HOUSTON, TEXAS (January 18, 2009) The University of Houston swimming and diving team dropped its second-straight dual meet this weekend on Saturday against SMU, 150-87, at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium on the UH campus.
The Cougars took home three first place finishes and seven second place finishes in the dual against the Mustangs.
UH was led by Anastasia Pozdniakova who finished first in both diving events for the eighth time this season. She took top honors in the 1-meter competition with 350.86 points and was followed in second by Courtney Forcucci with 301.58 points. The duo was the only divers to pass 300 points and Pozdniakova's 350.86 points are the sixth most points scored in a dual meet in school history. Also diving for the Cougars was Jessayln Almond who finished fifth with 267.23 points.
In the 3-meter competition, Pozdniakova finished with 296.78 points and Forcucci was second again with 273.00 points. Almond came in fourth with 240.90 points.
Also finishing first was Sasha Schwendenwein, who finished with a time of 2:02.60 in the 200-yard butterfly, the ninth fastest time in school history. Other Cougars finishing in the event included Danica Lubbers (fifth, 2:15.91) and Andrea Kells (sixth, 2:17.96).
Houston took home second and third place finishes from Kimberley Eeson (10:54.43) and Rachel Holcomb (11:32.94), respectively, in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Schwendenwein added a second place finish of 1:50.28 in the 200-yard freestyle, for the seventh fastest time in school history. She was followed in fifth by Natalie Newcomb (2:02.89) and sixth by Amber Brodeur (2:20.53).
Eeson also took home a third place finish of 24.74 in the 50-yard freestyle. Also finishing in the event were Paige Bissett in fifth (25.56), Andrea Kells in sixth (26.64) and Stone in seventh (27.67). Bissett also recorded a third place finish in the 100-yard freestyle and Stone turned in a fourth place finish of 1:00.94.
In her third event of the day, Eeson finished second in the 500-yard freestyle, notching a time of 5:14.30. Other Cougars competing in the event included Newcomb in fourth (5:25.59) and Holcomb in fifth (5:43.40).
In the 200-yard IM, Andrea Pa'lmai took top honors for the Cougars with a third place finish of 2:08.89, while Lubbers was fifth (2:17.46), Rachel Johnson was seventh (2:25.85) and Bori Juhasz was eighth (2:36.18). Pa'lmai was also second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:06.47, while Rachel Johnson was fifth (2:24.65) and Brodeur was sixth (2:23.17).
Beccy Hillis concluded the individual events at the meet for Houston with a third place finish of 2:27.11 in the 200-yard breaststroke. Newcomb (2:34.46), Rachel Johnson (2:44.64) and Juhasz (2:51.23) finished fourth, seventh and eighth, respectively.
In the relay events, the team of Pa'lmai, Hillis, Kells and Schwendenwein finished second in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:51.83 and in the 200-yard freestyle relay, Bissett, Brodeur, Lubbers and Stone finished third with a time of 1:47.23.
UP NEXT
The Cougars will be back in the pool on Jan. 30-31 in Baton Rouge, La., for the LSU Invitational. Teams scheduled to compete in the meet include, Rice, New Orleans and host, LSU.
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