No. 2 Ladies’s Swimming’s Padar breaks crew report in 200 free at Texas Invitational

AUSTIN, Texas — No. 2 Texas Women’s Swimming opened Wednesday finals on the Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invite with a robust depth throughout the butterfly, IM, freestyle and breaststroke occasions on the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.

Texas opened the night time with a powerful displaying within the 100 fly, inserting three Longhorns among the many high six. Eva Okaro led the group with a runner-up end in 50.82, adopted by Campbell Stoll in fourth at 50.98 and Angie Coe in sixth with 51.53. Four extra Longhorns scored within the D last: Alexa Fulton (53.21), Ella Mongenel (53.67), Emma Kern (53.69) and Sienna Schellenger (53.96).

The 400 IM added one other set of high-level swims as Stoll positioned sixth within the A last in 4:07.89. Freshman Haley McDonald delivered one of many night time’s greatest drops, chopping 9.39 seconds from her prelim swim to win the B last in 4:07.55. Avery Collins contributed a D1-qualifying 4:11.98.

Padar’s team-record swim headlined the 200 free, the place she positioned second in 1:42.10, decreasing this system mark. Lillian Nesty completed third in 1:42.36, giving Texas two podium spots. In the B last, Campbell Chase (1:44.08) and Inez Miller (1:44.40) added robust scoring performances, whereas Brooke Adams (1:47.55), Sarah Rodrigues (1:47.60) and Berit Berglund (1:48.66) prolonged Texas’ depth throughout the warmth sheets.

Texas closed the night time with its strongest breaststroke performances of the meet, led by Piper Enge, who earned a runner-up end in 58.13. Coe added eighth in 1:00.21, whereas Lindsey Hosch (1:02.02), Collins (1:02.39) and Chase Davison (1:03.44) contributed extra scoring.

The Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invitational will proceed Thursday, Nov. 20, with prelims starting at 10:00 a.m. and finals at 6:00 p.m.