2017 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, February 22 – Saturday, February 25
- Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center- University of Texas
- Prelims 10 AM/ Finals 6 PM (Central Time)
- Defending Champs: Texas (20x) (results)
- Championship Central
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- Women’s Fan Guide / Men’s Fan Guide
Today marks the beginning of the 2017 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships. This meet, unlike many of the other Power 5 NCAA conference championships, will serve as both the men’s and women’s conference meet, and, the team title on each side won’t be as competitive.
However, instead, we get an interesting chance to see how the Texas teams perform; given that they will win the meet easily either way, will they rest and swim for best times, or will they keep their eyes on Nationals in March?
Tonight’s relays will allow us to see the Texas stars (likely including Madisyn Cox, Tasija Karosas, Will Licon, and Olympians Townley Haas, Jack Conger, Clark Smith, Joanna Evans, alongside the great Joseph Schooling) in action for the first time this week.
Women’s 200 Medley Relay – Final
- Meet: 1:36.02 2/22/2012 Texas A&M University Simpson, Larson, Miller, Dittmer
- American: 1:34.15 2/24/2016 Stanford University
- US Open: 1:34.15 2/24/2016 Stanford University Howe, Haase, Hu, Neal
- NCAA D1: 1:34.15 2/24/2016 Stanford University Howe, Haase, Hu, Neal
- Big 12 Conference: 1:36.02 2/22/2012 Texas A & M University Simpson, Larson, Miller, Dittmer
- NCAA A Qualifying: 1:37.21
- NCAA B Provisional: 1:37.71
- Texas (Tasija Karosas, Madisyn Cox, Remedy Rule, Rebecca Millard): 1:35.39
- Kansas (Yulduz Kuchkarova, Haley Downey, Pia Pavlic, Carly Straight): 1:40.03
- Iowa State (Kasey Roberts, Danica Delaquis, Harper Ermswiler, Laura Miksch): 1:40.54
The Texas team of Tasija Karosas, Madisyn Cox, Remedy Rule, and Rebecca Millard won the 200 medley in a new Big 12 conference and meet record, shattering the previous 1:36.02 by two-thirds of a second with 1:35.39. Karosas and Millard put up stellar first and final legs (24.22/21.35), and, compared to the previous Texas A&M mark set by Tess Simpson (24.57), Breeja Larson (26.54), Paige Miller (22.72), and Erica Dittmer (22.19), the two of them cut the most time. Cox split 26.59 and Rule went 23.23.
Second place went to the Kansas team of Yulduz Kuchkarova, Haley Downey, Pia Pavlic, and Carly Straight in 1:40.03, and Iowa State’s Kasey Roberts, Danica Delaquis, Harper Ermswiler, and Laura Miksch got third place in 1:40.54. This will be a big points grab for Kansas, who disqualified this event last year due to an early take-off.
It’s also worth mentioning that Claire Adams put up a 24.57 50 backstroke split to lead the Texas B relay.
Men’s 200 Medley Relay – Final
- Meet: 1:24.23 2/25/2009 University of Texas Taylor, Magruder, Berens, Feigen
- American: 1:22.40 3/27/2015 California
- US Open: 1:22.27 3/29/2013 Michigan Ortiz, Ortiz,Fletcher, Turk
- NCAA D1: 1:22.27 3/29/2013 Michigan Ortiz, Ortiz,Fletcher, Turk
- Big 12 Conference: 1:22.75 3/25/2016 University of Texas Shebat, Licon, Schooling, Murray
- NCAA A Qualifying: 1:25.05
- NCAA B Provisional: 1:25.86
- Texas (John Shebat, Will Licon, Joseph Schooling, Brett Ringgold): 1:24.23
- West Virginia University (Luke Hene, Jake Armstrong, Jack Frasier, Merwane Elmerini): 1:28.71
- TCU (Darian Nezami, Jakub Swierczynski, John Smith, Garret Hills): 1:28.80
The Texas men put up an easy win in the 200 medley relay with 1:24.23. John Shebat led the way with a 21.20 backstroke split, followed by Will Licon with 23.70 for the breast, Joseph Schooling with 20.31 for the fly split, and Brett Ringgold with 19.02 for the freestyle split.
Second place went to West Virginia in 1:28.71 to win a tight battle with TCU (1:28.80). The big split for the Mountaineers was Luke Hene’s 22.70 backstroke, which got the team off to a lead over the Horned Toads that they couldn’t quite make up.
On the Texas C relay, Tate Jackson nearly matched Schooling’s performance with a 20.52 fly split.
Men’s 1M Diving – Final
- Big 12 Conference: 442.70 3/26/2009 Drew Livingston Texas
- Big 12 Meet: 429.00 # 2/26/2014 Michael Hixon Texas
- Mark Anderson, Texas: 398.20
- Michael Proietto, West Virginia: 366.85
- Jacob Cornish, Texas: 342.55
Texas’s Mark Anderson took the win in the men’s 1-meter tonight with 398.20. West Virginia grabbed some crucial points from Michael Proietto, who took silver with 366.85. Third went to Texas’s Jacob Cornish with 342.55.
Women’s 800 Free Relay
- Meet: 6:58.37 2/25/2009 University of Texas Bispo, Gingrich, Riefenstahl, Hersey
- American/US Open: 6:50.18 2/25/2015 California Runge, Pelton, Piehl, Franklin
- NCAA D1: 6:50.18 2/25/2015 California Runge, Pelton, Piehl, Franklin
- Big 12 Conference: 6:56.52 11/30/2016 University of Texas Cox, Evans, Adams, Karosas
- NCAA A Qualifying: 7:05.68
- NCAA B Provisional: 7:08.93
- Texas (Madisyn Cox, Joanna Evans, Claire Adams, Tasija Karosas): 7:00.70
- Kansas (Haley Bishop, Jenny Nusbaum, Sammie Schurig, Madison Straight): 7:14.81
- Iowa State (Keely Soellner, Silqi Luo, Brooke Evensen, Kasey Roberts): 7:19.57
The Texas women took the title in the 800 freestyle tonight with 7:00.70, well off their season-best, a Big 12 record 6:56.52 from November at the Texas Invite. Tonight, the winning time came from the team of Madisyn Cox (1:45.09), Joanna Evans (1:44.27), Claire Adams (1:44.95), and Tasija Karosas (1:46.39).
Kansas took the big second-place points, as Haley Bishop, Jenny Nusbaum, Sammie Schurig, and Madison Straight came together for 7:14.81.
Iowa State’s Keely Soellner, Silqi Luo, Brooke Evensen, and Kasey Roberts were third with 7:19.57.
Notably, the Texas ‘B’ team came in only a two and a half seconds back, with Rebecca Millard (1:45.40) and Lauren Case (1:45.01) posting faster flying-start splits, and Quinn Carrozza posting a faster flat-start split (1:46.27) than some of the ‘A’ relay swimmers. Expect to see the squad shift at NCAAs.
Men’s 800 Free Relay
- Meet: 6:10.55 2/27/2008 University of Texas Walters, McGinnis, Klueh, Berens
- American: 6:10.16 3/27/2009 University of Texas
- US Open: 6:08.03 3/23/2016 University of Texas Conger, Haas, Smith, Schooling
- NCAA D1: 6:08.03 3/23/2016 University of Texas Conger, Haas, Smith, Schooling
- Big 12 Conference: 6:08.03 3/23/2016 University of Texas Conger, Haas, Smith, Schooling
- NCAA A Qualifying: 6:20.67
- NCAA B Provisional: 6:24.50
- Texas (Jack Conger, Jeff Newkirk, Clark Smith, Townley Haas): 6:12.59
- West Virginia (Ryan Kelly, Drew Damich, Trayton Saladin, Chris McMahon): 6:32.00
- TCU (Radu Duican, Tommy Thach, John Smith, Carlos Hunnicut): 6:37.06
The Texas men saw a huge win in the 800 free relay tonight, dropping eight seconds from their seed time (a 6:20.85 from the Texas Invite) to take the title by a massive nearly-twenty-second margin. Jack Conger led the relay off with a flat start that was still the fastest of any of his flying-start teammates with 1:32.54, followed by Jeff Newkirk in 1:32.62, Clark Smith in 1:33.61, and Townley Haas in 1:33.82.
Second went to West Virginia in 6:32.00, and third to TCU in 6:37.06.
Townley Haas has some of the biggest taper drops in recent history. 1:33.82 flying start down to, what, 1:30 low, 1:29 high at NCAAs?
Slow your roll. He’s only a sophomore. Lets see what he does this year. We don’t know that this is a yearly trend yet.
Pleasant surprise from Jeff Newkirk!
Agreed!!! Texas flyer David McClellan?
Yep.
Dean Farris at Ivy’s waiting for his rematch with Haas. 1:31.2 anchor leg was out 42.9
Farris probably won’t A final at NCAAs. Rarely a time drop from Ivy’s to NCAAs.
True, he picked the wrong school… in regards to swimming
He picked the right school… in regards to, you know, school
I mean who do we refer to as a great school in regards to swimming until they have great athletes make it? Holloway and Desorbo were solid coaches and now that they’ve sent kids to NCAA finals and the Olympics they coach at a “great school” in regards to swimming. Bowman is referred to by many as a great coach because of phelps but here we are in year 2 and if the results don’t look phelps-esqe do we question if people are making good choices going to the “right school”? Do great coaches make great athletes or do talented athletes make “great coaches” at the colligate level? What if Harvard becomes a great swimming power again because of the… Read more »
Bob Bowman is a good coach but nowhere near the level of Durden, Reese,Mckeever
WOW Onii-chan! I told you to keep such savagery at home! How will X Swimmer-san ever recover?
Considering he’s dropped 5 seconds in his 200 (so far) his freshman year, suggests he did not pick the wrong school for his swimming career… anyone who pays attention knows a few Ivy schools have excellent track records of developing talent.
That 20.2 from Schooling and 1:33.8 from Haas must have been walks in the park for them.
Oh contraire, I bet their hurting from training like a mother if they’re swimming that slow, particularly Schooling.
Haas should be a 1:29 for a relay split at least. This was like the equivalent of Usain Bolt running a 12
Haas will be 1.29 when it will count. Not the moment now.
Is Grayson Campbell injured? Key points needed from Longhorn divers this year!
No, he just had a bad day. Bad hurdle in reverse twister. He will come back strong for 3m.
Thanks. I really believe diving may be the difference between Horns and Cal this year.
I hope it’s enough!
He failed a dive in finals
Thanks.
For the love of god, someone update Live Results.
Hi. Live results are working for me. You may just need to clear your cache
Seconded. Was having the same problem, but clearing my cache just worked for me.
I should have known. Thanks though.
Ugh, no splits?
Live results must be the only site on the internet that NEVER works unless you clear cache. Can the site owner PLEASE focus a little on user experience?
5 bux per year for meet mobile
Yeah, I had to go check on Meet Mobile. But, with that said. I much prefer checking results on my flat screen computer monitor than my phone.