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Texas Women's Swimming & Diving

Posted on 3/21/25 at 12:01 am
Posted by LSUTigresFan
SE Louisiana to Austin (Texas Ex)
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 12:01 am


brings another title home to Austin and the SEC.

This conference is just so damn good at every sport it participates in.
This post was edited on 3/21/25 at 12:05 am
Posted by Imber
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 12:29 am to
Posted by RIPMachoMan
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 12:34 am to
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 8:03 am to
quote:

This conference is just so damn good at every sport it participates in.

Reality is the SEC is grossly underachieving at this NCAAs. 5 biggest underachieving teams from the first full day are all us



Posted by BigBro
Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 8:31 am to
Texas is in 3rd place instead of 2nd place.. That stat is a little misleading..

On the Women's side..

Virginia's gonna win and it's not gonna be close.

On the Men's side..

Texas is #1, but that may not hold up. We win most of our matches because we have so many great swimmers, and the volume overwhelms the field.. but we only win a few of the races..

My understanding is that strategy doesn't work as well at Nationals, and Florida may have a better chance to win the NC.

I don't know. Florida or Texas.
This post was edited on 3/21/25 at 8:32 am
Posted by SingleMalt1973
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 8:31 am to
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Cox comes from behind



Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 9:09 am to
quote:

On the Men's side..

Texas is #1, but that may not hold up. We win most of our matches because we have so many great swimmers, and the volume overwhelms the field.. but we only win a few of the races..

My understanding is that strategy doesn't work as well at Nationals, and Florida may have a better chance to win the NC.

I don't know. Florida or Texas.

They are the top 2 teams (by a good bit) based on seeded times coming into the meet, but the women's performances so far from those 2 schools leaves a lot of room for doubt. Take the 500 free, last year's champion was bella sims of uf. She didn't even make the b finals yesterday. That's wild as frick in underperformance vs SECs. Her time from SECs would've won by a half second last night, but their taper is not holding up well at all... and i doubt she was fully rested for conference. It's also voodoo math to compare the women performances to the men, a week later. Between the extra time and body physiology difference it's a pile of unknown... not that tapers are an exact science for an entire team worth of athletes anywho.

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Virginia's gonna win and it's not gonna be close.


Yeah, I'm not sure this was ever in doubt
Posted by Easttnbuck
Member since Jan 2025
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 10:05 am to
How long ago were conference? Did this happen to other sec swimmers also, or just her ? My daughter is a competitive swimmer (she's only 9) and follows this stuff close. generally if it was more than a few days, unless she did some silly bars work outs, I can't think that has any bearing. Maybe she was just not feeling good ?
Posted by NFLSU
Screwston, Texas
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 10:25 am to
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Texas Women's Swimming & Diving

Literally keeping the athletic program afloat
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
19808 posts
Posted on 3/21/25 at 1:03 pm to
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How long ago were conference?

Right at a month ago.
quote:

Did this happen to other sec swimmers also, or just her ?

So far she's the only defending champion to not even make consols... but in the 500 free there are 3 girls who didn't final at all who should've, based on their time at conference. 2 being uf girls, the other being an uga. Uf had 2 200 IMers who should've got a 2nd swim, but didn't, and Tennessee added 1... but she was also DQed for a bad back to breast turn lol. Tennessee's 200 medley relay added a full second and Texas' 800 free relay added 4 seconds. Auburn had 2 girls false start in the 100 fly so far today, not that they were likely scorers, but wtf lol.

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My daughter is a competitive swimmer (she's only 9) and follows this stuff close. generally if it was more than a few days, unless she did some silly bars work outs, I can't think that has any bearing. Maybe she was just not feeling good ?

Swimming at 9 is so different than at this level. Your daughter is hopefully doing it because it's fun. That really changes at around 12-13 for females, guys a couple years behind that. Then it loses a lot of fun and becomes constant hard work. 2 a day practices + school is some b.s., but thankfully college has limited weekly practice hours. The college swim season winds on for 6-7 months straight. None of this is to dissuade you/her from that path, but a courtesy of letting you know what that life is about
Posted by Easttnbuck
Member since Jan 2025
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:51 pm to
She is aware. She loves practices,.and sometimes just playing with her friends

We make her do a sport, the choice of which was always hers.

Having ADHD she was generally bad at most other sports involving teams, so she got into this

9 year olds don't have the muscle development yet to really do the two a days. she does 5 a week, and then some dryland and
Posted by Soonerd78
Member since Sep 2024
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:28 pm to
This is Texas bragging about women’s swimming like we care ? We don’t
Posted by tBrand
Member since Oct 2022
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:29 pm to
quote:

This is Texas bragging about women’s swimming like we care ? We don’t

go start more threads about about gymnastics and softball
Posted by Soonerd78
Member since Sep 2024
1578 posts
Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:34 pm to
Much better sports and I think most here would agree …. Probably the two most popular sports outside of maybe women’s basketball for second .Texas continually brags about sports most school don’t even have and use it like they are powerhouses in real sports ….
This post was edited on 3/21/25 at 3:35 pm
Posted by Clark14
Earth
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:38 pm to
quote:

go start more threads about about gymnastics and softball


Yeah, an okie shouldn’t criticize these threads….haha
Posted by LSUTigresFan
SE Louisiana to Austin (Texas Ex)
Member since Mar 2013
4796 posts
Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:46 pm to
This young woman will probably represent our country on the world stage dummy. Cheer up, it's not my fault your ou is only good at 2 sports right now.
Posted by Aggie in TN
Franklin TN
Member since Jun 2022
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:49 pm to
Keep those country club trophies coming.
Posted by tigerbait2010
PNW
Member since May 2006
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:52 pm to
So Texas isn’t going to win it all? What is the point of this?
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
19808 posts
Posted on 3/21/25 at 8:39 pm to
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Having ADHD she was generally bad at most other sports involving teams, so she got into this


I was just ADD, back when that was a thing it got boring af in the dugout, so i totally get it. Soccer wasn't that bad, but eventually my skill set said i was more adapted to fighting my way through water. Long, boring sets were a mental battle to fight through at times... but there's only so long you can mentally check out for before needing to do a turn.

quote:

9 year olds don't have the muscle development yet to really do the two a days. she does 5 a week, and then some dryland and

That's kinda what i had assumed. Running for cardio always seemed like a crock of shite to me, but it beat just always being in the pool. That gets monotonous.

quote:

She is aware. She loves practices,.and sometimes just playing with her friends

Love seeing this part. Some of my closest friends are folks i was swimming with, or against, at her age. Just a great community.
Posted by Hold da Mayo
Member since Dec 2024
839 posts
Posted on 3/21/25 at 8:41 pm to
Nobody gives the slightest frick
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