A Statistical Look at Texas’ seventeenth NCAA Championship

A Statistical Look at Texas’ seventeenth NCAA Championship

The yr was 1981 and beneath the path of third-year coach Eddie Reese, the University of Texas captured its first NCAA championship. The title adopted a runnerup displaying the earlier yr and established the Longhorns as a drive on the collegiate swimming stage. In the yr since, no program within the nation has matched Texas’ success, and the newest championship was secured over the weekend.

By accumulating 445.5 factors, UT – now beneath the path of Bob Bowman – registered a 29.5-point conquer the University of Florida. The title marked the seventeenth in program historical past and the second in a row beneath Bowman, who took the reins from Reese (15 championships) following the 2024 season. Both are Hall of Fame inductees, the 2 males thought of among the many best coaches the game has seen.

Here is a fast statistical take a look at Texas’ championship pedigree – each this yr and traditionally.

• En path to its newest title, the Longhorns obtained scoring from 15 athletes, headlined by the 57 factors of Hubert Kos, who delivered one other sensational NCAA displaying. Fourteen of the Longhorns who competed on the McAuley Aquatic Center scored on a person foundation.
• Kos established a trio of NCAA information in the course of the four-day meet. He adopted a prelims mark of 43.08 within the 100-yard backstroke with a difficult-to-comprehend effort of 42.61 within the remaining. He additionally clocked an NCAA file of 1:34.13 within the 200 backstroke and is now 1.24 seconds sooner than the No. 2 performer in historical past, Destin Lasco at 1:35.37. More, Kos was the runnerup within the 100 butterfly, going 42.54 to complete simply behind Florida’s Josh Liendo (42.49) with the No. 2 efficiency of all-time.
• Rex Maurer repeated as champion of the 400 particular person medley with an American file of three:32.96. That time took down the 2017 commonplace of Olympic gold medalist Chase Kalisz, who held the previous file at 3:33.42. Maurer was adopted as runnerup by teammate Baylor Nelson.
• Texas held the lead on the NCAA Championships from the tip of the 400 IM, the second occasion of Day Two’s evening session.
• With its seventeenth nationwide championship, Texas elevated its lead within the all-time titles race to 5 over Michigan (12). Ohio State sits third on the checklist with 11 championships, all captured from 1943-1962.
• By capturing back-to-back championships, Texas has been a repeat workforce titlist on 4 totally different events: 1988-91; 2000-2002; 2015-2018; 2025-2026.
• Since profitable their first NCAA title in 1981, the Longhorns have captured 37.7% of the accessible championships.
• The Longhorns’ margin of victory, 29.5 factors, is the Twelfth-largest unfold amongst its 17 crowns.
• Texas received its second NCAA title on the McAuley Aquatic Center, on the campus of Georgia Tech University and the host pool of the 1996 Olympic Games. The longhorns additionally received in Atlanta in 2016.

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