night of swimming competition at the Pan American Games. Team USA finished with the most medals at 37, fol...
NCAA Div. I: Texas Sweeps SMU10 February 2002DALLAS, Feb. 9. THE No. 3-ranked University of Texas men's and No. 3 UT women's swimming and diving teams both captured victories over SMU, respectively, to close out the 2001-02 dual meet season on Saturday, Feb. 9, at Perkins Natatorium in Dallas. The Texas women's squad opened the day...
Read moreSICILIANO SETS AMERICAN RECORD IN 400 IM23 March 2000Michigan sophomore Tim Siciliano surged ahead on the second half to win the 400 I.M. by over three seconds, breaking the 4:08.22 American record set by Erik Vendt in the morning with his 4:06.02. The previous American record was Chad Carvin's 4:11.72 mark from the Short Course World Championship...
NCAA Div. I Men: Texas Longhorns Rock in Intrasquad Meet01 November 2000AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 2. THE University of Texas men's swimming team held its annual Orange and White intrasquad meet with the White team capturing nine of 15 events to down the Orange,79-54, on Thursday at the Jamail Texas Swimming Center. Senior Nate Dusing (Villa Hills, Ky.) led the White team,...
Read moreOLYMPIC CHAMP QUALIFIES FIRST22 March 2000Arizona State's Attila Czene, the 1996 Olympic champion, qualified first in the 200m individual medley during prelims at the men's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Minneapolis. Czene, a Hungarian, clocked 1:57.03, half a second ahead of the University of Texas's Nate Dusing at 1...
Kowal, Wilkens Qualify First in 200 Breast, 200 IM Prelims12 August 2000Event 19: Women's 200 Breast Kristy Kowal qualified first for the semi-finals of the 200 breast with a 2:26.32. In the 100 breast, Kowal missed making the Olympic team by .01 of a second. Second qualifier was Megan Quann, the 100 breast champion, in 2:28.12. Third was Amanda Beard, the 1996 Olym...
NCAA Div. I Men: #3 Auburn Upsets #2 Texas11 January 2002AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 11. LED by James Galloway and Ryan Wochomurka, the No. 3-ranked Auburn Tiger men's swimming and diving team defeated the No. 2 Texas Longhorns here Friday afternoon bringing Auburn's record to 4-0 on the season. Texas drops to 2-1. Not only are both teams consistently ran...