The Longhorns Checklist
\n* Texas took top honors at the 2001 Texas Invitational, Nov. 30-Dec.
\n2 at the Jamail Texas Swim Center in Austin. The Horns posted 719
\npoints in their victory, followed by second-place and
\nnationally-ranked No. 1 Stanford with 598 points.<\/p>\n
* Texas moved up one spot to No. 5 in the latest edition of the
\nCollege Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Top 25 Poll
\nreleased on Dec. 13.<\/p>\n
* The Horns posted a clean sweep of the freestyle relay events at the
\nTexas Invite, taking first in the 200, 400 and 800 races.<\/p>\n
* The Longhorns return seven of 11 All-Americans and 18 of 28
\nletterwinners from the 2000-01 team, which won its third consecutive
\nBig 12 Conference Championship.<\/p>\n
THIS WEEK: The No. 5-ranked University of Texas women's swimming
\nprogram welcomes two top 10 opponents to the Lee and Joe Jamail
\nSwimming Center this weekend as it takes on No. 2 Georgia on Friday,
\nJan. 11 at noon, followed by No. 8 Florida on Saturday, Jan. 12, at
\nnoon. Both meets are open to the public and admission is free.<\/p>\n
RELAY SUCCESS: The Longhorns took control of the relay events during
\nthe 2001 Texas Invitational, posting top finishes in the 200, 400 and
\n800 freestyle relays, with all three quartets tallying NCAA automatic
\nqualifying times. The free relay marks of 1:30.74 in the 200 and
\n7:14.58 in the 800 not only led all relay teams at the Texas Invite,
\nbut are also the nation's fastest collegiate times during 2001-02,
\naccording to Taper & Shave's College Quick 50 released on Jan. 9.
\nUT's 400 free relay time of 3:19.35 is the nation's second fastest
\ncollegiate time.<\/p>\n
BREAKING DOWN GEORGIA: No. 2 Georgia (3-1) was scheduled to compete
\nat Alabama on Jan. 4, but the trip was cancelled due to inclement
\nweather in the southeast. The Bulldogs did not travel to take on the
\nTide, but the schools did conduct a "phone" meet with each team
\nswimming at their respective facilities. The Lady Bulldogs handily
\ndefeated Alabama 165-30, but due to the circumstances surrounding the
\nmeet, the outcome will not be reflected on UGA's won-loss record and
\nis not considered an official meet. Georgia was led by Stefanie
\nWilliams, who posted winning times in the 50 and 200-yard freestyle,
\nas well as leading the 400 free relay team to victory.<\/p>\n
RECENT HISTORY WITH UGA: The last time Texas and Georgia met in dual
\nmeet competition was on Nov. 20, 1999, in Austin, with UGA putting
\ntogether a 173-119 win. Last season, Georgia won the 2001 NCAA
\nChampionship, finishing with 389 points, just ahead second-place
\nStanford with 387.5 points. Texas finished third with 350.5 points.<\/p>\n
BREAKING DOWN FLORIDA: No. 8 Florida (9-0) remained undefeated on
\nthe season after picking up a victory on Jan. 5 against No. 18 Penn
\nState (128-111). Florida took first-place in eight events against
\nthe Nittany Lions, with Meredith Green and Rebecca Harper leading the
\nway. Both Gators swam NCAA qualifying times, with Green timing
\n16:28.09 in the 1,650 freestyle and Harper timing the 200 fly in
\n1:59.65.<\/p>\n
SERIES VS. FLORIDA: Under co-head coach Jill Sterkel, Texas holds a
\n4-5 mark against Florida. The last time the two schools squared off
\nin dual meet action was on Jan. 13, 2001, with the Gators taking a
\n152-148 victory in Gainesville, Fla. The loss was the Horns first of
\nthe 2000-01 season.<\/p>\n
ORANGE-WHITE RECAP: UT returned to action after the holiday break on
\nJan. 5 with its intra-squad Orange-White scrimmage at the Lee and Joe
\nJamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin. The Orange squad got past
\nthe White team, 116-110, but needed a win in the final race of the
\nday to ensure the victory, capturing first in the 200 freestyle relay
\nto clinch the win. All together, a total of four swimmers were
\ndouble-event winners during the meet.<\/p>\n
IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS: Texas moved up one spot to No. 5 in the
\nlatest edition of the CSCAA Top 25, released on Dec. 13. The next
\nset of rankings are scheduled to be released on Jan. 17.<\/p>\n
STELLAR SUMMER FOR WOMEN: Erin Phenix (Cincinatti, Ohio) and Tanica
\nJamison (Dublin, Calif.) competed at meets throughout the summer of
\n2001. The duo teamed to capture the gold medal in the 400-meter
\nfreestyle, touching in a meet record time of 3:43.49, at the U.S.
\nNational Championships (Aug. 14-18). Phenix also won silver medals
\nin the 400 freestyle relay (3:40.80) and 400 medley relay (4:01.81)
\nat the World Championships (July 22-29). Jamison capped off the
\nsummer by taking the gold medal in the 400 freestyle relay at the
\nWorld University Games (Aug. 23-29). The relay time of 3:44.47 broke
\nthe Univeriade meet record of 3:46.41 set by China in 1991. Jamison
\nswam the fastest split time of the four Americans, touching the
\nsecond leg of the relay in 56.10.<\/p>\n
2001 IN REVIEW: With a core group of swimmers led by Colleen Lann\u00e9,
\nthe Texas women's team earned its third consecutive Big 12 Conference
\ntitle and finished third at the 2001 NCAA Championships. This marked
\nthe Longhorns' highest finish at the NCAAs since a third-place
\nshowing in 1995. It was also the 17th top-10 finish for the
\nLonghorns in 18 years at the NCAA Championships. A total of 11 Texas
\nswimmers claimed All-America honors and four NCAA Championship
\ntrophies (two individual\/two relay).<\/p>\n
WOMEN'S CO-HEAD COACH JILL STERKEL: Co-head coach Jill Sterkel enters
\nher 10th season at The University of Texas. In her first nine
\nseasons, she has directed the Longhorns to eight top-10 finishes at
\nthe NCAA Championships, seven conference titles and to two runner-up
\nleague finishes. This includes four top-three finishes at the NCAA
\nChampionships (1993, 1994, 1995, 2001) and three consecutive Big 12
\nConference Championships (1999, 2000 and 2001). Sterkel's Longhorns
\nalso claimed four consecutive Southwest Conference crowns from
\n1993-1996.<\/p>\n
WOMEN'S CO-HEAD COACH MIKE WALKER: Co-head coach Mike Walker is
\nentering his second season at Texas. Following the 2000-01 season,
\nWalker was named the Big 12 Conference women's swimming Co-Head Coach
\nof the Year. His impact was felt immediately last season as the
\nLonghorns finished third at the 2001 NCAA Championships, claiming
\nfour NCAA trophies (two individual\/two relay titles), as well as
\nsetting NCAA records in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. Walker
\njoined the 2000-01 coaching staff after spending the previous six
\nyears at the University of California where he led the Bears to four
\nconsecutive top-10 NCAA finishes (ninth, 1997; eighth, 1998; fifth,
\n1999; fourth, 2000). The fourth-place finish in 2000 was the best in
\nCal history.<\/p>\n
HEAD DIVING COACH: Matt Scoggin begins his eighth year at Texas as
\nthe head diving coach, where he has clearly established UT as one of
\nthe nation's top men's and women's diving programs. A former U.S.
\nOlympic diver and a 2000 USA Olympic men's assistant diving coach,
\nScoggin has been recognized nationally for his outstanding efforts.
\nHe was selected NCAA Women's Diving Coach of the Year in 1996-97,
\n1997-98 and 1998-99, as well as the NCAA Men's Diving Coach of the
\nYear in 2000-01. Additionally, Scoggin is a four-time Big 12
\nConference Women's Diving Coach of the Year and was the 1994-95
\nSouthwest Conference Women's and Men's Diving Coach of the Year.
\nScoggin has also coached the U.S. National Team seven times,
\nincluding his most recent appointment as the head coach of the
\nnational team that competed at the 2001 World Championships in
\nFukuoka, Japan (July 22-29).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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