Texas Continues March to 2016 Big 12 Championship Titles
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The Texas men and women continued marching toward the 2016 Big 12 Championship titles after day 3 of prelims.
Women’s 400 IM
Texas’ Madisyn Cox continued to have a strong meet. She followed up her outstanding 200 IM from last night with a 4:08.08 to cruise through prelims this morning. Kansas’ Chelsie Miller qualified second in 4:12.97 with Texas’ Nora McCullagh earning the third seed in 4:13.90.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Madisyn Cox JR TEX 4:06.55 4:08.08Bq r:+0.72 26.48 57.03 (30.55) 1:28.48 (31.45) 1:59.22 (30.74) 2:33.93 (34.71) 3:09.81 (35.88) 3:39.47 (29.66) 4:08.08 (28.61) 2 Chelsie Miller KANS 4:12.71 4:12.97Bq r:+0.83 26.69 56.98 (30.29) 1:29.83 (32.85) 2:01.78 (31.95) 2:37.88 (36.10) 3:14.40 (36.52) 3:44.23 (29.83) 4:12.97 (28.74) 3 Nora McCullagh FR TEX 4:16.46 4:13.90Bq r:+0.79 26.72 56.75 (30.03) 1:28.32 (31.57) 1:59.45 (31.13) 2:35.89 (36.44) 3:13.48 (37.59) 3:44.19 (30.71) 4:13.90 (29.71) 4 Maggie D'Innoce JR TEX 4:11.55 4:16.68Bq r:+0.71 27.40 57.92 (30.52) 1:29.79 (31.87) 2:02.24 (32.45) 2:38.58 (36.34) 3:16.33 (37.75) 3:47.35 (31.02) 4:16.68 (29.33) 5 Libby Walker KANS 4:23.99 4:18.46Bq r:+0.82 27.18 57.72 (30.54) 1:30.80 (33.08) 2:03.09 (32.29) 2:41.06 (37.97) 3:19.75 (38.69) 3:49.44 (29.69) 4:18.46 (29.02) 6 Madison Straigh KANS 4:22.02 4:23.56 q r:+0.80 28.20 1:00.23 (32.03) 1:33.43 (33.20) 2:05.76 (32.33) 2:44.20 (38.44) 3:22.92 (38.72) 3:54.36 (31.44) 4:23.56 (29.20) 7 Taylor Gill WVU 4:38.92 4:23.61 q r:+0.73 28.30 1:00.09 (31.79) 1:34.41 (34.32) 2:07.43 (33.02) 2:45.65 (38.22) 3:23.76 (38.11) 3:54.81 (31.05) 4:23.61 (28.80) 8 Catherine Rash SR TCU 4:26.59 4:24.90 q r:+0.73 27.53 58.43 (30.90) 1:33.40 (34.97) 2:08.18 (34.78) 2:46.14 (37.96) 3:24.36 (38.22) 3:55.13 (30.77) 4:24.90 (29.77)
Men’s 400 IM
Texas went 1-2-3-4 in 400 IM qualifying. Jonathan Roberts put up a top time of 3:46.44, while Will Licon (3:47.67), Ryan Harty (3:47.83) and John Martens (3:48.01) turned in the second through fourth seeds.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Jonathan Robert SO TEX 3:44.24 3:46.44Bq r:+0.72 23.69 50.79 (27.10) 1:19.00 (28.21) 1:46.57 (27.57) 2:20.13 (33.56) 2:53.33 (33.20) 3:20.74 (27.41) 3:46.44 (25.70) 2 Will Licon JR TEX 3:45.17 3:47.67Bq r:+0.73 23.89 51.74 (27.85) 1:21.53 (29.79) 1:50.44 (28.91) 2:21.48 (31.04) 2:54.04 (32.56) 3:21.93 (27.89) 3:47.67 (25.74) 3 Ryan Harty FR TEX 3:44.93 3:47.83Bq r:+0.70 23.98 51.36 (27.38) 1:20.81 (29.45) 1:49.82 (29.01) 2:22.50 (32.68) 2:55.18 (32.68) 3:22.38 (27.20) 3:47.83 (25.45) 4 John Martens SR TEX 3:45.13 3:48.01Bq r:+0.74 24.28 51.26 (26.98) 1:20.93 (29.67) 1:49.70 (28.77) 2:22.58 (32.88) 2:55.24 (32.66) 3:22.12 (26.88) 3:48.01 (25.89) 5 Carlos Hunnicut SO TCU 3:55.90 3:49.49Bq r:+0.67 24.38 52.59 (28.21) 1:21.97 (29.38) 1:50.97 (29.00) 2:23.36 (32.39) 2:56.13 (32.77) 3:23.29 (27.16) 3:49.49 (26.20) 6 Nate Carr WVU 3:51.01 3:51.51Bq r:+0.73 24.27 51.81 (27.54) 1:21.21 (29.40) 1:50.10 (28.89) 2:23.03 (32.93) 2:56.49 (33.46) 3:24.32 (27.83) 3:51.51 (27.19) 7 Jared Butler SO TEX B 3:56.80 3:52.88Bq r:+0.87 24.63 52.27 (27.64) 1:22.09 (29.82) 1:51.32 (29.23) 2:24.37 (33.05) 2:57.70 (33.33) 3:25.68 (27.98) 3:52.88 (27.20) 8 Hayden Henry JR TEX B 3:51.65 3:54.41Bq r:+0.78 24.84 53.10 (28.26) 1:23.62 (30.52) 1:54.01 (30.39) 2:26.29 (32.28) 2:58.49 (32.20) 3:27.14 (28.65) 3:54.41 (27.27)
Women’s 100 fly
Texas’ Mimi Schneider raced her way to a 52.54 to top qualifying in the 100 fly. Kansas’ Pia Pavlic moved into second with a 54.15, while Texas’ Brynne Wong checked in with a 54.18 for third.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Mimi Schneider SO TEX 53.02 52.54Bq r:+0.68 24.18 52.54 (28.36) 2 Pia Pavlic KANS 54.79 54.15Bq r:+0.83 25.27 54.15 (28.88) 3 Brynne Wong JR TEX 53.96 54.18Bq r:+0.73 25.01 54.18 (29.17) 4 Haley Bishop KANS 54.48 54.33Bq r:+0.84 25.73 54.33 (28.60) 5 Remedy Rule FR TEX 54.08 54.53 q r:+0.71 25.15 54.53 (29.38) 6 Jaimee Gillmore WVU 55.42 55.08 q r:+0.73 25.86 55.08 (29.22) 7 Kaylee Kucera SR ISU 56.15 55.78 q r:+0.67 25.82 55.78 (29.96) 8 Hannah Angell KANS 57.20 55.90 q r:+0.70 26.48 55.90 (29.42)
Men’s 100 fly
Texas set themselves up for a big night in the 100 fly. Will Glass snared the top seed in 46.28 with Joseph Schooling taking second in 46.41. West Virginia’s Andrew Marsh qualified third in 46.59.
Jack Conger (46.82), Tate Jackson (46.94) and Brett Ringgold (47.32) also qualified for a high-powered finale.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Will Glass JR TEX 46.24 46.28Bq r:+0.74 21.36 46.28 (24.92) 2 Joseph Schoolin SO TEX 44.98 46.41Bq r:+0.66 22.13 46.41 (24.28) 3 Andrew Marsh WVU 47.33 46.59Bq r:+0.66 21.49 46.59 (25.10) 4 Jack Conger JR TEX 45.19 46.82Bq r:+0.68 22.10 46.82 (24.72) 5 Tate Jackson FR TEX 48.63 46.94Bq r:+0.74 21.16 46.94 (25.78) 6 Brett Ringgold SO TEX 46.82 47.32Bq r:+0.74 22.08 47.32 (25.24) 7 Max Holter FR TEX B 48.61 47.36Bq r:+0.79 22.09 47.36 (25.27) 8 Garrett Hills JR TCU 48.22 47.47Bq r:+0.63 22.03 47.47 (25.44)
Women’s 200 free
Texas’ Quinn Carrozza threw down a 1:45.23 to pick up the top seed. Kansas’ Haley Molden checked in with a second-seeded 1:49.00, while Sammie Hashbarger put up the third-fastest time of 1:49.30 as part of the non-scoring Texas B squad.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Quinn Carrozza FR TEX 1:45.83 1:45.23Bq r:+0.77 24.40 50.90 (26.50) 1:17.93 (27.03) 1:45.23 (27.30) 2 Haley Molden KANS 1:49.41 1:49.00 q r:+0.75 25.74 53.45 (27.71) 1:21.39 (27.94) 1:49.00 (27.61) 3 Sammie Hashbarg SO TEX B 1:50.47 1:49.30 q r:+0.75 25.83 53.44 (27.61) 1:21.57 (28.13) 1:49.30 (27.73) 4 Silqi Luo SO ISU 1:50.27 1:49.39 q r:+0.75 25.92 53.66 (27.74) 1:21.63 (27.97) 1:49.39 (27.76) 5 Joanna Evans FR TEX 1:47.30 1:50.01 q r:+0.82 25.87 53.55 (27.68) 1:21.97 (28.42) 1:50.01 (28.04) 6 Mikayla Winkler SR TCU 1:52.14 1:50.29 q r:+0.69 26.09 53.78 (27.69) 1:21.79 (28.01) 1:50.29 (28.50) 7 Amelie Currat WVU 1:53.87 1:50.34 q r:+0.75 26.07 54.01 (27.94) 1:22.23 (28.22) 1:50.34 (28.11) 8 Catherine Maxey FR TCU 1:53.94 1:50.63 q r:+0.82 25.99 53.88 (27.89) 1:22.32 (28.44) 1:50.63 (28.31)
Men’s 200 free
PJ Dunne, swimming for the non-scoring Texas B team, clocked the top time in prelims with a time of 1:34.55. Texas’ Townley Haas posted a second-fastest time of 1:35.28 with Jeff Newkirk of Texas posting a 1:35.44.
=== Preliminaries === 1 PJ Dunne JR TEX B 1:35.59 1:34.55Bq r:+0.68 22.05 45.63 (23.58) 1:10.14 (24.51) 1:34.55 (24.41) 2 Townley Haas FR TEX 1:33.38 1:35.28Bq r:+0.76 22.13 46.47 (24.34) 1:10.81 (24.34) 1:35.28 (24.47) 3 Jeff Newkirk FR TEX 1:35.86 1:35.44Bq r:+0.68 22.55 46.62 (24.07) 1:10.82 (24.20) 1:35.44 (24.62) 4 Ross Glegg WVU 1:40.43 1:37.82Bq r:+0.71 22.66 47.41 (24.75) 1:12.55 (25.14) 1:37.82 (25.27) 5 Leonardo Sanche FR TCU 1:39.09 1:38.22 q r:+0.75 22.96 47.72 (24.76) 1:12.88 (25.16) 1:38.22 (25.34) 6 Sam Lewis SR TEX 1:40.21 1:38.96 q r:+0.68 22.97 47.81 (24.84) 1:13.23 (25.42) 1:38.96 (25.73) 7 Tommy Thach FR TCU 1:38.90 1:39.05 q r:+0.66 23.15 47.76 (24.61) 1:13.03 (25.27) 1:39.05 (26.02) 8 Jack McLaughlin FR TCU 1:41.57 1:39.44 q r:+0.66 23.58 48.74 (25.16) 1:14.19 (25.45) 1:39.44 (25.25)
Women’s 100 breast
Texas’ Olivia Anderson led a 1-2-3 in qualifying with Anderson posting a 1:00.93. Jordan Surhoff (1:01.17) and Bethany Leap (1:02.43) snagged second and third out of prelims.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Olivia Anderson FR TEX 1:00.21 1:00.93Bq r:+0.80 28.74 1:00.93 (32.19) 2 Jordan Surhoff JR TEX 1:00.06 1:01.17Bq r:+0.74 28.49 1:01.17 (32.68) 3 Bethany Leap SO TEX 1:02.09 1:02.43Bq r:+0.78 29.70 1:02.43 (32.73) 4 Kasey Roberts SO ISU 1:02.53 1:02.60 q r:+0.79 29.42 1:02.60 (33.18) 5 Gretchen Pocisk KANS 1:04.29 1:03.13 q r:+0.65 29.74 1:03.13 (33.39) 6 Emma Harris WVU 1:07.27 1:03.15 q r:+0.80 29.80 1:03.15 (33.35) 7 Bryce Hinde KANS 1:03.55 1:03.33 q r:+0.67 29.80 1:03.33 (33.53) 8 Danica Delaquis SO ISU 1:03.58 1:03.45 q r:+0.69 29.99 1:03.45 (33.46)
Men’s 100 breast
TCU’s John Story provided the first non-Texas top seed of the day with a 53.80 in the 100 breast. Texas’ Austin Temple turned in a second-seeded time of 54.23 with Liam Lockwood of the non-scoring Texas B squad posting the third-fastest time of 54.28.
=== Preliminaries === 1 John Story SR TCU 55.51 53.80Bq r:+0.67 25.01 53.80 (28.79) 2 Austin Temple SO TEX 53.94 54.23Bq r:+0.70 25.44 54.23 (28.79) 3 Liam Lockwood SR TEX B 56.01 54.28Bq r:+0.70 25.60 54.28 (28.68) 4 Casey Melzer FR TEX B 55.70 54.43Bq r:+0.69 25.60 54.43 (28.83) 5 Max Spencer WVU 55.14 54.69Bq r:+0.69 26.03 54.69 (28.66) 6 Jake Armstrong WVU B 57.25 55.09Bq r:+0.59 25.91 55.09 (29.18) 7 Aidan Fumagalli WVU 56.51 55.73 q r:+0.66 26.43 55.73 (29.30) 8 Jake Iotte WVU 59.03 56.04 q r:+0.66 26.55 56.04 (29.49)
Women’s 100 back
Texas’ Tasija Karosas raced her way to the top seed in a time of 52.30 with Kansas’ Yulduz Kuchkaro posting a second-seeded 54.21. Iowa State’s Kaylee Kucera clocked in with a 54.62 for the third seed.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Tasija Karosas JR TEX 52.51 52.30Bq 25.28 52.30 (27.02) 2 Yulduz Kuchkaro KANS 53.09 54.21Bq 26.26 54.21 (27.95) 3 Kaylee Kucera SR ISU 56.17 54.62Bq 26.52 54.62 (28.10) 4 Courtney Miller WVU 55.58 54.89Bq 26.15 54.89 (28.74) 5 Rebecca Baxley JR TEX 54.41 55.00Bq 26.66 55.00 (28.34) 6 Amelie Currat WVU 56.17 55.01Bq 27.19 55.01 (27.82) 7 Madison Ibrahim FR TCU 56.09 55.15 q 26.91 55.15 (28.24) 8 Maggie Miller WVU 56.66 55.26 q 27.10 55.26 (28.16)
Men’s 100 back
Texas’ Jack Conger raced his way to a 47.45 for the top seed. West Virginia’s Andrew Marsh picked up the second seed in 47.58 with Ian Lemaistre of the non-scoring Texas B squad clocked a 47.97.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Jack Conger JR TEX 46.86 47.45Bq 23.41 47.45 (24.04) 2 Andrew Marsh WVU 47.01 47.58Bq 23.16 47.58 (24.42) 3 Ian Lemaistre SR TEX B 47.79 47.97Bq 23.12 47.97 (24.85) 4 Aaron Gustafson SR TEX B 50.09 48.06Bq 23.73 48.06 (24.33) 5 John Shebat FR TEX 46.67 49.04 q 23.63 49.04 (25.41) 6 Leonardo Sanche FR TCU 50.25 49.38 q 24.01 49.38 (25.37) 7 Darian Nezami SO TCU B 50.90 49.78 q 24.12 49.78 (25.66) 8 Jay Hickey WVU 51.68 49.85 q 24.25 49.85 (25.60)