Swimming defeats UH to open season
The swim team began its 2004 season with 1-2-3 finishes in three events to secure a road victory over the University of Houston Saturday. Seniors Urska Ros, Lauren Hill and Jane Keith, and freshman Brittany Massengale each won two events to pace the Owls to a 168-124 win over the Cougars. Despite the disqualification of one Rice relay team, the Owls began the meet well, as their remaining team of Ros, Hill, junior Laura Healey and freshman Amy Halsey won the 400-yard medley relay in 3 minutes, 55.58 seconds. The Owls dominated the meet’s freestyle events, taking 1st and 2nd places in the 50-yard, 100-yard, 200-yard, and 500-yard races. Massengale won both the 200 and 500 free, swimming personal best times of 1:51.85 and 4:55.53. Rice swept the top three places in the 100 breaststroke, as Lauren Hill, Hurn and freshman Jennifer Hill bested the Cougars in 1:05.08, 1:08.09 and 1:08.63, respectively. UH could only gain on the Owls in the diving events, in which Rice does not compete. The Owls won 10 of the meet’s 14 races and took the top two places in seven of them. Keith and Halsey controlled the meet’s backstroke events, taking first and second, respectively, in the 200 back. Keith also won the 100 back, finishing in 58.59, while Halsey took third in 58.90. The Owls return 11 letterwinners, including six seniors, from the 2003-‘04 team that placed fourth at the WAC Championships. The team’s freshman class of Halsey, Jennifer Hill, Massengale, Sarah Taylor and Carey Hain also made an impression at the season-opening meet, combining for 38.75 of the team’s 168 points in their first collegiate meet. Head coach Seth Huston said he was impressed with the team’s first performance of the season but its meet at Western Athletic Conference champion SMU today and tomorrow will better indicate the Owls’ progress. Huston also said he wants the team to focus on short-term goals. After the SMU Classic this weekend, the swim team will host its annual fall meet, the Hilton Plaza/TYR Invitational Oct. 29-30 at the Rice Pool.
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