Owls Lead After Day One at Owl-A-Pooluza

HOUSTON – The Rice swim and dive workforce sits atop the leaderboard after the primary day of competitors on the Owl-A-Pooluza, held Friday on the Rice Competition Pool.

The Owls lead the workforce standings with 463 factors, adopted by Houston with 461 and TCU with 353.

Rice opened the meet with a first-place end within the 200-yard freestyle relay, as Lily Archibald, Bella Zhang, Avery Karacz and Ava Portello clocked a time of 1:33.22.

Reese Cole earned a runner-up end within the 200-yard particular person medley with a time of two:03.02 and later positioned third within the 100 butterfly.

Ava Hamblett completed third within the 100 backstroke (56.28), whereas Zhang claimed third within the 100 breaststroke (1:02.89) and first within the 100 freestyle (51.04). Karacz adopted intently in second within the 100 free (51.41).

Archibald secured Rice’s first particular person win of the day with a victory within the 100 butterfly (54.42). Ella Dyson capped off the person occasions with a first-place end within the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:01.10).

The Owls additionally captured the 200 medley relay title, as Hamblett, Siiri Einio, Archibald and Karacz mixed for a time of 1:42.52. Rice closed out the swimming portion of the meet with one other relay win within the 200 medley (1:44.80), that includes Abi King, Cole, Catherine Eland and Lizzie Zadel.

In diving, Antonina Harned positioned third within the 1-meter occasion with a rating of 241.65.

“We had a great first session,” Rice head coach Seth Huston stated. “I was really happy with how our relays performed. The team came out with great energy, and it showed in the way they raced and supported each other.”

The Owls will likely be again within the pool at 10 a.m. on Saturday.