Owls Dominate North Texas at Residence

HOUSTON – The Rice swim and dive workforce delivered a commanding efficiency in its first residence twin meet of the season, successful each swimming occasion and cruising previous North Texas 222-61 on Friday.

Several Owls stood out within the sweep. Freshman Bella Zhang earned two particular person wins, taking first within the 200 freestyle (1:53.17) and the 100 freestyle (51.14), whereas contributing to the successful 200 medley relay.

Siiri Einio additionally picked up two victories, ending first within the 100 breaststroke (1:04.53) and the 200 breaststroke (2:20.72). Reese Cole added wins within the 200 butterfly (2:03.78) and 200 backstroke (2:04.63).

“We were very pleased with how the team competed today,” head coach Seth Huston stated. “We’re on the back end of a training cycle, so today’s racing was as much a measure of where we are at this point in the season as it was about not having an excuse to underperform.”

The Owls opened robust with a first-place end within the 200 medley relay as Abigail King, Cole, Catherine Eland and Zhang touched the wall in 1:44.57.

Ava Portello led a sweep within the 1,000 freestyle (10:01.09), adopted by Ava Hamblett and Renee Tan in second and third. Rice additionally claimed the highest 4 finishes within the 100 backstroke, led by King (57.78), with Angelina Huang, Mia Fildissis and Gio Musiello rounding out the sweep.

Other occasion winners included Archibald within the 50 freestyle (23.88), Hamblett within the 500 freestyle (5:02.77) and Eland within the 100 butterfly (57.01).

The Owls closed the swimming portion of the meet with a win within the 400 freestyle relay, as Zara Bolton, Zhang, Tan and Archibald completed in (3:29.78).

Rice carried its dominance into diving, the place Antonina Harned gained the 3-meter occasion with a rating of 295.43. Morgan Robson took second (288.30), incomes a zone qualifying rating, and later positioned third within the 1-meter (259.73), whereas Harned completed second in that occasion (297.45).

The Owls will compete at on Friday Tulane and LSU on Saturday subsequent weekend.