Tulane Swimming and Diving Wraps Up Competition at Dual-A-Pool-Ooza

Saturday, October 19

Miami, Fla.

2 PM

Tulane University

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Rice University

Photo by: Parker Waters

Tulane Swimming and Diving Wraps Up Competition at Dual-A-Pool-Ooza

Oct 19, 2019 | Women's Swimming and Diving

COMPLETE RESULTS

MIAMI – The Tulane University swimming and diving team concluded competition Saturday afternoon at the fifth annual Dual-A-Pool-Ooza event with a 123-76 loss to Rice. The two-day event was held on the campus of Florida International University at the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center.

Tulane finished the afternoon session with four winning performances, including another first-place finish in diving.

"I think we had a good all-around event, but I know our team is a little tired right now, but despite being as tired as they were they still put in some really good efforts," head coach Leah Stancil said.

Junior Kate McDonald led the way with a pair of winning performances, as she claimed the 50-yard breaststroke (30.10) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.70). With her two victories, McDonald has now nine events this year.

Freshman Lilly Byrne also collected a victory for the Green Wave as she claimed the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:50.94.

"Next week we are going to get back to working on technique," Stancil said. "We have three weeks to prepare for the Phill Hansel Invitational in the middle of November. We have some time to fine tune a few and I'm excited for next event."

In the diving events, Tulane earned 1-2 finishes courtesy of sophomore Anne Marie Kenny and freshman Gabby Hebert, as they finished first and second, respectively.

"Our divers definitely faced some adversity this weekend competing," Tulane diving coach John. Sirmon said. "Our team also worked in some new dives for the first time and it was fantastic to see them handle it well. We are in a great place moving into our midseason invitational and I think we can expect some great things out of our divers this season."

LAGNIAPPE
Courtney Barker finished less than half a second away from winning the 50-yard freestyle…Three Green Wave swimmer took runner-up honors…Green Wave swimmers Noa Heron, Olivia Johnson and Edie Newman team took part in an open water swim for the first time this season.

UP NEXT
Tulane has a month-long break, as it heads to the Phill Hansel Invitational on Nov. 21-23 in Houston.

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