Men's Swimming and Diving wins six events in unscored exhibition against Arizona, SMU
Feb. 2, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas collected six victories in its unscored meet against Arizona and SMU Saturday at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. The Longhorns defeated Arizona and SMU in the meet's scored portion on Friday. Freshman Sam Lewis started things off with a win in the 1,650-yard freestyle in 15 minutes, 11.55 seconds. Senior Cole Cragin finished off a strong weekend of swimming by claiming the 100 backstroke in 48.02. Sophomore Kip Darmody took on a sprint event and came away with a 50 freestyle victory in 20.30. Freshman Ben Anderson followed suit by claiming the 100 freestyle in 44.42. Junior Keegan Severns clocked 2:03.95 to take the 200 breaststroke, and senior Austin Surhoff produced a 200 individual medley victory in 1:45.03. Senior Dax Hill turned in an impressive time of 1:46.67 for second place.
Redshirt sophomore Will Chandler paced the Texas divers by taking second in the
platform event with 403.20 points. Sophomore Myles Herzog took fifth with 299.45
points.
Texas hosts the Big 12 Championships beginning Wednesday, Feb. 27 at the Texas Swimming Center. |
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