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Swimming and Diving Completes Day One of the Phill Hansel Duals Meet

The Cougars Lead Three of Four Team at the Meet, After Day One

The Cougars return to the pool Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
 
The Cougars return to the pool Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
  
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HOUSTON--The University of Houston swimming and diving team led Incarnate Word,146-40, Vanderbilt, 143.50-39.50 and Florida International, 130-53 after day one at the Phill Hansel Duals Weekend, which took place at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium.

The Cougars started the meet early with a second-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. The A team of junior Jessica Shamburger, freshman Beccy Hillis, senior Doreen Polotzek and sophomore Paige Bissett finished the event with a time of 1:48.95.

Senior Andrea Pa'lmai won the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time 17:07.61. Freshmen Natalie Newcomb (18:04.89) and Rachel Holcomb (19:08.82) finished in ninth and 12th-place, respectively.

Senior Sasha Schwendenwein got her first win of the day in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:50.24, the fourth best in Conference USA this season. Freshman Kim Eeson took third with a time of 1:52.51, while freshman Olga Bordatcheva finished eighth with a time of 1:57.33.

Shamburger clocked a time of 57.95 to win the 100-yard backstroke. Bissett finished sixth (1:00.87), and sophomore Andrea Kells finished 10th (1:02.85). Sophomore Markee Johnson finished the event with a time of 1:05.86.

Hillis finished in second-place in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:21.10. Bordatcheva finished 10th (2:29.65), while Newcomb (2:32.99) finished 12th.

Schwendenwein marked a time of 57.29 to finish in second in the 100-yard butterfly. Polotzek tied for sixth with Vanderbilt's Leigh-Ann Axt with a time of 59.54, while Kells (1:00.08) finished eighth in the event.

Eeson took second for the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.49, while sophomore Brittany Copeland finished in fifth with a time of 25.13. Markee Johnson finished in 15th with a time of 26.73.

Pa'lmai finished third in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:07.67, less than a second behind second-place finisher Shelby Bottoms from Rice (2:07.74). Bissett (2:13.94) and Hillis (2:14.42) finished seventh and eighth, respectively.

The Cougars wrapped up the first day of the Phill Hansel Duals Weekend with the A team of Schwendenwein, Eeson, Shamburger and Pa'lmai finishing first in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:29.94. The B team of Bordatcheva, Newcomb, Polotzek and Copeland took sixth with a time of 3:42.51.

For diving, the Cougars took the first three spots. Junior Anastasia Pozdniakova won the 3-meter diving event with a total of 389.70 points, while her teammate sophomore Lacey Truelove took second with 301.90 points. Freshman Rachel Erickson took third with a total of 219.75 points.

Next Up
The Cougars return to the CRWC Natatorium tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. beginning with the 400-yard medley relay.

 

 

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