MORGANTOWN, W.V. — BYU’s Jordan Tiffany and Mickey Strauss added 53 points to the Cougars’ team score with All-Big 12 First Team finishes, and broken school records in day two of the Big 12 Championships at The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park on Wednesday.
Jordan Tiffany clocked a school-record 1:41.88 to take third in the men’s 200 individual medley. Tiffany started with a 21.34 split in the 50 back and held on to the top-3 through the flags as he set his second personal-best on the day and broke Jake Taylor’s previous school record of 1:42.82 set in 2016.
"Jordan had an amazing swim today," said BYU head swimming coach Shari Skabelund. "He just keeps finding ways to get better."
The junior from Pleasant Grove, Utah now holds five school records through just one season competing for the Cougars. Tiffany’s 1:41.88 also surpassed NC State’s Daniel Diehl for 12th nationally.
Strauss started the day’s finals for BYU with a personal-best 407.20 in six dives on the 1-meter. The senior from Provo, Utah upped his previous best by over 65 points while delivering 26 for the Cougars with the all-conference First Team finish. Strauss’s performance overtook seven-time All-American Brandon Watson’s previous 1-meter school record of 398.20 set in 2012.
"It was amazing to watch Mickey step up and reach his greatest potential as he battled a powerhouse team and came in clutch," said BYU head diving coach Tyce Routson. "I'm so proud of all of his work."
Brad Prolo accompanied Tiffany in the 200 IM championship with a seventh-place finish at 1:45.34. Prolo earned All-Big 12 Second Team status with his final time after moving into No. 3 all-time at BYU with a 1:44.52 in the preliminary.
Diego Camacho Salgado secured another Second Team All-Big 12 honor with a personal-best 19.86 to take fifth in the 50 free. Camacho Salgado added 25 more points to BYU’s tally and surpassed Gregor Greiner (2009) for No. 9 in program history. Luigi Riva and Joshua Reed took 10th and 13th in the 50 free consolation final and added a combined 31 points.
Abraham Barragan and Darwin Anderson took 12th and 15th, respectively, in the 500 free and pitched in another 27 to the Cougars’ running total of 397.
| Big 12 Swim & Dive Championships | Team Scores (Feb. 28) | ||
| Place | Team | Score |
| 1. | No. 9 Texas | 707 |
| 2. | TCU | 428 |
| 3. | BYU | 397 |
| 4. | West Virginia | 344.5 |
| 5. | Cincinnati | 340.5 |
Events resume on Thursday at 10 a.m. with the 100 fly prelims. Tune-in to the 2024 Big 12 Swim and Dive Championships on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.