Texas Men and Women Narrowly Edge Auburn at Home

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

By Jason Tillotson.

The University of Texas men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams defeated Auburn University at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.

The lady Longhorns defeated the lady Tigers by scoring 175 points over Auburn’s score of 117. The men were able to get past Auburn with a score of 160 to the Eagles’ score of 140.

Longhorn freshman Evie Pfeifer took the 1000-yard freestyle in a time of 9:57.48, ahead of teammate Joanna Evans’ 10:02.40, to solidify her as the only woman in the meet to dip under the 10:00 mark. Longhorns Chris Yeager and Jonathan Roberts took 1-2 in the men’s race with their marks of 9:12.46 and 9:12.82, respectively.

Auburn’s Zach Apple took the men’s 200-yard freestyle over national champion Townley Haas with a 1:37.52, over Haas’ mark of 1:39.11. Apple secured another victory in the men’s 100-yard freestyle with the only sub-44 time of 43.64.

Longhorn senior Quinn Carrozza earned herself two individual victories in the women’s 200-yard freestyle and the women’s 200-yard backstroke with times of 1:47.44 and 1:55.26.

There was a dead heat in the men’s 100-yard backstroke between Auburn’s Hugo Gonzalez and Texas’ Ryan Harty. Both men each posted a 47.85 to share first over Longhorn senior John Shebat who posted a 48.60. Auburn’s Gonzalez showed his versatility by also winning the men’s 400-yard IM in a time of 3:48.02.

The lack of breaststrokers on the Texas men’s squad was clear in the 100 and 200-yard events with Auburn’s Tommy Brewer, who posted a 55.39 and a 2:00.67 in each distance, respectively. For what the Longhorn men lost in the breaststroke events, they picked up in the butterfly races. Longhorn senior Joseph Schooling posted a 47.43 and a 1:44.95 in the 100 and 200-yard butterfly distances, which earned him the win in both events.

Both Longhorn squads won the 200-yard medley relay while both the men and women from Auburn took the 200-yard freestyle relays.

Texas will attend the Austin Pro Swim Series this weekend while Auburn will host the Ralph Crocker Invitational.

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6 years ago

What a turn up