With a handful of championship meets already in the books this season, we have seen records galore. Expect the Big 12 Championships in Austin, Texas this week to be more of the same.

The first official session of the 2017 Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championships at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center kicks off tomorrow at 4 PM CT.

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Events on the docket include the 200 Medley Relay, 1-meter Diving, and 800 Freestyle Relay. Here's what to keep an eye on:

200 MEDLEY RELAY

Women

Big 12 Meet Record: 1:36.02 (Texas A&M - 2012)

Texas' A relay was disqualified at the Texas Invitational, their midseason meet in November, so their fastest time this season is a 1:37.70 from a dual meet victory over Georgia in January. With star swimmers on every leg of this relay, Texas has a legitimate shot at crushing this meet record. Led by ​Tasija Karosas ​on the backstroke leg, ​Madisyn Cox​ on breaststroke, ​Remedy Rule​ on butterfly, and ​Rebecca Millard​ anchoring on the freestyle leg you can guarantee they will be threatening to break the 1:36 barrier.​

Tasija Karosas chatted with the local media at practice this week and looks ready for the bright lights of the Big 12 Championships.

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Men

Big 12 Meet Record: 1:24.23 (Texas - 2009)

Texas' fastest official time on the season is a 1:25.81 from the Texas Invitational in November. However, a few weeks ago during their annual Class Relays where each class (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior) puts together their best relay, Texas put up three different 1:25 swims in the 200 Medley Relay. Their aggregate time (fastest four splits) was a 1:23.17 thanks to a blazing fast 19.68 butterfly split from ​Joesph Schooling​.​ These guys might not be fully peaked for Big 12s, but they will be on this meet record like bees on honey.

Aggregate Time: Class Relays
John Shebat - 21.16
Will Licon - 23.64
Joe Schooling - 19.68
Townley Haas - 18.69
1:23.17
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Schooling popped off a 20.0 flat start 50 butterfly last week in practice, so you know he is ready.

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800 FREESTYLE RELAY

Women

Big 12 Meet Record: 6:58.37 (Texas - 2009)

The Longhorn ladies have already been over two seconds faster than this meet record this season. Back in November at the Texas Invite, they threw down a blistering 6:56.21 behind three 1:43 splits from ​Madisyn Cox, Claire Adams, ​and ​Tasija Karosas​. Their time is still the fourth fastest time in the country right now and if they can find another girl down in that 1:43 - 1:44 range they will be challenging for an NCAA title in March.

Men

Big 12 Meet Record: 6:10.55 (Texas - 2008)

​The Texas men are returning their NCAA record-holding, championship relay from last season with ​Jack Conger, ​Townley Haas​, ​Clark Smith, ​and ​Joseph Schooling. ​They likely will not approach their 2016 NCAA winning time of 6:08.03, but they can certainly put together a squad that can get down into the 6:10 range.​
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Moral of the story? The Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championships will be fast and Texas will be all over the relay meet records on the first night. The good news: you can watch all of this LIVE, exclusively on FloSwimming.