Rice University
Phill Hansel Invitational
Swimmers Compete At U.H. Friday-Sunday
11/14/2018 3:26:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
Owls Look To Improve On Last Season's 2nd Place Finish
The Rice swim team returns to action at the annual Phill Hansel Invitational, a big three-day, 12-team meet across town at the University of Houston this Friday-Sunday (Nov. 16-18). Owl head swim coach Seth Huston previews the action in the above video.
The meet is structured like the conference championships with at least five swim events on each of the three days, and a morning round of preliminary qualifying races followed by an evening session of championship/consolation finals.
The Invitational will be held at UH's Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium. Preliminary races begin each morning at 10 am, while event finals begin at 6 pm (3 pm on Sunday). The schedule of evening events is as follows:
Friday's events
200 Freestyle Relay
500 Freestyle
200 IM
50 Freestyle
400 Medley Relay
Saturday's events
200 Medley Relay
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
800 Freestyle Relay
Sunday's events
1650 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
400 Freestyle Relay
