Swimmers Compete At C-USA Championships This Week
2/12/2007 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
Conference USA Swim Championship Headquarters
Schedule of events pdf
HOUSTON -- Rice competes for the Conference USA title in women's swimming at the 2007 C-USA Championships across town at the University of Houston Recreation Center Natatorium this Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 14-17. The 21-event meet begins at 6 pm Wednesday with the 200-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle relay.
The championship kicks into high gear on Thursday morning. Preliminaries for the swimming events begin at 10 am Thursday through Saturday. The finals for each day's swimming and diving events are at 6 pm. Admission prices for the event range from as low as $5 for single-session tickets (for students with ID) to $25 for the entire meet. Tickets are available at the UH natatorium an hour before the start of that day's session.
The Owls had perhaps their best year in head coach Seth Huston's fifth year at the helm of the Rice program. The Blue & Gray compiled a 10-6 record in dual meets, the program's most wins in years. Some of the Owls to keep an eye on for the championship include junior distance specialist Brittany Massengale and sprinters Carlyann Miller and Diane Gu in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle (on Thursday). Gu and Miller combine to race on Rice's sprint-relay on Friday. Massengale competes in the rugged mile on Saturday evening.
Juniors Jennifer Hill enters the championships swimming as strong as she has all year. Sophomores Natalie Kirchhoff and Caitlin Warner scored big at the meet a year ago and could be even better now that they have C-USA Championship experience. Newcomers like Erin Mattson, Justine Lin and Pam Zelnick are poised to make an impact in their first college championship meet.
2007 C-USA Swimming & Diving Championship Schedule
WED., FEBRUARY 14
Diving Preliminaries - 3 pm
1-Meter Diving (Men)
Finals - 6 pm
200-Yard Medley Relay
1-Meter Diving (Men)
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
THUR., FEBRUARY 15
Preliminaries - 10 am
500-Yard Freestyle
200-Yard Individual Medley
50-Yard Freestyle
Diving Preliminaries - 1 pm
3-Meter (women)
Finals - 6 pm
500-Yard Freestyle
200-Yard Individual Medley
50-Yard Freestyle
3-Meter Diving (Women)
400-Yard Medley Relay
FRI., FEBRUARY 16
Preliminaries - 10 am
400-Yard Individual Medley
100-Yard Butterfly
200-Yard Freestyle
100-Yard Breaststroke
100-Yard Backstroke
Diving Preliminaries - 1 pm
3-Meter (Men)
1-Meter (Women)
Finals - 6 pm
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
1-Meter Diving (Women)
400-Yard Individual Medley
100-Yard Butterfly
3-Meter Diving (Men)
200-Yard Freestyle
100-Yard Breaststroke
100-Yard Backstroke
SAT., FEBRUARY 17
Preliminaries - 10 am
200-Yard Backstroke
100-Yard Freestyle
200-Yard Breaststroke
200-Yard Butterfly
1,650-Yard Freestyle
Diving Preliminaries - 1 pm
Platform (Men & Women)
Finals - 6 pm
1,650-Yard Freestyle
Platform Diving (Women)
200-Yard Backstroke
100-Yard Freestyle
200-Yard Breaststroke
200-Yard Butterfly
Platform Diving (Men)
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