University of Houston
North Texas Relays
Cougars Win North Texas Relays
9/30/2016 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
LEWISVILLE, Texas - The University of Houston Swimming & Diving team won three relay events including freshman Laura Laderoute setting a school record in the 100 IM, en route to season-opening win at North Texas Relays at the LISD Westside Aquatic Center on Friday night.
"It's nice to be racing again," Head Coach Ryan Wochomurka said. "We have talked all fall about toughness and training for adverse conditions and about what it takes to be a championship program. We challenged them by traveling and competing on the same day, and I feel like they responded well to that challenge."
The Cougars netted a team score of 386 to lead the relays with its closest competitor, defending American Athletic Conference Champions SMU, finishing with 334. Host North Texas rounded out the podium with a score of 322.
In the 300-yard backstroke relay event, the team of sophomore Eleanna Koutsouveli, freshman Laderoute and sophomore Jenny Penneck grabbed Houston's first podium finish of the season. The trio swam the race in a time of 2:52.84, three seconds in front of second place.
Houston's 400-yard medley relay team comprised of all newcomers - freshmen Laderoute, Peyton Kondis, Isabel Tank and Miami (Fla.) transfer Ksenia Yuskova - captured first overall. Houston's wining medley team touched the wall at 3:53.46, beating the Houston team of Koutsouveli, Victoria Roubique, Sharo Rodriguez, Zarena Brown by 32 milliseconds.
The 1,500-yard freestyle relay team offreshman Sydney Larson and Zarena Brown and sophomore Conor Glenn seized Houston's third first-place finish of the night. The distance team touched the wall at 15:25.35.
Leading off in the 4x100-yard individual medley relay, freshman Laderoute setting a school record in the 100-yard IM with a time of 59.77.
"Our veterans raced well, and I was very impressed with our newcomers and excited for them to get their first team win right out of the gate on the road," Wochomurka said. "We have a lot of cleaning up to do in many areas before an extremely tough road challenge in Missouri and at home meet next Saturday."
RESULTS
Overall
1. Houston - 386
2. SMU - 334
3. North Texas - 322
4. Arkansas-Little Rock - 220
PODIUM FINISHES
300-Yard Butterfly Relay
3. Sharo Rodriguez, Isabel Tank, Hanna Blewett - 2:56.72
300-Yard Backstroke Relay
1. Eleanna Koutsouveli, Laura Laderoute, Jenny Penneck - 2:52.84
300-Yard Breaststroke Relay
2. Victoria Roubique, Cameron Balkom, Gaby Jimenez-Peon - 3:20.12
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
2. Zarena Brown, Ksenia Yuskova, Julie Gibson, Hanna Blewett - 7:42.29
500-Yard Freestyle Relay
2. Cait Horner, Micaela Hamrick, Julie Gibson, Sydney Larson - 4:38.07
400-Yard Medley Relay
1. Laura Laderoute, Peyton Kondis, Isabel Tank, Ksenia Yuskova - 3:53.46
2. Eleanna Koutsouveli, Victoria Roubique, Sharo Rodriguez, Zarena Brown - 3:53.78
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
3. Hanna Blewett, Julie Gibson, Laura Laderoute, Cait Horner - 1:38.40
1,500-Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Sydney Larson, Zarena Brown, Conor Glenn - 15:25.35
400-Yard Medley
2. Laura Ladroute, Gaby Jimenez-Peon, Eleanna Koutsouveli, Isabel Tank - 4:02.92
3. Sharo Rodriguez, Jenny Penneck, Peyton Kondis, Cameron Balkom - 4:08.92
400-Yard Freestyle Relay
3. Zarena Brown, Hanna Blewett, Ksenia Yuskova, Michaela Hamrick - 3:34.12
UP NEXT
Houston will split squad with half of the Cougars will stay home to host Rice in the Houston Pentathlon at 10 a.m., Oct. 8. The rest of the Cougars will hit the road to Missouri for the Missouri State Invite at 3 p.m., Oct. 8.
COUGARS TO HOST AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Houston will host the American Athletic Conference Championships for the second consecutive year as the best swimmers and divers in the league visit the CRWC from Feb. 15-18, 2017. Following the conference meet, the Cougars will look to close the season at the NCAA Championships, to be held March 15-18, 2017 in Indianapolis, Ind.
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