No. 1 Men’s Swimming and Diving trio earn Big 12 weekly honors
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 1 Texas Men’s Swimming and Diving claimed a share of a few Major 12 Convention weekly awards, the league workplace introduced on Thursday. Sophomore Noah Duperre was named Diver of the Week, sophomore Carson Foster claimed Swimmer of the 7 days honors and graduate transfer Cameron Auchinachie collected Co-Newcomer of the 7 days accolades. For the second time this season Texas garnered a minimum a share of every single award right after sweeping all three on November 10.
It marked second time this period and in his vocation that Duperre earned Huge 12 Diver of the Week honors, although Foster earned his 3rd Huge 12 Swimmer of the Week nod this season and fourth of his career, and Auchinachie picked up his year weekly honor soon after beforehand amassing a Swimmer of the Week honors in December.
Duperre swept the springboard level of competition in a twin fulfill towards TCU on Friday to assist the Longhorns to a 189-100 victory at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Middle in Austin. In the 1-meter springboard, the New Albany, Ohio native totaled 373.58 points to tempo the Longhorns in a sweep of the function. Duperre adopted that demonstrating with 409.80 stage functionality in the 3-meter springboard, as Texas claimed the top rated-4 effects in the contest.
Foster received three particular person races and assisted the Longhorns to a Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Middle pool history during two days of level of competition against TCU. On Friday, Foster aided the Longhorns’ victory with a gain in the 200 fly with a time of 1:41.79, the ninth-fastest time in the NCAA this time. The Cincinnati, Ohio indigenous adopted that with the prime time in the 200 IM, touching the wall at 1:42.86, also the ninth-fastest time in the NCAA this year. On Saturday, Texas and TCU competed in lengthy study course races, where Carson posted the most effective 400 IM time of the session at 4:15.46. He shut out the weekend by assisting Texas set up a pool record in the 800 LC cost-free relay, swimming the ultimate leg of a combined 7:14.37 exertion, besting the previous report of 7:24.64.
Auchinachie gained a pair of individual races, aided the Longhorns to three relay victories and added a second-location outcome in the 200 medley relay as opposed to TCU. The Binghamton, N.Y. indigenous served set the tone for Texas’ victory in excess of TCU on Friday by opening the satisfy with a next-spot end in the 200 medley relay, swimming the backstroke of a put together 1:26.76 work, as the Longhorns captured the major-3 effects in the race. He adopted that with a win in the 50 totally free with a time of 19.74, and then claimed the victory in the 100 no cost with a time of 43.32. He capped off Friday’s activities by aiding the Longhorns to the top rated time in the 200 cost-free relay, swimming the third leg for a squad that posted a time of 1:17.69. In Saturday’s extended course action, Auchinachie swam the next leg of the 400 LC absolutely free relay, supporting information Texas to a successful time of 3:18.21. He topped off his weekend swimming the back in the 400 LC medley relay, with Texas winning in 3:39.89, just shy of the pool document of 3:39.26.
Texas back in motion future 7 days with the Longhorns traveling to Dallas to experience SMU on Friday, Feb. 4.
