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WVU Ready for Big 12 Championship in Texas | https://wvusports.com/
WVU Ready for Big 12 Championship in Texas
The West Virginia University men's and women's swimming and diving teams are set to begin postseason competition at the 2023 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship, from Feb. 22-25, hosted by the University of Texas at the Lee and Joe Jamil Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.
The conference meet returns to the Longhorns' campus following the Mountaineers' second time hosting the meet at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown in 2022.
The 2023 Big 12 Championship is set to begin on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 11 a.m. ET. The full schedule for the meet can be found here.
Big 12 Now on ESPN+ is scheduled to provide streaming coverage of the championship, while live results are available at Sidearmstats.com. Kyle Sockwell and Natalie Kalibat will host the broadcast.
Wednesday's events include men's and women's 1-meter diving, the 200 medley relay and the 800 freestyle relay, while Thursday features the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 400 medley relay, and men's 3-meter diving. Events tabbed for Friday include the 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 200 free relay and women's 3-meter diving. The championship concludes on Saturday with the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 400 free relay and men's and women's platform.
Joining WVU in Austin for the 2023 Big 12 Championship are conference foes Iowa State (women only), Kansas (women only), TCU and Texas. The Longhorns are the lone Big 12 representatives in the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) TYR Top 25 polls entering the Big 12 meet, with the women's team ranked No. 2 and the men's team standing at No. 3.
The Mountaineer women's team enters the conference meet with a 3-1 record in dual meets and 1-0 in the Big 12, while the men's team finished the season 1-1 in dual meets. The two squads closed the regular season playing host to Villanova on Jan. 28. The men topped the Wildcats by a score of 207.5-83.5, and the women won, 194-100.
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