Fangli Breaks School Record Twice on Big 12 Championships Day Four

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – The University of Houston Swimming & Diving team swept the silver medals while toppling a school record twice and earning a NCAA B-Cut on the fourth day of the Big 12 Conference Championships at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center on Friday.

Houston swept the silver medals in the day's individual events. Starting the finals segment, senior Adelaide Meuter led four Cougars in the A-Finals of the 200-yard butterfly, placing second with a time of 1:56.85 that improved her hold of the third fastest time in program history. Sophomore Sydney Nethercutt finished third (1:57.99) with junior Noor El Gendy (1:59.01) earning sixth and senior Abbie Alvarez (1:59.22) taking seventh. Sophomore Nora Hetyei took 10^th (1:59.83) and freshman Kristina DiPietro rounded out Houston's contingent in the event with a 14^th-place showing (2:01.66).

After breaking her own program record in the 100-yard breaststroke prelims earlier in the day, senior Henrietta Fangli broke it again in the A-Finals, earning second place with a 58.12, just .03 seconds off first place. Sophomore Evelyn Entrekin, also in the A-Finals, finished sixth (59.69) while junior Virag Peter won the B-Finals for ninth overall with a time of 1:00.66. Both Entrekin and Peter improved their third and fifth-fastest times in program history with their finals segment marks.

With Entrekin and Fangli having earned NCAA B-Cuts prior to the Big 12 Championships, Peter became the third Cougar to clinch a B-Cut with a time of 1:00.91 in prelims.

In the final individual event of the day, freshman Lottie Cullen continued her backstroke success with a silver medal. She touched the wall in 52.28, followed by sophomore Elizabeth Jimenez in fourth (53.17). Fifth-year Danielle Titus claimed 18^th with a time of 54.35.

Jimenez's prelims time of 53.09 moved her up to third on Houston's all-time top 10 times list in the event.

Houston's 200-yard freestyle relay team of junior Liya Goupil, freshman Sienna Bruner, junior Jenna Kerkman and sophomore Elizabeth Jimenez placed seventh in the event with a time of 1:31.42.

Through the penultimate day of the championships, Arizona State leads with 1,210 points. Houston is in second with 926.5 points, followed by Arizona with 864. Cincinnati holds fourth (635), trailed by TCU (614), Utah (587.5), BYU (551), Kansas (435), Iowa State (301) and West Virginia (298).

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The Big 12 Championships conclude on Saturday with prelims beginning at noon CT and the finals starting at 8 p.m. CT. The day's events include the 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, platform diving and 400-yard freestyle relay.

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Fangli Breaks School Record Twice on Big 12 Championships Day Four

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Abbie Alvarez

Sienna Bruner

Lottie Cullen

Kristina DiPietro

Noor El Gendy

Evelyn Entrekin

Henrietta Fangli

Liya Goupil

Nora Hetyei

Elizabeth Jimenez

Jenna Kerkman

Adelaide Meuter

Sydney Nethercutt

Virag Peter

Danielle Titus

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