AUSTIN, Texas - The University of Texas No. 2 men's and No. 6 women's swimming and diving teams both stand in first place following day one of competition at the 2001 Texas Invitational, on Friday, Nov. 30, at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin. The Longhorns men are in first with 229 points, followed by No. 13. Arizona State (208.5), No. 8 Arizona (182), No. 6 California (173.5), No. 13 Wisconsin (149), No. 4 Southern California (128), No. 5 Auburn (133), UCLA (17), Rice (16), TCU (6) and Nebraska (4). On the women's side, the UT women are in first with 269 points, trailed by No. 1 Stanford (204), No. 5 Arizona (193), No. 11 Arizona State (153), No. 15 Wisconsin (148), No. 7 California (135), No. 3 Southern California (133), No. 4 Auburn (115), No. 10 UCLA (17), No. 23 Rice (16), TCU (6) and Nebraska (4).

The UT men were led by its 400-yard medley relay squad of senior Tommy Hannan (Baltimore, Md.), sophomore Brendan Hansen (Havertown, Pa.), sophomore Ian Crocker (Portland, Maine) and junior Chris Kemp (Southlake, Texas). The team posted a top finish of 3:12.03, an automatic NCAA 'A' qualifying time. Hannan also posted a third-place finish in the 100 butterfly (47.92), while senior Joe Montague (Houston, Texas) touched second in the 200 IM (1:48.00). Both times are NCAA 'B' consideration marks.

"Our team showed great effort this evening," Texas men's swimming head coach Eddie Reese said. "There is a difference in mentality when you come in and swim an event or race an event. Tonight our guys showed up to race. That was the key in our performance and I look forward to see how our guys perform tomorrow. There is still a lot of swimming left to be raced."

For the women, Texas' 200 freestyle relay team of junior Tanica Jamison (Dublin, Calif.), freshman Sarah Wanazek (Brookfield, Wis.), senior Kelley Robbins (Houston, Texas) and junior Erin Phenix (Cincinnati, Ohio) led the charge. The quartet won the event in 1:30.74, an automatic NCAA 'A' qualifying mark and a new Texas Invitational record.

Phenix also finished second in the 50 free (22.59), while senior-transfer Lauren Thies (Portland, Ore./Stanford) captured third in the 500 free (4:43.42). Both times are NCAA 'A' automatic qualifying marks.

"I was really pleased with the team's performance today," UT women's co-head coach Jill Sterkel said. "They came out this morning and proved that they are a team. The attitude helped everyone's performance and really got them on a roll. We had a lot of people pick up the automatic and consideration time for NCAA's, which is a bonus. The key is for our team is to refocus and come here tomorrow ready to compete."

In men's diving action, senior Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif.) took top honors on the three-meter springboard, totalling 662.55 points. The point total is a new Texas Invitational record, eclisping his previous record of 649.50 which was set last year. On the women's one-meter board, sophomore Ally Hartzell (Austin, Texas) finished first with 288.70.

The 2001 Texas Invitational will resume on Saturday, Dec. 1 with the preliminaries beginning at 10 a.m., Saturday's finals are slated for 6 p.m.