Rice University
Texas A&M
Flanigan Wins 1,000-Freestyle at Texas A&M
12/6/2014 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
Senior Erin Flanigan won the rugged 1,000-freestyle as the Rice swim team took on No. 1 ranked Texas A&M Saturday afternoon in College Station.
Flanigan's win was the lone individual victory for the Owls in the 14-event program. The Aggies won the dual meet by a final team score of 167-91.
In the 1,000-freestyle Flanigan and A&M's Caitlynn Moon and Ellen Quirke quickly separated themselves from the rest of the field. Even after the first 800-yards there was no distinguishable advantage for any of the three leaders. At the 850 mark the Owl senior from Austin made her move to take the lead for the first time, albeit by a narrow three-one-hunderedths of a second.
The strategy worked. Flanigan went 1:28.15 over the final 150-yards to hold-off an Aggie charge and finish with a winning time of 10:12.61. Quirke was second (10:14.16) and Moon was third (10:14.18).
Flanigan took a shot a pulling off the day's distance double entering the 500-freestyle. She finished third in the with a time of 5:00.28 while Anniina Ala-Seppala was fourth (5:14.46).
Rice also had third place from true freshman Hannah Deters in the 100-freestyle (52.17). The rookie also posted a season-best 23.82 to take fourth in the 50-free.
Senior Madison Livingston followed a third in the 100-breaststroke (1:06.81) with a fourth place in the event's 200 (2:24.10). Senior Casey Clark was third in the 200-butterfly (2:05.49).
Freshman Kaitlyn Swinney was third in the 400-individual medley (4:33.57). Fellow freshman Julie Litver and Kiley Beall were fourth in the 100-backstroke (59.18) and 200-backstroke (2:08.39), respectively.
The full results, and a video interview with Rice head coach Seth Huston, are available at the above links.
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