The Texas seniors have been through it all.<\/p>\n
They have won a close NCAA championship, lost a close NCAA championship and missed out on a chance at a championship because of a pandemic.<\/p>\n
Coming into the meet, they knew that another epic battle with Cal was on the docket, and only their best could get it done.<\/p>\n
It turns out the Longhorns were about at their best \u2014 great performances by Drew Kibler, Carson Foster, Jake Foster, Luke Hobson, Caspar Corbeau, Cameron Auchinachie<\/strong> and the relays \u2014 but Cal was just a little bit better.<\/p>\n But getting a third chance at a Cal showdown and having a shot going into the final day is something rare in swimming, but Cal and Texas have done this for more than a decade, going 1-2 in some order every year but one in the past decade.<\/p>\n Going into battle together with the team is something the Texas seniors will remember most \u2014 and for the longest.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s funny that you mention that because I was just talking with my roommate, Peter Larson,<\/strong> about that. I\u2019ve been coming into bigger meets thinking, \u2018What will it be like when I tell my kids someday?\u2019\u201d Drew Kibler<\/strong> said. \u201cI\u2019m not really sure, but we had a blast this week. The stuff that we were doing on the eighth floor of our hotel, just messing around, doing the stuff we did all year, and then showing up and giving it our all \u2026 I knew I came into this meet thinking I would be at peace. That\u2019s what\u2019s most important to me, and that\u2019s exactly how I feel right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Kibler isn\u2019t the only Longhorn to feel that way.<\/p>\n \u201cTwenty years in the future, I\u2019m not necessarily going to be thinking about win or loss. I\u2019m just going to think about the positive emotions and memories we created. Being on Texas Men\u2019s Swimming and Diving is a kind of brotherhood that cuts deep,\u201d Caspar Corbeau said. \u201cI personally believe there\u2019s no other team like it.\u201d<\/p>\n