2015 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, February 25 – Saturday, February 28
- Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center – University of Texas
- Prelims 10 AM / Finals 6 PM (Central Time)
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
Women Scores Through Day 3
- Texas – 745.5
- Iowa State – 413.5
- Kansas – 366
- West Virginia – 315
- TCU – 294
Men Scores Through Day 3
- Texas – 741
- TCU – 505
- West Virginia – 447
Women’s 200 Back – Finals
Texas sophomore Tasija Karosas has swept the backstroke events this meet, thanks to a 1:52.74, just off an “A” cut. Kansas sophomore Yulduz Kuchkaro came in second (1:56.16), while Iowa State’s Mariss Engel took third in 1:58.00
Men’s 200 Back – Finals
The Texas men went 1-2 in this event. Jack Conger earned a Big 12 meet record with a 1:39.70, while fellow sophomore Will Glass swam a 1:41.66, well under last year’s NCAA invite time in this event. Longhorn junior Ian Lemaistre had the third-fastest swim of the evening out of the B-heat, swimming a 1:42.85. TCU’s Cooper Robinson official came in third with a time of 1:44.29.
Women’s 100 Free – Finals
Texas freshman Rebecca Millard picked up the victory here with a time of 48.84. That’s only 0.02 off the time it took to get an NCAA invite in this event last year. Mimi Schneider was first to the 25, but ultimately came in second in 49.74, a NCAA “B” cut. In third was TCU’s Julia Sanders with a 50.09.
Men’s 100 Free – Finals
Another Texas freshman won this 100 free. This time, it was Brett Ringgold, whose time of 42.82 was exactly .10 faster year’s winning time, and just under the time it took to get a NCAA invite in this event last year. In second was last year’s champion in this event, WVU’s Tim Squires, with a time of 43.43. Two more WVU swimmers, Andrew Marsh (fourth)and Ross Gregg (sixth), were also under 44 seconds, along with Texas swimmers Matt Ellis (third) and Clay Youngquist (fifth).
Women’s 1650 Free
Texas senior Kaitlin Pawlowi and Kansas junior Chelsie Miller both swam to strong NCAA “B” cuts. Pawlowi’s 16:01.92 was less than two seconds off the meet record. Miller’s 16:13.03 was also well under last year’s NCAA invite time.
Men’s 1650 Free
There were only five swimmers in this year’s Texas freshman class, but three of them have already won their first Big 12 titles. Jonathan Roberts followed up Ringgold’s victory in the 100 free with his own victory in this event. Fellow freshman Joseph Schooling’s time in the 100 fly yesterday would have been fast enough to win at any other conference meet in the country. Roberts swam to a 14:53.33 finish tonight, which is a lifetime best for him and would have been good enough for 16th at last year’s NCAA championships. Coupled with Austin Temple’s winning 52.71 in the 100 breast last night, Texas could have four freshman score in March. Texas junior Sam Lewis came in second with a 14:55.39, a time that should get him another NCAA invite this year.
Women’s 200 Breast – Finals
Texas senior Gretchen Jaques led this race from beginning to end, touching in 2:08.94, a solid “B” time, although she already an “A” time with her 100 breast swim from yesterday. In second was Texas sophomore Madisyn Cox with a 2:11.42. Third was Iowa State freshman Kasey Roberts with a 2:11.82.
Men’s 200 Breast – Finals
Only a sophomore, Longhorn Will Licon already has three Texas school records, and tonight he rebroke his own school record in this event with his swim of 1:51.77. After this meet, Licon now holds school records in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and 400 IM. Coming into this morning, the only time faster than that this season was the 1:51.58 Georgia Bulldog Nic Fink swam at the SEC Championships. In second place tonight was Texas freshman Austin Temple with a 1:57.15. Also finishing below the 2:00 mark and NCAA “B” cuts were two WVU swimmers: Max Spencer (1:57.41) and Nate Carr (1:58.87).
Women’s 200 Fly – Finals
The Texas women completed their sweep of tonight’s individual events with senior Kelsey Leneave’s 1:56.21. Kansas junior Chelsie Miller, coming off a second-place finish in the 1650 earlier in the evening, got another second place finish with her time of 1:58.53. Rounding out the top three and “B” cuts was WVU’s Julie Ogden, in a time of 1:59.13.
Men’s 200 Fly – Finals
Joseph Schooling joined his fellow freshmen Ringgold and Roberts as an individual champion tonight, following Temple’s win yesterday. His time of 1:40.59 stands as a Big 12 meet record (Jack Conger‘s time trial Wednesday will not count), second-fastest in school history, and sixth-fastest all-time. That time also keeps him barely ahead of Michigan’s Dylan Bosch, who swam a 1:40.75 tonight at the Big Ten championships. In second was junior John Martens. His 1:43.05 tonight was about a half-second faster than he swam in the time trial Wednesday alongside Conger when he broke the American record in this event, and also was well under last year’s NCAA invite time. Senior Tripp Cooper completed a 1-2-3 sweep for the Texas men, with a time of 1:45.10. TCU freshman Matt Spallas came in fourth with a 1:47.73, and WVU’s Chase Williams placed fifth with a 1:47.99. Both of those times were a “B” cut.
Women’s 400 Free Relay
The Texas “A” relay jumped out to an early lead behind individual 100 free winner Rebecca Millard, and never looked back. The relay of Millard, Tasija Karosas, Mimi Schneider, and Gretchen Jacques finished the relay in 3:17.00. Kansas took second, followed by Iowa State, West Virginia, and Texas Christian, although the Texas “B” relay had the second-fastest time overall.
Men’s 400 Free Relay
With some of the key Texas swimmers not fully rested and unshaven, plus being at the end of a long meet, we weren’t expecting to see any eye-popping times in this relay. And while the Texas “A” relay’s time of 2:52.14 was about what you’d expect, it is worth noting that Brett Ringgold led off in a new personal best time of 42.60, which should sure up his chances of getting a NCAA invite. Matt Ellis’s (42.96) and Clay Youngquist‘s (43.03) splits were pretty much in line with their individual times earlier tonight, and Kip Darmody split a 43.55 after swimming the 200 back earlier this session.
WVU’s relay came in second, not too far behind Texas, with a time of 2:54.04. Notably, Tim Squires anchored this relay in 42.69 after swimming 43.43 earlier this evening. TCU finished third with a time of 3:00.68.
Wrap Up
As expected, both the Texas men and women cruised to Big 12 championships.
Women’s Scores
1. Texas – 1082.5
2. Iowa State – 618.5
3. Kansas – 589
4. West Virginia – 481
5. Texas Christian – 458
Men’s Scores
1. Texas – 1040
2. Texas Christian – 797
3. West Virginia – 736
The Texas men had nine different individual champions, including four of their five freshmen (Ringgold, Roberts, Schooling, Temple). Three other winners were sophomores (Conger, Licon, Smith), suggesting that as strong as this Texas team looks heading into March, it could be even better in a year or two.
Is Texas out there swimming alone? Seems like shame that they don’t have real competition.
Essentially right now they are. WVU is making some big strides in relays. They are getting close in the free relays and I don’t doubt in a few years WVU could win some relays. Andrew Marsh pushed Conger in both the 100 fly and 100 back after putting up 46’s in both. Texas has the domination in swimming but WVU and TCU weren’t added for just swimming. They were added for football and basketball which they have been better than Texas in since being added to the Big 12 🙂
Well I think the teams look very strong. I had hoped for bigger time drops for the women to better their NCAA seeds, but Gretchen Jacques & Madisyn Cox lead the charge as usual. Karosas is improving slowly but surely, and she will be an incredible threat in her junior and senior years more than this year. Concerning not knowing where Denninghoff is and how that will play into relays, she is a big part of that 800 FR.
As for the men, well there is nothing to complain about. They are dominant, and I expect nothing but success for them. Conger is on his game, Schooling continues to reach success in his freshman year, and everyone is stepping… Read more »
I really hope the Texas coaches realize that they need to put Will Licon on their A medley relays. At least 400 medley if not 200. Are they reluctant to because he doesn’t swim the individual 100 breast in his championship meet schedule? Even when not fully rested, he split a half second faster than Temple and a over 1.5 seconds faster than Ganiel (and they were, presumably, fully rested). A little birdie told me that after his 1:51 200 breast, his heart rate was only 160. He is the answer to their relay breaststroke need.
I think there’s a good chance you’ll see him in the finals of the 400 medley relay. Has he ever split under 24 for a 50 breast? I’m guessing they’ll stick with Murray, or go with Temple, in the 200 medley relay.
Thanks for the scoring projection Wethorn, I’d expect some volatility once the Pac 12 conference meet times come in next week. Texas looks incredible this year. Some debate if this may be Eddie’s best team ever. I say not yet…but next year with the recruits they have arriving and the return of their core underclass group, I would say the 2016 Horns have a chance to be the best Texas team ever. Let’s not forget that Peirsol, Hansen and Crocker were three legs of an Olympic gold relay all on the same college team!!
This will be a great NCAA meet. The best team is Eddie and the Cruisers.
Ringgold with a new PB in 42.60 to lead-off Texas relay. Great performance.
However I’m realy disappointed to not see Matt Ellis reach a new level. I thought a few years ago he would quickly become one of the best US sprinters and it doesn’t happen so far. No real improvement since 2012 and his great olympic trials.
The same remark about Clay Youngquist in the 200 free since 2011 and his great junior Pan Pacs.
Overall, great week for Texas boys with a big show from Conger and Schooling.
Now let’s see how Cal will respond next week.
meh, people were saying the same thing going into the last NCAAs, and he scored in all his events then had a huge summer. I think you are falling into the same trap.
Murray went 44 last night in his 100, after going 41 last year… methinks its just lack of rest, not that he is suddenly slow.
tldr: I think the facts don’t support that assertion about Ellis (look at his improvement between his freshman and sophomore years, only thing that didn’t improve has been his 100 LCM free, his SCY swimming is way better, his 50free LCM and 100 fly have made huge improvements).
I do agree with you on Youngquist though.
Is Texas seriously the only original Big 12 team with a men’s swim team (not counting new additions, TCU and West Virginia)? That is ridiculous.
Every school either left the conference (A&M) or disbanded their teams. Personally I’d like to see TTU (Texas tech) get a team again, get 3 in state same conference schools.
I’ve been pre-scoring the NCAA meet for about 10 years and have a pretty good track record (you can look on that other site). My very early cut, looking at just Texas, Florida, Auburn, Georgia and Michigan shows…
1. Texas, 503
2. Florida, 387
3. Michigan, 337
4. Georgia, 306
5. Auburn, 264
I’ll continue to refine this over the next few weeks, adding in Pac 10s, diving zones and time trials. But generally, Texas looks really good.
Haha, are you not allowed to mention college swimming.com on this site?! Oops … Anyway, thanks for providing your scoring, Wethorn! With no real analysis to back my intuition, I totally agree that Texas is looking really good. Im, wondering, though, how their depth will fare in an NCAA environment.
Conger, Schooling, Licon, and Smith are looking really good to score major points at NCAAs, but some of their other big scorers haven’t stepped up yet. What about Youngquist? Murray? Darmody? Others whose name’s I’m not recalling. I think well have a great meet on our hands at the end of March!
>Youngquist? Murray? Darmody?
They will all be faster a NCAAs. Murray was least rested Longhorn this weekend. He did not need to rest.
Basically, the only people who appeared to be fully rested were the guys who really needed it to get cuts: Gustafson, Temple, Ganiel, Martens, Ritter, Munoz, Glass, Lemaistre, Murphy. The only risky people seemed to be Ringgold (but he made it with the 42.60) and Ritter, who now is looking like even if he makes a cut next week, he might get left home. Everyone else looked to be at various states of non-full rest.
They will have to leave a couple home this year. I think they leave Ganiel (if his 52.88 breaststroke even makes it, I think it will). It is hard to leave Gustafson home when he scored last year and is faster this year… but he… Read more »
Until this week, I thought that it was going to be an either/or thing regarding Ganiel and Temple coming to NCAA, but both of their times would have scored last year at NCAA, if they can repeat them. If it comes to a choice, the edge may go to Temple because of his splits in both medley relays.
I’m pretty sure Licon already had he school record in the 200 breast…he rebroke his own record
Thanks for the catch. The live results had the date of the previous record right, but still had Spann listed. Got it fixed now.