Tulane University
Conference USA Championship
Alf-Huynh Posts B Cut 100 Back In Day 3 Of C-USA Championship
Feb 27, 2010 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Feb. 26, 2010
HOUSTON - Freshman Kayla Alf-Huynh posted an NCAA B qualifying time in the 100 back and the Tulane University swimming and diving team posted five lifetime and seven season-best times in day three of the 2010 Conference USA Championship Friday at the University of Houston Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.
The Green Wave scored a team-best 71 points on the day to bring their three-day total to 187. Tulane is currently 62 points ahead of sixth-place Marshall (125) and 177.5 behind fourth-placed Houston (364.5). SMU leads the league with 503 points, followed by Rice and East Carolina with 405 and 397, respectively.
"The girls have been outstanding in finals," Tulane head swimming and diving coach Lena Guarriello said. "Kayla's 100 back was the highlight of the evening as she repeated an NCAA B qualifying performance.
"I'm looking forward to a strong final day of competition. Our 200's are great events for us and we've got three athletes entered in the mile. I'm excited to see Kylie Kastes put up a strong 100 as her freestyle has been the fastest she has ever swum at this meet."
Alf-Huynh finished second in the 100 back with a time of 55.49 to post her second All-Conference USA honor in as many days. Yesterday, she was third in the 50 free, and Alf-Huynh's 55.43 in the preliminaries was a lifetime best. She now has a chance to qualify for the NCAA meet on March 18-20 in West Lafayette, Ind.
In addition, Lauren Pfohl finished 12th in the 100 back with a lifetime best mark of 58.03. Allie Evans posted a season-best 1:51.60 in the 200 free to finish ninth, Emily Needham had a season best time of 57.58 in the 100 fly to finish 11th and Gisele Calderon finished 14th in the 100 fly with a time of 57.87 and posted a lifetime best in the preliminaries at 57.84.
Also scoring for the Green Wave on Friday were Erin Cunningham with a 15th-place finish in the 40 IM at 4:34.13, while Elizabeth Whitaker finished 14th in the 200 free with a lifetime best 1:53.83. Tulane's 200 free relay, meanwhile, trimmed 2.52 seconds off its previous season-best time and finished sixth with a mark of 1:35.25.
Rebekah Harris tallied lifetime best marks in the 100 back preliminaries and 100 fly preliminaries with respective times of 59.85 and 1:00.33. Bolton Harris, meanwhile, tallied a season best 1:55.08 in a 200 free time trial and Hayley Tilton followed suit in the 200 free prelims at 1:58.54. Kristin Ates had a season best in the 400 IM preliminaries at 4:45.50, as did Kristine Gu in the 100 back preliminaries at 59.50.
The C-USA Championship concludes on Saturday, Feb. 27, with the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 1650 free, 400 free relay and platform diving. Preliminaries are slated to start at 10 a.m. with finals scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
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