Day one of the 2017 Texas Invite in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday featured a timed finals session of only the 800-yard freestyle relay — mimicking the new format of NCAAs. The Texas Longhorns picked up a pair of wins from their women's and the men's teams — both in NCAA automatic qualifying times.

Other teams competing include Arizona, Arizona State (men only), USC, Stanford (men only), Wisconsin, UCLA (women only), Harvard, TCU, Rutgers (women only), Northern Arizona (women only), BYU, and Oklahoma Baptist (men only).

Check out the results and highlights below.

2017 Texas Invite

November 29 - December 2

Austin, Texas

Short Course Yards (SCY)

LIVE RESULTS

Women 800 Free Relay

1. University of Texas (A) — 6:58.75
2. USC (A) — 7:00.40
3. Arizona (A) — 7:02.92

Thanks to a swift 1:43.93 leadoff from Claire Adams, the Longhorns ladies were never in danger of losing this one. As a matter of fact, the Texas B team was running second in the final heat through three legs — due in large part to Quinn Carrozza's 1:44.11 leadoff —  before Arizona's anchor Jamie Stone pulled away from Ella Tierney. The 6:58.75 from Texas was just off the 6:58.41 Louisville swam for the nation-leading time in Columbus, Ohio, at Winter Nats. USC, who competed in an earlier heat, grabbed the silver in 7:00.40 courtesy of a front-loaded relay of Louise Hansson (1:43.39) and Tatum Wade (1:44.58). Hansson had the fastest split of anyone in the field — leadoff or relay start.

Men 800 Free Relay

1. University of Texas (A) — 6:14.62
2. University of Texas (B) — 6:19.44
3. Arizona State (A) — 6:19.74

Texas was strong but not as strong as they are capable of being in March. The quartet of Jonathan Roberts (1:35.29), Jeff Newkirk (1:33.60), Joseph Schooling (1:33.17), and Townley Haas (1:32.56) obliterated the field in 6:14.62 — easily securing an NCAA automatic qualifying time. The Longhorns B team snagged the silver thanks to a solid second leg from freshman Austin Katz (1:33.78), and Arizona State rounded out the podium led by another freshman, Grant House, anchoring in 1:33.14. The surprise was that star sophomore Cameron Craig wasn't a bit faster. Apparently still with a beard, Craig — who has been 1:31 — led off for the Sun Devils in 1:34.7. We will do our best to find out who is rested and who is not.

Action resumes Thursday morning with the 500 freestyle, 200 IM, and 50 freestyle.