2008 Big 12 Conference Swimming & Diving Championships
psych sheet
www.texassports.com/.../sw_big12_psych.pdf
Results
www.tsc.utexas.edu/.../index.htm
videos
www.flocasts.org/.../coverage.php
Records
www.usaswimming.org/.../Rulebook Records - Feb 18 2008.pdf
WHAT: 2008 Big 12 Conference Swimming and Diving Championships
WHERE: Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center – Austin, Texas
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 27 through Saturday, March 1 (complete schedule below)
ADMISSION: $5 for adults and $2 for students, per session; all-session passes will be available for $20 for adults and $8 for students; NOTE: There is no admission charge for Wednesday’s events; doors will open and tickets will be available 1 hour prior to the start of each session.
PARKING: www.tsc.utexas.edu/.../
LIVE RESULTS: Click here for live results.
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: The Texas men have won the previous 11 Big 12 Championship meets and set a new meet record with 1,114 points at the 2007 meet in College Station. The Texas A&M women edged the Texas women, 931-930 at the 2007 meet.
COMPLETE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Wednesday, Feb. 27
PRELIMINARIES
4:30 PM
One Meter Diving - Men
FINALS
6:00 PM
200 Medley Relay
One Meter Diving - Men
800 Freestyle Relay*
* The 800 free relay will begin 45 minutes after the conclusion of the 200 medley relay
Thursday, Feb. 28
PRELIMINARIES
10:00 AM
500 yard Freestyle
200 yard Individual Medley
50 yard Freestyle
*15 minute break
400 yard Medley Relay
1:00 PM
One Meter Diving - Women
FINALS
6:00 PM
500 yard Freestyle
200 yard Individual Medley
50 yard Freestyle
One Meter Diving - Women
400 yard Medley Relay
Friday, Feb. 29
PRELIMINARIES
10:00 AM
200 yard Freestyle Relay
400 yard Individual Medley
100 yard Butterfly
200 yard Freestyle
100 yard Breaststroke
100 yard Backstroke
11:30 AM
Three Meter Diving - Women
2:15 PM
Three Meter Diving - Men
FINALS
5:00 PM
Three Meter Diving - Women
6:00 PM
200 yard Freestyle Relay
400 yard Individual Medley
100 yard Butterfly
200 yard Freestyle
100 yard Breaststroke
100 yard Backstroke
Three Meter Diving - Men
Saturday, March 1
PRELIMINARIES
10:00 AM
200 yard Backstroke
100 yard Freestyle
200 yard Breaststroke
200 yard Butterfly
*15 minute break
400 yard Freestyle Relay
11:30 AM
Platform Diving - Men
2:30 PM
Platform Diving - Women
FINALS
5:00 PM
Platform Diving - Men
6:00 PM
200 yard Backstroke 100 yard Freestyle
*1650 yard Freestyle 200 yard Breaststroke
200 yard Butterfly Platform Diving - Women
400 yard Freestyle Relay
The real question for me is, if a college has a pool and a women's swim team and the support structure, why no men's team? Can't the women's coach train the guys too? Can't they rid on the same bus? The cost delta for having a men's team is too small to believe Title IX cut them. The suits can't be too expensive.
I think Title IX is for equal access since women were denied access in the past.
The University of Richmond, where I work, cut the men's swimming team some time ago. They got no scholarships at the time and were coached by the same coach as the women's team. The justification claimed by the administration was Title IX. The women on the swim team at the time were not in favor of the decision.
Just to be clear: I am not blaming Title IX for decisions like these. The administrators wanted to balance both the number of scholarships (which was not affected by the decision) and the number of athletes of each gender. So adios, men's swimming. I would have preferred cutting men's football but no one asked me. They also cut women's sychro swimming for some reason so it wasn't all about Title IX.
My wife swam at William & Mary. When they were considering cutting the men's team, swimming alumni (of both genders) established an endowment to support men's swimming and the program continued.
The real question for me is, if a college has a pool and a women's swim team and the support structure, why no men's team? Can't the women's coach train the guys too? Can't they rid on the same bus? The cost delta for having a men's team is too small to believe Title IX cut them. The suits can't be too expensive.
I think Title IX is for equal access since women were denied access in the past.
The University of Richmond, where I work, cut the men's swimming team some time ago. They got no scholarships at the time and were coached by the same coach as the women's team. The justification claimed by the administration was Title IX. The women on the swim team at the time were not in favor of the decision.
Just to be clear: I am not blaming Title IX for decisions like these. The administrators wanted to balance both the number of scholarships (which was not affected by the decision) and the number of athletes of each gender. So adios, men's swimming. I would have preferred cutting men's football but no one asked me. They also cut women's sychro swimming for some reason so it wasn't all about Title IX.
My wife swam at William & Mary. When they were considering cutting the men's team, swimming alumni (of both genders) established an endowment to support men's swimming and the program continued.
