Rice University
Denver & Houston
Rice Swimming Wraps Up Day Two of Dualapalooza with Ten Titles
10/14/2023 5:37:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
In Brief: The Owls captured 10 more titles on day two, with five first-place finishes in each session. Rice placed second as a team for the full meet.
The Details: The Owls started session two with the 200-yard medley relay, where senior Imogen Meers and freshmen Siiri Einio, Catherine Eland and Neta Ussishkin combined to finish first with a time of 1:44.68. Meers and Ussishkin also competed alongside juniors Arielle Hayon and Morgan Bartley in the 200-yard freestyle relay to finish first with a time of 1:35.99. Hayon registered another first-place finish, her fifth of the weekend, in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 24.80. Junior Amelia Kane took first in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:24.16. The Owls went one-two in the 500-yard freestyle as sophomore Ella Dyson placed first with a time of 4:55.95 and graduate senior Shannon Campbell finished second with a time of 4:58.32.
In session three, Ussishkin, Einio, Hayon and Meers combined for a win in the 100-yard medley relay, recording a time of 47.02. The Owls went 1-2-3 in the 1,000-yard freestyle as Dyson finished first with a time of 10:05.54. Campbell and Kane placed second and third, respectively, with times of 10:13.75 and 10:14.96. Einio also won the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 29.33 and senior Elizabeth Myers won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:02.94. Meers capped off Rice's weekend with a win in the 100-yard individual medley with a time of 57.74. The Owls finished the weekend in second place as a team with 376.5 points. Houston placed first with 436.5 points and Denver finished third with 286.
Up Next: Rice returns to the pool on Friday, Oct. 17, at 4 p.m. (CT) when they host the University of St. Thomas (TX) at the Rice Competition Pool.
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