Rice University
Session III
Swimmers Storm To Home Meet Title
10/13/2018 6:05:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
Owls Win 16 of 18 Events At Fall Invitational
Including the five events held on Friday's opening session of the meet, Rice swimmers won 16 of the 18 races over the two days of competition. The Owls coasted to the meet title over the four-team field with a total of 1,082.5 points. Crosstown foe Houston finished second with 923.5 points, followed by Air Force (645.5 points) and Incarnate Word (537.5 points).
Schillinger had a comfortable win in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.04, but the Rice senior record-holder had to hold-off a challenge from true freshman teammate Phillis Range to win the 200-yard breaststroke by less than four one-hundredths of a second (2:18.53 to 2:18.89).
Parish followed Friday's individual victory in the 500-freestyle with Saturday wins in the 200- (1:51.72) and the 1,650-free. Her mile time of 17:20.48 led a 1-2-3-4 Rice finish in the event.
Bui was sound and solid sweeping both butterfly events with a 55.62 in the 100- and a 2:03.41 in the 200. For good measure Bui also swam the butterfly leg of the Owls' winning 200-medley relay (1:45.09).
Saturday the Blue & Gray also posted wins in the 400-free relay (3:30.42) and the sprint relay (1:35.77). Sophomore Hannah Sumbera rallied to win the 400-individual medley (4:28.06). The Rice freshman duo of Marta Cano-Minarro and Becca Evans went 1-2 in the 100-freestyle with times of 52.36 and 52. 54, respectively.
The Owl swimmers are next in action at the University of Denver's Dualapalooza on Oct. 19-20. The meet features three separate dual meets against Denver, Tulane and C-USA rival Florida International.
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