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Berens tabbed National Men's College Swimmer of the Week
CollegeSwimming.com has selected Texas senior Ricky Berens as its NCAA Division I Men's Swimmer of the Week after the Olympic gold medalist and world champion won two individual events and helped UT to four relay wins in its victory last weekend at the Southwest Collegiate Plunge in Dallas.

A 16-time All-American, Berens (Charlotte, N.C.) claimed the 100-yard backstroke in 48.71 seconds, good for a NCAA provisional-qualifying mark. He added another individual win in the 100 butterfly in 48.35.

Berens split 48.21 on the butterfly leg in helping Texas to victory in the 400 medley relay in 3:20.04. Berens anchored UT's 200 free relay to victory in 20.20 and split 21.89 on the butterfly leg in UT's first-place 200 medley relay. He split 45.59 on the second leg of UT's 400 freestyle relay that was victorious in 3:03.07.

Berens and the Longhorns host their home opener on Friday, Oct. 30 when they take on Indiana at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. The meet gets underway at 3 p.m. Central.

Men's Swimming and Diving claims Southwest Collegiate Plunge
Texas captured seven of eight events to finish off its victory Saturday at the Southwest Collegiate Plunge, a four-team championship-style meet featuring Texas A&M, Missouri and SMU. The Longhorns claimed the event with 872 points after leading with 459 points after Friday's opening session.

Texas opened day two with a win in the 200-yard medley relay, as freshman Cole Cragin, junior Scott Spann, senior Ricky Berens and sophomore Jimmy Feigen finished in 1 minute, 30.81 seconds. Cragin led off in 22.98 on the backstroke leg before Spann split 25.55 on the breaststroke. Berens picked up the butterfly in 21.89 before Feigen anchored in 20.39.

Results
400 Yard Medley Relay
1 The University of Texas 3:20.04 40
2 Texas A&M University 3:21.28 34
3 Southern Methodist University 3:21.81 32

100 Yard Butterfly
1 Berens, Ricky The University of Texas 48.35
2 Loncaric, Boris Texas A&M University 50.21
3 Caskey, Neil The University of Texas 50.22
4 Larsson, David J Southern Methodist University 50.94
5 Melin, Anders University of Missouri 51.26
6 Welch, Tyler J Texas A&M University 51.51
7 Korosec, Blaz Southern Methodist University 51.63
8 Sellers, Cameron M University of Missouri 51.77

Men's Swimming and Diving takes day-one lead at the Southwest Collegiate Plunge
Texas tallied victories in seven of nine events Friday evening and assumed the lead in the team standings after day one of the Southwest Collegiate Plunge, a four-team meet featuring UT, Texas A&M, Missouri and SMU.

Texas leads after day one with 459 points, and Texas A&M sits in second with 380 points. Missouri is in third with 342 points, and SMU sits in fourth place with 327 points.

The Horns opened the meet with a win in the 400-yard medley relay, as freshman Cole Cragin, junior Scott Spann, senior Ricky Berens and sophomore Jimmy Feigen finished in 3 minutes, 20.04 seconds. Sophomore Jackson Wilcox, an All-American in the 500 freestyle, added a victory in that event in 4:29.47.

Berens chipped in another Longhorns victory in the 100 butterfly, where he clocked 48.35, just off of the NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 48.34. Missouri's Jan Konarzewski took the 200 backstroke before Texas' Spann, competing in his first collegiate meet since last October, took the 100 breaststroke in 56.90.

Results
400 Yard Medley Relay
1 The University of Texas 3:20.04
2 Texas A&M University 3:21.28
3 Southern Methodist University 3:21.81

100 Yard Butterfly
1 Berens, Ricky The University of Texas 48.35
2 Loncaric, Boris Texas A&M University 50.21
3 Caskey, Neil The University of Texas 50.22
4 Larsson, David J Southern Methodist University 50.94
5 Melin, Anders University of Missouri 51.26
6 Welch, Tyler J Texas A&M University 51.51
7 Korosec, Blaz Southern Methodist University 51.63
8 Sellers, Cameron M University of Missouri 51.77