University of Houston
Boston College
Swimming and Diving Takes Both Dual Meets on Saturday
10/16/2011 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
Results (Overall place)
200 Medley Relay
2. Houston 1:50.05
Kimmy Ballo, Beccy Hillis, Heather Coutts, Kim Eeson
4. Houston 1:52.67
Marissa Blumenthal, Holli Pisarski, Nadia El-Hamdi Krystan Morrell
8. Houston 1:54.84
Moira Fraser, Lauren Spano, Natalie Newcomb, Maddie Clark
1,000 Free
1. Heather Winn 10:35.44
2. Lizzie Justice 10:44.37
200 Free
2. Kim Eeson 1:56.72
5. Colleen Donovan 1:58.10
6. Reka Kovacs 1:58.25
7. Moira Fraser 1:58.64
100 Back
2. Heather Coutts 1:00.39
4. Kimmy Ballo 1:01.17
7. Marissa Blumenthal 1:02.43
14. Krystan Morrell 1:06.56
100 Breast
2. Beccy Hillis 1:07.45
4. Holly Pisarski 1:09.36
8. Natalie Newcomb 1:10.93
12. Lauren Spano 1:13.87
200 Fly
3. Laykin Lowry 2:11.10
5. Lizzie Justice 2:15.95
8. Emma Nelson 2:17.46
50 Free
1. Kim Eeson 24.91
6. Maddie Clark 25.78
8. Krystan Morrell 26.04
9. Holli Pisarski 26.09
100 Free
1. Moira Frasier 53.64
3. Colleen Donovan 54.60
5. Maddie Clark 55.60
12. Nadia El-Hamdi 57.17
200 Back
1. Kimmy Ballo 2:10.02
9. Marissa Blumenthal 2:19.11
12. Lauren Spano 2:19.93
200 Breast
1. Reka Kovacs 2:24.15
2. Beccy Hillis 2:24.84
6. Natalie Newcomb 2:32.47
500 Free
1. Heather Winn 5:10.65
3. Lizzie Justice 5:13.33
5. Laykin Lowry 5:15.48
12. Emma Nelson 5:27.43
100 Fly
3. Heather Coutts 59.87
6. Laykin Lowry 1:01.01
13. Nadia El-Hamdi 1:05.09
200 IM
1. Reka Kovacs 2:09.54
4. Moira Fraser 2:13.20
5. Beccy Hillis 2:14.13
9. Natalie Newcomb 2:17.02
10. Colleen Donovan 2:18.25
14. Lauren Spano 2:23.15
400 Free Relay
1. Houston 3:35.77
Kim Eeson, Heather Coutts, Colleen Donovan, Heather Winn
5. Houston 3:41.43
Holli Pisarski, Kimmy Ballo, Krystan Morrell, Maddie Clark
6. Houston 3:46.51
Nadia El-Hamdi, Marissa Blumenthal, Laykin Lowry, Lizzie Justice
1 Meter Diving
1. Julia Lonnegren 314.80
2. Natasha Burgess 305.50
3. Torri Olanksi 288.15
3 Meter Diving
1. Julia Lonnegren 309.60
2. Natasha Burgess 296.95
3. Torri Olanksi 269.95
Oct. 16, 2011
BOSTON - The University of Houston swimming and diving team pulled off two wins against Boston College and Northeastern University Saturday afternoon at Boston College. The Cougars topped BC 231-69 and took down Northeastern 159-142.
Houston was able to overcome a slow start in the water and held a five point lead heading into the 200-yard IM, the last individual event of the day.
"I'm real proud of how the girls fought again," said head coach Augie Busch. "I'm learning a lot about this team very early on in the season and I know that they have a lot of fight in them. I'm real excited to see them battle against Miami for our first home meet and I hope we can continue to see improvement."
The Cougars clinched the meet with three student-athletes acquiring points in the 200-yard IM. Junior Reka Kovacs took first while Moira Frasier and Beccy Hillis placed fourth and fifth to give Houston 12 points in the event.
Kovacs and Hills placed 1-2 in the 200-yard breaststroke as well.
The Cougars 400-yard freestyle relay closed out the meet with a first-place finish (3:35.77) for the second day in a row. Kim Eeson, Heather Coutts, Colleen Donovan and Heather Winn formed the winning relay team for Houston.
Sophomore Heather Winn added two more victories in the 500 and 1,000-yard freestyle events as she took both races the day before at Boston University. Lizzie Justice took second in the 1,000 free and earned third in the 500-yard free.
Kim Eeson added another victory in the 200 free as she won the previous day at Boston University. The senior from Harare, Zimbabwe, took second in the 50-yard free and was also a member of the win 400-free relay squad.
The Houston divers continued to dominate their competition as Julia Lonnegren, Natasha Burgess and Torri Olanski placed first through third in both the the 1M and 3M events. The Cougars were their own toughest competition as they outpaced the rest of the field by a wide margin.
Moira Frasier earned her first victory of the season by taking first in the 100 free. She was joined in the point scoring with Colleen Donovan (third) and Maddie Clark (fifth) in the event.
UP NEXT
The Cougars host their first home meet this Friday as they have a dual meet with Miami (Fla.) at 5 p.m. inside the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center.
USA Diving's Pan American Games team will train at the University of Houston's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium from October 20-22 before heading to Guadalajara, Mexico. The diving events at the Pan Am Games are scheduled for October 26-29.
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