{"id":655973,"date":"2026-10-24T13:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T20:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=655973"},"modified":"2026-10-24T13:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T20:24:11","slug":"arkansas-womens-swim-and-dive-defeats-rice-in-dual-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/arkansas-womens-swim-and-dive-defeats-rice-in-dual-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas Women’s Swim and Dive Defeats Rice in Dual Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arkansas Women’s Swim and Dive Defeats Rice in Dual Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n

The University of Arkansas surpassed Rice in a dual meet Friday in Houston. After previously defeating Drury and TCU in dual meet action and then placing second at the SMU Invite, the Razorbacks won this meet by a score of 179-120.<\/p>\n

The Arkansas team of\u00a0Isabelle Leigh<\/strong>,\u00a0Ellery Chandler<\/strong>,\u00a0Ellen Garritson<\/strong> and\u00a0Harriet Rogers<\/strong> posted a time of 1:40.15 to win the 200 medley relay in dominant fashion. Leigh added a win in the 100 backstroke in 53.45 before a 100 breaststroke that saw Chandler (1:02.90) and Garritson (1:04.10) finish 1-2. Rogers then picked up back-to-back triumphs in the 50 freestyle (22.99) and 100 free (23.14).<\/p>\n

Viola Petrini<\/strong> captured first in the 200 free in 1:50.95, and the 200 back went to\u00a0Hayden Gibson<\/strong> in 2:01.30. Garritson secured victory in the 200 breast in 2:16.26, with Chandler second (2:17.48) to reverse their order of finish from the 100-yard event. Leigh’s second victory came in the 100 butterfly (53.09), and Gibson returned for a top finish in the 200 IM, going 2:02.69 as she fended off Rice’s\u00a0Reese Cole <\/strong>(2:02.99).<\/p>\n