Longhorn Aquatics 11 & Over November Unclassified
- November 10-12, 2023
- University of Texas, Austin, Texas
- Short Course Yards (25 yards), Timed Finals
- Meet Results
USA Swimming National Teamer, Longhorn Aquatics swimmer, and University of Texas commit Jillian Cox helped warm up the pool before this week’s collegiate invite racing at a Longhorn Aquatics hosted meet last week.
She came away with four wins, including a lifetime best in one of her best events, the 500 free.
Results:
- 50 free – 23.91 (1st)
- 100 free – 49.76 (1st)
- 200 free – 1:45.79 (1st)
- 500 free – 4:36.93 (1st)
- 200 fly – 2:01.20 (2nd)
The 500 free was the big one. The swim undercut her previous best time by almost a second – that was done in her last attempt at the swim at Sectionals in March, where she swam 4:37.85 before setting into long course season.
Splitting Comparison:
| Sectionals (March 2023) |
Unclassified Meet (November 2023)
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| 100 | 53.22 | 54.17 | 0.95 |
| 200 | 56.59 | 56.24 | -0.35 |
| 300 | 56.73 | 56.46 | -0.27 |
| 400 | 56.61 | 56.04 | -0.57 |
| 500 | 54.70 | 54.02 | -0.68 |
| Final Time | 4:37.85 | 4:36.93 | -0.92 |
Her splitting was textbook – and her improvement built throughout the race.
The result moves her to 22nd place all-time in the 17-18 age group and breaks the 17-18 South Texas Swimming LSC Record held by Evie Pfeifer, who swam 4:36.96 in 2018. Pfeifer would also go on to swim for Texas, and in 2022 as a senior she placed 5th in this event at the NCAA Championships.
At the time, her swim was the fastest 500 yard free of the 2023-2024 season, jumping USC sophomore Claire Tuggle.
Cox represented Team USA in the 800 free at the World Aquatics Championships, placing 6th in 8:19.73. At US Trials, she was also 9th in the 400 free, 5th in the 1500 free, and 30th in the 200 free.
Other Notable Swims:
- Longhorn Aquatics’ Ava Ippoliti won the 17-18 100 breaststroke in 1:02.42 and Nitro’s Aliana Marakovic won the 15-16 100 breaststroke in 1:03.12. Both of them were new best times, and Ippoliti’s swim is a Winter Juniors cut.
- Andrew Zou, a senior at Longhorn Aquatics committed to Princeton, swam 1:57.75 in the 200 breaststroke and also won the 200 IM in 1:49.50. He added best times in the 50 free (21.31) and 100 free (46.80).
- Another Longhorn Aquatics swimmer Rowan Cox, 16, won six events. That includes a new best time in the 500 free (4:34.28) and 200 back (1:47.21). He’s just a high school sophomore.
She slacked on the 2 IM. Only 2nd place!
Aimee Canny was 4:36.26 in the 5 free last night…
This swim was done several days before that swim.
BK – split comparison – the “final time” should be switched to the correct meet? Or I need more coffee? Or both?
Kinda wild how slow the 500 was in college the past couple years. 4:36 is 22nd all time for 17-18s yet would’ve been 2nd last year??
Women’s 200/500/1650 free have been very slow in recent times in the NCAA, particularly the 500 free
true but changing
You have to go back to 2007 for a slower winning time
2023: 4:36.62
2022: 4:33.24
2021: 4:33.61
2019: 4:31.34
2018: 4:26.57
2017: 4:24.06
2016: 4:31.33
2015: 4:31.54
2014: 4:32.53
2013: 4:34.66
2012: 4:34.48
2011: 4:32.71
2010: 4:34.13
2009: 4:35.17
2008: 4:33.60
2007: 4:36.96
Then before those, Cristina Teuscher was 4:35.45 in ’98, and Janet Evans 4:34.39 in ’90
Women’s 500 is a weak event relatively. The men went through a lull and then people discovered that 4:08 is not other worldly and we are seeing guys pushing the 4:05 barrier. Ledecky just crushed the 500 record and top women swimmers moved to other events. Kind of like how Mary T dominated the 2 fly so hard it took two decades for American women to get into her neighborhood. There has to be some psychology here. Stats people at SS should look at this phenomenon.
Two questions:
1. Isn’t Cox no longer a senior and is doing a gap year? Headline says otherwise.
2. Is there any relation between Rowan and Jillian?
1. She’s still a HS senior even if she’s doing a gap year.
2. No relation
What about Madisyn Cox? I think I spelled her name right. Also from TX, was a great swimmer for UT too.
doesn’t look like Madisyn at all but who knows
Jillian is from Austin, Madisyn is from Lubbock, 6 hours away. TX is so big that its very common for a lot of similar last names lol
Still no relation. Rowan, however, is the son of Texas great Colleen Lanne
No question where he’s gonna go then right…
Colleen swam high school in Tucson near the time UofA was on top. Who knows. Maybe Rowan will decide to go to ASU or UofA. Either way, good luck Rowan and hope you are doing well Colleen!!