Congratulations to the Texas Longhorns, the 2016 NCAA Men’s Champions

We will update with a team photo as soon as one is available.

The meet wasn’t a perfect one for the Texas Longhorns, and the scoring total was short of being completely maxed out, but the Longhorns were chasing titles and records, and in that quest only one team ever has been more successful.

At the meet’s conclusion, the Texas men walked away with 9 event titles out of 21 events, scoring 541.5 points total. The only team in history with more event titles were the 2001 Longhorns: a team that included Nate Dusing, Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker, Jamie Rauch, Scott Goldblatt, and elite diver Troy Dumais, among others.

The record-run puts them one behind USC with 121 event championships for the fourth-most in NCAA history; as well as with the Michigan Wolverines for the most official NCAA titles in NCAA history. All 12 of those titles have been won under Eddie Reese, which puts him one behind Richard Quick for the most in history by a single head coach across genders, and the most ever in men’s swimming history.

The runners-up from Cal have now placed in the top two at NCAAs each of the last 7 years.

The full roster and staff for the 2016 NCAA Champions are listed below.

Swimmers:

Name Event(s) Class High School/Hometown
Mark Anderson Diving Jr. Lake Forest, CA/El Toro
Safa Anya Breast/Fly Fr. Houston, TX/Lamar
Cory Bowersox Diving Sr. Fairfax, VA/Robinson
Jared Butler Back/IM So. Rockwall, TX/Heath
Jack Conger Back/Fly/Free Jr. Rockville, MD/Our Lady of Good Counsel
P.J. Dunne Mid-D Free Jr. Pensacola, FL./Gulf Breeze
Matt Ellis Free/Fly Sr. Austin, TX/Westlake
Will Glass Fly/Back/IM Jr. Mobile, AL/McGill-Toolen Catholic
Aaron Gustafson Back Sr. Franklin, MA/King Phillip Regional
Townley Haas Free Fr. Richmond, VA/Benedictine
Ryan Harty Back Fr. Gardner, MA/Homeschooled
Hayden Henry Breast/IM Jr. Coppell, TX/Coppell
Max Holter Back/Fly Fr. Fort Collins,CO/Fort Collins
Tate Jackson Sprint Free Fr. Austin, TX/Vista Ridge
Ian LeMaistre Mid-D Free Sr. San Antonio, TX/Alamo Heights
Sam Lewis Distance Free/IM Sr. Tyler, TX/Robert E. Lee
Will Licon Breast/IM Jr. El Paso,TX/Vista Ridge
Liam Lockwood Breast/IM Sr. San Antonio,TX/Churchill
Cory Loria  Mid-D Free Jr. Mansfield, TX/Mansfield
John Martens  Distance Free Sr. Auroro, CO/Grandview
Casey Melzer  Breast/IM Fr. Mars, PA/North Allegheny
John Murray  Free Sr. San Antonio, TX/Churchill
Jeff Newkirk  Free Fr. Chesterfield, VA/Matoaca
Jeremy Nichols  Free Fr. Rockwall, TX/North Mesquite
Sean O’Bien  Diving R-Jr. Concord, MA/Concord Carlisle
Brett Ringgold  Free/Fly So. Keller, TX/Homeschooled
Jonathan Roberts  Back/Free/IM So. Southlake, TX/Carroll
Joseph Schooling  Fly So. Singapore/Bolles
John Shebat  Back Fr. Oak Hill, VA/Oakton
Clark Smith  Free/Fly Jr. Denver, CO/Regis Jesuit
Austin Temple  Breast So. Virginia Beach, VA/Cox
Mason Tenney  Fly/IM Fr. Austin, TX/Lake Travis

Staff:

Name Title
Eddie Reese Head Coach
Kris Kubik Assistant Coach
Matt Scoggin Diving Coach
Wyatt Collins Volunteer Swim Coach
Rick Schavone Volunteer Dive Coach
Ben Rodgers Swimming Manager
Rachel Esabedo Diving Manager

Final Team Standings

1 Texas Texas 541. 50

2 California California 351

3 Florida Florida 334

4 NC State NC State 314

5 Georgia Georgia 239. 50

6 Alabama Alabama 225

7 Tennessee Tennessee 188

8 Missouri Missouri 184

9 Indiana Indiana 180. 50

10 Auburn Auburn 167

11 Louisville Louisville 164. 50

12 Michigan Michigan 158

13 Southern Cali Southern Cali 117

14 Stanford Stanford 112. 50

15 Ohio St Ohio St 91

16 Arizona Arizona 87

17 South Carolina South Carolina 71

18 Wisconsin Wisconsin 53

19 Virginia Tech Virginia Tech 44. 50

20 Minnesota Minnesota 41

21 Brigham Young Brigham Young 40

22 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 31

22 University of Miami University of Miami 31

24 Penn Penn 26

25 Texas A&M Texas A&M 20

26 Air Force Air Force 16

26 UNC UNC 16

28 Virginia Virginia 15

28 Cleveland St Cleveland St 15

30 Oakland Oakland 13

31 Hawaii Hawaii 12

31 Florida St Florida St 12

33 George Washington George Washington 11

33 Yale Yale 11

35 UNLV UNLV 9

35 Univ of Utah Univ of Utah 9

37 Princeton Princeton 8

37 Georgia Tech Georgia Tech 8

39 Duke Duke 7

40 LSU LSU 6

40 Iowa Iowa 6

40 Kentucky Kentucky 6

43 Purdue Purdue 5

44 Penn State University Penn State University 2

44 Cornell Cornell 2

44 Arizona St Arizona St 2

44 Harvard Harvard 2

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bobo gigi
8 years ago

Congrats to Texas, its swimmers and coaches, on a well-deserved win.
Dominant team right now.

Just Keep Swimmin'
8 years ago

Are you freakin’ nuts? It’s not the fault of the rest of the roster that NCAA limits things to 18. They are all champs!!!! There are others on the team that could not go that were either there last year, qualified but could not swim because of NCAA limits, did not get to go for relays as some other team brought (even thought they did not have cuts), etc. No other team in the country can even come close to claiming that.

Coach MM
8 years ago

If Clark Smith was on top of his game, Texas would’ve scored nearly 600 points. Crazy!

Bobloblaw
8 years ago

Anyone break this down by who scored how many points? I’m curious how those who do not score points refer to the win – do they say the are national champions, or do they say they swam with the national champions?

Paswim
Reply to  Bobloblaw
8 years ago

Dude, even the manager is a national champ. If they were there along the way, they’re national champs. That’s how I’d see it

Keep On Swimmin'
Reply to  Bobloblaw
8 years ago

Are you freakin’ nuts? It’s not the fault of the rest of the roster that NCAA limits things to 18. They are all champs!!!! There are others on the team that could not go that were either there last year, qualified but could not swim because of NCAA limits, did not get to go for relays as some other team brought (even thought they did not have cuts), etc. No other team in the country can even come close to claiming that.

Just Keep Swimmin'
Reply to  Bobloblaw
8 years ago

Do those in the college world series or professional world series who are in the dugout but on the team, or those who do not get a hit, hit a home run, or have an RBI Champions? Are players in the Super Bowl or college championship who don’t score a TD or field goal, or those that stay on the sidelines that don’t get in the game champions? Seems like pretty poor logic in the question you asked?

iswimz
8 years ago

a lot of credit should also go to Kris Kublik, that guy is Eddies eyes and ears and he always there behind the swimmers blocks after each race, he deserves a lot more respect than he does, dont think Eddie would be where he is without the help of Kublik

Congrats Horns
Reply to  iswimz
8 years ago

Eddie would be the first person to admit that–followed closely by every past and present swimmer from the program. I do not believe Kris feels under appreciated–typically folks don’t stick around the same job for as long as he has if they do. The Texas team and community know how invaluable Kris is. He doesn’t need blogs or additional praise to validate his impact. He’s busy changing lives and developing men of character that happen to be really freaking fast to boot.

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