By james art 
Against the backdrop of the increased competition in Eddie Reese Texas’ introductory consumption on Friday and Saturday, Texas Swimming demonstrates the ability to compete and present on an individual level and as a program.
The Texas Men Program won decisive victories over Arizona, NC and Virginia, accumulating seven events in events throughout the two -day match.
Arizona State, a team ranked at # 4, entering the match, fell with 34 points from Texas, the end result being 193-159.
Sophomor Rex Maurer won first place in the 500-meter freestyle, with Senior Luke Hobson, Senior David Johnston and Coby Carrosis received the following three places. Longhorns also swept the first three seats in 200 individual medals, with junior Hubert Kos finishing first, the sophomore will be fasted second, and the sophomore Nate German, who won the last place on the podium.
The Texas swimmers have delivered to several other racing competitions, but this meeting is just one of the many challenges that the spring season will present.
“This meeting has excellent competition, but we have to balance where it falls on the calendar with what our real goals are,” said chief coach Bob Bowman.
These “real goals”, according to Bowman, win both the title of the Southeast Conference and the national title. Bauman did this as a chief coach in Arizona only last year, and since Saturday he has officially been a Texas coach until his first victory against the team, which reports the title, which is now led by former Baumann Herbi BHM chief coach.
As for the women’s team, chief coach Carol captains was proud of their team’s ability to rehearse for the SEC championships and ultimately win second place behind No. 1 Virginia.
“Virginia is the best team in the country, with hands, but only to stand up to the best in the country, the Olympians, the world record holders and have your own and still compete is a great practice for () sec,” said captains.
Freshman Jillian Cox won the 500-meter free, and several swimmers moved to several places in the Texas ranking of all time, although they placed second place for Virginia’s swimmers. Emma Staglen’s postman actually broke the school record in the 100 flies on the way for second place against Gretchen Walsh of Virginia, who holds the world record in the event.
The meeting helped to further establish the legitimacy of Texas as a program from both men and women, and fans helped to transmit the message. A record crowd of 2331 fans appeared in Lee and Joe Jamail Texas swimming center on Friday night, and the swimmers returned the service, providing them with narrow races and acting in the evening.
“(The crowd) really helps the children,” Bauman said. “This makes it much more good and I hope we just keep doing it.”