﻿{"id":242275,"date":"2017-02-22T16:41:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T23:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=242275"},"modified":"2017-02-22T18:17:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T01:17:41","slug":"rebecca-millard-anchors-texas-women-to-big-12-relay-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rebecca-millard-anchors-texas-women-to-big-12-relay-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Millard Anchors Texas Women to Big 12 Relay Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2017 Big 12 Swimming &amp; Diving Championships began earlier today with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/will-licon-posts-quick-100-breast-in-big-12-championships-time-trials\/\" target=\"_blank\">time trials session<\/a> that saw Texas senior\u00a0<strong>Will Licon\u00a0<\/strong>post a new school and championship record in the 100 breast.<\/p>\n<p>The evening session of day one featured some fast relay swims as teams competed in the 200 medley relays, 800 free relays, and finals of the men&#8217;s 1-meter diving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2017-big-12-championships-day-one-results-day-1-ncaa-college-2017-02-22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Night One Results<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p>The Texas women started the meet on a high note with a new Big 12 conference and championship meet record in the 200 medley relay. The team of\u00a0<strong>Tasija Karosas\u00a0<\/strong>(24.22),\u00a0<strong>Madisyn Cox\u00a0<\/strong>(26.59),\u00a0<strong>Remedy Rule\u00a0<\/strong>(23.23), and\u00a0<strong>Rebecca Millard\u00a0<\/strong>(21.35)\u00a0turned in a combined time of 1:35.39 to lower Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s 2012 record of 1:36.02.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas&#8217; relay team of\u00a0<strong>Yulduz Kuchkarova, Haley Downey, Pia Pavlic<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Carly Straight\u00a0<\/strong>finished second overall with a time of 1:40.03, improving upon their entry time of 1:42.70 by more than a second and a half.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kasey Roberts<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Danica Delaquis, Harper Emswiler<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Laura Miksch\u00a0<\/strong>posted a third place finish of 1:40.54.<\/p>\n<p>TCU picked up fourth with a 1:40.83, while West Virginia finished fifth with a time of 1:41.78.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 1  Women 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n====================================================================\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals        \r\n====================================================================\r\n  1 Texas                               1:36.52    1:35.39  \r\n     1) Tasija Karosas SR             2) Madisyn Cox SR               \r\n     3) Remedy Rule SO                4) Rebecca Millard JR           \r\n  2 Kansas                              1:42.70    1:40.03  \r\n     1) Yulduz Kuchkarova             2) Haley Downey                 \r\n     3) Pia Pavlic                    4) Carly Straight               \r\n  3 Iowa State                          1:42.58    1:40.54  \r\n     1) Kasey Roberts JR              2) Danica Delaquis JR           \r\n     3) Harper Emswiler JR            4) Laura Miksch JR              \r\n  4 Tx Christian                        1:43.82    1:40.83  \r\n     1) Madison Ibrahim SO            2) Devin Newton JR              \r\n     3) Micaela Roemer SO             4) Claire Munster FR            \r\n  5 West Virginia                       1:43.13    1:41.78  \r\n     1) Julia Miranda FR              2) Emma Harris SO               \r\n     3) Morgan Bullock FR             4) Julia Nilton                 \r\n -- Texas  'B'                          1:37.52   X1:38.80  \r\n     1) Claire Adams FR               2) Olivia Anderson SO           \r\n     3) Brynne Wong SR                4) *Jordan Wheeler FR           \r\n -- Texas  'C'                          1:38.44   X1:39.09  \r\n     1) Kaitlin Harty FR              2) Jordan Surhoff SR            \r\n     3) Lauren Case FR                4) Brooke Hansen SO             \r\n -- Kansas  'B'                         1:45.99   X1:43.37  \r\n     1) Hannah Angell                 2) Lydia Pocisk                 \r\n     3) Leah Pfitzer                  4) *Brie Balsbough              \r\n -- Iowa State  'B'                     1:46.21   X1:43.46  \r\n     1) Emma Ruehle FR                2) Megan Childs SR              \r\n     3) Kenzie Goudreau SR            4) Savanna Townsend SR          \r\n -- Kansas  'C'                         1:48.99   X1:44.87  \r\n     1) Taylor Sieperda               2) Gretchen Pocisk              \r\n     3) *Zoya Wahlstrom               4) *Katy Schlies                \r\n -- Tx Christian  'B'                   1:45.82   X1:44.89  \r\n     1) Elise Forzley FR              2) Ashley Dyke SR               \r\n     3) Maddison Johnson JR           4) Hannah Dooley FR             \r\n -- Iowa State  'C'                     1:48.88   X1:45.97  \r\n     1) *Evan Hundley SO              2) Haley Ruegemer SO            \r\n     3) *Ashton Ehrecke SO            4) Maddie Rastall SR            \r\n -- Kansas  'D'                         1:51.99   X1:46.62  \r\n     1) Madison Hutchison             2) *Hannah Driscoll             \r\n     3) *Cassaundra Pino              4) Nika Fellows                 \r\n -- Tx Christian  'C'                   1:47.82   X1:47.13  \r\n     1) *Ruby Powell SO               2) *Bryn Lohrberg SO            \r\n     3) Madie Sandberg FR             4) Amanda Key FR<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p>The Texas men began the championship with a win and a championship record tie. The relay team of\u00a0<strong>John Shebat<\/strong>\u00a0(21.20),<strong> Will Licon<\/strong>\u00a0(23.70),<strong> Joseph Schooling<\/strong>\u00a0(20.31),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Brett Ringgold\u00a0<\/strong>(19.02)\u00a0posted a combined time of 1:24.23, which ties the championship meet record of 1:24.23 set in 2009 (also by Texas).<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia&#8217;s <strong>Luke Hene, Jake Armstrong, Jack Frazier,<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Merwane Elmerini<\/strong>\u00a0picked up the silver medal with a 1:28.71, while the relay team of\u00a0<strong>Darian Nezami, Jakub Swierczynski, John Smith<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Garrett Hills\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a 1:28.80 for TCU.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 2  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n====================================================================\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals        \r\n====================================================================\r\n  1 UT                                  1:25.73    1:24.23  \r\n     1) John Shebat SO                2) Will Licon SR                \r\n     3) Joseph Schooling JR           4) Brett Ringgold JR            \r\n  2 West Virginia                       1:31.32    1:28.71  \r\n     1) Luke Hene FR                  2) Jake Armstrong SO            \r\n     3) Jack Frazier FR               4) Merwane Elmerini SO          \r\n  3 Tx Christian                        1:30.02    1:28.80  \r\n     1) Darian Nezami JR              2) Jakub Swierczynski JR        \r\n     3) John Smith JR                 4) Garrett Hills SR             \r\n -- UT  'C'                             1:29.07   X1:26.87  \r\n     1) *Braxton Moore FR             2) Casey Melzer SO              \r\n     3) Tate Jackson SO               4) *Jeremy Nichols SO           \r\n -- UT  'B'                             1:28.44   X1:27.89  \r\n     1) *Preston Varozza FR           2) Austin Temple JR             \r\n     3) Will Glass SR                 4) *Jacob Huerta FR             \r\n -- Tx Christian  'B'                   1:32.02   X1:30.92  \r\n     1) Christopher Hearl SR          2) Migs Martin FR               \r\n     3) Matthew Spallas JR            4) Jonathan Drewes SO           \r\n -- West Virginia  'B'                       NT   X1:31.10  \r\n     1) *Austin Hartke FR             2) *Tony Sekowski JR            \r\n     3) Sam Neaveill FR               4) *Adam Poe SO                 \r\n -- Tx Christian  'C'                   1:34.02   X1:34.44  \r\n     1) Jake Powell SR                2) John Remetta SR              \r\n     3) *Alexander Garriga SO         4) *Ryan Whelan JR<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 1-Meter Diving<\/h3>\n<p>Texas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Mark Anderson<\/strong> took home the first individual title of the meet with a strong performance in the men&#8217;s 1-meter diving. Anderson flirted with the 400 point range as he grabbed gold with a total of 398.20 points.<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Michael Proietto<\/strong> turned in a second place finish of 366.85 points for the silver medal, while Texas freshman\u00a0<strong>Jacob Cornish\u00a0<\/strong>made his Big 12 Championship debut with a third place finish of 342.55.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 4  Men 1 mtr Diving<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n       Big 12: * 442.70  3\/26\/2009 Drew Livingston, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 441.50  2\/25\/2015 Will Chandler, Texas\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                             === Finals ===                              <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Mark Anderson          JR UT                 389.25     398.20   20  \r\n  2 Michael Proietto       JR West Virginia      355.15     366.85   17  \r\n  3 Jacob Cornish          FR UT                 317.45     342.55   16  \r\n  4 Logan McHenry          JR West Virginia      313.25     314.75   15  \r\n  5 Alex Obendorf          JR West Virginia      313.35     312.00   14  \r\n  6 Grayson Campbell       FR UT                 340.85     300.15   13  \r\n  7 Austin Smith           SO West Virginia      295.35     288.90   12  \r\n  8 Gerald Hodges          FR West Virginia      263.95     229.45   11  \r\n \r\n<b>                          === Preliminaries ===                          <\/b>\r\n \r\n  9 Andrew Shurtleff       SO Tx Christian       253.50               9  \r\n 10 Owen Moncino           FR Tx Christian       239.50               7  \r\n 11 Brett Budde            FR Tx Christian       228.65               6  \r\n 12 Coord Wiseman          FR Tx Christian       121.55               5  \r\n \r\n                  Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 4                  \r\n \r\n  1. West Virginia University          103   2. University of Texas                89\r\n  3. Texas Christian University         59<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 800 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p>Texas continued to set themselves apart in the relays with a dominating finish of 7:00.70 in the 800 free relay. Both <strong>Madisyn Cox<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Tasija\u00a0Karosas<\/strong> returned to the pool just shortly after leading Texas to new records in the 200 medley relay. Cox led off the 800 free relay with a 1:45.09, before turning it over to\u00a0<strong>Joanna Evans<\/strong> (1:44.27). Freshman\u00a0<strong>Claire Adams\u00a0<\/strong>delivered a 1:44.95 split, while Karosas brought the race home in 1:46.39.<\/p>\n<p>Second place was picked up by Kansas&#8217; relay team of\u00a0<strong>Haley Bishop\u00a0<\/strong>(1:48.23),\u00a0<strong>Jenny Nusbaum<\/strong> (1:47.16),\u00a0<strong>Sammie Schurig\u00a0<\/strong>(1:49.71), and\u00a0<strong>Madison Straight\u00a0<\/strong>(1:49.71. Together the four stopped the clock at a 7:14.91.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Keely Soellner\u00a0<\/strong>(1:49.49),\u00a0<strong>Silqi Luo<\/strong> (1:49.86),\u00a0<strong>Brooke Evensen<\/strong> (1:49.13), and\u00a0<strong>Kasey Roberts\u00a0<\/strong>(1:51.09) posted a combined 7:19.57 for third.<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia finished fourth overall with a 7:20.87, while TCU was fifth with a 7:24.12.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 5  Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n     NCAA \"A\": A 7:05.68\r\n 2016 Invited:   7:09.67\r\n     NCAA \"B\": B 7:08.93\r\n     American:   6:50.18  2\/25\/2015 California\r\n                          Runge, Pelton, Piehl, Franklin\r\n      US Open:   6:50.18  2\/25\/2015 California\r\n                          Runge, Pelton, Piehl, Franklin\r\n      NCAA D1:   6:50.18  2\/25\/2015 California\r\n                          Runge, Pelton, Piehl, Franklin\r\n       Big 12: * 6:56.52  11\/30\/2016University of Texas\r\n                          Cox, Evans, Adams, Karosas\r\n         Meet: # 6:58.37  2\/25\/2009 University of Texas\r\n                          Bispo, Gingrich, Riefenstahl, Hersey\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Texas                               6:54.77    7:00.70A  40  \r\n     1) Madisyn Cox SR                2) r:+0.21 Joanna Evans SO      \r\n     3) r:+0.28 Claire Adams FR       4) r:+0.22 Tasija Karosas SR    \r\n    r:+0.69  24.69        51.68 (51.68)\r\n      1:18.68 (1:18.68)   1:45.09 (1:45.09)\r\n        2:09.24 (24.15)     2:35.55 (50.46)\r\n      3:02.40 (1:17.31)   3:29.36 (1:44.27)\r\n        3:53.03 (23.67)     4:19.54 (50.18)\r\n      4:46.98 (1:17.62)   5:14.31 (1:44.95)\r\n        5:38.69 (24.38)     6:06.15 (51.84)\r\n      6:33.60 (1:19.29)   7:00.70 (1:46.39)\r\n  2 Kansas                              7:20.05    7:14.81   34  \r\n     1) Haley Bishop                  2) r:+0.29 Jenny Nusbaum        \r\n     3) r:+0.33 Sammie Schurig        4) r:+0.24 Madison Straight     \r\n    r:+0.79  25.56        52.87 (52.87)\r\n      1:20.34 (1:20.34)   1:48.23 (1:48.23)\r\n        2:13.50 (25.27)     2:40.74 (52.51)\r\n      3:07.92 (1:19.69)   3:35.39 (1:47.16)\r\n        4:00.85 (25.46)     4:28.51 (53.12)\r\n      4:56.70 (1:21.31)   5:25.10 (1:49.71)\r\n                            6:18.21 (53.11)\r\n      6:46.55 (1:21.45)   7:14.81 (1:49.71)\r\n  3 Iowa State                          7:27.39    7:19.57   32  \r\n     1) Keely Soellner FR             2) r:+0.17 Silqi Luo JR         \r\n     3) r:+0.23 Brooke Evensen SR     4) r:+0.32 Kasey Roberts JR     \r\n    r:+0.67  25.46        52.78 (52.78)\r\n      1:20.83 (1:20.83)   1:49.49 (1:49.49)\r\n        2:14.42 (24.93)     2:42.36 (52.87)\r\n      3:10.75 (1:21.26)   3:39.35 (1:49.86)\r\n        4:04.20 (24.85)     4:31.60 (52.25)\r\n      4:59.65 (1:20.30)   5:28.48 (1:49.13)\r\n        5:53.68 (25.20)     6:21.65 (53.17)\r\n      6:50.32 (1:21.84)   7:19.57 (1:51.09)\r\n  4 West Virginia                       7:29.72    7:20.87   30  \r\n     1) Amelie Currat JR              2) r:+0.63 Emma Skelley SR      \r\n     3) r:+0.39 Morgan Carr SO        4) r:+0.29 Alex Pampalone FR    \r\n    r:+0.73  25.75        53.00 (53.00)\r\n      1:20.52 (1:20.52)   1:48.53 (1:48.53)\r\n        2:14.80 (26.27)     2:42.68 (54.15)\r\n      3:10.78 (1:22.25)   3:38.56 (1:50.03)\r\n        4:03.83 (25.27)     4:31.84 (53.28)\r\n      5:00.45 (1:21.89)   5:29.02 (1:50.46)\r\n                            6:23.23 (54.21)\r\n      6:52.41 (1:23.39)   7:20.87 (1:51.85)\r\n  5 Tx Christian                        7:32.29    7:24.12   28  \r\n     1) Claire Munster FR             2) r:+0.44 Nicqueline Retberg FR\r\n     3) r:+0.23 Taylor Newton FR      4) r:+0.22 Catherine Maxey SO   \r\n    r:+0.72  25.42        52.94 (52.94)\r\n      1:21.41 (1:21.41)   1:51.26 (1:51.26)\r\n        2:16.68 (25.42)     2:44.77 (53.51)\r\n      3:13.63 (1:22.37)   3:42.56 (1:51.30)\r\n        4:07.87 (25.31)     4:35.69 (53.13)\r\n      5:04.48 (1:21.92)   5:33.95 (1:51.39)\r\n        5:59.05 (25.10)     6:26.95 (53.00)\r\n      6:55.40 (1:21.45)   7:24.12 (1:50.17)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 800 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p>The Longhorns ran away with the 800 free relay gold with a first place finish close to 20 seconds ahead of the competition. Teammates\u00a0<strong>Jack Conger<\/strong> (1:32.54),\u00a0<strong>Jeff Newkirk<\/strong> (1:32.62),\u00a0<strong>Clark Smith<\/strong> (1:33.61), and\u00a0<strong>Townley Haas<\/strong> (1:33.82) turned in a combined time of 6:12.59 to finish the first session strong.<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia finished second overall with a final time of 6:32.00. They were represented in the pool by\u00a0<strong>Ryan Kelly<\/strong> (1:37.37),\u00a0<strong>Drew Damich<\/strong> (1:37.62),\u00a0<strong>Trayton Saladin\u00a0<\/strong>(1:38.03), and\u00a0<strong>Chris McMahon<\/strong> (1:38.98).<\/p>\n<p>TCU rounded out the podium with a final time of 6:37.06 courtesy of\u00a0<strong>Radu Duican\u00a0<\/strong>(1:37.59),\u00a0<strong>Tommy Thach\u00a0<\/strong>(1:39.88),\u00a0<strong>John Smith<\/strong> (1:39.50), and\u00a0<strong>Carlos Hunnicutt<\/strong> (1:40.09).<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 6  Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n====================================================================\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals        \r\n====================================================================\r\n  1 UT                                  6:20.85    6:12.59  \r\n     1) Jack Conger SR                2) Jeff Newkirk SO              \r\n     3) Clark Smith SR                4) Townley Haas SO              \r\n  2 West Virginia                       6:46.19    6:32.00  \r\n     1) Ryan Kelly FR                 2) Drew Damich SO               \r\n     3) Trayton Saladin FR            4) Chris McMahon JR             \r\n  3 Tx Christian                        6:41.11    6:37.06  \r\n     1) Radu Duican FR                2) Tommy Thach SO               \r\n     3) John Smith JR                 4) Carlos Hunnicutt JR          \r\n -- UT  'B'                             6:25.72   X6:20.90  \r\n     1) PJ Dunne SR                   2) *Sam Kline FR                \r\n     3) Will Licon SR                 4) Josh Artmann FR              \r\n -- Tx Christian  'B'                   6:49.11   X6:45.38  \r\n     1) Brendan Barry FR              2) *Weston Miller JR            \r\n     3) *Ryan Whelan JR               4) Dayne Odendaal<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Live results can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2017-big-12-championships-live-results\/ncaa-college\/2017\/February\/22\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, but can also be found on Meet Mobile &#8211; &#8220;Big 12 Swimming &amp; Diving Championships&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2017 Big 12 Swimming &amp; Diving Championships began earlier today with a time trials session that saw Texas senior\u00a0Will Licon\u00a0post a new school and championship record in the 100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":158176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[60248],"class_list":["post-242275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-2017-big-12-championships"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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