UT vs Georgia
Women’s Meet
The Georgia Bulldog women continued their momentum this weekend, winning their second dual meet in as many days defeating the Texas Longhorns by a score of 155-145, after taking out Texas A&M yesterday.
Like Friday, the Bulldogs were led by Hali Flickinger and Brittany Maclean. Maclean won the 1000 free (9:38.35) and 500 free (4:42.74), and Flickinger took the 200 free (1:46.14), 200 fly (1:55.93), and 200 back (1:53.23), showing incredible range. Olivia Smoliga also picked up a pair of wins, claiming the 50 free (22.80) and 100 free (49.80).
Other winners for the Bulldogs were Annie Zhu (200 breast) and Kylie Stewart (100 fly). Georgia dominated the individual events, winning 9 of 12.
Individual event winners for Texas were Tasija Karosas (100 back), Olivia Anderson (100 breast), and Madisyn Cox (400 IM).
Longhorn Meghan Houston picked up both diving wins in the 1-meter and 3-meter events.
Texas took out Georgia by a slim margin in the 200 medley relay, and Georgia triumphed in the 400 free relay.
Men’s Meet
The Longhorn men remain undefeated this season after topping Georgia 170-125.
Texas was led by Will Licon, Jack Conger and Townley Haas, who won two events each. Licon took the 100 (54.56) and 200 breast (1:56.40), Conger took the 100 (47.14) and 200 fly (1:43.65), and Haas won the 200 (1:35.77) and 500 free (4:24.85). Cory Bowersox also claimed both diving wins in the 1-meter and 3-meter events, where Texas went 1-2-3 in both.
Other individual winners for Texas included Clark Smith (1000 free), Brett Ringgold (100 free), and Ryan Harty (200 back).
Georgia managed to pick up just three individual wins, with Taylor Dale winning the 100 back, Michael Trice the 50 free, and Jay Litherland the 400 IM. Matias Koski had a decent day finishing 2nd in both the 200 and 500 freestyle.
Georgia won the 200 medley relay to start the meet, and took the 400 free relay by default as Texas swam the last two events as exhibition.
Side Note: According to Texas Men’s Swimming Social Media, Clark Smith‘s goggles popped off in the 500 free, (where he finished 6th in 4:35.00), and apparently swam another 500 during the break,going 4:20.45, a time that would’ve won the event.
Race videos here
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI9IWEKnGR9leOZrPnOzpGw/videos?sort=dd&view=0&shelf_id=0
It looks like Smith’s entire cap (and presumably goggles) fell off a 50 into the 500.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFZDR31KjLQ
Probably training to medal at the Rio olympics
So, you’re saying there’s a chance Texas will pull it together and have a good NCAA meet?
I find it odd how Clark Smith swam that slow of a time due to a goggle malfunction… As a 4:08 500 freestyler, I don’t think something that small should affect a race to such an extent. With a “break” time of 4:20, he shouldn’t have been more than a few seconds off of that time if his race were to be affected at all! As an elite swimmer, particularly one who has a shot at making the 2016 Olympics, he should be able to perform much better in less than stellar situations.
Well – if you’ve never swam that way before, it might come as a nasty surprise and really throw you off your game.
Hard to believe, but there was a time when we swam 500’s (and 1650’s) with no goggles routinely; I can still remember the first time I swam either WITH goggles and thought, hmm, OK, that now seems incredibly logical (they did get really fogged up – we had no anti fog coatings or treatments, other than spit). Surely not saying it was better, but it is what we did. We also walked to school in the snow uphill both ways (still not sure how that works).
Texas crushes Georgia without Schooling…
Where is schooling
Schooling and others on the team are sick. They’ve had about half of the team sick over the past six weeks or so.
He sat out the meet due to running a fever of 102F (according to his Facebook page). Hopefully he’ll get well and won’t affect his preparations for Rio too much. The upcoming Austin PSS meet may come a little bit too soon though.
He sat out the meet due to running a fever of 102F (according to his Facebook page). Hopefully he’ll get well soon and won’t affect his preparations for Rio too much. The upcoming Austin PSS meet may come a little bit too soon though.