HOUSTON, Texas, January 20. THE University of Houston swimming and diving team captrued a 137-106 win over Miami (Fla.) on Saturday at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium.<\/p>\n
Szanto won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:03.83 and the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:05.10. The Budapest, Hungary, native also finished first in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:18.40, the fourth-fastest time in school history.<\/p>\n
With the win, the Cougars improved to 16-4 overall and won for the seventh time in their last eight meets. The Cougars also earned their first victory over Miami (Fla.) since the 1978-79 season and snapped a four-meet losing skid to the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n
On the diving side, sophomore Anastasia Pozdniakova won the 3-meter springboard with 350.48 points to edge Miami (Fla.)'s Heather Bounds by nine points. The Elektrostal, Russia, native then capped her day with 299.32 points on the 1-meter springboard to take first place and complete the sweep.<\/p>\n
The Cougars were boosted by multiple-winning performances from several Cougars throughout the day. Sophomore Andrea Pa'lmai won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:17.97 and finished first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:03.79, nearly four seconds ahead of her closest competitor. Her time in the latter event was the fifth-fastest in UH history and was the fastest by a Cougar swimmer in the CRWC Natatorium.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Sasha Schwendenwein finished first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:52.98 and grabbed top honors in the 500-yard freestyle with a clocking of 5:02.71. <\/p>\n
Freshman Jessica Shamburger won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.81 and finished second in the 50-yard freestyle.<\/p>\n
Prior to Saturday's meet, Szanto, swimmer Alejandra Salazar and diver Rachel Gitelson were honored as part of Senior Day.<\/p>\n
The Cougars were helped with meet management at Saturday's meet, thanks to swimming and diving student-athletes from Sam Rayburn High School and Pasadena High School from the Pasadena ISD.<\/p>\n
The Cougars wrap up their 2006-07 regular-season schedule next weekend on the road. UH will face LSU and Conference USA rival Rice in a two-day tri-meet, beginning at 4 p.m., Friday and wrapping up at 11 a.m., Saturday. UH then faces New Orleans at 11 a.m., Jan. 28 in the regular-season finale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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