Rice University
Session I
Owls Sweep All Five Events Friday
10/12/2018 7:39:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
13 Events Over Two More Sessions Set For Saturday
Through the first five events Rice leads the four-team standings with a total of 329 points. Crosstown foe Houston is second with 243 points, followed by Air Force (194 points) and Incarnate Word (171 points).
Parish won the 500-freestyle over a field of 34 entries with a time of 4:59.04. The sophomore from San Antonio then returned to swim the second leg of Rice's winning 800-freestyle relay. The Owl foursome of Parish, Lindsay Mathys, Marta Cano-Minarro and Hanna Huston posted a time of 7:34.24 that is fastest mark by an Owl team in the event at home in the Competition Pool.
The Rice team of Rabea Tzenetos, Marie-Claire Schillinger, Brittany Bui and Cano-Minarro won the 400-medley relay with a time of 3:48.19. Owl sophomore Hannah Sumbera, sidelined most of last season with an injury, was sound and solid leading a 1-2-3-4 Rice sweep in the 200-individual medley (2:05.19). True freshman Becca Evans blazed to a 23.57 to win the 50-yard freestyle over 32 other competitors.
The Rice Fall Invitational concludes Saturday (Oct. 13) with 13 events over two sessions, beginning at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday's event schedule is as follows.
Saturday, October 13
Session II (10 am start)
200 Medley Relay
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Free
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
200 free Relay
1650 Free
Session III (3 pm start)
200 Backstroke
100 Free
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
400 Free Relay
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