By, Jason Tillotson<\/p>\n
The University of Texas men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving teams traveled to Gainesville, Florida to take on the Florida Gators and in the Indiana Hoosiers in two-day tri-meet format.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s Scores<\/strong><\/p>\n University of Texas, 190<\/p>\n Indiana University, 172.5<\/p>\n University of Florida, 66.5<\/p>\n Men\u2019s Scores<\/strong><\/p>\n Indiana University, 191<\/p>\n University of Florida, 140<\/p>\n University of Texas, 98<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s session was contested in short course yards, with the 200-medley relays, 200 IM, 100\u2019s of strokes and 1000-yard freestyle while Saturday\u2019s session was in short course yards with the 400-medley relays, 400 IM, the 200\u2019s of strokes and no 1000-yard freestyle.<\/p>\n The Texas men showed some signs of struggle during Friday\u2019s session while the Lady Longhorns seemed to rise to the occasion.<\/p>\n Olympic gold medalist and Texas Senior, Joseph Schooling<\/strong> tried his hand at breaststroke in the 200-yard medley relay. Schooling\u2019s 24.64 split, the third fastest split in the field, was good enough to aid the Longhorns in sneaking into a third place finish in that race.<\/p>\n In the men\u2019s 1000-yard freestyle, the top three finishers were all within two seconds of each other. Senior Gator Blake Manganiello<\/strong> turned in a 9:08.17 for the win but was closely trailed by Freshman Longhorn Chris Yeager who swam a 9:09.64 while UF Senior Ben Lawless rounded out the podium in 9:09.89.<\/p>\n The Longhorn men did taste some victory on Friday, Schooling turned in a 46.57 in the 100-yard butterfly, which dethroned Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> as the fastest man in the country in that event. Schooling was followed by IU\u2019s Vini Lanza<\/strong> and UF\u2019s Dressel in 46.68 and 47.17, respectively.<\/p>\n Despite not earning many individual wins, the Texas men were able to secure many close third places finishes. In the 100-yard freestyle (Brett Ringgold<\/strong>, 43.84), the 100-yard backstroke (John<\/strong> Shebat<\/strong>, 48.39), and the 500-yard freestyle (Yeager, 4:28.89).<\/p>\n Blake Peroni<\/strong>, a senior at IU, was able to come out on top in the 200-yard freestyle by posting a blistering 1:34.10 which surpasses the nation\u2019s best of 1:36.32 from NC State\u2019s Andreas Vazaios<\/strong>, turned in just a few weeks ago. Interestingly enough, the two gentlemen behind Peroni, UF\u2019s Jan Switkowski<\/strong> and teammate Maxime Rooney<\/strong>, each turned in times that were faster than Vazaios\u2019 time as well which means this tri-meet played host to the country\u2019s three fastest 200-freestlyers. Notably, Longhorn veteran Townley Haas<\/strong> was only 1:38.68 in that race, good enough for fifth.<\/p>\n Texas Junior Joanna Evans<\/strong> started a sweeping trend for the Lady Longhorns with her double victories in the 1000 and 500 freestyles. swam away with a victory on Friday in the women\u2019s 1000-yard freestyle. Evans posted a 9:45.84 which is the fastest time in the Big-12 conference so far this year. Evans was able to hold off freshman teammate, Evie Pfeifer<\/strong>, by swimming a 4:46.64 while Pfeifer was right behind in 4:46.96.<\/p>\n Senior Rebecca Millard<\/strong> dominated the women\u2019s sprint events by winning both the 50 and 100 freestyles. Millard was 22.86 in the 50-yard freestyle, which was good enough to earn her the rank of fastest woman in the nation right now. After a diving break, Millard stepped up on the blocks yet again, this time turning in a 49.71 in the 100 freestyle, a time which put her more than a second ahead of the rest of the field and the only woman to break 50 seconds. Other Lady Longhorn victories consisted of Junior Remedy Rule<\/strong>\u2019s swift 53.51 in the 100-yard butterfly and Sophomore Claire Adams<\/strong>\u2019 52.52 in the 100-yard backstroke.<\/p>\n On Saturday, the Texas men continued their struggle to win. Similar to Friday\u2019s results, the Longhorn men only won a single individual event and not a single relay.<\/p>\n Ryan Harty<\/strong> and Jonathan Roberts<\/strong> went 1-2 for the Longhorns in the men\u2019s 200-yard backstroke. Harty earned a top time in the nation, so far this season with a 1:44.93, while Roberts was close behind in 1:45.69.<\/p>\n Roberts almost brought UT\u2019s total win tally up to three this weekend by narrowly missing a victory in the 400-yard IM. IU\u2019s Mohamed Hassas was able to hold off Roberts by posting a 3:50.02, to Roberts\u2019 3:50.13.<\/p>\n The Lady Longhorns continued their strong weekend in The Swamp. Freshman Pfeifer swum away with her first individual collegiate win in the women\u2019s 400-yard IM in a time of 4:13.90. Millard, after winning the 50 and 100 freestyles on Friday, was able to defend her 100-freestyle victory again today. The UT senior swam a 49.61, just .10 faster than yesterday but an impressive performance and the only woman to break 50 seconds, for the second time this meet.<\/p>\n Continuing with the Longhorns\u2019 Saturday streak of success Evans was the second lady Longhorn to win the same event twice this weekend. This time, Evans won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:47.27, about a second ahead of yesterday\u2019s second place finisher, Ault who turned in a time of 4:48.47.<\/p>\n Adams and Carrozza gave the UT women and 1-2 punch in the 200-yard backstroke. Adams edged Carrozza by just .04 with her 1:56.04 to Carrozza\u2019s 1:56.08.<\/p>\n Complete results are available on Meet Mobile as UF vs. Indiana & Texas.<\/p>\n The Kansas women hosted a two-day tri-meet this weekend with some speedy performances taking place.<\/p>\n Scores\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Missouri State University (W) 267.00-85.00 University of South Dakota<\/p>\n Kansas 275.00-77.00 University of South Dakota<\/p>\n Missouri State University (W) 188.00- 164.00 Kansas<\/p>\n The Lady Jayhawks only secured one win on Friday, the 100-yard breaststroke. Their champion was Hayley Downey<\/strong>, who turned in a time of 1:05.14.<\/p>\n Despite only one win under their belt, the Jayhawks were able to swim many close races. In the 200-yard freestyle, it took a 1:52.31 from Missouri State\u2019s Liberty Howell to win the races and a 1:52.46 Missouri State\u2019s Sydney Zupan<\/strong> from or second, but right behind Zupan was Kansas Freshman Jenny Nusbaum<\/strong> in 1:52.50.<\/p>\n Freshman Ellie Flanagan<\/strong> was able to secure a third-place finish for the Jayhawks in the 200-yard butterfly. Flanagan was 2:06.76, exactly a second behind the 2:05.76 turned in by Missouri State\u2019s Emma Wall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In the 50 freestyle, teammates Hayley Bishop<\/strong> and Lauryn Parrish<\/strong> tied for third with a pair of 24.47\u2019s.<\/p>\n In the final event of the evening, the 800-freestyle relay, the Kansas women were able to earn a 2-3 finish with times of 7:39.46 and 7:56.12, respectively.<\/p>\n On Saturday, the KU women came back with a vengeance, coming off of Friday\u2019s session with just one victory, KU was able to earn three victories.<\/p>\n One of those victories was the 200-yard freestyle relay, where the lady Jayhawks won by nearly a second and a half, over Missouri State.<\/p>\n Further displaying their sprint-free dominance, KU secured a 1-2-3-4 finish in the 100-yard freestyle. Nusbaum led the way for the Jayhawks in a 52.24, followed closely by teammates Taylor Sieperda<\/strong>, Carly Straight<\/strong> and Breonna Barker<\/strong> who turned in times of 52.81, 52.99 and 53.24, respectively.<\/p>\n Downey swept the breaststroke events for Kansas by winning the 200, on top of her win in the 100 yesterday. Downey, swimming a 2:20.80 for the win, was the only swimmer to go under 2:22.<\/p>\n In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the Kansas women, comprised of the same four women who swept the 100 freestyle earlier in the meet, dominated the field by putting together a 3:29.03, ahead of Missouri State’s squad and their own B Relay.<\/p>\n Full results are available on Meet Mobile as “Missouri State-South Dakota-Kansas”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By, Jason Tillotson The University of Texas men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving teams traveled to Gainesville, Florida to take on the Florida Gators and in the Indiana Hoosiers in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4285,"featured_media":281212,"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":[],"class_list":["post-281207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nKansas (women) vs. Missouri State & South Dakota<\/h2>\n