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
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.
Now if they could only get those other two schools to drop their men's swimming and diving programs, they could get even _more_ points at their conference meet!
-Rick
Big 12 Swimming..... what's left ?
Thank you Title 9.
John
Don't go blaming Title IX. If these schools would quit spending an inordinate amount of money on football and basketball (men's specifically), they would have plenty of athletic budget left over to field women's teams in less popular sports, which would then allow them to field a men's swimming team. Collegiate athletics has become less about building student-athletes and more about how much money can the University make if they win a bowl game or make it to the big dance!
Title IX is still not the cause of the demise of men's collegiate swimming. Football may not be the sole cause, but I am certain it is a big portion along with big basketball programs. Left to their own, how many universities would still have a women's swimming program let alone a men's program? Swimming certainly does not generate revenue compared with basketball and football. I cringe every time I hear of a school getting rid of their men's swim program. JMU did it just a season ago costing a local swimmer his scholarship and his opportunity to swim collegiately (unless of course he decided to transfer), but I believe it is wrong to blame Title IX.
T.J.
Doubt you'll hear many complaints from the UT or A&M Men's Athletic Dept on the lack of teams...needless to say the Conference Commissioner won't be asking for a fast meet as they do in the Pac 10 or SEC, therefore both are fully rested and tapered for NCAAs. I can remember this meet and not seeing guys in fastskins or jammers even. Got to love the Tigers for sticking in there.
Iwannafly,
I would love to believe that football is the primary or only cause unfortunately, the timing of Title 9 and the demise of secondary collegiate sports for men is too coincidental.
Title 9 had great intentions...... the result after implementation are very pessimistic for mens swimming.
John Smith
Unless I'm mistaken doesn't title nine require that there are equal numbers of mens and women's scholarships effectively? If that is the case, how is a college supposed to compensate for the 50 or so scholarships that football needs? If football were taken out of the equation almost every other sport would match up and there would be no issues, but because the scholarships are forced to be equal small mens' programs need to be cut to make up for the difference. My original premise could be wrong though.
