HOUSTON – The 21st-ranked University of Houston Swimming & Diving program won its third straight Phill Hansel Invitational on Saturday afternoon at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. Houston accumulated 1, 737 points over three days, leading second-place finisher Rice by 593 points.
Final results can be found HERE
Final scores can be found HERE
HOW IT HAPPENED
Houston got out to a fantastic start on the final day of action at the Phill Hansel Invitational as Ioanna Sacha and Laura Laderoute led the Cougars to a first and second-place finish in the 200 Backstroke. Sacha took the top spot with a NCAA B-Cut time of 1:55.16, setting a program record in the event. Laderoute took second-place at 1:56.61, as five Cougars advanced.
In the final Sacha once again bested her lifetime best and set yet another program record in the event. Sacha finished at 1:55.08 for first-place, followed by Laderoute at 1:56.38, both B-Cuts. Monique Rae placed fourth at 1:59.43, followed Kaley Hoffman in eighth-place at 2:00.90 to round out the A-Final.
The 100 Freestyle saw yet another program record fall as Mykenzie Leehy swam a blistering fast 48.66 to claim both the top spot in the Houston record book and an NCAA B-Cut.
In the final, Leehy would once again snatch the top spot with time of 48.99, Zarena Brown would take third-place in the event at 49.66 picking up 27 points for Houston.
The 200 Breaststroke saw Peyton Kondis break yet another program record in the prelims, swimming 2:09.60 for first-place. The time is an NCAA B-Cut and lifetime best for the senior. Angeliki Mavrantza would advance behind a fifth-place finish at 2:13.44, also an NCAA B-Cut.
Kondis would sweep the Breaststroke events at the Phill Hansel, finished first in the final at 2:10.58, followed by Mavrantza in third place with a B-Cut time of 2:11.34.
Senior Isabel Tank had a stellar day in the pool, leading Houston in the 200 Butterfly with a fourth-place finish and lifetime best in the prelims at 2:00.84. The time marked the sixth-fastest in Houston history.
In the A-Final tank would better her time from prelims for the sixth-fastest time in Houston history and a fourth-place finish at 1:59.99
On the boards, three Cougars would advance to the A-Final of the Platform as Chase Farris won the event with 239.60 points. Katie Deininger finished second-overall with 229.55 points as Jolie Blodgett rounded out the A-Final in 12th-place with 181.70 points.
Samantha Medlin would lead the Cougars in the longest race of the weekend, finishing first in the 1650 Freestyle at 16:54.67. Shayla Erickson would close out the race in 21st-place at 17:41.35.
Houston would end the Phill Hansel just how they started, with a win. Hanna Blewett, Laderoute, Leehy and Brown combined for a time of 3:18.55 in the 400 Freestyle Relay to take first-place in the final event of the meet.