Houston Splits Squad for Weekend Events

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Swimming & Diving team will spread out over Houston, sending its swimming personnel to Rice for the Rice Fall Invitational and hosting the Houston Diving Invitational at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Oct. 12-13.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Houston is coming off of a narrow 151.50 -148.50 victory at Tulane this past weekend in its first dual meet of the season.
Houston posted 26 podium finishes and won both diving events to remain undefeated against Tulane.
Zarena Brown posted a trio of individual first-place finishes and helped Houston win the 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay, earning American Swimmer of the Week honors for the second time in her career.
Houston is currently 25^th in the Collegeswimming.com Dual Rankings.
Rice leads the all-time series with Houston 22-28 even though the Cougars defeated the Owls twice last season.
Houston has never met Air Force in Dual Meet action, but the Falcons visited the CRWC last season for the Phill Hansel Invitational where they finished fifth.
Houston faced off with Incarnate Word in its season opener at the end of Sept. defeating the Cardinals 198-98. The Cougars leads the all-time series between the two schools, 5-1.

ABOUT THE OWLS

Rice is in its 16^th year under Head coach Seth Huston.
Last season the Owls finished second at both the Conference USA Championships and the CSCAA National Invitational, sending one swimmer to the NCAA Championships.
Rice opened its season at the CSCAA Collegiate National Open Water Championships in Kansas finishing second-overall with three Owls finishing in the top-nine.

ABOUT THE CARDINALS

Incarnate Word is in its 13^th season under Head Coach Phillip Davis.
UIW finished fifth at the CCSA Championships at the end of last season.
Earlier this season, Houston defeated the Cardinals 198-98 at the CRWC.

ABOUT THE FALCONS

Air Force is in its second season under Head Coach Colleen Murphy
So far this season Air Force has finished second at the Horsetooth Open Water Swim, and fifth at the Fresno State Chick-Fil-A Invite.
Last season Air Force finished fifth at the Phill Hansel Invitational, closing out its season with a ninth-place finish at the Mountain West Championships.

MEET SCHEDULE – RICE FALL INVITATIONAL – RICE COMPETITION POOL

Friday, October 12 - Session I (4 p.m. start)
400 medley relay
500 free
200 IM
50 free
800 free relay

Saturday, October 13 - Session II (10 a.m. start)
200 medley relay
400 IM
100 butterfly
200 free
100 breaststroke
100 backstroke
200 free relay
1650 free

Session III (3 p.m. start)
200 backstroke
100 free
200 breaststroke
200 butterfly
400 free relay

MEET SCHEDULE- HOUSTON DIVING INVITATIONAL- CRWC NATATORIUM
Friday, October 12 - 4 p.m. start
3-Meter
1-Meter

Saturday, Oct. 13 - 11 a.m. start
Platform

WHERE TO WATCH
All home meets will feature live results through the Meet Mobile App available in the Google Play store and the App Store.

UP NEXT
Houston will head to SMU where it will matchup with both the Mustangs and North Texas on Oct. 20 for an 11 a.m. meet.

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