Cougars Travel to San Antonio for Christmas Invitational
12/17/2014 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
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HOUSTON - The Houston Cougar swimming team will compete at the Christmas Invitational hosted by the University of the Incarnate Word from December 19-21 at The Aquatic Center at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas.
The Cougars will face familiar opponents Incarnate Word, North Texas and Rice and compete against Missouri for the first time this season.
"This meet provides us a great opportunity to build momentum as we head into the second semester," said interim head coach Keith Dawley. "Our recent practices have been very strong, and I am excited to see how that translates into the meet."
Prelims will start at 10 am each day, and finals begin at 6 pm.
Events to be contested Friday include the 200-yard freestyle relay, 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard Individual medley, 50-yard freestyle and the 400-yard medley relay.
Order of events for Saturday include the 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard individual medley, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard free, 100-yard breaststroke, 100-yard backstroke and 800 freestyle relay.
Sunday's schedule includes the 1650-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly and 400-yard freestyle relay.
"There are lots of familiar faces for us at this meet, as we have seen some of these teams twice already this season," said Dawley. "This weekend will provide a good barometer for the improvements we've made as a team, and it will also highlight some things that we need to clean up moving into the championship season."
The Cougars last competed at the AT&T Winter National Championships in Greensboro, N.C. Mackenzie Alspaugh, Taylor Gregory, Ashley Grijalva and Maya Owens represented the Cougars with strong swims at the prestigious event, held December 3-6.
UP NEXT FOR THE COUGARS
The Houston swimmers and divers will take to the pool again at the LSU Quad Meet, to be held January 30-31 in Baton Rouge, La.
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