Bui Blazes To 200-Butterfly Title Saturday

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HOUSTON - After winning 100-yard butterfly on Friday, Brittany Bui blazed to the event title in the 200-butterfly on Saturday's final round of action at the annual Phill Hansel Invitational across town at the U.H. Rec Center Natatorium.

Bui earned the No. 1 seed for the 200-Fly's finals by posting a prelim time of 1:58.43 that is the second-fastest mark in school history. The Sugar Land, Texas, native wasn't quite finished. She then went even faster in the evening finals to win the 200 over a starting field of 67 entries with a NCAA Provisional time of 1:57.60 - inching ever closer to the school record 1:57.28 set by Casey Clark five years ago.

Another of Rice's top performances Saturday was Kate Nezelek's second place finish in the 100-freestyle with a time of 49.34 that is the second-fastest in school history. True freshman Shannon Campbell likewise scored big for the Blue & Gray with a second place finish in the mile (16:42.67).

As a team Rice finished second in the 13-team standings with 1,146 points, the Owls' best score at this meet in the last five years. Rice's individual scorers from Friday's action, and the Top 5 scoring Owls for the three-day meet, are as follows:

1,650-Freestyle:
Shannon Campbell, 2nd, 16:42.67
Claire Therien, 6th, 16:56.26
Sarah Nowaski, 8th, 16:59.93
Virginie Qian, 13th, 17:13.13
Shannon Jelley, 19th, 17:24.56

200-Backstroke:
Ellery Parish, 9th, 2:00.65
Adalyn Armistead, 13th, 2:02.62

100-Freestyle:
Kate Nezelek, 2nd, 49.34 (2nd fastest in school history)
Marta Cano-Minarro, 9th, 50.48
Harper Gillentine, 14th, 51.06
Sini Koivu, 23rd, 51.89

200-Breaststroke:
Cailey Renken, 10th, 2:15.54
Phillis Range, 11th, 2:16.88
Nicole Limberg, 14th, 2:17.20
Erin Vance, 19th, 2:19.70
Sini Koivu, 22nd, 2:21.40

200-Butterfly:
Brittany Bui, 1st, 1:57.60 (2nd fastest in school history)
Becca Brandt, 6th, 2:01.11
Sarah Nowaski, 8th, 2:06.28

400-FreestyleRelay:
Kate Nezelek, Madison Howe, Harper Gillentine, Marta Cano-Minarro; 2nd, 3:19.92

Rice's Top 5 Scorers:
Brittany Bui, 84 pts.
Marta Cano-Minarro, 76 pts.
Ellery Parish, 59 pts.
Madison Howe, 59 pts.
Sarah Nowaski, 57 pts.

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