HOUSTON, Texas, January 12. WITH some strong performances, the University of Houston swimming and diving team rolled to big leads during the first day of a two-day quad-meet against North Texas, New Mexico State and Florida International on Friday at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium.<\/p>\n
The Cougars won six individual swimming events and both relay events while sweeping the Top Three places in the 3-meter diving competition to build big leads against their three opponents. After the first day, UH enjoyed a 127-55 lead over North Texas, a 132-48 advantage over Florida International and a 126-55 lead over New Mexico State.<\/p>\n
The two-day meet wraps up at 11:30 a.m., Saturday at the CRWC Natatorium with the 400-yard medley relay, 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard butterfly, 200-yard backstroke, 1-meter diving, 100-yard breaststroke, 100-yard freestyle, 400-yard individual medley and the 800-yard freestyle relay.<\/p>\n
All regular-season Cougar Swimming and Diving meets are free and open to the public, which is invited to attend.<\/p>\n
Senior captain Szintia Szanto won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.13 and captured first place in the 200-yard individual medley with a clocking of 2:06.91. The Budapest, Hungary, native also finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke.<\/p>\n
Freshman Jessica Shamburger took top honors in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 57.34, the fourth-fastest time in school history and the fastest clocking by any Cougar swimmer in that event in the CRWC Natatorium. The Spring native also finished third in the 50-yard freestyle.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Andrea Pa'lmai won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:19.37 and finished third in both the 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard individual medley. <\/p>\n
The Cougars swept the Top Two places in the 200-yard freestyle. Sophomore Sasha Schwendenwein claimed first place with a clocking of 1:54.12 with teammate and junior Nicole Vaiana a close second at 1:55.46. Schwendenwein also joined Szanto as the only multiple event winners after finishing first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.74.<\/p>\n
The Cougars started the meet on a high note with the team of Shamburger, Szanto, sophomore Doreen Polotzek and Schwendenwein winning the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:48.70.<\/p>\n
The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Shamburger, Vaiana, Schwendenwein and Szanto closed out the night with a clocking of 3:33.08 for another first-place finish.<\/p>\n
On the diving side, the Cougars swept the Top Three places with sophomore Anastasia Pozdniakova scoring 382.00 points, setting a UH record in the CRWC Natatorium. Junior Ginni van Katwijk finished second with 294.85 points, while senior captain Rachel Gitelson was third with 289.40 points.<\/p>\n
This was the first of consecutive weekends that the Cougars will host dual meets. On Jan. 19, the Cougars play host to Texas A&M at 4 p.m. and wrap up their 2007 regular-season home schedule against Miami (Fla.) at 11 a.m., Jan. 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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