Arkansas Women’s Swim and Dive Defeats Rice in Dual Meet
The University of Arkansas surpassed Rice in a dual meet Friday in Houston. After previously defeating Drury and TCU in dual meet action and then placing second at the SMU Invite, the Razorbacks won this meet by a score of 179-120.
The Arkansas team of Isabelle Leigh, Ellery Chandler, Ellen Garritson and Harriet Rogers posted a time of 1:40.15 to win the 200 medley relay in dominant fashion. Leigh added a win in the 100 backstroke in 53.45 before a 100 breaststroke that saw Chandler (1:02.90) and Garritson (1:04.10) finish 1-2. Rogers then picked up back-to-back triumphs in the 50 freestyle (22.99) and 100 free (23.14).
Viola Petrini captured first in the 200 free in 1:50.95, and the 200 back went to Hayden Gibson in 2:01.30. Garritson secured victory in the 200 breast in 2:16.26, with Chandler second (2:17.48) to reverse their order of finish from the 100-yard event. Leigh’s second victory came in the 100 butterfly (53.09), and Gibson returned for a top finish in the 200 IM, going 2:02.69 as she fended off Rice’s Reese Cole (2:02.99).
Diver Mazie Sanchez placed first in 1-meter (320.25) while Arkansas teammate Maria-Jose Sanchez had the top 3-meter score (360.45). The team of Chandler, Rogers, Petrini and Leigh concluded the meet with a win in the 400 free relay, clocking 3:21.22.
Rice’s Ava Portello grabbed the win in the 1000 free by almost 25 seconds, swimming a time of 10:05.32. Portello returned in the every next event, putting up a valiant effort in the 200 free, only to fall 0.46 short of Petrini’s winning time. Portello would return later in the meet to dominate the 500 free in 4:54.99, and Eva McIver-Jenkins went wire-to-wire for first place in the 200 fly (2:01.13).