Texas Swimming and Diving Sweeps Arizona; Katz Swims 1:44 200 Back

Austin Katz. Photo Courtesy: Connor Trimble

The No. 1 Texas men’s swimming and diving program took down Arizona on Saturday afternoon, 184.5-115.50, at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center.

Team Scores:

Men: #1 Texas 184.5, #10 Arizona 115.5
Women: #10 Texas 178, Arizona 105
RESULTS

Texas Swimming and Diving Press Release

Men

Grayson Campbell and Jordan Windle went 1-2 in the 1-meter competition on Saturday. Campbell won the event with a score of 355.65, while Windle followed with a score of 355.50.
Windle took home a win in the 3 – meter competition with a 443.78 event score.
The combination of Chris Staka, Caspar Corbeau, Maxime Rooney and Daniel Krueger took home the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:26.97.
Drew Kibler claimed the 200 free victory by hitting the way at 1:37.02.
Alvin Jiang, Staka, and Austin Katz went 1-2-3 in the 100 backstroke. Jiang secured the win by hitting the wall at 47.05. Staka followed at 47.18, and Katz took third with a time of 48.54.
Jiang added a second win on the day with the 100 fly title. He touched at 47.90. Sam Pomajevich followed at 48.24. Staka came in third with a time of 48.40.
Rooney added an individual win to his day in the 50 free. He touched in 19.96.
Texas went 1-4 in the 200 back. Katz took home the title with a time of 1:44.59, while Josh Artmann came in second with a time of 1:48.21. Ethan Harder came in third after touching at 1:48.69, while Preston Varozza followed at 1:49.78.
Jake Foster took home the 400 IM title for the Longhorns with a time of 3:51.62, six seconds faster than the second place finisher.

Women

The No. 10 Texas women’s swimming and diving program took down Arizona on Saturday afternoon, 178-105, at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center.

Alison Gibson claimed the 1-meter diving title on Saturday with a 325.80 score, while Paola Pineda followed with a scored of 301.05.
Pineda added a win in the 3-meter competition with a score of 311.70, while Gibson came in second at 309.75.
The Longhorns claimed the 200-medley relay title with Claire Adams, Kennedy Lohman, Kelly Pash and Julia Cook combining to finish in a time of 1:41.20.
Evie Pfeifer handled the 1000 free competition, beating the second-place finisher by almost eight seconds. She touched at a time of 10:03.79. Pfeifer also added a win in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:17.00.
Bridget Semenuk took home the 200 free race with a time of 1:48.61. Cook followed in second at 1:49.13. She also won the 50 free with a time of 23.03.
Adams added two individual wins with at time of 53.55 in the 100 backstroke and a time of 54.81 in the 100 fly.
Lauren Case and Mary Smutny went 1-2 in the 200 fly with times of 2:02.72 and 2:04.23, respectively.
Smutny added a win in the 500 free at 4:55.74, edging out teammate Miranda Heckman who came in second at 4:55.93.
Pash, Adams and Kyla Leibel went 1-2-3 in the 100 Free. Pash touched at 49.69, Adams at 50.71 and Leibel at 50.91.

Arizona Press Release

The Arizona men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams faced off against the Texas Longhorns on Senior Day Saturday afternoon. Cats battled throughout but the men fell by a score of 184.50-115.50, while the women fell 178-105.

Brooks Fail continued his dominance as he took home 3 wins in the 500 free, 1000 free, and 200 fly. Jax Purwins got a zoned cut today in the women’s 1-meter dive. The men capped off the meet with a close win in the 400 free relay thanks to Noah Reid, Marin Ercegovic, Brooks Fail, and Jorge Iga.

The men take a close one in the 400 free relay to cap off the meet??? pic.twitter.com/Wem6zphVSY

— Arizona Swim & Dive (@ArizonaSwimDive) February 1, 2020

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