University of Houston Athletics
Cougar Student Athlete of the Week
12/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | General
Dec. 5, 2006
- 2006 C-USA 400-Yard Individual Medley Champion
- 2006 All-Conference USA First Team (400-Yard Individual Medley)
- 2006 All-Conference USA Second Team (200-Yard Medley Relay)
- 2006 All-Conference USA Second Team (400-Yard Medley Relay)
- C-USA Swimmer of the Week (Dec. 6, 2005)
2006-07 SEASON
Won the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:36.27 and added another first-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:08.05 during the first tri-meet against Northern Colorado and at New Mexico State... Also was a member of the winning 400-yard medley relay team... Captured first place in the 1,000-yard freestyle during the first day of the Phill Hansel Duals Weekend... Finished second in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 17:11.10 during the first day of the Miami (Ohio) Invitational... Wont he 400-yard individual day with a time of 4:28.01 during the second day of the Miami (Ohio) Invitational... Finished third in the 200-yard backstroke during the final day of the Miami (Ohio) Invitational.
2005-06 SEASON
Became the first swimmer since 1996 to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships... Captured the C-USA 400-yard individual medley championship with a school-record time of 4:22.11... Member of the Cougars' second-place 400-yard medley relay team at the C-USA Championship... Finished second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:05.47 during the season-opening, double-dual meet against C-USA rival Rice and host Texas... Claimed first place in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:08.38 and the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:05.48 against North Texas in the home opener... Also was a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay team against the Mean Green... Captured top honors in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke against Arkansas... Won the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:03.57 - the third-fastest time in school history - against Texas A&M... Also won the 1,000-yard freestyle by more than 10 seconds against the Aggies... Finished second in the 200-yard individual medley and third in the 100-yard backstroke during a tri-meet against SMU, Wyoming and host North Texas... Set the school's second-fastest time in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:56.41 at the Miami (Ohio) Invitational... Broke the school record in the 400-yard individual medley with a clocking of 4:23.21 during the second day of the Miami (Ohio) Invitational to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships in that event... Also was a member of the 400-yard medley relay team which posted the second-fastest time in school history at 3:51.48 at the Miami (Ohio) meet... Finished second in the 200-yard individual medley and third in the 200-yard backstroke during the final day of the Miami (Ohio) Invitational... Honored as the C-USA Swimmer of the Week for the first time in her career following that performance... Member of the winning 200-yard medley relay team against Findlay... Also won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:11.80 against the Oilers... Finished second in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:52.90 - the second fastest time in school history - and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships during a double-dual meet against Rice and LSU... Also won the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:26.29 against the Owls and Tigers... Won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:28.57 and finished first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:06.56 against Nevada and New Mexico State... Also finished second in the 100-yard backstroke against the Lobos and Wolfpack... Won the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:37.55), 100-yard backstroke (58.97) and 200-yard backstroke (2:04.50) during a dual meet against Tulane.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Mihaly Vorosmarty in 2004 before attending UH... Finished third in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:18.20 at the 2004 Hungarian Championships... Placed fourth in the 200-meter backstroke with a clocking of 2:16.65 at the 2001 European Junior Championships in Malta.
PERSONAL
Full name is Andrea Pa'lmai... Born on Feb. 5, 1986, in Budapest, Hungary... Daughter of Zolta'n Pa'lmai and Zolta'nne' Pa'lmai... Undecided major... Also was recruited by Iowa.
Andrea Pa'lmai's Personal Bests
200 Free * 1:55.28 * Oxford, Ohio * 12/1/05
1,000 Free * 10:11.84 * Houston * 1/13/06
1,650 Free * 16:52.90 * Houston * 1/13/06
500 Free * 5:06.51 * Oxford, Ohio * 12/3/05
1,000 Free * 10:10.07 (S) * Houston * 2/25/06
1,650 Free * 16:53.54 * Houston * 2/25/06
100 Fly * 59.48 (S) * Houston * 2/24/06
100 Back * 57.21 (S) * Houston * 2/24/06
200 Back * 2:03.57 * College Station, Texas * 11/4/05
100 Breast * 1:11.80 * Houston * 12/31/05
200 IM * 2:05.30 * Oxford, Ohio * 12/3/05
400 IM * 4:22.11 * Houston * 2/24/06
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