Jim:
I think the guy you are thinking about is Scott Spann who I believe swam for Texas for 2 years after transfering from Auburn. I believe he was 2nd in the 200 IM behind Bruce Furnis but I believe he was swimming for Auburn then.
SMU pretty much dominated Texas up until 1980. I believe that year was the changing of the guard. Texas being to build with swimmers like Clay Britt, Kris Kirchner, William Paulas, Scott Spann, and others and I don't think SMU beat them in a dual meet or conference meet once these swimmers came on board and they started to recruit around this base. I also believe that the Texas Swim Center was built in the early 80's and this helped with their recruiting efforts along with having a proven coach like Eddie Reese.
I do remember SMU being a very good swim program in the late 60's and early 70's. They came to Univ. of Michigan in 1969/1970 period and had the longest dual meet win streak at like 80 in the country and Michigan beat them by 1 point in that dual meet. I remember it well because Larry Driver was the Michigan HS State Champion in the 100 *** in 1969 and 4th in the nation behind B. Job, T. Bruce, and S. Issak and he swam for SMU. They had some great swimmers on that team like Fred Schlicher, Charley Minder, Ronnie Mills, and the late great Jerry Heindrich. I beleive that was there best team until the one that got 2nd in 1983 at the NCAA Championship.
Jim:
I think the guy you are thinking about is Scott Spann who I believe swam for Texas for 2 years after transfering from Auburn. I believe he was 2nd in the 200 IM behind Bruce Furnis but I believe he was swimming for Auburn then.
SMU pretty much dominated Texas up until 1980. I believe that year was the changing of the guard. Texas being to build with swimmers like Clay Britt, Kris Kirchner, William Paulas, Scott Spann, and others and I don't think SMU beat them in a dual meet or conference meet once these swimmers came on board and they started to recruit around this base. I also believe that the Texas Swim Center was built in the early 80's and this helped with their recruiting efforts along with having a proven coach like Eddie Reese.
I do remember SMU being a very good swim program in the late 60's and early 70's. They came to Univ. of Michigan in 1969/1970 period and had the longest dual meet win streak at like 80 in the country and Michigan beat them by 1 point in that dual meet. I remember it well because Larry Driver was the Michigan HS State Champion in the 100 *** in 1969 and 4th in the nation behind B. Job, T. Bruce, and S. Issak and he swam for SMU. They had some great swimmers on that team like Fred Schlicher, Charley Minder, Ronnie Mills, and the late great Jerry Heindrich. I beleive that was there best team until the one that got 2nd in 1983 at the NCAA Championship.
