Rice University
C-USA Championships
Owls Second After Opening Day of C-USA Swim Meet
2/22/2017 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
ATLANTA - The Rice swim team is in second place after the first day of action at the annual Conference USA Championships held Wednesday night in Atlanta, Ga.
After the meet's only two events held Wednesday, the Owl swimmers are second in the six team C-USA field with 68 points. Florida International leads with 80 points. Marshall is third with 64 points and North Texas is fourth (60 points). Old Dominion holds fifth (56 points) while Florida Atlantic is sixth (26).
The Rice foursome of Alicia Caldwell, Marie-Claire Schillinger, Kiley Beall and Kate Nezelek placed second in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:38.74. The Owls led the race at the halfway point, but FIU rallied to win the event in a close finish (1:38.18). Rice's time was the second-fastest in school history.
The Blue & Gray also swam its best mark of the year to take second in the 800-free relay with a 7:14.86. FIU won the race at 7:09.02 to automatically qualify for the next month's NCAA Championships.
The C-USA Championships continue in Atlanta through Saturday with two sessions each day. Preliminaries races are at 9:30 am and event finals begin at 5 pm (Central Time). Day two finals will be streamed live on ESPN3 and on the WatchESPN app. For more information about the event, check out the C-USA Swimming and Diving Championship central page with live results, streaming info and more.
The meet's full results are at the above link. The remaining meet schedule is as follows:
Thursday, February 23 (Day 2 Trials) - 9:30 am
500-yd Freestyle
200-yd Individual Medley
50-yd Freestyle
3-m Diving - Prelims
Thursday, February 23 (Day 2 Finals) - 5:00 pm
500-yd Freestyle - C Final
500-yd Freestyle - Consol Final
500-yd Freestyle - Champ Final
200-yd Indiv Medley - C Final
200-yd Indiv Medley - Consol Final
200-yd Indiv Medley - Champ Final
50-yd Freestyle - C Final
50-yd Freestyle - Consol Final
50-yd Freestyle - Champ Final
3-m Diving - Final
200-yd Freestyle Relay - B Final
200-yd Freestyle Relay - Champ Final
Friday, February 24 (Day 3 Trials) - 9:30 am
400-yd Indiv Medley
100-yd Butterfly
200-yd Freestyle
100-yd Breaststroke
100-yd Backstroke
1-m Diving - Prelims
Friday, February 24 (Day 3 Finals) - 5:00 pm
400-yd Indiv Medley - C Final
400-yd Indiv Medley - Consol Final
400-yd Indiv Medley - Champ Final
100-yd Butterfly - C Final
100-yd Butterfly - Consol Final
100-yd Butterfly - Champ Final
200-yd Freestyle - C Final
200-yd Freestyle - Consol Final
200-yd Freestyle - Champ Final
100-yd Breaststroke - C Final
100-yd Breaststroke - Consol Final
100-yd Breaststroke - Champ Final
100-yd Backstroke - C Final
100-yd Backstroke - Consol Final
100-yd Backstroke - Champ Final
1-m Diving - Final
400-yd Medley Relay - B Final
400-yd Medley Relay - Champ Final
Saturday, February 25 (Day 4 Trials) - 9:30 am
200-yd Backstroke
100-yd Freestyle
200-yd Breaststroke
200-yd Butterfly
Platform Diving - Prelims
2:00 pm 1650-yd Freestyle
Saturday, February 25 (Day 4 Finals) - 6:00 pm
1650-yd Freestyle - Final (Last heat timed final)
1650-yd Free - (M) Final
200-yd Backstroke - C Final
200-yd Backstroke - Consol Final
200-yd Backstroke - Champ Final
100-yd Freestyle - C Final
100-yd Freestyle - Consol Final
100-yd Freestyle - Champ Final
200-yd Breaststroke - C Final
200-yd Breaststroke - Consol Final
200-yd Breaststroke - Champ Final
200-yd Butterfly - C Final
200-yd Butterfly - Consol Final
200-yd Butterfly - Champ Final
Platform Diving - Final
400-yd Freestyle Relay - B Final
400-yd Freestyle Relay - Champ Final
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