No. 1 Texas Women Swim Past No. 5 Cal

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The No. 1 University of Texas Women’s Swimming and Diving team knocked off No. 5 California on the road, 163-137, at the Legends Aquatic Center on Saturday afternoon.

The Longhorns are 4-0 on the season, including four-straight top-20 wins to start the season.

With the win over Cal, the Longhorns have extended their dual meet winning streak to 17.

The Texas divers swept the top-six spots in the 3-mtr diving event, with Alison Gibson leading the charge. She won both the 3-mtr and 1-mtr diving.
Joanna Evans set the sixth-fastest pace in the 200 free for the NCAA this year. Evans already set the top 1000 free time this year in the NCAA in a meet earlier in the season.

Evie Pfeifer topped her season-best in the 200 IM, dropping the third-fastest time in the NCAA this year with her 1:58.74.

Texas Wins
1000 Freestyle – Evie Pfeifer (9:58.67)
200 Freestyle – Joanna Evans (1:45.92)
100 Backstroke – Claire Adams (53.31)
100 Breaststroke – Olivia Anderson (1:01.13)
3-mtr Diving – Alison Gibson (365.25)
200 Backstroke – Quinn Carrozza (1:56.99)
500 Freestyle – Joanna Evans (4:46.81)
1-mtr Diving – Alison Gibson (335.03)
200 IM – Evie Pfeifer (1:58.74)

For Cal, Katie McLaughlin and Abbey Weitzeil continued with their stellar seasons by winning two events apiece and Cal set a season best in every swimming race in the meet.

Weitzeil tied her own Cal dual-meet record with a victory in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.04 and she came back a few moments later to claim the 100 free in 48.70. In addition, she anchored both the 200 medley relay and the 200 free relay to wins, including a 21.52 split to close out the medley relay.

McLaughlin, meanwhile, came from behind in the final couple of strokes to touch first by 0.04 seconds in the 200 butterfly in 1:55.42, and she took the 100 fly in 53.10 with a strong finish after being tied with Texas’ Remedy Rule at the midway point.

Freshman Ema Rajic also earned a victory in the 200 breaststroke in 2:14.13, which was just 0.01 off her lifetime best in the event.

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