Swimmers Compete At UH This Weekend
11/1/2006 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
Nov. 1, 2006
HOUSTON -- The Rice swim team returns to competition with head-to-head dual meets against no less than five different opponents in the Phill Hansel Duals Weekend on Nov. 3-4 across town at the University of Houston Rec Center Natatorium. The Owls take on former Western Athletic Conference rival Nevada, the University of New Orleans, Trinity, Mesa State and meet host Houston. Start times are 5 pm Friday and 10 am on Saturday.
The two-day, multi-dual format features 17 individual swimming events, including four relays. The meet also has two springboard diving events (but Rice does not field a diving program). A unique feature of the Hansel Duals is that one team may finish the weekend action with as many as five dual meet wins added to its season results. The Owls are 1-1 in dual meets after opening the season with a win over Denver (Oct.13) and falling at home to SMU on Oct. 27.
Because the Owls do not field a diving program, the meet's points awarded for those events automatically defaults to the other teams. Rice head coach Seth Huston stated that puts an immediate sense of urgency for the Blue and Gray to race sharp and smart all meet long.
"We have an uphill battle this weekend," Huston said. "We start out down 32-0 against each team since we do not have diving. Our lineup right now is spread thin a bit more than we would like, but we will shuffle some people around since we can go four deep in all events. We will race similar to what we've done in the first two meets and hopefully have more of the same results. With the way our schedule is, we are training right through this weekend."
Admission to the Phill Hansel Duals Weekend is free. This schedule of events is as follows:
Phill Hansel Duals Weekend Schedule (all distances in short-course yards)
5 pm Friday, Nov. 3, 2006
200 Medley Relay
1,000 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
100 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
Three-meter Diving
50 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
400 Freestyle Relay
10 am Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006
400 Medley Relay
500 Freestyle
200 Butterfly
200 Backstroke
One-Meter Diving
100 Breaststroke
100 Freestyle
400 Individual Medley
200 Freestyle Relay
Check Out The Owls Opponents This Week
Houston Cougars
Nevada Wolf Pack
New Orleans Privateers
Trinity Tigers
Mesa State Herd