AUBURN GAINS ON TEXAS AT NCAA MEN'S MEET.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Auburn outscored Texas 182.5-161 Friday night, but the Longhorns remained ahead 331-302 going into today's final day of the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association men's swimming championships. Defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Michigan was third at 251, followed by Tennessee at 236.5 and Stanford at 205. Texas hurt its chances for a runaway with a disappointing performance in the afternoon preliminaries. ``We came in and tried to be unbelievable - and we stunk stunk v. A past tense and the past participle of stink. stunk Verb a past of stink stunk stink ,'' Longhorns coach Eddie Reese said. ``At night, we yukked it up a bit, relaxed and swam better.'' The best swimmers were senior Matt Hooper and sophomore Neil Walker. Hooper finished second in the 400-yard individual medley and Walker was second in the 100-yard backstroke. Walker also helped Texas finish second in the 200-yard medley relay and Hooper blazed through the anchor leg of the 800-yard freestyle relay to push the Longhorns into second. Neither Texas nor Auburn produced an individual winner in the five individual swimming events on the night. Instead, the winner's circle was filled with swimmers who will represent the United States at the Olympics The United States (USA) has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Olympic Games, except the 1980 Summer Olympics, which it boycotted. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States. this summer: Michigan's Tom Dolan in the 400-yard individual medley, Southern Methodist's Ryan Berube in the 100-yard backstroke and Tennessee's Jeremy Linn in the 100-yard breaststroke. |
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