Ladies’s Swimming claims pair of medals at Pan Pacific and European Championships

AUSTIN, Texas — Current and former University of Texas ladies’s swimmers concluded their competitions on the European Championships (Aug. 10-16) in Paris and the Pan Pacific Championships (Aug. 12-15) in Irvine, Calif. All totaled, the Longhorns’ contingency mixed to report a pair of silver medals in the course of the pair of worldwide occasions.

At the Pan Pacific Championships, rising senior Erin Gemmell swam the leadoff leg (1:57.00) for Team USA on the 4x200m freestyle relay which claimed the silver medal in a time of seven:43.10. She additionally positioned sixth within the 200m freestyle (1:56.88). Rising junior Jillian Cox positioned eighth within the 1500m freestyle (16:12.25), ninth within the 800m freestyle (8:28.21) and twelfth (fourth within the B last) within the 400m freestyle (4:09.30).

At the European Championships, rising sophomore Nikolett Padar swam the leadoff leg (1:57.31) for Team Hungary on the 4x200m freestyle relay which claimed the silver medal with a time of seven:49.09. Padar additionally positioned sixth within the 200m freestyle last (1:57.29) and swam the anchor leg (53.46) for Team Hungary on the 4x100m freestyle relay which completed sixth with a time of three:35.47. Former Longhorn Anna Elendt positioned fifth within the 200m breaststroke (2:23.981), fifth within the 50m breaststroke (30.35) and seventh within the 100m breaststroke (1:06.37). She additionally swam the second (breaststroke) leg (1:05.83 break up) for Team Germany on the 4×100 medley relay which completed fourth with a time of three:56.21.