2007 C-USA Swimming and Diving Championship Day Two Results
Feb. 15, 2007
Day Two Resuts HOUSTON, Texas - The second day of the Conference USA Swimming and Diving Championship at the CRWC Natatorium on the campus of the University of Houston wrapped up Thursday evening with Rice taking the 400 medley relay final with a time of 3:56.00. Defending league champion SMU continues to lead the event with 298 points overall after it won three events during the day. Rice remains in second with 212 points and the host Cougars sit in third with 192 points, followed by East Carolina with 182 and Marshall with 105. Thursday's finals began with SMU taking the top three spots in the 500-yard freestyle. Jennifer Blackman (4:47.12), Anja Carman (4:47.69) and Katie Roberts (4:48.89) claimed the trifecta and allowed the Mustangs to stretch their lead. SMU notched another first place finish when Jennifer Basel (2:01.93) narrowly out-touched Szi Szi Szanto (2:03.11) of UH in the 200-yard IM and the Ponies claimed their third top finish when Leane Darling won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.83. Rice was able to keep close in the standings after the 50 free, however, as Diane Gu (23.26) and Carly Miller (23.31) finished in second and third place, respectively. In the women's 3-meter springboard finals, five-time 2007 C-USA Diver of the Week and reigning C-USA Freshman Diver of the Year Anastasia Pozdniakova of Houston took home the championship with a score of 366.75. Pozdniakova scored more than 75 points than the second place finisher, Christie Icenhower of East Carolina. Men's teams from league schools East Carolina and SMU along with Hawaii are also competing in the C-USA men's invitational. SMU leads that event after day two with 309 points, followed by Hawaii with 288 and East Carolina with 221. The meet resumes at 10 a.m., Friday with the preliminaries of the 400-yard individual medley, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard backstroke. The women's 1-meter and men's 3-meter diving preliminaries will begin around 1 p.m. The finals for those events are slated to begin around 6 p.m. Tickets will be available for purchase near the front of the CRWC Natatorium beginning one hour prior to the meet Thursday morning. All-session passes are available for $25 for adults or $10 for students with valid ID. Day tickets can be purchased for $10 for adults and $5 for students with ID. Students from any C-USA school with a valid free will be admitted free to the meet. Fans can buy an official C-USA meet program and that session's heat sheet for only $5 beginning Thursday morning. Fans who buy a program and present it to sellers prior to each session can purchase additional heat sheets for future sessions for only $3 each. Click on the championship logo on the swimming and diving page to check out complete meet details. Updated event stats and times can be found at the following Live Stats link: http://uhcougars.cstv.com/livestats/w-swim/index.htm
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