Texas Longhorns v. Texas A&M Aggies Dual Meet – Live Recap

TEXAS A&M V. TEXAS

  • Friday, October 30th, 2020
  • 4:30pm CT
  • Austin, TX
  • Short Course Yards (SCY)
  • Results (also on Meet Mobile: Texas Men & Women vs. TAMU)

The Texas Longhorns face-off with the Texas A&M Aggies in Austin this evening in a dual with both the men’s and women’s programs. Follow along here with live updates event-by-event.

200 MEDLEY RELAY

WOMEN

  1. Texas A – 1:37.87
  2. Texas B – 1:42.34
  3. A&M A – 1:42.98

The Longhorn women are out firing on all cylinders. They 1-2’d this one, with their A going 1:37.87 and their B a 1:42.34. Junior Julia Cook was 24.90 leading off, followed by a 27.20 breast and 23.58 fly from freshmen Anna Elendt and Olivia Bray, respectively, and a 22.19 anchor from sophomore Bridget Semenuk.

A&M is in rebuilding mode, but freshman standout Chloe Stepanek was 22.44 on the end of their A relay, a huge split given her lifetime best is a 22.87.

MEN

  1. Texas A – 1:26.83
  2. A&M A – 1:28.45
  3. Texas B – 1:29.62

Shaine Casas was strong leading off A&M’s A with a 21.73, but the Aggies couldn’t hang with Texas past that. Chris Staka wasn’t far back for the Longhorns at 22.08 leading off, then Charlie Scheinfeld split 24.29 to out-split A&M’s Tanner Olson (24.59) and Texas B relay’s Caspar Corbeau (24.32) and Alvin Jiang sliced a 20.95 fly leg. On the end, Daniel Krueger torched the field with a 19.51 anchor.

1000 FREE

Women

  1. Evie Pfeifer (Texas) – 9:52.83
  2. Camryn Toney (A&M) – 9:58.27
  3. Mary Smutny (Texas) – 10:12.30

Evie Pfeifer of Texas and Camryn Toney of A&M both sailed under the ten-minute mark, with Pfeifer winning by almost six seconds over Toney. Sophomore Mary Smutny of Texas pulled in at third (10:12.30) ahead of A&M’s Mollie Wright (10:15.18).

Men

  1. JT Larson (Texas) – 9:09.77
  2. Parker Neri (Texas) – 9:14.95
  3. Alex Zettle (Texas) – 9:22.28

This was all Texas, as they went 1-2-3-4 with Matthew Tannenberger snagging fourth in 9:24.14. No David Johnston here, the freshman breakout star who broke Bobby Finke‘s 17-18 NAG record in the 1000 free two weeks ago at the Texas First Chance Invite.

200 FREE

Women

  1. Kelly Pash (Texas) – 1:46.42
  2. Chloe Stepanek (A&M) – 1:47.10
  3. Bridget Semenuk (Texas) – 1:47.41

Stepanek clocked a 1:46.7 last week to earn her the Dolfin Swim of the Week, but Texas’s Kelly Pash got the job done here.

Men

  1. Drew Kibler (Texas) 1:34.90
  2. Carson Foster (Texas) – 1:36.53
  3. Mark Theall (A&M) – 1:38.95

The men’s 200 free was all Texas, or really just all Drew Kibler, who posted a 1:34.90  to take this one easily over freshman star Carson Foster (1:36.53) and A&M’s Mark Theall (1:38.95).

The only other man under 1:40 here was Longhorn Jake Sannem (1:39.40).

100 BACK

Women

  1. Julia Cook (Texas) – 53.09
  2. Sydney Silver (Texas) – 56.35
  3. Kara Eisenmann (A&M) – 56.60

Men

  1. Shaine Casas (A&M) – 46.27
  2. Alvin Jiang (Texas) – 47.53
  3. Austin Katz (Texas) – 48.94

Shaine Casas broke through for the first A&M victory tonight, dominating this field with a 46.27 for the win. Alvin Jiang cruised to second in 47.53, followed by Austin Katz at 48.94.

100 BREAST

Women

  1. Anna Elendt (Texas) – 1:00.82
  2. Emme Nelson (A&M) – 1:03.21
  3. Charlotte Longbottom (A&M) – 1:03.82

It was a trio of freshmen on top here, with German national Anna Elendt again proving to be one of the biggest NCAA newcomers with another 1:00. She follows up her 1:00.30 from the Dust Your Boots Off meet two weeks ago with another very strong early-season swim.

Men

  1. Caspar Corbeau (Texas) – 54.37
  2. Charlie Scheinfeld (Texas) – 54.73
  3. Andres Puente (A&M) – 55.03

This was a tight one, and Corbeau rose up from the B relay medley breast leg to the event winner in the 100 breast. His teammate, Scheinfeld, settled for second at 54.73, with A&M sophomore Andres Puente right behind (55.03). Olson, the A&M A medley relay breaststroker, wasn’t far back at fourth (55.23).

200 FLY

Women

  1. Jing Quah (A&M) – 1:57.85
  2. Emma Sticklen (Texas) – 1:58.29
  3. Taylor Pike (A&M) – 1:58.57

A&M got their first win on the women’s side courtesy of Jing Quah, who nailed down a 1:57.85. Her teammate Taylor Pike nearly made this an Aggie 1-2 at 1:58.57, but Longhorn freshman Emma Sticklen secured second place with a 1:58.29. Another Longhorn first-year, Olivia Bray, snagged fourth at 1:59.61.

Men

  1. Sam Pomajevich (Texas) – 1:46.60
  2. Andrew Koustik (Texas) – 1:47.00
  3. Jake Foster (Texas) – 1:47.07

Texas crashed the scoreboard with this one, claiming first through fourth (Coby Carrozza at 1:47.64).

50 FREE

Women

  1. Bridget Semenuk (Texas) – 22.70
  2. Chloe Stepanek (A&M) – 23.17
  3. Grace Cooper (Texas) – 23.49

Semenuk was the only women under 23 in the 50 free, clocking a 22.70, which improves upon her season-opening 22.98 from two weeks ago. Stepanek was second once again, going 23.17 ahead of Longhorn freshman Grace Cooper (23.49).

Men

  1. Daniel Krueger (Texas) – 19.73
  2. Clayton Bobo (A&M) – 20.83
  3. Kraig Bray (A&M) – 21.08

This race wasn’t much of a contest, as Krueger blew in under twenty seconds to post a 19.73, over a full second ahead of the next-best finisher.

100 FREE

Women

  1. Kelly Pash (Texas)- 49.53
  2. Chloe Stepanek (A&M) – 49.85
  3. Kyla Leibel (Texas) – 50.99

Pash again was able to deny Stepanek a win as both women slipped under the 50-second barrier. Pash was quicker than the 49.79 flying start relay split she posted two weeks ago.

Men

  1. Drew Kibler (Texas) – 43.83
  2. Jake Sannem (Texas) – 45.44
  3. Mark Theall (A&M) – 45.77

Kibler followed up his 200 free win with another sprint blow-out, the only finisher under 45 seconds with a 43.83 here. Theall nearly snuck in for second, but it was Longhorn Sannem in first at the wall.

200 BACK

Women

  1. Julia Cook (Texas) – 1:57.96
  2. Sydney Silver (Texas) – 2:02.74
  3. Kara Eisenmann (A&M) – 2:03.07

The Longhorns went 1-2 in the 200 back, led by junior Cook at 1:57.96, the only finisher under two minutes. Longhorn freshman Sydney Silver got up to snag second in 2:02.74.

Men

  1. Shaine Casas (A&M) – 1:42.85
  2. Carson Foster (Texas) – 1:45.14
  3. Austin Katz (Texas) – 1:46.86

Casas had no trouble disposing of the field in this race, adding another Aggie win to follow-up his 100 back victory. He was 23.8 going out then held 26s, descending from 26.5 to 26.4 to 26.1 on the final 50. Foster nabbed second in 1:45.14 ahead of Katz (1:46.86).

200 BREAST

Women

  1. Anna Elendt (Texas) – 2:12.85
  2. Emme Nelson (A&M) – 2:16.65
  3. Desirae Mangaoang (A&M) – 2:18.12

It’s another freshman podium, and Elendt led again at 2:12.85. Nelson lopped a few-tenths from her season best, and Aggie first-year Desirae Mangaoang swooped in for third (2:18.12).

Men

  1. Caspar Corbeau (Texas) – 1:58.04
  2. Andres Puente (A&M) – 1:58.51
  3. Jake Foster (Texas) – 1:59.77

Puente nearly stole away another win for the Aggies here, but Corbeau held strong, touching at 1:58.04.

Also getting under two minutes was Scheinfeld at 1:59.90 for fourth.

500 FREE

Women

  1. Evie Pfeifer (Texas) – 4:43.75
  2. Camryn Toney (A&M) – 4:56.02
  3. Mary Smutny (Texas) – 5:00.74

Pfeifer really smacked the field around in this race, blasting a 4:43.75 to win by over 12 seconds. This appears to be her first-ever dual meet performance under 4:45.

Men

  1. Coby Carrozza (Texas) – 4:22.79
  2. JT Larson (Texas) – 4:28.13
  3. Alex Zettle (Texas) – 4:29.26

Another sweep for the Longhorns, this time with freshman Carrozza taking this one by half a pool-length at 4:22.79.

100 FLY

Women

  1. Emma Sticklen (Texas) – 53.59
  2. Olivia Bray (Texas) – 53.62
  3. Jing Quah (A&M) – 54.84

The Longhorn freshman butterfliers duked this out, with Sticklen prevailing over Bray by three-hundredths.

Men

  1. Alvin Jiang (Texas) – 47.79 EXH
  2. Sam Pomajevich (Texas) – 48.16 EXH
  3. Jace Brown (A&M) – 48.63

The Longhorn men began exhibitioning top swims here, meaning A&M’s Brown technically won this one in 48.63. Jiang put up the quickest time, though, at 47.79.

200 IM

Women

  1. Kelly Pash (Texas) – 1:58.75 EXH
  2. Evie Pfeifer (Texas) – 1:59.40 EXH
  3. Jing Quah (A&M) – 2:01.64

Though exhibitioned, Pash and Pfeifer both broke 2:00 for Texas, with Pash taking her third event with a 1:58.75.

Men

  1. Shaine Casas (A&M) – 1:44.87
  2. Carson Foster (Texas) – 1:47.61 EXH
  3. Jake Foster (Texas) – 1:49.06 EXH

Casas doesn’t budge, throwing down a 1:44.87 to rout the field here and collect his third victory. He’ll be the only Aggie on the men’s side, swimming-wise, with a win today, apart from Brown’s 100 fly win due to exhibitions. C. Foster nabbed second once again, going 1:47.61.

400 FREE RELAY

Women

  1. Texas A – 3:20.30
  2. Texas B – 3:27.03
  3. A&M B – 3:33.39

The Texas women closed out a big victory today with another relay win, their A nearly cracking 3:20. Key splits for them on that relay were Cook’s 49.20 second leg and Leibel’s 49.91 anchor leg. Semenuk led off in 50.78 and Bray split a 50.41 on the third leg.

Men

  1. Texas A – 2:55.24
  2. Texas B – 3:01.17
  3. A&M A – 3:01.74

It’s Texas on top one last time in the pool, as the A relay soared to a win with a big 2:55.24. Krueger lit it up with a 43.07 lead-off, followed by Sannem (44.38), Carrozza (44.30) and Kibler (43.49).

Peter Larson (44.7) and Katz (44.8) had solid splits on the Longhorns’ B relay, too.

1-MTR DIVING

Women

  1. Bridge O’Neil (Texas) – 325.35
  2. Paola Pineda (Texas) – 324.23
  3. Jordan Skillen (Texas) – 303.75

Men

  1. Jordan Windle (Texas) – 438.15
  2. Noah Duperre (Texas) – 350.10
  3. Andrew Harness (Texas) – 333.60

3-MTR DIVING

Women

  1. Charlyle Campbell (A&M) – 369.08
  2. Bridget O’Neil (Texas) – 358.20
  3. Paola Pineda (Texas) – 352.73

Men

  1. Jordan Windle (Texas) – 456.90
  2. Andrew Harness (Texas) – 410.18
  3. Noah Duperre (Texas) – 404.48

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Austinpoolboy
3 years ago

Still no swims for Vines or Willenbring?
Any word why?

Swimmer
Reply to  Austinpoolboy
3 years ago

Also Jason Park…

Texas A&M Swim Fan
Reply to  Swimmer
3 years ago

I don’t see Jason Park listed on the 2020-2021 roster as it is posted on their website.

1001pools
3 years ago

Clearly back in heavy training mode again.

ISpeakTheTruth
3 years ago

Hook em

Leo
3 years ago

Jake foster is under the wrong school for the 2 breast result

Ol' Longhorn
3 years ago

Man, Katz is going Townley-level slow.

Austinpoolboy
Reply to  Ol' Longhorn
3 years ago

…and he will be Townley level fast when it counts

swimfan210_
3 years ago

Many fast swims for a dual meet, but most swimmers were right around what they went at this meet last year.
However, Casas was much faster than he was at any dual meet last season, his fastest dual meet time last year was a 47.21, he almost went a whole second faster than that today.
Kibler was much faster than he was at this meet last year (1:36.28). 100 free also beat his in-season best of 44.2.

Last edited 3 years ago by swimfan210_
big man swimmer
3 years ago

are they suited

Swammy
Reply to  big man swimmer
3 years ago

No.

Jax
3 years ago

Quick for not being suited up!

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Karl Ortegon

Karl Ortegon studied sociology at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, graduating in May of 2018. He began swimming on a club team in first grade and swam four years for Wesleyan.

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