Archibald Wins 100 Fly; Owls Transfer Into Third at NIC

OCALA, Fla. – Freshman Lily Archibald highlighted the night with a championship within the 100-yard butterfly on day two of the CSCAA National Invitational Championship.

Archibald captured Rice’s second occasion title of the week, touching the wall in 53.25. The Owls moved into third place within the crew standings with 346.5 factors, trailing Kentucky (348) and Ohio State (377.5).

Rice had 4 swimmers advance to championship finals and recorded top-10 finishes in each relays.

The Owls opened the night with a seventh-place end within the 200 medley relay, because the crew of Abigail King, Siiri Einio, Archibald and Lizzie Zadel posted a time of 1:40.85.

In the primary particular person last of the night time, Lily Cramer positioned sixth within the 400 particular person medley with a time of 4:17.48, whereas Ella Dyson completed seventh at 4:17.62.

Bella Zhang adopted with a fourth-place end within the 100 breaststroke comfort last, touching in 1:02.51.

King later added a sixth-place end within the 100 backstroke championship last with a time of 53.76.

Rice closed the night with a fifth-place end within the 800 freestyle relay, because the crew of Avery Karacz, Sami Johnson, Zhang and Ava Hamblett posted a time of seven:19.85.

The Owls will conclude the NIC on Saturday with prelims starting at 8:30 a.m. and finals at 5 p.m. The meet will likely be streamed dwell on the FAST YouTube channel.