{"id":354440,"date":"2019-02-28T07:58:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T14:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=354440"},"modified":"2019-02-28T07:58:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T14:58:34","slug":"2019-conference-usa-championships-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-conference-usa-championships-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Conference USA Championships Day 1: Rice, Florida International Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Xonzy Gaddis, Swimming World College Intern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The first finals session of the 2019 Conference USA Championships featured two events including the 200 medley relay and 800 free relay.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/conferenceusa.com\/documents\/2018\/2\/15\/2018_cusa_championship_psych_sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psych Sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlswim.net\/LiveResults\/C-usa\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2019-conference-usa-championships-day-1-day-1\/ncaa-college\/2019\/February\/27?rtn=%2Fresults%2Fncaa-college%3Fpage%3D1%26orderBy%3DResult.MeetStartDateTime%26sortDirection%3D1%26q%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 200 Medley Relay<\/h2>\n<p>Florida International University took the first win of the night in the 200 medley relay, edging out Rice University with a 1:38.35. Shaving off 3.32 seconds off of their seed time, senior,\u00a0<strong>Naomi Ruele<\/strong> led off with a 24.44 backstroke, followed by sophomore <strong>Sara Gyertyanffy<\/strong> splitting a 27.08 in the breaststroke. To finish off the last 100, sophomore <strong>Stephanie Hussey<\/strong> split a 24.12 at the fly and freshman <strong>Helga Fodor<\/strong> anchored the the panthers with a 22.71 freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Rice University took second place (1:38.70), followed by University of North Texas in third (1:40.08), Marshall University (1:40.09), Florida Atlantic University (1:43.58), and Old Dominion taking sixth place with a 1:47.37 from the evening finals.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 1  Women 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: R 1:36.84  2\/15\/2012 Southern Methodist University, S M U-NT\r\n                          T Svendsen, E Donadon, G Konicke, I Arcila\r\n                 1:36.75  A\r\n                 1:37.39  B\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 FIU                           1:41.67    1:38.35         40  \r\n     1) Ruele, Naomi SR               2) r:0.22 Gyertyanffy, Sara SO  \r\n     3) r:0.24 Hussey, Stephanie SO   4) r:0.36 Fodor, Helga FR       \r\n    r:+0.68  24.44        51.52 (27.08)\r\n        1:15.64 (24.12)     1:38.35 (22.71)\r\n  2 Rice                          1:40.75    1:38.70         34  \r\n     1) Tzenetos, Rabea SR            2) r:1.75 Schillinger, Maaire SR\r\n     3) r:0.15 Bui, Brittany SO       4) r:0.01 Evans, Becca FR       \r\n    r:+0.58  24.81        51.73 (26.92)\r\n        1:16.20 (24.47)     1:38.70 (22.50)\r\n  3 North Texas                   1:42.73    1:40.08         32  \r\n     1) Sienczyk, Jowita JR           2) r:0.27 Rousset, Meaghan SR   \r\n     3) r:0.55 Jensen, Emmabeth SR    4) r:0.14 Thurstin, Brittany SR \r\n    r:+0.63  25.24        53.49 (28.25)\r\n        1:17.88 (24.39)     1:40.08 (22.20)\r\n  4 Marshall                      1:43.26    1:40.09         30  \r\n     1) O'Dell, Jordyn JR             2) r:0.22 Bendziewicz, Carine JR\r\n     3) r:1.83 Robins, Hannah JR      4) r:0.20 Coles, Darby SO       \r\n    r:+0.62  25.52        52.98 (27.46)\r\n        1:17.44 (24.46)     1:40.09 (22.65)\r\n  5 FAU                           1:44.97    1:43.58         28  \r\n     1) Marshall, Abby SO             2) r:0.16 Ellwood, Tori SO      \r\n     3) r:0.15 Garbett, Danica JR     4) r:0.41 Westbrook, Fatimah JR \r\n    r:+0.62  25.64        54.93 (29.29)\r\n        1:20.45 (25.52)     1:43.58 (23.13)\r\n  6 Odu Monarchs                  1:48.11    1:47.37         26  \r\n     1) Brossier, Alizee SO           2) r:0.33 Petit, Emilie SR      \r\n     3) r:0.33 Nardone, FeFe SO       4) r:0.29 Campbell, Nikia SO    \r\n    r:+0.60  27.49        57.75 (30.26)\r\n        1:23.26 (25.51)     1:47.37 (24.11)<\/pre>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 800 Free Relay<\/h2>\n<p>Rice University completed the final relay of the night, the 800 free, in first place, tying the lead for points with Florida International University. Rice&#8217;s <strong>Marta Cano-Minarro<\/strong>, freshman, led off the first 200 free with a 1:45.98, followed by junior, <strong>Claire Therien<\/strong> (1:47.85). The final 400 of Rice&#8217;s relay stayed strong with sophomore, <strong>Ellery Parish<\/strong> (1:46.52), and sophomore, <strong>Lindsay Mathys<\/strong>, anchoring the final leg (1:47.42), bringing the team in at a 7:07.77.<\/p>\n<p>Florida International University took second place (7:17.34), followed by Marshall University (7:18.46), University of North Texas (7:19.19), Old Dominion University (7:29.51), and Florida Atlantic University taking sixth place with a (7:31.38).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 2  Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: R 7:04.87  2\/27\/2008 Southern Methodist University, SMU\r\n                          Blackman,  Klosova, Blackman Van den Branden\r\n                 7:02.52  A\r\n                 7:06.19  B\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Rice                          7:19.14    7:07.77         40  \r\n     1) Cano Minarro, Marta FR        2) r:0.26 Therien, Claire JR    \r\n     3) r:0.19 Parish, Ellery SO      4) r:0.06 Mathys, Lindsay SO    \r\n    r:+0.69  24.96        52.25 (52.25)\r\n      1:19.23 (1:19.23)   1:45.98 (1:45.98)\r\n        2:10.95 (24.97)     2:38.54 (52.56)\r\n      3:06.05 (1:20.07)   3:33.83 (1:47.85)\r\n        3:58.56 (24.73)     4:25.69 (51.86)\r\n      4:53.05 (1:19.22)   5:20.35 (1:46.52)\r\n        5:44.60 (24.25)     6:11.39 (51.04)\r\n      6:39.24 (1:18.89)   7:07.77 (1:47.42)\r\n  2 FIU                           7:20.14    7:17.34         34  \r\n     1) Bowen, Megan JR               2) r:0.11 Hussey, Stephanie SO  \r\n     3) r:0.24 Fodor, Helga FR        4) r:0.04 Triola, Berta JR      \r\n    r:+0.71  25.04        52.35 (52.35)\r\n      1:20.05 (1:20.05)   1:49.11 (1:49.11)\r\n        2:13.72 (24.61)     2:41.13 (52.02)\r\n      3:09.00 (1:19.89)   3:36.89 (1:47.78)\r\n        4:01.42 (24.53)     4:28.36 (51.47)\r\n      4:57.08 (1:20.19)   5:27.38 (1:50.49)\r\n        5:51.67 (24.29)     6:19.10 (51.72)\r\n      6:47.90 (1:20.52)   7:17.34 (1:49.96)\r\n  3 Marshall                      7:34.70    7:18.46         32  \r\n     1) Bendziewicz, Catherine JR     2) r:0.47 Coles, Darby SO       \r\n     3) r:0.28 Di Marzio, Angelica JR 4) r:0.40 Stovall, Maggie SR    \r\n    r:+0.67  24.94        51.98 (51.98)\r\n      1:19.21 (1:19.21)   1:46.26 (1:46.26)\r\n        2:11.28 (25.02)     2:38.87 (52.61)\r\n      3:07.42 (1:21.16)   3:36.34 (1:50.08)\r\n        4:02.39 (26.05)     4:30.65 (54.31)\r\n      4:59.50 (1:23.16)   5:28.81 (1:52.47)\r\n        5:53.71 (24.90)     6:21.05 (52.24)\r\n      6:49.26 (1:20.45)   7:18.46 (1:49.65)\r\n  4 North Texas                   7:35.57    7:19.19         30  \r\n     1) McGee, Leigh Faires SO        2) r:0.34 Vasquez, Bryanna FR   \r\n     3) r:0.37 Stanley, Karigan FR    4) r:0.21 Walpole, Alvena FR    \r\n    r:+0.72  24.84        51.71 (51.71)\r\n      1:19.52 (1:19.52)   1:47.82 (1:47.82)\r\n        2:12.87 (25.05)     2:40.54 (52.72)\r\n      3:09.54 (1:21.72)   3:38.63 (1:50.81)\r\n        4:04.13 (25.50)     4:31.89 (53.26)\r\n      5:00.72 (1:22.09)   5:30.17 (1:51.54)\r\n        5:54.99 (24.82)     6:22.55 (52.38)\r\n      6:50.95 (1:20.78)   7:19.19 (1:49.02)\r\n  5 Odu Monarchs                  7:41.18    7:29.51         28  \r\n     1) VandePoel, Jacklyn JR         2) r:0.26 Tinneny, Jacqueline FR\r\n     3) r:0.38 Campbell, Nikia SO     4) r:0.37 Petit, Emilie SR      \r\n    r:+0.76  24.89        52.19 (52.19)\r\n      1:21.15 (1:21.15)   1:50.28 (1:50.28)\r\n        2:16.06 (25.78)     2:44.45 (54.17)\r\n      3:13.42 (1:23.14)   3:42.18 (1:51.90)\r\n        4:08.39 (26.21)     4:37.04 (54.86)\r\n      5:06.32 (1:24.14)   5:36.16 (1:53.98)\r\n        6:01.71 (25.55)     6:30.10 (53.94)\r\n      6:59.41 (1:23.25)   7:29.51 (1:53.35)\r\n  6 FAU                           7:44.38    7:31.38         26  \r\n     1) Atkins, Spence JR             2) r:0.19 Kok, Sharon JR        \r\n     3) r:0.28 Martin, Sarah FR       4) r:0.08 Witkay, Kelsey JR     \r\n    r:+0.68  25.10        52.69 (52.69)\r\n      1:21.58 (1:21.58)   1:50.80 (1:50.80)\r\n        2:16.49 (25.69)     2:44.19 (53.39)\r\n      3:13.51 (1:22.71)   3:43.67 (1:52.87)\r\n        4:09.29 (25.62)     4:37.85 (54.18)\r\n      5:07.26 (1:23.59)   5:37.60 (1:53.93)\r\n        6:02.75 (25.15)     6:31.74 (54.14)\r\n      7:01.50 (1:23.90)   7:31.38 (1:53.78)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Xonzy Gaddis, Swimming World College Intern. 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