Feb. 17, 2007

HOUSTON, Texas - The 2007 Conference USA Swimming and Diving Championship concludes today at the CRWC Natatorium on the campus of the University of Houston. The defending C-USA champion Mustangs have recorded 556 points overall after winning four more events during Friday's action. On Saturday SMU will look to win its 11th consecutive conference championship. Rice remains in second with 440.50 points and the host Cougars sit in third with 401, followed by East Carolina with 377 and Marshall with 231.50.

The meet resumed at 10 a.m. Saturday with the preliminaries of the 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly and the 1,650-yard freestyle. The men's and women's platform 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