Morgantown, West Virginia – The No. 9 Texas men's swimming and diving team opened the Big 12 Championships Tuesday at Mylan Park Aquatic Center, winning three events, including the first-ever Big 12 team diving title.
Texas State started the day with a win in the 200-meter medley relay as a quartet of freshmen. Will Modglin, Will Scholz, Nate Jarmon Prez and camden taylor He recorded a season's best and A-cut time of 1:22.46. The time moved Texas from 17th to sixth in the nation at this season's meet, marking the fourth-fastest finish in program history. Modglin highlighted the Longhorns, opening the race with a season-best 20.49 seconds split at the back.
trio of tanner braunton, noah dupere and nick harris Next, we won the team diving competition. In the first scoring event in Big 12 Championship history, the Longhorns won with a total of 406.45 points.
Texas 800 free relay coby carozza, Manning Haskell, Alec Enyeart Germont Prez then swam a time of 6 minutes, 13.12 seconds to close out the night with a win for Texas and give the Longhorns another victory. Carozza ran a career-best 1:31.97 on the lead leg, moving him into seventh place on UT's all-time list of competitors.
The Big 12 Championship resumes Wednesday with qualifying beginning at 9 a.m. Central Time and finals at 4:15 p.m. Central Time. The final session will be streamed live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
Team standings
1. Texas – 192
2.TCU-166
3.BYU-160
4. West Virginia – 158
5. Cincinnati – 152
team notes
- Texas won 20 consecutive 200 medley relay titles and 25 overall Big 12 championships.
- UT has won 27 of its 28 conference titles, including each of the past 18 in the 800 free relay.
Wednesday's event
Swim Preliminaries – 9:00 AM CT | Diving Preliminaries – 10:30 AM CT | Finals – 4:15 PM CT
Men's 1 meter springboard
500 yard freestyle
200 yard individual medley
50 yard freestyle
2024 Big 12 Championship Tournament Records
Team diving: tanner braunton, noah dupere, nick harris – 406.45
2024 Big 12 Championship Event Winner
800 free relay: coby carozza, Manning Haskell, Alec Enyeart, Nate Jarmon Prez – 6:13.12
200 medley relay: Will Modglin, Will Scholz, Nate Jarmon Prez, camden taylor – 1:22.46
Team diving: tanner braunton, noah dupere, nick harris – 406.45
