Rice University
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Swimmers Split Saturday Dual Meets
10/16/2016 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
Session II Full Results (FIU at Rice; Denver vs. Tulane)
Session III Full Results (Tulane at Rice; FIU vs. Denver)
The Rice swim team split its two dual meets on the final day of action at the 2016 Dual-A-Pool-Ooza on Saturday (Oct. 15).
After the Owls were edged by .26-hundredths of a second on the final leg of the final relay to fall to Conference USA rival FIU by a score of 104-98, Rice bounced back to defeat longtime regional rival Tulane 113.5 to 85.5.
Rice head coach Seth Huston, now in his 15th season at the helm of the Owl program, comments about the day's action in the above video. A full listing of the results are provided at the above links.
In the morning session's head-to-head clash against FIU, Rice juniors Kiley Beall and Lauren Rhodes posted wins in the 200-butterfly (2:06.76) and 100-freestyle (52.05), respectively. Sophomore Marie-Claire Schillinger had the best 100-breaststroke (1:03.71) of any competitor, including swimmers in the simultaneous dual meets between Denver and Tulane. It was the same for junior Kaitlin Swinney in the 400-IM (4:24.23), who had the best mark of the day while leading a 1-2-3 Owl finish against FIU.
Even with FIU pulling-in 16 uncontested points from diving events (which Rice does not compete in), the Owls still held a narrow 94-91 edge heading into the final 200-freestyle relay. The winner of the relay would win the meet.
The Panthers pulled out to a lead through the first half of the event, but a sensational third leg from Rhodes gave the Owls the slimmest of leads. FIU rallied over the final 50-yards to win the race, 1:34.78 to the Owls' 1:35.04. The winning time was in fact the second-fastest mark in the history of the Competition Pool, and just .01 from the event record (1:34.77) set six years ago.
Rice bounced back with the dual meet win over Tulane in the afternoon session. Schillinger had the best 50-yard breaststroke (29.29) of any competitor on the day and also won the 200-breaststroke (2:20.84) going head-to-head with the Green Wave. Alicia Caldwell was sensational with the day's best 200-freestyle (1:50.43) and posting an eye-opening 50.98 while leading off the first leg of the Owls' 400-free relay.
Jaecey Parham led a 1-2-3 Rice finish over Tulane in the somewhat less traditional 100-individual medley (58.52). Other head-to-head winners over Tulane were Rhodes in the 50-free (23.98) and Claire Therien in the 1000 (10:13.97).
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