PREVIEW: Four Travel to NCAA Championships

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Heading back to the site of the Big 12 Conference Championships, four members of the University of Houston Swimming & Diving team are ready for the NCAA Championships this Friday and Saturday at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.

Freshman Lottie Cullen, senior Henrietta Fangli, sophomore Michelle McLeod and junior Virag Peter combined to earn qualifications in six events. Cullen will compete in the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes while Fangli swims in the 100-yard breaststroke for the second consecutive season. McLeod qualified for the 3-meter and platform diving events with Peter participating in the 200-yard breaststroke.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Date \| Time				Friday, March 21 \| Prelims: Noon CT \| Finals: 8 p.m. CT Saturday, March 22 \| Prelims: Noon CT \| Finals: 8 p.m. CT
Location				Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center \| Federal Way, Wash.
Results				Results
Watch				ESPN+
Championship Central				NCAA.com

SCHEDULE (All Times CT)
Friday, March 21
Noon – Prelims (100 back, 100 breast)
2:15 p.m. – Diving trials (3-meter)
7:15 p.m. – Diving consolation finals
8 p.m. – Finals

Saturday, March 22
Noon – Prelims (200 back, 200 breast)
2 p.m. – Diving trials (platform)
7:15 p.m. –Diving consolation finals
8 p.m. – Finals

PROGRAM MARKS
Houston has toppled four program records this season with an additional 16 entries on various program Top 10 lists. Freshman Lottie Cullen has led the way with two individual records in the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes while Peter set a new Cougar best in the 200-yard breaststroke. Fangli, setting the previous program record at last year's NCAA Championships, broke Houston's 100-yard breaststroke record twice at Big 12 Championships.

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.

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.

CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE
Fangli and McLeod are both competing in their second consecutive NCAA Championships.

Fangli earned All-America honors for her performance at the pinnacle of college swimming last year, reaching the B-Finals of the 100 breast, finishing 14^th overall. McLeod qualified for last year's NCAA Championships in platform diving, finishing 25^th in the event.

CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
Houston's four competitors at NCAAs is the team's most since five qualified for the meet in 2020. It's the team's second consecutive year sending multiple student-athletes while the Cougars have been represented in six of the last seven NCAA Championships.

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