Men's Swimming and Diving places second at NCAA Championships

Longhorns rack up 11 top-three finishes and five new American records on their way to second-straight second-place finish at the NCAA Championships.

March 28, 2009

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Behind 11 top-three individual and relay finishes and five new American records, Texas finished second at the 2009 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday evening at Texas A&M's Student Rec Center Natatorium.

Auburn claimed the NCAA team title with 526 points, while Texas took second with 487 points. Stanford placed third at 460.5, and California placed fourth with 350 points.

Texas' second-place showing marks the Longhorns' eighth such finish under 31st-year head coach Eddie Reese, who boasts nine NCAA team titles at Texas. Reese's Longhorns have finished in the top-three at the NCAA Championships in 24 of his 31 seasons in Austin.