The Texas Longhorns pulled out their third consecutive Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships team title in dramatic fashion, coming back to take the lead in the second-to-last event and holding on in the final event for the victory.

The three-day meet March 28-30 at Georgia featured a tug of war between Texas and Stanford for the crown. The Longhorns finished with 512 points, just 11 more than the Cardinal. That margin of victory is the closest since the advent of the 16-place scoring system in 1985.

With its ninth title, Texas ties Southern California in all-time men's swimming and diving championships. Rounding out the top five was Auburn (365 ¹/2), Florida (277) and Southern California (272).

Divers made the difference for the Longhorns. Justin Dumais and his brother Troy contributed substantial points to the team total. Troy was named diver of the meet for the third straight time after sweeping the springboard events and taking fifth on platform. With his win in three-meter, he became the first diver in NCAA history to win an event all four years. Brother Justin took second on platform, fourth on three-meter and seventh on one-meter.

Brendan Hansen, who won his second consecutive 100- and 200-yard breaststroke titles for the Longhorns said, "This is a whole team effort for us. I never thought about me individually in the race, I just wanted to get our team as psyched up as I could."

Joining Hansen in that effort was fellow Longhorn Ian Crocker, who set an NCAA record in the 100-yard butterfly. No other Texas swimmers claimed event titles.

"Nobody said that the team race was going to be easy, and the divers kept us in it. We are definitely the Texas diving and swimming team, not the Texas swimming and diving team," Hansen said.

Swimmer of the meet Erik Vendt from Southern California claimed victories in the 1,650-yard freestyle and the 400-yard individual medley. He took second in the 500-yard freestyle as well. Stanford won three relay titles and featured two individual titlists in Markus Rogan, who won the 200-yard backstroke and the 200-yard individual medley, and Peter Marshall, who won the 100-yard backstroke.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Texas, 512; 2. Stanford, 501; 3. Auburn, 365 ¹/2; 4. Florida, 277; 5. Southern California, 272; 6. California, 271; 7. Arizona, 242; 8. Minnesota, 216; 9. Michigan, 183; 10. Georgia, 167; 11. Virginia, 157 ¹/2; 12. Tennessee, 144; 13. Miami (Fla.), 106; 14. Arizona St., 84; 15. Penn St., 54; 16. Kentucky, 50; 17. Harvard, 42; 18. Wisconsin, 41 ¹/2; 19. Northwestern, 39; 20. Alabama, 34; 21. Texas A&M, 33; 22. Southern Methodist, 29 ¹/2; 23. Brigham Young, 21; 24. Pittsburgh, 18; 25. UNC Wilmington, 15; 26. South Carolina, 14; 27. (tie) LSU, Hawaii and Georgia Tech, 27; 30. Washington, 9; 31. North Carolina, 7; 32. Indiana, 5; 33. (tie) Cincinnati and Purdue, 3; 35. (tie) UNLV, Iowa, Drexel and Princeton, 2.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

50-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Roland Schoeman, Arizona, 19.08; 2. Anthony Ervin, California, 19.10; 3. Randall Bal, Stanford, 19.48; 4. Dan Gallagher, UNC Wilmington, 19.65; 5. Ian Crocker, Texas, 19.76; 6. Luke Anderson, Virginia, 19.83; 7. Derek Gib, Auburn, 19.92; 8. Robert Bogart, Texas, 20.06. Consolation -- 9. Andrew Schnell, Stanford, 19.80; 10. Ryan Wochomurka, Auburn, 19.83; 11. Duje Draganja, California, 19.86; 12. Renato Gueraldi, Tennessee, 19.95; 13. Bobby Zaabadkick, Arizona St., 19.98; 14. Hendrik Odendaal, Florida, 20:02; 15. Carlos Jayme, Florida, 20.03; 16. Bobby O'Bryan, Stanford, 20.11.

100-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Anthony Ervin, California, 41.62 (meet record; old record, 41.80, Ervin, California, 2001, and Matt Biondi, California, 1987); 2. Duje Draganja, California, 42.22; 3. Roland Schoeman, Arizona, 42.80; 4. Randall Bal, Stanford, 42.96; 5. Eric LaFleur, Arizona, 43.51; 6. Luke Anderson, Virginia, 43.52; 7. Matthew Macedo, California, 43.69; 8. Hendrick Dendaal, Florida, 43.73. Consolation -- 9. Ian Crocker, Texas, 43.01; 10. Carlos Jayme, Florida, 43.28; 11. Chris Kemp, Texas, 43.47; 12. Andrew Schnell, Stanford, 43.63; 13. Ryan Wochomurka, Auburn, 43.78; 14. Terry Silkaitis, Minnesota, 43.80; 15. Rodrigo Castro, Southern California, 43.90; 16. Matthew Kidd, Auburn, 44.47.

200-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Adam Sioui, Florida, 1:34.67; 2. Dan Ketchum, Michigan, 1:34.76; 3. Klete Keller, Southern California, 1:35.42; 4. Rodrigo Castro, Southern California, 1:35.73; 5. Wesley Kirkland, Auburn, 1:35.82; 6. Garrett Mangieri, Michigan, 1:36.77; 7. Terry Silkaitis, Minnesota, 1:36.67; 8. James Pullin, Texas, 1:37.67. Consolation -- 9. Chris Kemp, Texas, 1:34.41; 10. Joe Bruckart, California, 1:36.28; 11. Rainer Kendrick, Texas, 1:36.43; 12. Matt Taylor, Minnesota, 1:36.63; 13. Gavin Meadows, Arizona St., 1:36.90; 14. John Suchand, Texas, 1:37.02; 15. Jacint Simon, UNLV, 1:37.43; 16. Patrick Kennedy, Texas A&M, 1:37.61.

500-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Klete Keller, Southern California, 4:12.83; 2. Erick Vendt, Southern California, 4:13.99; 3. John Cole, Harvard, 4:16.91; 4. Chris Kemp, Texas, 4:18.07; 5. Dan Ketchum, Michigan, 4:18.22; 6. Justin Mortimer, Minnesota, 4:18.30; 7. Jeff Lee, Southern California, 4:19.07; 8. Robert Margalis, 4:24.07. Consolation -- 9. Ian Prichard, Virginia, 4:17.34; 10. Brendan Neligan, Michigan, 4:18.84; 11. Stephen Sioui, Florida, 4:20.20; 12. Rodrigo Castro, Southern California, 4:20.94; 13. Martin Schierhorn, Penn St., 4:21.19; 14. Andrew Hurd, Michigan, 4:21.35; 15. Matt Taylor, Minnesota, 4:23.08; 16. Benjamin Jones, Auburn, 4:23.08.

1,650-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Erik Vendt, Southern California, 14:37.48; 2. John Cole, Harvard, 14:39.71; 3. Justin Martimer, Minnesota, 14:50.57; 4. Robert Margalis, Georgia, 14:51.92; 5. Brendan Neligan, Michigan, 14:52.11; 6. Ian Prichard, Virginia, 14:52.60; 7. Klete Keller, Southern California, 14:54.83; 8. Shilo Ayalon, Georgia Tech,14:55.05; 9. Justin Drake, Michigan, 15:00.53; 10. Kevin Clements, Auburn, 15:01.12; 11. Dan Ketchum, Michigan, 15:03.55; 12. George duRand, Tennessee, 15:09.75; 13. Matt Sorlien, Stanford, 15:12.48; 14. Daniel DeMarco, Virginia, 15:12.67; 15. Joel Everman, Southern California, 15:13.85; 16. Andrew Hurd, Michigan, 15:14.21.

100-yard backstroke: Final -- 1. Peter Marshall, Stanford, 45.91; 2. Alex Lim, California, 46.05; 3. Randall Bal, Stanford, 46.51; 4. Dan Westcott, Stanford, 46.51; 5. Todd Smolinski, Minnesota, 46.86; 6. Jayme Cramer, Stanford, 46.95; 7. Tom Hannan, Texas, 47.33; 8. Evan Martinec, LSU, 47.82. Consolation -- 9. Matthew Macedo, California, 47.67; 10. Michael Jansen, Florida, 47.79; 11. Kirk Hampleman, Auburn, 47.84; 12. Chris Kellam, 48.00; 13. (tie) Brendan Coyne, Wisconsin, and Jakob Andersen, Southern Methodist, 48.01; 15. Raymond Hunt, Auburn, 48.08; 16. Jonathon Karr, Auburn, 48.15.

200-yard backstroke: Final -- 1. Markus Rogan, Stanford, 1:41.52; 2. Peter Marshall, Stanford, 1:41.85; 3. Kirk Hampleman, Auburn, 1:42.57; 4. Michael Jansen, Florida, 1:42.95; 5. Chris Kellam, Florida, 1:43.00; 6. Raymond Hunt, Auburn, 1:43.34; 7. Christian Harcsas, Arizona St., 1;44.07; 8. Alex Lim, California, 1:44.27. Consolation -- 9. Kris Souther, Arizona, 1:42.70; 10. Luke Wagner, Virginia, 1:43.70; 11. Joey Faltraco, Kentucky, 1:44.33; 12. Anthony Swanson, Northwestern, 1:44.46; 13. Marc Lindsay, Georgia, 1:44.52; 14. Dan Shevchik, Harvard, 1:44.78; 15. Peter Osborn, Georgia, 1:45.87; 16. Jonathon Karr, Auburn, 1:46.06.

100-yard breaststroke: Final -- 1. Brendan Hansen, Texas, 52.47; 2. Patrick Calhoun, Auburn, 52.72; 3. Jeff Hackler, Minnesota, 53.24; 4. Michael Bruce, Stanford, 53.39; 5. Kyle Salyards, Georgia, 53.96; 6. Mark Gangloff, Auburn, 54.08; 7. Gary Marshall, Virginia, 54.25; 8. Jeremy McDonnell, Tennessee, 54.30. Consolation -- 9. Eric van Goethem, Auburn, 53.98; 10. Wilson Brandt, Auburn, 54.17; 11. Chris Stewart, Tennessee, 54.27; 12. Cheyne Bloch, Hawaii, 54.48; 13. Bayani Flores, California, 54.55; 14. Tamas Bessenyei, Purdue, 54.62; 15. Garth Fealey, Princeton, 54.69; 16. Jeff Hopwood, Michigan, 54.70.

200-yard breaststroke: Final -- 1. Brendan Hansen, Texas, 1:52.88 (meet record; old record 1:53.11, Hansen, Texas, 2001); 2. Michael Bruce, Stanford, 1:54.81; 3. Kyle Salyards, Georgia, 1:55.67; 4. Gary Marshall, Virginia, 1:56.33; 4. Jeff Hackler, Minnesota, 1:56.33; 6. Andrew Bree, Tennessee, 1:56.56; 7. Jeff Hopwood, Michigan, 1:56.59; 8. Mark Gangloff, Auburn, 1:57.16. Consolation -- 9. Luke Ekhoff, Washington, 1:56.13; 10. Sean Quinn, North Carolina, 1:57.02; 11. Cheyne Bloch, Hawaii, 1:57.35; 12. Bayani Flores, California, 1:58.24; 13. Patrick Calhoun, Auburn, 1:58.51; 14. Ross Binkley, Texas, 1:59.01; 15. Chris Forrest, Minnesota, 1:59.40; 16. Disqualified.

100-yard butterfly: Final -- 1. Ian Crocker, Texas, 45.44 (meet record; old record 45.59, Lars Frolander, Southern Methodist, 1998); 2. Peter Marshall, Stanford, 46.48; 3. Roland Schoeman, Arizona, 46.50; 4. Matt McDonald, Stanford, 47.22; 5. Jeff Lee, Southern California, 46.90; 6. Andrew Haidinyak, Auburn, 47.18; 7. Jayme Cramer, Stanford, 47.22; 8. Daniel DiToro, Texas, 47.99. Consolation -- 9. Dan Westcott, Stanford, 46.82; 10. Jason Gagnon, Georgia, 47.37; 11. Tom Hannan, Texas, 47.40; 12. Bobby O'Bryan, Stanford, 47.59; 13. Kellan O'Connor, Northwestern, 47.66; 14. Ryan McNally, Cincinnati, 47.74; 15. Duje Draganja, California, 47.95; 16. Gabriel Mangabeira, Florida, 48.36.

200-yard butterfly: Final -- 1. Ioan Gherghel, Alabama, 1:42.68; 2. Jeff Lee, Southern California, 1:42.94; 3. Rainer Kendrick, Texas, 1:43.56; 4. Matt McDonald, Stanford, 1:44.04; 5. Andrew Mahaney, Georgia, 1:44.17; 6. Duncan Sherrard, Florida, 1:44.32; 7. Jeff Dash, Arizona, 1:44.42; 8. Kellan O'Connor, Northwestern, 1:44.58. Consolation -- 9. Juan Veloz, Arizona, 1:43.93; 10. Dan Westcott, Stanford, 1:44.12; 11. Jayme Cramer, Stanford, 1:44.80; 12. Randy Lam, Georgia, 1:44.92; 13. Joe Montague, Texas, 1:44.96; 14. Stephen Sioui, Florida, 1:45.76; 15. Michael Raab, Virginia, 1:45.79; 16. Jeremy Knowles, Auburn, 1:46.16.

200-yard individual medley: Final -- 1. Markus Rogan, Stanford, 1:44.03; 2. Dan Trupin, Stanford, 1:44.08; 3. Tamas Kerekjarto, Southern California, 1:45.56; 4. Duncan Sherrard, Florida, 1:45.67; 5. Tom Hannan, Texas, 1:45.75; 6. Eric Donnelly, Florida, 1:45.85; 7. Mark Gangloff, Auburn, 1:46.56; 8. Kirk Hampleman, Auburn, 1:50.07. Consolation -- 9. Joe Bruckart, California, 1:45.72; 10. Anthony Swanson, Northwestern, 1:46.18; 11. Rainer Kendrick, Texas, 1:46.31; 12. Brendan Hansen, Texas, 1:46.57; 13. Joe Montague, Texas, 1:46.69; 14. Kevin Clements, Auburn, 1:47.29; 15. Tim Carlson, Southern Methodist, 1:47.74; 16. Bayani Flores, California, 1:49.11.

400-yard individual medley: Final -- 1. Erik Vendt, Southern California, 3:40.65; 2. Robert Margalis, Georgia, 3:41.42; 3. Kevin Clements, Auburn, 3:43.19; 4. Markus Rogan, Stanford, 3:43.30; 5. Tamas Kerekjarto, Southern California, 3:46.14; 6. Eric Donnelly, Florida, 3:48.31; 7. Joe Montague, Texas, 3:48.32; 8. Duncan Sherrard, Florida, 3:50.43. Consolation -- 9. Istvan Bathazi, South Carolina, 3:45.76; 10. Christopher Greenwood, Virginia, 3:45.87; 11. Dan Shevchik, Harvard, 3:46.17; 12. Ryan Plummer, Minnesota, 3:48.00; 13. James Galloway, Auburn, 3:49.62; 14. Carlos Sayao, Michigan, 3:50.75; 15. Mark Warkentin, Southern California, 3:51.12; 16. Tim Siciliano, Michigan, 3:51.63.

One-meter diving: Final -- 1. Troy Dumais, Texas, 390.35; 2. Clayton Moss, Kentucky, 379.90; 3. Phil Jones, Tennessee, 366.85; 4. Stefan Ahrens, Miami (Fla.), 363.45; 5. Stewart Smith, Alabama, 353.60; 6. Omar Ojeda, Arizona, 342.20; 7. Justin Dumais, Texas, 319.65; 8. Steve Bohner, Penn St., 311.05. Consolation -- 9. Josh Anderson, Arizona, 312.10; 10. Matthew Bricker, Auburn, 309.20; 11. Miguel Velazquez, Miami (Fla.), 308.35; 12. Brandon Hulko, South Carolina, 302.70; 13. Kyle Prandi, Miami (Fla.), 293.25; 14. Justin Wilcock, Brigham Young, 288.90; 15. Kevin Coogan, Drexel, 286.50; 16. Andy Bradley, Brigham Young, 285.50.

Three-meter diving: Final -- 1. Troy Dumais, Texas, 673.80; 2. Imre Lengyel, Miami (Fla.), 624.30; 3. Phil Jones, Tennessee, 623.15; 4. Justin Dumais, Texas, 620.05; 5. Clayton Moss, Kentucky, 614.85; 6. Omar Ojeda, Arizona, 614.75; 7. Justin Wilcock, Brigham Young, 569.35; 8. Caesar Garcia, Auburn, 569.25. Consolation -- 9. Kyle Prandi, Miami (Fla.), 547.00; 10. Miguel Velazquez, Miami (Fla.), 536.85; 11. Stefan Ahrens, Miami (Fla.), 526.55; 12. Marc Carlton, Indiana, 520.35; 13. Brice Dumais, Southern Methodist, 517.35; 14. Steve Bohner, Penn St., 517.05; 15. Matthew Bricker, Auburn, 509.95; 16. Simon Chrisander, Iowa, 507.55.

Platform diving: Final -- 1. Imre Lengyel, Miami (Fla.), 620.25; 2. Justin Dumais, Texas, 577.15; 3. Matthew Bricker, Auburn, 565.85; 4. Miguel Valazquez, Miami (Fla.), 553.00; 5. Troy Dumais, Texas, 545.75; 6. Moss Clayton, Kentucky, 534.40; 7. Jason Coben, Michigan, 515.85; 8. Jonathan Linette, Texas, 459.50. Consolation -- 9. Caesar Garcia, Auburn, 499.95; 10. Kyle Prandi, Miami (Fla.), 490.60; 11. Ruben Vaca, Arizona, 486.00; 12. Justin Wilcock, Brigham Young, 481.10; 13. Harold Hyde, Texas, 458.40; 14. Omar Ojeda, Arizona, 456.10; 15. Josh Anderson, Arizona, 454.80; 16. Simon Chrisander, Iowa, 439.05.

200-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Stanford (Randall Bal, Peter Marshall, Andrew Schnell, Bobby O'Bryan), 1:16.49, [meet record; old record 1:16.50, Auburn (Aaron Ciarla, Brett Hawk, Brock Newmn, Matthew Busbee), 1999 (preliminaries)]; 2. California, 1:16.89; 3. Arizona, 1:16.99; 4. Auburn, 1:17.41: 5. Texas,1:18.09: 6. Florida, 1:18.30: 7. Arizona St., 1:18.91: 8. Tennessee, 1:19.07. Consolation -- 9. Minnesota, 1:19.42; 10. Wisconsin, 1:19.84; 11. Virginia, 1:19.88; 12. Texas A&M, 1:20.23; 13. Georgia, 1:20.37; 14. Pittsburgh, 1:21.21; 15. Northwestern, 1:22.22; 16. Southern Methodist, disqualified.

400-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. California (Duje Draganja, Anthony Ervin, Matthew Macedo, Mattias Ohlin), 2:50.01; 2. Stanford, 2:51.63; 3. Texas, 2:52.73; 4. Auburn, 2:52.98; 5. Arizona, 2:53.09; 6. Southern California, 2:53.87; 7. Florida, 2:53.91; 8. Michigan, 2:57.29. Consolation -- 9. Penn St., 2:55.23; 10. Minnesota, 2:55.37; 11. Virginia, 2:56.76; 12. Arizona St., 2:56.87; 13. Texas A&M, 2:57.09; 14. Southern Methodist, 2:57.49; 15. Pittsburgh, 44.88; 16. Georgia, 44.46.

800-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Southern California (Jeff Lee, Rodrigo Castro, Tamas Kerekjarto, Klete Keller), 6:17.35 [meet record, old record 6:18, Texas (Scott Goldblatt, Nate Dusing, Chris Kemp, Jamie Rauch), 2001]; 2. Texas, 6:23.78; 3. Michigan, 6:25.72; 4. California, 6:27.01; 5. Auburn, 6:27.48; 6. Stanford, 6:27.61; 7. Florida, 6:28.00; 8. Virginia, 6:28.73; 9. Minnesota, 6:28.81; 10. Georgia, 6:29.42; 11. Arizona St., 6:29.55; 12. Arizona, 6:30.87; 13. Tennessee, 6:31.81; 14. Penn St., 6:32.87; 15. Pittsburgh, 6:33.99; 16. Texas A&M, 6:41.98.

200-yard medley relay: Final -- 1. Stanford (Randall Bal, Peter Marshall, Michael Bruce, Bobby Matt McDonald), 1:25.47; 2. Texas, 1:25.80; 3. Minnesota, 1:25.87; 4. California, 1:26.02; 5. Tennessee, 1:26.31; 6. Wisconsin, 1:26.49; 7. Arizona, disqualified; 8. Florida, 1:27.95. Consolation -- 9. Florida, 1:27.95; 10. Southern Methodist, 1:28.38; 11. Texas A&M, 1:28.52; 12. Georgia, 1:28.70; 13. Arizona St., 1:28.75; 14. Penn St., 1:29.96; 15. Michigan, 1:31.26; 16. Southern California, 1:33.10.

400-yard medley relay: Final -- 1. Stanford (Peter Marshall, Michael Bruce, Dan Westcott, Randall Bal), 3:06.81; 2. Texas, 3:06.93; 3. Minnesota, 3:09.73; 4. Arizona, 3:11.60; 5. Georgia, 3:11.72; 6. Florida, 3:11.82; 7. California, disqualified; 8. Auburn, disqualified. Consolation -- 9. Virginia, 3:12.49; 10. Tennessee, 3:13.66; 11. Michigan, 3:14.40; 12. Arizona St., 3:15.71; 13. Northwestern, 3:15.90; 14. Penn St., 3:16.56; 15. Pittsburgh, 3:18.52; 16. Southern Methodist, disqualified.