{"id":417415,"date":"2020-02-19T21:22:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T04:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=417415"},"modified":"2020-02-21T21:37:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T04:37:33","slug":"houston-women-take-opening-relays-at-aac-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/houston-women-take-opening-relays-at-aac-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Women Take Opening Relays at AAC Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Cougars opened the 2020 AAC Championships on the campus of Houston with wins in the women&#8217;s 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays. Cincinnati and East Carolina split the men&#8217;s relays on Wednesday night. The Houston women lead while East Carolina leads the men&#8217;s meet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2020-american-athletic-conference-championships-day-one-results-day-1-ncaa-college-2020-02-19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Day One Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Team Scores:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 5                      \r\n \r\n  1. Houston, University of            135   \r\n  2. Southern Methodist University     118\r\n  3. Cincinnati, University of          80   \r\n  4. Connecticut, University of         75\r\n  5. East Carolina University           67   \r\n  6. Tulane University                  60<\/pre>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 6                       \r\n \r\n  1. East Carolina University          119   \r\n  2. Cincinnati, University of         102\r\n  3. Connecticut, University of         88   \r\n  4. Southern Methodist University      85<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p>Houston was back at it again in the 200 medley relay but it was a much closer finish as the Cougars came out on top with a 1:37.60 ahead of SMU at 1:38.34.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura Laderoute\u00a0<\/strong>(24.62),\u00a0<strong>Peyton Kondis\u00a0<\/strong>(26.96),\u00a0<strong>Katie Higgins\u00a0<\/strong>(23.95) and\u00a0<strong>Mykenzie Leehy\u00a0<\/strong>(22.07) missed SMU&#8217;s meet record from 2015 but swam well enough for the win as SMU&#8217;s team of\u00a0<strong>Felicia Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>(25.38),\u00a0<strong>Gabriella Grobler\u00a0<\/strong>(27.95),\u00a0<strong>Erin Trahan\u00a0<\/strong>(22.76) and\u00a0<strong>Samantha Smith\u00a0<\/strong>(22.25) finished in second.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They&#39;re going back-to-back! For the second straight year, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UHCougarSwim?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UHCougarSwim<\/a> wins the Women&#39;s 200-Yard Medley Relay. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/At0ndra3bR\">pic.twitter.com\/At0ndra3bR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; American Swimming &amp; Diving (@American_Swim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/American_Swim\/status\/1230301090488442882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<pre><b> Event 5  Women 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: M 1:37.32  2\/18\/2015 Southern Methodist University, So. M\r\n                          I Arcila, T Nicholas, M Erasmus, N Lindborg\r\n                 1:36.40  D1-A D1 - A Standard\r\n                 1:37.05  D1-B D1 - B Standard\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Houston-GU  'A'               1:38.76    1:37.60         40  \r\n     1) Laura Laderoute SR            2) r:0.25 Peyton Kondis SR      \r\n     3) r:0.36 Katie Higgins JR       4) r:0.29 Mykenzie Leehy JR     \r\n             24.62        51.58 (26.96)\r\n        1:15.53 (23.95)     1:37.60 (22.07)\r\n  2 SMU-NT  'A'                   1:39.81    1:38.34         34  \r\n     1) Felicia Anderson SR           2) r:0.14 Gabriella Grobler JR  \r\n     3) r:0.12 Erin Trahan SR         4) r:0.23 Samantha Smith JR     \r\n             25.38        53.33 (27.95)\r\n        1:16.09 (22.76)     1:38.34 (22.25)\r\n  3 Cincinnati-OH  'A'            1:41.79    1:39.85         32  \r\n     1) Jaclyn Klimczak FR            2) r:0.24 Victoria Hunt JR      \r\n     3) r:0.16 Anhelina Kutsko JR     4) r:0.13 Claire Farrell JR     \r\n             25.79        53.76 (27.97)\r\n        1:17.27 (23.51)     1:39.85 (22.58)\r\n  4 Connecticut-CT  'A'           1:42.68    1:40.72         30  \r\n     1) Gabrielle Low FR              2) r:0.15 Katelyn Walsh SO      \r\n     3) r:0.25 Linnea Anderson SO     4) r:0.06 Brazil Rule SR        \r\n             25.81        53.93 (28.12)\r\n        1:18.13 (24.20)     1:40.72 (22.59)\r\n  5 Tulane-LA  'A'                1:42.24    1:41.27         28  \r\n     1) Ashley Carollo FR             2) r:0.22 Katherine McDonald JR \r\n     3) r:0.51 Madison Cummings FR    4) r:0.10 Courtney Barker JR    \r\n             25.90        53.18 (27.28)\r\n        1:18.61 (25.43)     1:41.27 (22.66)\r\n  6 East Carolina-NC  'A'         1:43.43    1:41.56         26  \r\n     1) Jodi Ogle FR                  2) r:0.28 Lily West SR          \r\n     3) r:0.44 Shannon Stott SO       4) r:0.06 Catherine Johnson SR  \r\n             25.76        54.82 (29.06)\r\n        1:19.25 (24.43)     1:41.56 (22.31)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p>East Carolina set the meet record in the men&#8217;s medley relay with a 1:25.91 as the team of\u00a0<strong>Marek Osina\u00a0<\/strong>(21.69),\u00a0<strong>Lyubomir Epitropov\u00a0<\/strong>(24.15),\u00a0<strong>Gustavo Santos\u00a0<\/strong>(20.35) and\u00a0<strong>Pedro Gueiros\u00a0<\/strong>(19.72) beat their own record from last season of 1:26.19. Connecticut finished as the runner-up with\u00a0<strong>William Kearsey\u00a0<\/strong>(21.64),\u00a0<strong>Rowan King\u00a0<\/strong>(24.23),\u00a0<strong>Cooper Knapp\u00a0<\/strong>(21.01) and\u00a0<strong>Kyle Dunlap\u00a0<\/strong>(19.77) not far behind in 1:26.65.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 WE HAVE A NEW CONFERENCE RECORD\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ECUSwim_Dive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ECUSwim_Dive<\/a> sets a new conference record in the Men&#39;s 200-Yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:25:91. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FcRmsOklJ0\">pic.twitter.com\/FcRmsOklJ0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; American Swimming &amp; Diving (@American_Swim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/American_Swim\/status\/1230302243754315776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<pre><b> Event 6  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: M 1:26.19  2\/27\/2019 East Carolina University, East\r\n                          T Taylor, J Arentewicz, G Santos, G Erdmann\r\n                 1:24.30  D1-A D1 - A Standard\r\n                 1:24.97  D1-B D1 - B Standard\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 East Carolina-NC  'A'         1:27.13    1:25.91M        40  \r\n     1) Marek Osina SO                2) r:0.31 Lyubomir Epitropov SO \r\n     3) r:0.17 Gustavo Santos SR      4) r:0.32 Pedro Gueiros FR      \r\n             21.69        45.84 (24.15)\r\n        1:06.19 (20.35)     1:25.91 (19.72)\r\n  2 Connecticut-CT  'A'           1:28.80    1:26.65         34  \r\n     1) William Kearsey SR            2) r:0.31 Rowan King JR         \r\n     3) r:0.10 Cooper Knapp SR        4) r:0.30 Kyle Dunlap JR        \r\n             21.64        45.87 (24.23)\r\n        1:06.88 (21.01)     1:26.65 (19.77)\r\n  3 Cincinnati-OH  'A'            1:29.12    1:27.20         32  \r\n     1) Blake Hanna SR                2) r:0.37 Dominic Polling JR    \r\n     3) r:0.29 Michael Balcerak FR    4) r:0.24 Dominykas Intas SO    \r\n             22.02        46.32 (24.30)\r\n        1:07.11 (20.79)     1:27.20 (20.09)\r\n -- SMU-NT  'A'                   1:27.13         DQ        \r\n     1) Riley Hill FR                 2) r:0.16 Caleb Rhodenbaugh JR  \r\n     3) r:0.34 Ralph Koo SR           4) r:0.11 Charles Kaye FR       \r\n             21.74        45.77 (24.03)\r\n        1:07.16 (21.39)          DQ (19.68)\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 800 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p>Houston opened the meet with a 7:06.29 in the 800 free relay to lower its own meet record set two years ago. The Cougars missed the NCAA B cut but still swam well enough to win as\u00a0<strong>Mykenzie Leehy\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.90),\u00a0<strong>Samantha Medlin\u00a0<\/strong>(1:46.72),\u00a0<strong>Monique Rae\u00a0<\/strong>(1:49.69) and\u00a0<strong>Zarena Brown\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.98) dominated the race ahead of East Carolina (7:13.52) and Tulane (7:14.30).<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPIONSHIP MEET RECORD IN THE FIRST SWIMMING EVENT\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UHCougarSwim?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UHCougarSwim<\/a> on winning the Women&#39;s 800-Yard Freestyle Relay and setting a new school and championship meet record in the process. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nCBALY8sL1\">pic.twitter.com\/nCBALY8sL1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; American Swimming &amp; Diving (@American_Swim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/American_Swim\/status\/1230287010985861120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<pre><b> Event 3  Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: M 7:06.86  2\/14\/2018 Houston, University of, Univ\r\n                          M Leehy, K Yuskova, S Medlin, Z Brown\r\n                 7:00.86  D1-A D1 - A Standard\r\n                 7:05.88  D1-B D1 - B Standard\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Houston-GU  'A'               7:07.53    7:06.29M        40  \r\n     1) Mykenzie Leehy JR             2) r:0.23 Samantha Medlin JR    \r\n     3) r:0.45 Monique Rae JR         4) r:0.16 Zarena Brown SR       \r\n             24.51        50.52 (50.52)\r\n      1:17.45 (1:17.45)   1:44.90 (1:44.90)\r\n        2:09.27 (24.37)     2:35.95 (51.05)\r\n      3:03.54 (1:18.64)   3:31.62 (1:46.72)\r\n        3:56.92 (25.30)     4:24.80 (53.18)\r\n      4:53.21 (1:21.59)   5:21.31 (1:49.69)\r\n        5:45.06 (23.75)     6:11.46 (50.15)\r\n      6:38.93 (1:17.62)   7:06.29 (1:44.98)\r\n  2 East Carolina-NC  'A'         7:23.89    7:13.52         34  \r\n     1) Adela Vavrinova FR            2) r:0.36 Shannon Stott SO      \r\n     3) r:0.42 Mariana Lippertnoli SO 4) r:0.38 Laura Benkova FR      \r\n             24.67        51.63 (51.63)\r\n      1:19.29 (1:19.29)   1:47.14 (1:47.14)\r\n        2:11.12 (23.98)     2:37.88 (50.74)\r\n      3:05.62 (1:18.48)   3:34.12 (1:46.98)\r\n        3:59.48 (25.36)     4:26.69 (52.57)\r\n      4:54.51 (1:20.39)   5:22.36 (1:48.24)\r\n        5:47.12 (24.76)     6:14.91 (52.55)\r\n      6:44.02 (1:21.66)   7:13.52 (1:51.16)\r\n  3 Tulane-LA  'A'                7:25.08    7:14.30         32  \r\n     1) Elizabeth Byrne FR            2) r:0.25 Olivia Johnson SR     \r\n     3) r:0.35 Kathleen Amar FR       4) r:0.15 Isabelle Pelka SO     \r\n             25.05        52.11 (52.11)\r\n      1:19.95 (1:19.95)   1:47.51 (1:47.51)\r\n        2:12.52 (25.01)     2:39.71 (52.20)\r\n      3:07.65 (1:20.14)   3:36.02 (1:48.51)\r\n        4:01.04 (25.02)     4:28.61 (52.59)\r\n      4:57.21 (1:21.19)   5:26.06 (1:50.04)\r\n        5:50.45 (24.39)     6:17.53 (51.47)\r\n      6:45.42 (1:19.36)   7:14.30 (1:48.24)\r\n  4 Cincinnati-OH  'A'            7:16.34    7:15.86         30  \r\n     1) Madeline Exton JR             2) r:0.63 Sarah Laabs SR        \r\n     3) r:0.46 Michaela Wheeler SR    4) r:0.03 Sydney St Rose-near SO\r\n             24.74        51.45 (51.45)\r\n      1:19.35 (1:19.35)   1:48.78 (1:48.78)\r\n        2:13.96 (25.18)     2:41.31 (52.53)\r\n      3:09.38 (1:20.60)   3:37.78 (1:49.00)\r\n        4:02.39 (24.61)     4:29.02 (51.24)\r\n      4:56.99 (1:19.21)   5:26.88 (1:49.10)\r\n        5:51.31 (24.43)     6:18.60 (51.72)\r\n      6:47.02 (1:20.14)   7:15.86 (1:48.98)\r\n  5 SMU-NT  'A'                   7:23.86    7:19.43         28  \r\n     1) Olivia Grossklaus SO          2) r:0.71 Janelle Gursoy FR     \r\n     3) r:0.20 Alexandra Stevens FR   4) r:0.55 Madison Kinsey JR     \r\n             24.97        52.29 (52.29)\r\n      1:20.88 (1:20.88)   1:50.05 (1:50.05)\r\n        2:14.30 (24.25)     2:41.61 (51.56)\r\n      3:09.54 (1:19.49)   3:38.62 (1:48.57)\r\n        4:03.61 (24.99)     4:30.83 (52.21)\r\n      4:59.14 (1:20.52)   5:27.98 (1:49.36)\r\n        5:53.24 (25.26)     6:21.56 (53.58)\r\n      6:50.55 (1:22.57)   7:19.43 (1:51.45)\r\n  6 Connecticut-CT  'A'           7:26.14    7:22.84         26  \r\n     1) Ryan Dulaney JR               2) r:0.35 Mia Galat FR          \r\n     3) r:0.14 Katie Breault SR       4) r:0.21 Megan Wenman SR       \r\n             25.19        52.60 (52.60)\r\n      1:21.23 (1:21.23)   1:50.20 (1:50.20)\r\n        2:06.00 (15.80)     2:42.68 (52.48)\r\n      3:11.77 (1:21.57)   3:41.02 (1:50.82)\r\n        4:05.81 (24.79)     4:33.74 (52.72)\r\n      5:02.72 (1:21.70)   5:31.75 (1:50.73)\r\n        5:56.91 (25.16)     6:25.30 (53.55)\r\n      6:54.05 (1:22.30)   7:22.84 (1:51.09)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 800 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p>Cincinnati opened the men&#8217;s swimming competition with a 6:25.94 to win the 800 free relay with the team of\u00a0<strong>Din Selmanovic\u00a0<\/strong>(1:36.25),\u00a0<strong>Murat Sadullaev\u00a0<\/strong>(1:38.17),\u00a0<strong>Michael Balcerak\u00a0<\/strong>(1:35.26) and\u00a0<strong>Alexander Fortman\u00a0<\/strong>(1:36.26). The Bearcats were in a good race with SMU the whole way as the Mustangs finished second at 6:26.98 while East Carolina (6:27.14) was third.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a finish in the Men&#39;s 800-Yard Freestyle Relay!<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoBearcatsSWIM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GoBearcatsSWIM<\/a> for holding onto the win and securing their first \ud83e\udd47 of the meet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LQ7LdZqu9l\">pic.twitter.com\/LQ7LdZqu9l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; American Swimming &amp; Diving (@American_Swim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/American_Swim\/status\/1230288863928737792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<pre><b> Event 4  Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: M 6:19.25  2\/19\/2014 Louisville\r\n                          T Carroll, J De Lucca, M Lindenbauer, T Dahlia\r\n                 6:17.18  D1-A D1 - A Standard\r\n                 6:21.85  D1-B D1 - B Standard\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Cincinnati-OH  'A'            6:35.36    6:25.94         40  \r\n     1) Din Selmanovic SR             2) r:0.36 Murat Sagdullaev SO   \r\n     3) r:0.22 Michael Balcerak FR    4) r:0.44 Alexander Fortman SR  \r\n             22.48        46.58 (46.58)\r\n      1:11.16 (1:11.16)   1:36.25 (1:36.25)\r\n        1:58.69 (22.44)     2:23.38 (47.13)\r\n      2:48.86 (1:12.61)   3:14.42 (1:38.17)\r\n        3:35.70 (21.28)     3:59.46 (45.04)\r\n      4:24.54 (1:10.12)   4:49.68 (1:35.26)\r\n        5:11.60 (21.92)     5:36.45 (46.77)\r\n      6:01.52 (1:11.84)   6:25.94 (1:36.26)\r\n  2 SMU-NT  'A'                   6:34.67    6:26.98         34  \r\n     1) Colin Feehery FR              2) r:0.23 Daniel Forndal JR     \r\n     3) r:0.40 Matan Segal SR         4) r:0.44 Wyatt Cronk SO        \r\n             22.81        47.45 (47.45)\r\n      1:12.34 (1:12.34)   1:37.24 (1:37.24)\r\n        1:58.53 (21.29)     2:22.49 (45.25)\r\n      2:47.21 (1:09.97)   3:12.27 (1:35.03)\r\n        3:34.31 (22.04)     3:58.58 (46.31)\r\n      4:23.94 (1:11.67)   4:50.09 (1:37.82)\r\n        5:12.88 (22.79)     5:37.13 (47.04)\r\n      6:01.80 (1:11.71)   6:26.98 (1:36.89)\r\n  3 East Carolina-NC  'A'         6:38.26    6:27.14         32  \r\n     1) Marek Osina SO                2) r:0.72 James Ward SO         \r\n     3) r:0.29 Grega Popovic SR       4) r:0.23 Blaz Demsar SR        \r\n             22.61        47.18 (47.18)\r\n      1:12.22 (1:12.22)   1:37.55 (1:37.55)\r\n        1:58.94 (21.39)     2:23.17 (45.62)\r\n      2:48.66 (1:11.11)   3:15.48 (1:37.93)\r\n        3:37.49 (22.01)     4:02.05 (46.57)\r\n      4:27.16 (1:11.68)   4:52.41 (1:36.93)\r\n        5:13.93 (21.52)     5:38.00 (45.59)\r\n      6:02.60 (1:10.19)   6:27.14 (1:34.73)\r\n  4 Connecticut-CT  'A'           6:34.50    6:34.06         30  \r\n     1) Joshua Wroblewski JR          2) r:0.62 Alfred Hansen SO      \r\n     3) r:0.49 Karl Bishop SR         4) r:0.19 Emils Gustav Jurcik SO\r\n             22.60        47.23 (47.23)\r\n      1:12.86 (1:12.86)   1:38.81 (1:38.81)\r\n        2:01.33 (22.52)     2:26.20 (47.39)\r\n      2:51.93 (1:13.12)   3:17.53 (1:38.72)\r\n        3:40.14 (22.61)     4:05.09 (47.56)\r\n      4:30.47 (1:12.94)   4:56.26 (1:38.73)\r\n        5:17.66 (21.40)     5:42.30 (46.04)\r\n      6:07.87 (1:11.61)   6:34.06 (1:37.80)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 1m Diving<\/h3>\n<pre><b> Event 1  Men 1 mtr Diving<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: M 386.80  2\/19\/2014 Devin Burnett, SMU\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Rodrigo Romero   FR East Carolina-NC   334.50     342.20         20  \r\n  2 Parker Hardigre  S0 SMU-NT             316.45     332.35         17  \r\n  3 Peter Smithson   FR SMU-NT             323.00     332.10         16  \r\n  4 Dominic Hoefer   FR SMU-NT             286.25     301.75         15  \r\n  5 Gavrilo Blijden     East Carolina-NC   270.60     291.95         14  \r\n  6 Devin Nugent     JR East Carolina-NC   273.85     287.45         13  \r\n  7 Dylan Porter     SO Cincinnati-OH      261.95     287.30         12  \r\n  8 Kyle Kennedy     SR Connecticut-CT     262.15     265.15         11<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 3m Diving<\/h3>\n<pre><b> Event 2  Women 3 mtr Diving<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: M 349.20  3\/1\/2019  Monica Marcello, Connecticut-CT\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - 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