Texas’s Julia Cook Only Enters 2 Events at NCAAs; Will Likely Swim 5 Relays

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The Texas women appear to be loading up for their relays at NCAAs, with standout sophomore Julia Cook among the big names entered in only two individual events.

Cook swam the 50 free, 100 back and 100 free at NCAAs a year ago, which was her freshman season. She only scored in the backstroke (15th; 51.98), finishing 28th in the 50 free (22.35) and 21st in the 100 free (48.35). So far this season, she ranks 11th nationally in the 100 back (51.27), but has seemingly bypassed the sprint freestyles in favor of the 200 back, where she’s 10th nationally (1:51.62). Cook has also been 22.47 in the 50 free this year, but she only entered the 100/200 backstrokes on the NCAA pre-selection psych sheets.

Swimmers are allowed to swim seven events at NCAAs – up to five relays and up to three individual events. Limiting Cook to two individual entries suggests that Texas will use her on all five of its relays – she’s one of several key swimmers in that boat. (Claire Adams did two individuals last year and will again this year, and freshman Kelly Pash is also in just two individual races). Texas’s relay depth has thinned out a little bit in the absence of Grace Ariola, an individual NCAA scorer last year who swam just one event at Big 12s and does not appear on the NCAA psych sheets in any events.

You can see our story on the pre-selection psych sheets here.

SEE THE FULL PRE-SELECTION NCAA WOMEN’S PSYCH SHEETS HERE