PREVIEW: Cougars Host First Chance Meet

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Swimming & Diving team is in action this weekend as the team hosts a First Chance Meet at CRWC Natatorium. The meet begins at 3 p.m. on Friday and features events at both 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday.

First Chance Meet
Date \| Time				Friday, Feb. 7 \| 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 \| 10 a.m. & 4 p.m.
Location				CRWC Natatorium \| Houston
Results				Diving: DiveMeets Swimming: MeetMobile ($)
Live Stream				YouTube: Friday \| Saturday

LAST TIME OUT
Houston downed Rice, 182-11, during the Cougars' Senior Day meet on Jan. 31. Houston won 10 events and posted two program top 10 times during the meet while claiming 32 podium positions.

BIG 12 HONORS
Freshman Lottie Cullen has made a splash in her debut campaign. Holding two individual program records (100- and 200-yard backstrokes) as well as aiding in toppling the 400-yard medley relay team record, she's been named the Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Week four times this season, including this week as well as the week following the Phill Hansel after she bettered her 100 back record and set the new 200 back and 400 medley relay records.

Fifth-year Hedda Grelz earned her first Diver of the Week honor of the season after a stellar meet against Rice last week. She won the 3-meter with a season-best score of 315.83 while finishing third in the 1-meter (287.78).

Sophomore Michelle McLeod also collected a conference weekly honor following the Phill Hansel, being named the Big 12 Diver of the Week after winning the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions while also finishing third in the platform.

NCAA CUTS
Houston student-athletes have collected 24 NCAA Cuts across nine different events. Fifth-year Hedda Grelz, McLeod and freshman Caroline Roelen have clinched NCAA Zone Cuts in all three diving events while sophomore Sydney Nethercutt, senior Henrietta Fangli and Cullen have earned two NCAA B-Cuts each.

1-meter: Hedda Grelz, Michelle McLeod, Caroline Roelen, Emilia Waters
3-meter: Hedda Grelz, Michelle McLeod, Caroline Roelen, Emilia Waters
Platform: Josie Graves, Hedda Grelz, Michelle McLeod, Caroline Roelen, Emilia Waters
200-yard butterfly: Noor El Gendy (B), Adelaide Meuter (B), Sydney Nethercutt (B)
100-yard breaststroke: Evelyn Entrekin (B), Henrietta Fangli (B)
200-yard breaststroke: Henrietta Fangli (B), Virag Peter (B)
100-yard backstroke: Lottie Cullen (B)
200-yard backstroke: Lottie Cullen (B), Elizabeth Jimenez (B)
1,650-yard freestyle: Sydney Nethercutt (B)

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Four Cougars represented their countries at Short Course Worlds while a pair also swam for their nation at the Gyor Open in December.

Cullen (Ireland), Fangli (Hungary), fifth-year Danielle Titus (Barbados) and Jimenez (Dominican Republic) all participated at Short Course Worlds. Fangli set a new Hungarian record in the 100-meter breaststroke, swimming a 1:05.09, while Jimenez toppled the Dominican Republic's 50-meter backstroke record (28.44).

On the last day of Short Course Worlds, Fangli set another Hungarian record, this time in the 400-meter medley relay (3:51.65) with Titus setting a Barbadian best in the 200-meter backstroke (2:12.86).

Later in December at the Gyor Open, El Gendy set a new Egyptian 200-meter butterfly record (2:13.60) while Fangli earned her third country record of the month, setting a new Hungarian best in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:06.93).

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