Swimming & Diving Downs Rice on Senior Day

HOUSTON – In the team's final dual meet of the season, the University of Houston Swimming & Diving team trounced Rice, 182-111, at CRWC Natatorium on Friday afternoon.

Houston claimed 10 wins during the meet along with 32 podium positions while setting two program top 10 times as the team closed its regular-season dual meet schedule.

Houston's 400-yard medley relays started the meet strong. Freshman Lottie Cullen, senior Henrietta Fangli, junior Noor El Gendy and junior Liya Goupil took the top spot in the event with a time of 3:37.69 with sophomore Elizabeth Jimenez, sophomore Evelyn Entrekin, senior Adelaide Meuter and freshman Sienna Bruner taking second (3:39.95). Fifth-year Danielle Titus, junior Virag Peter, senior Abbie Alvarez and senior Mary Catherine Jurica completed the podium sweep for Houston, touching the wall in third with a time of 3:43.37.

Entrekin led the way in a podium sweep for Houston in the 100-yard breaststroke, earning the top spot with a time of 1:00.12. Fangli (1:00.17) and Peter (1:01.83) touched the wall in second and third, respectively. Meuter led another sweep of the top three spots in the next event, the 200-yard butterfly, with a time of 1:56.90. The mark also ranked as the second fastest time in program history. Meanwhile, Alvarez placed second with a 2:00.43 while El Gendy took third (2:00.59).

Goupil started a third consecutive podium sweep in the 50-yard freestyle as she touched the wall in 23.24 for first place, followed by junior Jenna Kerkman in second (23.35) and freshman Alexandra Curcan in third (23.88).

Fifth-year Hedda Grelz used a score of 315.83 to take the top spot in the 3-meter with sophomore Michelle McLeod placing second (306.98) and fifth-year Emilia Waters finishing third (295.35). In the Cougars final lock-out of the podium of the meet, Peter used a time of 2:10.87 for first place in the 200-yard breaststroke while Entrekin took second (2:13.55) and Fangli placed third (2:14.64). Entrekin's time pushed her to eighth on Houston's Top 10 times list.

Cullen continued her successful freshman season by winning the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 53.84. Jimenez finished less than a second behind her in second place (54.74). Cullen also won the 200-yard backstroke (1:57.49) with Titus claiming third (1:59.35).

Goupil secured her second event win of the day in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 50.64 while Bruner touched the wall in third with a time of 51.09. Meuter led a Houston 1-2 in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 54.12 while El Gendy took second with a time of 54.18.

Sophomore Sydney Nethercutt earned second place in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.13) while Benoit placed third in the 1000-yard freestyle, completing her 40 lengths of the pool in 10:05.54. In the meet's other distance event, Nethercutt secured another second-place finish (4:53.58) while freshman Mariana Cote placed third (4:56.22).

Wrapping up Houston's scoring, McLeod placed second in the 3-meter (294.53) with Grelz taking third (287.78).

Entrekin posted Houston's fastest time of the meet in the 200-yard individual medley with a 2:00.89 while the 200-yard freestyle relay of Bruner, Goupil, Curcan and Kerkman secured the Cougars' quickest time in the event (1:33.17).

UP NEXT
Houston hosts a First Chance Meet at CRWC Natatorium on Feb. 7-8. Friday's schedule begins at 3 p.m. with Saturday's events starting at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

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