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ATLANTA, Georgia, February 27. THE Rice University Owls won both the 200 medley relay and 800 free relay last night en route to a 16-point lead in the women’s team standings at the Conference USA Championships in Atlanta. Western Kentucky picked up wins in the men’s 200 medley relay and 1-meter diving to lead the men’s team standings with 86 points.<\/p>\n

Conference USA Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2014 Conference USA Swimming and Diving Championship kicked off Wednesday night at the Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center. Defending C-USA Champion Rice holds the lead with 96 points after sweeping the first night of events. East Carolina and Western Kentucky are tied for second with 80 points apiece.<\/p>\n

Rice’s pursuit of a title repeat opened with a win in the first meet’s event, the 200-yard medley relay. The Owls, represented by sophomore Shelly Patton, junior Rachel Moody, junior Casey Clark and sophomore Cora McKenzie, clocked in with a time of 1:39.33, narrowly edging East Carolina (1:39.61). Newcomer Western Kentucky came in third (1:41.07).<\/p>\n

The Rice relay team of Clark, sophomore Taylor Armstrong, junior Erin Flanigan and senior Karina Wlostowska completed the Owls’ relay sweep, earning top honors in the 800-yard freestyle relay. The squad swam the event in an NCAA B provisional time of 7:12.29. FIU (7:13.43) and Western Kentucky placed second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n

Western Kentucky leads the way on the men’s side with 86 points. The Hilltoppers earned the first victory of the Men’s Invitational, winning the 200-yard medley relay. Junior Seth Musser, junior Fabian Schwingenschloegl, senior Heitor Rodrigues and sophomore Aymeric Le Corno combined for an NCAA B standard time of 1:27.20.<\/p>\n

WKU also earned huge points from sophomore Giorgi Meyer with his one-meter diving title. Meyer scored 307.50 points, posting more than 10 points higher than his nearest competitor.<\/p>\n

East Carolina won the 800-yard freestyle as sophomore Michael Dugan, junior Nikola Simic, freshman Fran Krznaric and sophomore Julien Dodu touched the wall in 6:32.10.<\/p>\n

Competition resumes tomorrow, with finals beginning at 6 p.m. ET. A complete list of events as well as additional championship information can be found here.<\/p>\n

Fans can follow C-USA online on Twitter (@Conference_USA) with the hashtag #CUSASWIM and on Facebook (facebook.com\/ConferenceUSA).<\/p>\n

Results For: Conference USA Championships, Day One<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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