Rice University
CSCAA Open Water National Championship
Swimmers Open New Season Saturday At Kansas
9/18/2018 4:36:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
Owls To Compete At CSCAA Open Water Championships
Rice senior Hanna Huston, juniors Sarah Nowaski and Claire Therien, sophomore Lindsay Mathys and true freshman Shannon Jelley are five of the more than 50 women competing in the national open water championship for collegiate swimmers. The 5,000-meter (3.1 miles) event is sponsored by College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) and hosted by the University of Kansas at Lone Star Lake near Lawrence, Kan.
One individual from the respective women's and men's events will be crowned a CSCAA national champion. Teams will compete for the third-ever open water team title, where Rice swimming has been the national runner-up in each of the last two years. A year ago Huston finished third overall at the meet while Nowaski was sixth and Mathys was 13th.
Rice head swim coach Seth Huston, now in his 17th season at the helm of the Owls program, previews the meet in the above video.
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