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Sports

Cougars' final trip ends in 1-2 weekend in Louisiana

Cougar Sports Services

The Cougar swimming and diving squad went to Louisiana on their final road trip of the 2004-05 season over the weekend where they fell to Louisiana State and Rice on Friday but defeated New Orleans on Saturday.

Houston's top diver on Saturday was sophomore diver Anna Kiess who took a couple of second place finishes. The four time Conference USA Diver of the Week broke the 300 point mark on the spring board events scoring 305.78 on the 3-meter board and 305.54 on the 1-meter board. Fellow diver and captain Azul Almazan also broke 300 points with 304.80 for a fourth place finish on the 3-meter board and finished fourth on the 1-meter.

Houston's top swimmer came in sophomore Szintia Szanto who finished second in the 400-medley with a time of 4:28.29. She also came in third in the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard breaststroke. Freshman Merit Bloemer swam her first meet of her collegiate career finishing third in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:07.47 and came in third in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Junior Stacey Williams took third place in the 200-yard freestyle after clocking 1:55.97.

Houston entered three teams, Red, White and Blue on Sunday, evening out competition against UNO, a first year team who only had four eligible swimmers. As a result, the Cougars swam three different dual meets.

The unusual format of teams lead to some off-events like the 400-yard broken individual medley, biathlon and the 300-yard freestyle relay. Houston's Blue team defeated the Privateers 32-25, while the Red team won 28-25 and the White team defeated UNO with a score of 34-25.

White team member and freshman Jenny Hagen won the 400-yard broken individual medley and the 50-yard breaststroke. She was also a member of the White relay team who won the 300-yard freestyle relay.

Sophomore Szintia Szanto won the biathlon after running three-quarters of a mile, swimming a 500-yard breaststroke, then running another three-quarters of a mile. 

Other strong finishes came from senior Vicki Blocker who won the 50-yard butterfly. Senior captain Meagan Wien finished first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.54.

The Cougars finish their regular season Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Campus Wellness and Recreation Center where they'll honor seniors in pre-meet ceremonies. The Cougars will play host to Miami and Texas A&M.
 

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