Georgia Men and Women Fall to Texas

Saturday, January 12

Athens, Ga.

10 A.M.

University of Georgia

Texas

January 12, 2019 | Swimming & Diving

Georgia-Texas Results

ATHENS, Ga. – The Georgia swimming and diving teams were swept by the Texas Longhorns on Saturday in Gabrielsen Natatorium.

The No. 1 Texas women (5-0, 2-0) remained undefeated with a 169-129 win over the No. 11 Lady Bulldogs. The No. 2 Longhorn (4-2, 0-1) men defeated the No. 12 Bulldogs 162-133.

"I'm happy with today," said Tom Cousins Swimming and Diving Head Coach Jack Bauerle. "I think you have to be real aggressive in meets like this and we took no time away. We did our weights, we did max this week, we did all the workouts, we started classes, so they swam un-fresh. I was proud of them. I think this meet's going to help us."

There were 11 individual first-place finishes among eight Bulldogs.

Courtney Harnish reached the wall first, securing a career-best time (9:45.52) in the 1,000 freestyle. She then posted victory two more times in the 200 and 500 freestyle, going 1:46.73 and 4:47.39, respectively.

Also for the Lady Bulldogs (2-2, 2-1), Veronica Burchill and Danielle Della Torre notched wins in the 100 freestyle and the 200 breaststroke, respectively. Burchill went 49.25, while Della Torre stopped the clock in 2:12.83.

Camden Murphy picked up two triumphs in the 100 and 200 butterfly, going 47.07 and 1:46.03.

Other first-place finishes for the Bulldogs (2-2, 1-1) included Greg Reed, Javier Acevedo, James Guest and Clayton Forde. Reed's 8:59.90 was tops in the 1,000 freestyle, Acevedo claimed the 100 backstroke with a time of 47.01, Guest took the 200 breaststroke in 1:57.42, and Forde won the 400 individual medley as he stopped the clock in 3:49.62.

Georgia travels to Tennessee Saturday, Jan. 26, and will be featured on the SEC Network at 11 a.m. Georgia will return to Athens for the Senior Day meet with Emory on Feb. 2. Georgia will be hosting the SEC Championships Feb. 19-23.