LITTLE ROCK, AR, December 7. IN all of the years that Ouachita head swimming and diving coach Jim Dann has been as Ouachita \u2013 by the way, he\u2019s in his 24th year at the school \u2013 he has never seen anything like what he saw last weekend, according to OBU reports.<\/p>\n
Participating in the UALR Christmas Invitational, the TigerSharks and Lady TigerSharks combined to break 11 school records, 10 of which were set by the Lady TigerSharks. The two teams combined for third place with the Lady TigerSharks finishing in third place in the women\u2019s meet and the men finishing fifth in the men\u2019s meet.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cI was happy with the way that we swam for the most part,\u201d said Dann. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever been a part of a meet where we broke so many school records, especially with one team breaking 10 records like the women did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tThe TigerSharks and Lady TigerSharks also registered more NCAA qualifying times in the meet, increasing their entries into the Division II National Championships in March. To date, the Lady TigerSharks have three swimmers qualified in eight events with \u201cA\u201d cuts and the TigerSharks have one swimmer qualified in two events with \u201cA\u201d cuts.<\/p>\n
\tIn the meet over the past weekend, red-shirt freshman Annalisa Lubinski posted her best meet to date, breaking five Lady TigerShark records \u2013 in the 50 free, 200 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free, 100 back and 200 back — and posting \u201cA\u201d cut times in the 1000 free, 1650 free, 500 free and 200 free.<\/p>\n
\tFreshman Catherine Engibous posted \u201cA\u201d cut times in the 1000 free and the 1650 free and Amanda Loper posted an \u201cA\u201d time in the 100 back and 200 back.<\/p>\n
\tFor the TigerSharks, three swimmers added their names to the \u201cB\u201d cut list with Jon Manning qualifying in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 400 IM, Jason Purdy in the 400 IM and Rinaldo Sintjago in the 50 free. Senior Chris Achey, already with an \u201cA\u201d time in the 200 back, posted an \u201cA\u201d time in the 100 back, which was also a school record.<\/p>\n
\tDespite all of the success, Dann also saw room for improvements, especially in the relay events. \u201cOur women broke three relay records, but all of our relays could have been just a bit better,\u201d said Dann. \u201cWe would have three swim fast and one would struggle it seemed like throughout the weekend, but we never could put all four together to come out with a qualifying time. We\u2019ll have to work on those over the next couple of months to get our relay teams to national qualifying times.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tIf a team posts an \u201cA\u201d relay time, each swimmer on those teams can enter any event in which he or she has a \u201cB\u201d qualifying time.<\/p>\n
\tThe next meet for the TigerSharks and Lady TigerSharks will be Jan. 8-9 when Ouachita travels to New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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