Tulane University
Houston, Rice, LSU
Tulane wraps up Day 1 of Quad Meet in Houston
Jan 29, 2016 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Houston --
Tulane opened competition at a two-day quad meet hosted by the University of Houston on Friday night at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. In addition to facing off against American Conference opponent Houston, the Green Wave also competed against swimmers and divers from Rice and LSU. Despite the tough competition, Tulane's swimmers posted impressive finishes in the two relays of the night.
Tulane started the night taking third in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:43.95, under a second behind first-place LSU. With this time, the Green Wave also landed in the record book finishing at the No. 6 spot in school history.
In individual action, freshman Paris Zhang continued her success in the 100 back (55.96), claiming a first-place finish and nearing a personal best.
Senior Holly Grender took third in the 200 free on a time of 1:51.11, followed by freshman Natalie Clausen (1:51.49) and sophomore Emma Lincoln (1:51.51), who took fifth and sixth places respectively in the field of eighteen swimmers. Clausen also set a personal best in the event, beating her time from the team's last trip to Houston in November.
In the 50 free, senior Mia Schachter and Zhang also notched top-five finishes, taking fourth and fifth places, respectively, on times of 23.62 and 23.66.
To highlight the night, Tulane's A squad took second place in the 400 free relay on a time of 3:26.02. The team of Shelly Zelnick, Lena Hayakawa, Lincoln and Mia Schachter notched a second place time on the season for the Green Wave.
Tulane closed out the night from the diving board, with three Green Wave divers competing in the 3-meter. Senior Lauren Arnold took fifth on a score of 242.55, while freshman Anise Muir and fellow senior Maren Kjell finished seventh and eighth.
The Green Wave take to the pool tomorrow morning starting at 10:00 a.m. for day two of competition in Houston. Live results from the meet can be found .
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