2018 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

It was a wee bit closer than it’d been the past three years, but the Texas Longhorns won their 4th-straight title at the 2018 Men’s NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships tonight. They won by 11.5 points, easily their narrowest margin of victory in this current streak of victories, and their 2nd-smallest margin of victory ever. They won by 193 points in 2017, 190.5 points in 2016, and 129 points in 2015.

This is the 2nd four-peat for Eddie Reese, the legendary Longhorns coach who has helmed the Longhorns since 1978. It’s the 14th overall victory for Reese and the Texas men, given them two more than any other men’s swimming & diving program.

Unlike previous years, the Longhorns had to battle a little more this meet for this win. A few of their key swimmers were off, and their highest relay finish was 3rd after winning four last year, but there was enough depth and grit to win out in a very tight race over Indiana and California.

Junior Townley Haas won the 500 and 200 free, and came in 6th in the 100 free, to lead the Longhorns with 53 individual points. Freshman Austin Katz was the only other Longhorn to win a swimming event, earning 35 points with a win in the 200 back and a 4th place finish in the 100 back.

Ryan Harty, Tate Jackson, Jeff Newkirk, Sam Pomajevich, Brett Ringgold, Jonathan Roberts, Joseph Schooling, and John Shebat all also earned individual points for Texas.

Ringgold, Roberts, and Schooling formed the core of a senior class that went undefeated at the NCAA championships, with all three swimmers playing a key role, individually or on relays, each year.

Also unlike previous years, it was Texas’s divers who provided the margin of victory. Jordan Windle earned 45 points Grayson Campbell, and Jacob Cornish earned a combined 81 points on the boards for the Longhorns.

Full Roster

Safa Anya – JR

Josh Artmann – SO

Luke Bowman – FR

Jared Butler – SR

Grayson Campbell – SO

Colter Carman – FR

Arthur Cheng – FR

Thomas Colket – Redshirt SR

Jacob Cornish – SO

Townley Haas – JR

Ryan Harty – Redshirt SO

Max Holter – SO

Jacob Huerta – SO

Tate Jackson – JR

Austin Katz – FR

Sam Kline – SO

Jack Lanphear – SO

JohnThomas Larson – FR

Casey Melzer – JR

Reed Merritt – SO

Braxton Moore – SO

Parker Neri – FR

Jeff Newkirk – JR

Jeremy Nichols – JR

Sam Pomajevich – FR

Brett Ringgold – SR

Jonathan Roberts – SR

Joseph Schooling – SR

John Shebat – JR

Sam Stewart – JR

Austin Temple – SR

Mason Tenney – JR

Preston Varozza – SO

Jordan Windle – FR

Chris Yeager – FR

Coaching Staff

Eddie Reese – Head Coach

Matt Scoggin – Diving Coach

Wyatt Collins – Assistant Coach

Jon Alter – Director of Operations

Chase Kreitler – Volunteer Swimming Coach

Rick Schavone – Volunteer Diving Coach

Ben Rodgers – Swimming Manager

List of Texas NCAA Division I Championships

1981 – 259

1988 – 424

1989 – 424

1990 – 506

1991 – 476

1996 – 479

2000 – 538

2001 – 597.5

2002 – 512

2010 – 500

2015 – 528

2016 – 541.5

2017 – 542

2018 – 449

Final Team Scores

1. Texas 449

2. California 437.5

3. Indiana 422

4. NC State 385

5. Florida 347

6. Southern California 253

7. Stanford 205

8. Michigan 168.5

9. Louisville 156

10. Georgia 129

11. Tennessee 123

12. Auburn 98.5

13. Alabama 95

14. Texas A&M 75

15. Minnesota 67

16. Arizona 64

17. South Carolina 60

18. Harvard 58

19. Purdue 54

20. Arizona St 45

21. Florida St 42

22. Denver 31

23. Missouri 29

23. Notre Dame 29

23. Lsu 29

23. Cornell 29

27. Miami 27

28. Ohio State 25

29. Virginia 19

30. Penn State 14

31. Towson 11

32. Utah 10

33. Duke 9

33. Virginia Tech 9

35. Grand Canyon 7

36. UNC 6

36. Hawaii 6

38. West Virginia 2.5

39. Iowa 2

40. Wyoming 1

40. Southern Methodist University 1