Swimming & Diving Wraps Up Weekday Meet at Houston

Monday, January 11

Houston, TX

2 PM

Tulane University

203

Houston

Photo by: Parker Waters

Swimming & Diving Wraps Up Weekday Meet at Houston

Jan 11, 2021 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Meet Results

HOUSTON — The Tulane swimming & diving team (1-3) recorded 17 top-three finishes at Houston in an American Athletic Conference matchup on Monday before ultimately falling to the Cougars (203-97).

"We had a great attitude today," head coach Leah Stancil said. "We saw some season time improvements from Autumn [Keats-O'Connor] and Liv [Davison], which is always good to see. I was pleased with our efforts and how our technical skills are improving. We need to continue toward working on the little things."

Senior Kate McDonald continued to shine in Monday's meet, winning the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.13) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.84) events for her eighth- and ninth- respective individual wins this season.

Also recording a first-place finish was sophomore Lilly Byrne, who won the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:17.13. Byrne also finished second in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:58.29.

Freshman Danielle Titus put points on the board for the Green Wave as well, finishing second in both the 100-yard backstroke (56.71) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:02.36).

Another newcomer, freshman Winter Craig, finished second in the 200-yard butterfly with a new career-best time of 2:05.06 in the race.

Earning second- and third-place respective finishes in the 50-yard freestyle was freshman Riley Hendrix and senior Courtney Barker. Hendrix recorded a time of 24.58 in the race while Barker finished right behind her at 24.73. Hendrix also earned bronze status in the 100-yard freestyle, notching a personal-best time of 52.55.

In the diving events, freshman Paige McKenzie scored points for the Olive and Blue with a third-place, career-best finish in the one-meter (265.87). Freshman Caroline Alonzo also took a top-three spot, finishing third in the three-meter event with a personal-best 255.22 mark.

"It was great to see all our divers perform well coming off the winter break," diving coach John Sirmon said. "Every diver claimed a personal best in one event and Paige McKenzie got our first Zone cut of the season on one meter. We still have work to do before SMU but I think we're progressing well and positioned for a strong rest of the season."

Recording third-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke was freshman Gianna Spremullo, who finished with respective times of 1:54.59 and 2:04.81.

Sophomore Hailey Roberti also earned a third-place finish in the weekday meet, recording a time of 58.18 in the 100-yard butterfly.

Titus, McDonald, Roberti and Hendrix finished second in the 400-yard medley relay (3:50.55), while Byrne, Titus, Barker and Hendrix (1:37.42) also earned silver status in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:37.42).

Freshman Autumn Keats-O'Connor earned personal-best times in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.88), the 200-yard breaststroke (2:25.67) and the 200-yard IM (2:12.11) events.

Tulane will head to SMU for the team's next meet. The AAC competition is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 23 at 2 p.m.

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