Texas swimming center lifeguard Hannah Lerner has never taken an official swimming lesson in her life — but the exercise-science freshman and her co-workers are tasked with protecting the world-class...
Texas men’s swimming and diving team added another accolade to its long list of titles this weekend, taking home its 11th NCAA title in Iowa City, Iowa.
From the first dive to the final wall touch,...
Going to the NCAA Championship is nothing new for the Texas men’s swimming and diving team. Under 37-year head coach Eddie Reese, Texas has earned 28 top-three finishes and 10 NCAA team titles. The...
The Texas men’s and women’s diving teams earned a host of NCAA Championship qualifying scores at the NCAA Zone “D” Diving Meet.
The meet, held at the University of Iowa, was...
Texas divers begin preliminary competitions in Iowa City, Iowa, on Monday as part of the NCAA Zone “D” Diving Meet.
Three men — sophomore Mark Anderson, junior Cory Bowersox and senior...
Beginning Thursday night and continuing into Saturday, the American Short Course Championship will give lesser-known Texas men’s swimmers a moment in the spotlight.
Many of Texas’ most accomplished...
The meet wasn’t over yet, and the Tower was already bright orange.
The impending victories of the Texas men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams near the close of the Big 12 Championships...
For the ninth time in conference history, the 10-time NCAA champion Texas (9–1) will host the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships.
The regular season is over, and the Big 12 Championships...
Men's swimming
Last weekend, sophomore Jack Conger dove into the national spotlight as he set a school record in the 200-yard butterfly.
Conger’s time of 1:40.34 put him ahead of...
Men's swimming and diving
Each year, the Texas men’s swimming and diving team quietly climbs their way to the top — and this year should be no different.
The Longhorns have comfortably...
Men's cross country
Texas men’s cross country closed its season with a No. 26 finish at the NCAA Championships this Saturday in Terre Haute, Indiana.
After securing one of just 31...
Men's Diving
This season, the Texas men’s diving team boasts three Team USA athletes — sophomore Mark Anderson, junior Cory Bowersox and senior Will Chandler. The three, along with junior...
Men's swimming and diving
In a quad meet characterized by electric times and tight finishes — including one touch separated by one one-hundredth of a second — the men’s swimming...
Women’s swimming and diving preview
This weekend, the women’s swimming and diving team will fly to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to swim at the Canham Natatorium in its first intercollegiate competition...
Men's golf preview
Coming in hot after a top-five finish at the Nike Invitational on Oct. 7, the men’s golf team looks to continue its strong fall showing at the Golf Club of Georgia this...
To senior swimmer Kip Darmody, being a Longhorn is about being part of a team and respecting tradition.
Many of Darmody’s teammates share his interpretation, and for the five freshmen...
Texas fought hard for its first Round of 32 win since 2004, but, after a heated back-and-forth match-up with Maryland, the fifth-seeded Longhorns came up 5 points short in a 69-64 loss on fourth-seeded...
Many Texas players saw their first collegiate postseason action Sunday afternoon, and the fifth-seeded Longhorns were shaky at times before pulling away from No. 12 seed Penn, 79-61 in College Park, Md.
Head...
Texas had high hopes for the 2014 Big 12 Conference Championship after turning around a 2012-2013 season, from when they finished second to last in the conference to stealing the No. 3 seed in this year’s...
After losing to the Mountaineers in overtime in early January and then coming back to win the rematch about two weeks later, Sunday night, it was again the Longhorns’ turn to take the loss on Sunday.
West...
Tears filled the eyes of senior GiGi Mazionyte as she stepped onto the court squeezing tightly onto her family’s hands. The crowd cheered as the announcer announced that Mazionyte — along with...
It’s been a week of celebrations for the women’s basketball team.
The ladies rang in sophomore guard Brandy Sanders’ 21st birthday Tuesday, and came back to protect the drum...
Tuesday night’s game didn’t put a damper on sophomore guard Brady Sanders’s 21st birthday, as the Longhorns came back to post a solid 62-50 victory over TCU.
“No one want...
The Longhorns hope to redeem themselves against Iowa State in Ames, Iowa, on Saturday after a disappointing 1-point loss to Oklahoma Wednesday night.
Junior forward Nneka Enemkpali and senior...
It looked as though Texas could have escaped Norman with a last-second win.
Down one with four seconds remaining, Oklahoma guard Morgan Hook missed a free throw, and the Longhorns took it coast-to-coast...
Dressed in pink, Longhorn head coach Karen Aston was flustered and red as she watched her team struggle against Baylor in the annual Shoot for a Cure game Sunday.
No. 7 Baylor shut down Texas, 72-56,...
Dressed in pink, Longhorn head coach Karen Aston was flustered red as she watched her team struggle against Baylor in the annual Shoot for a Cure game on Sunday.
No. 7 Baylor shut down Texas, 72-56,...
In need of an easy win against the second-worst team in conference, Texas struggled to pull away in Manhattan, Kan., against Kansas State, before eventually winning 69-63.
“It was not our best...
With the blaring support of an energized crowd and junior forward Nneka Enemkpali’s leadership, the Longhorns beat Iowa State 71-64 on Sunday, pushing their home win streak to 10 games.
Throughout...
Texas’ loss against Baylor on Saturday was not unexpected, but the team did manage to learn some lessons that will serve it moving forward.
“We just didn’t play smart basketball...
The women’s basketball team can finally say they’ve won a Big 12 matchup on the road.
Texas had beaten Kansas once before this season, but that was at home. Tuesday’s victory over...
Come Saturday afternoon, the Longhorns will be out for double redemption, and they need to earn it.
Texas suffered a devastating loss to TCU on Sunday, breaking a win streak against the Horned Frogs...
The Longhorns won a grand total of 12 games last year. This year they already have 12 wins — thanks to a victory over Kansas on Wednesday — and they have about half of the season still left...
Head coach Karen Aston officially has a winning record at Texas. The Longhorns’ 70-58 win Wednesday night against Kansas gave Aston an all-time record of 24-23 on the 40 Acres.
“I feel good...
Texas is going into its game against Kansas tonight with a record almost the exact reverse of the one it held at this point last year.
The Longhorns struggled significantly last season, holding...
When students left Austin for winter break, the women’s basketball team was about to face off against its toughest opponent of the season, No. 3 Tennessee.
Although four Longhorn players...
After a grueling start to the season in which the women’s basketball team faced physically stressful practices and even traveled to other countries, it must now place all of their remaining energy...
No. 5 Missouri vs. No. 3 Auburn
Auburn needs to hit the ground running (and passing) if they want to win this SEC Championship and have a chance at the BCS National Championship. Despite engineering...
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Auburn
Auburn’s slide into the Top 5, after its win against Georgia, set up the first matchup of Top 5 teams in the Iron Bowl since 1971. This high-stakes showdown is not...
The Longhorns are headed to the Virgin Islands to play in the Paradise Jam Tournament on Thursday. But the vacation atmosphere will not be reflected on the court.
Syracuse — a team not ranked...
In their first true non-conference road game under head coach Karen Aston, the Longhorns secured their third win of the season, 67-52, against the New Mexico Lobos. The win not only kept Texas undefeated,...
After their dominating win against Texas State on Wednesday, the Longhorns now head to “The Pit” to face off against their toughest opponent so far of this young season — New Mexico.
The...
No. 7 Auburn vs. No. 25 Georgia
Auburn’s impressive 9-1 record and Georgia’s losing its chance at a championship are two of college football’s biggest surprises this season. The Tigers...
At Texas’ last meeting with Texas State in 2006, the Longhorns beat the Bobcats 74-55. But that was seven years ago, when Texas was ranked No. 25 in the country.
Head coach Karen Aston knows...
The women’s basketball team may have found an instrumental piece of the winning puzzle in freshman Nekia Jones. Jones’ size and experience in the post could be the vital factor Texas needs...
No. 10 LSU vs. No. 1 Alabama
This game is arguably one of the biggest and best rivalries in college football. Since 2000, the Tigers have won five of the last six road games against Alabama and hold...
No. 3 Florida State vs. No. 7 Miami (FL)
The Seminoles were victorious in the last matchup of undefeated ACC teams when they stomped Clemson, 51-14, and are hoping to do it again to Miami. For the Hurricanes...
No. 10 Texas Tech vs. No. 17 Oklahoma
The Red Raiders have been crawling up in the rankings all season. Coming off a slow start against an unimpressive Kansas team and the lopsided loss against Texas...
No. 17 Florida vs. No. 10 LSU
For the Tigers to keep their BCS Bowl hopes alive, they will have to dominate Florida’s national championship-caliber defense, which will look to overwhelm LSU quarterback...
W, 34-0, Louisiana-Monroe
The Sooners earned their first shutout since 2010 and proved their defense was a force to be reckoned with. Oklahoma’s offense struggled out of the gate, but got into...
No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 16 Northwestern
The Buckeyes have won nine of their last 10 meetings with Northwestern. Ohio State has historically been an elite team and this year is no different. Their offense...
The width of the average man’s foot is 4.1 inches, and the width of the average female’s foot is approximately 3.6 inches.
And a balance beam? About 4 inches — which probably...
No. 23 Arizona St vs. No. 5 Stanford
This Pac-12 matchup has game-changing potential for each team. Arizona State is a stranger to the AP Top 25, gaining their first time being ranked this year, after...
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 6 A&M
Obviously. It’s the most anticipated game of the season. How could you not watch? With Johnny Manziel constantly in the spotlight for his amazing athleticism (and...
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 6 A&M
Obviously. It’s the most anticipated game of the season. How could you not watch? With Johnny Manziel constantly in the spotlight for his amazing athleticism (and...
No. 11 Georgia vs. No. 6 South Carolina
This one could go either way if the Bulldogs can erase their memories of their crushing loss against Clemson and bring back that same intensity and...
No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 8 Clemson
The game snags the No. 1 spot on this list. The only Top 10 matchup of the weekend, these national title contenders will face off in primetime Saturday night. Although...
Despite earning five individual All-America finishes and recording one All-America relay at the NCAA Championships, Texas fell short of gaining the national title. Michigan captured the team title with...
The NCAA Championship meet currently being held in Indianapolis is the last for seniors Austin Surhoff and Michael McBroom, and they are motivated to make it count. In merely the first day, both Surhoff...
To earn an NCAA qualifying time, you obviously have to be fast. Usually, that speed comes from experience. The majority of swimmers at the NCAA championship meet are either junior or seniors. But every...
The American Short Course Championship is the last chance for any collegiate swimmer to qualify for the NCAA Championship meet. In addition to a list of Longhorns, the meet will also include numerous club...
Both of Texas’ swimming and diving teams took home the team Big 12 championship Saturday after four days of competition. It is the men’s 17th Big 12 title and the women’s 11th.
The...
As expected, top-ranked Texas claimed the first day of events in the Big 12 Championship meet with relative ease. TCU and West Virginia were forced to watch the Longhorns stand at the top of the podium...
The Longhorns have been a dominating force at the Big 12 Championships, winning every year since the conference formed in 1996, giving the Longhorns a total of 16 titles.
In terms of victories, this...
After his dominating performances against TCU and Arizona, redshirt sophomore Will Chandler gained recognition from the Big 12 as the Men’s Diver of the Week last Wednesday. Despite it being the...
Game Break Down
First four innings: The first inning started off slow for Texas. Longhorns starting pitcher Holly Kern hit a batter and Texas struck out twice in the opening the frame. The Longhorns...
Coming into Friday’s meet, the Longhorns needed a strong win and they got just that as they triumphed over SMU and upset No. 1 Arizona.
In the meet’s first swimming event, All-American...
No. 7 Texas looks to honor its six seniors with a victory over SMU and an upset over No. 1 Arizona at its Senior Day meet Friday. The six Longhorn seniors will be acknowledged in a ceremony at roughly...
No. 7 Texas delivered on high expectations Friday, completely washing out Big 12 Conference rival TCU in 11 of 12 events, leading to a 133-88 victory.
Seniors Austin Surhoff and Dax Hill, sophomore...
This Friday at TCU, head coach Eddie Reese will dive into his 35th season at UT. Reese was selected to coach at numerous Olympic games, so it comes as no surprise that the Longhorns have achieved top-three...
At last year’s 2012 NCAA Indoor Championships, the Longhorns finished seventh and were ranked third in the USTFCCCA’s John McDonnell Men’s Program of the Year award standings.
For the...
You may not be watching, but they’re there. They’re awake before the sun hits the horizon, running upwards of 85 miles per week, pushing their minds and bodies past standard limitations.
Cross-country...
With Texas’ highest ranking in program history, the NCAA Championship was shaping up to be a history-making race. If the results had reflected the Longhorns’ rank, Texas would have finished...
In 1990 at the NCAA Championships, Texas finished fourth. In the 22 years since then, the Longhorns haven’t been able to pull off a top-five finish.
Last season, Texas finished 11th. This season,...
No. 5 Texas secured their position in the NCAA Cross Country Championships for the fourth consecutive time this past weekend at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships. The Longhorns pushed past...
With nationals in the forefront of every Longhorn’s mind, the NCAA Cross Country South Central Regional Championships just seems like a technicality.
Texas won the South Central Regional title for...
If Texas continues the trend set by assistant coach John Hayes, a Big 12 Championship should be more or less guaranteed for the next cross-country season.
Since coach John Hayes’s arrival with the...
Cross-country is typically not a sport designed with spectators in mind.
However, the UT athletics department of Events and Operations has been preparing for the past few years in order to make the Big...
After dropping from No. 6 to No. 22 in the rankings following the Louisville Classic two weeks ago, the Longhorns were looking for redemption, and they found it at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational and...
Fifth place was good, but not good enough for the Texas cross-country team.
In the Greater Louisville Classic held Sept. 29, in which Texas received a fifth place finish, the then No. 6-ranked Texas was...
Although Texas placed fifth out of 31 teams in the Greater Louisville Classic this past Saturday, assistant coach John Hayes said that their main objective was not necessarily to win.
“It is important...
Last season Texas finished with a NCAA Regional title and a respectable 11th-place finish at nationals. This season the team is ranked No. 6 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association...
