Cougars Swim Strong at AT&T Nationals

Friday, December 5

Greensboro, N.C.

All Day

University of Houston

Day 3

12/5/2014 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving

Dec. 5, 2014

100-YD BREASTSTROKE RESULTS | 100-YD BACKSTROKE RESULTS

GREENSBORO, N.C. - University of Houston swimmers Ashley Grijalva and Taylor Gregory swam successful races today as the Cougars took the pool at the USA Swimming AT&T Winter National Championships. Both Cougars did Houston proud at the most prestigious meet of the winter season.

Grijalva swam in the 100-yd breaststroke and finished 67^th overall, with a time of 1:04.31. She swam a time of 30.19 on the first half of her race, and 34.12 on the second half.

Gregory competed in the 100-yd backstroke and placed 118^th overall. Her time of 58.35 included a first half of 27.76 and a second half of 30.59.

"Today was a great experience for our swimmers to race against the best competition in the country," said head coach Rich Murphy. "Our swimmers earned this opportunity based on their success last season, and I look forward to seeing them build on this experience, both tomorrow and when we return to this venue for the American Athletic Conference Championship in February."

UP NEXT
The Cougars will compete in two more events on Saturday to close out their trip to Greensboro. Grijalva will swim the 200-yd breaststroke, while Maya Owens and Mackenzie Alspaugh will take part in the 200-yd butterfly. The preliminary rounds will begin at 8 am CT, and finals begin at 4 pm CT.

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