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Jan. 8, 2010

WHAT:  No. 1 Texas (2-0 dual meets) finishes off its home slate when it hosts No. 10 Georgia (1-3) on Senior Day.

WHEN:  Saturday, Jan. 9 – 11 a.m. Central

WHERE:  Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center – Austin, Texas

LIVE RESULTS: http://www.tsc.utexas.edu/results/index.htm

LAST TIME OUT:  Texas defeated No. 5 Auburn by a 130.5-110.5 count on Jan. 7 in Austin.

LAST TEXAS-GEORGIA MEETING:  Texas won 12 of 16 events on its way to a 169-126 victory over Georgia on Jan. 10, 2009 at UGA’s Gabrielsen Natatorium. 

INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL RANKINGS (Top 20)
50 Freestyle
4. Jimmy Feigen (UT) – 19.74
6. Craig Jennings (UGA) – 19.85
100 Freestyle
3. Jimmy Feigen (UT) – 43.47
5. Dave Walters (UT) – 43.66
18. Craig Jennings (UGA) – 44.23
200 Freestyle
1 Ricky Berens (UT) – 1:34.62
7. Matt Bartlett (UGA) – 1:35.86
500 Freestyle
11. Troy Prinsloo (UGA) – 4:21.93
1,650 Freestyle
4. Andrew Gemmell (UGA) – 15:01.93
7. Troy Prinsloo (UGA) – 15:06.67
16. Jackson Wilcox (UT) – 15:16.85
100 Backstroke
6. Cole Cragin (UT) – 47.58
9. Hill Taylor (UT) – 47.80
200 Backstroke
9. Austin Surhoff (UT) – 1:44.21
100 Breaststroke
10. Scott Spann (UT) – 54.58
18. Eric Friedland (UT) – 54.97
200 Breaststroke
10. Scott Spann (UT) – 1:58.40
11. Eric Friedland (UT) – 1:58.44
100 Butterfly
2. Ricky Berens (UT) – 46.44
14. Hill Taylor (UT) – 47.67
15. Mark Dylla (UGA) – 47.74
200 Butterfly
2. Matt Bartlett (UGA) – 1:43.61
3. Mark Dylla (UGA) – 1:44.03
5. Ricky Berens (UT) – 1:44.98
10. Sam McGraw (UGA) – 1:45.70
200 IM
8. Matt Bartlett (UGA) – 1:46.97
9. Ricky Berens (UT) – 1:47.01
10. Mark Dylla (UGA) – 1:47.13
12. Martin Kata (UGA) – 1:47.57
400 IM
7. Bill Cregar (UGA) – 3:49.63
12. Andrew Gemmell (UGA) – 3:51.73

THE 2009-10 LONGHORNS:  Under the direction of 32nd-year head coach Eddie Reese, the Texas men's swimming and diving roster features a pair of Olympic gold medalists and world champions in seniors Ricky Berens and Dave Walters.  Sophomore Jackson Wilcox joined Berens and Walters to compete at the FINA World Championships over the summer in Rome.  Junior Scott Spann was a finalist in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Beijing Olympics.  UT also returns senior Hill Taylor, a three-time individual All-American at the 2009 NCAA Championships, and sophomore diver Drew Livingston, the 2009 NCAA one-meter diving champion.

The Longhorns return 11 All-Americans from the 2008-09 squad that placed second at the NCAA Championships and earned UT’s 24th top-three NCAA finish under Reese.  CollegeSwimming.com ranks Texas’ class of eight newcomers as the second-best in the nation.  The class features a pair of current and former national high school record holders in Cole Cragin and Nick D’Innocenzo. 

Cragin holds the national mark in the 100-yard backstroke (46.75) and D’Innocenzo once held the national mark in the 200-yard individual medley. 

FOLLOW THE HORNS ON TWITTER:  For news and updates on the Texas men’s swimming and diving program, follow the Longhorns on Twitter at Twitter.com/TexasMSD.  Updates will be posted periodically during the Texas-Georgia meet.