Houston Posts Dominating Performance in Opener

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Swimming & Diving team jumped out early in its first meet of the season, defeating Incarnate Word and UT Permian Basin Saturday at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. Houston defeated UIW, 198-98 and UTPB 208-56.

"We came out and challenged the kids to not such much worry about time, but to race hard and work on race strategies. Mission accomplished on that today," said Head Coach Ryan Wochomurka. "I saw a lot of good things and was surprised in a few areas in a good way. I am excited for how this sets us up. We've got a tough three-week stretch ahead of us, we race four weeks in a row. The plus side of that is that we get to learn every week and continue to get better. We as a coaching staff need to be cognizant from a training standpoint on how that impacts our kids training wise, and adapt to give them the best opportunity to be at their very best in November, February and March. It was a good day."

HOW IT HAPPENED

Houston won 14 out of the 16 events, posting 27 podium finishes.
Houston swept the 100-yard Freestyle, 200-yard Freestyle and the 200-yard Backstroke.
Freshman Haley Benjamin made her debut with three first-place finishes. Benjamin won the 1000-yard Freestyle (10:12.17), 500-yard Freestyle (4:58.65), and the 400-yard Individual Medley (4:26.92).
Zarena Brown picked up a pair of first-place finishes in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:51.08) and the 100-yard Freestyle (51.76)
Laura Laderoute won both the 200-yard Backstroke (2:03.66) and the 100-yard Backstroke (56.41)
Katie Deininger won both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard with a team-high 307.45 in the 3-meter and 280.80 in the 1-meter.
Houston is now 6-1 against Incarnate Word and 1-0 against UT Permian Basin.

HOUSTON PODIUM FINISHES

200 Medley Relay
1. Laderoute, Peyton Kondis, Victoria Tillman, Katie Power – 1:44.65
3. Kylie Andrews, Gaby Jimenez Peon, Katie Higgins, Hanna Blewett – 1:47.68

1000 Freestyle
1. Benjamin – 10:12.17
2. Conor Glenn – 10:28.35

200 Freestyle
1. Brown – 1:51.08
2. Samantha Medlin – 1:52.33
3. Mykenzie Leehy – 1:53.64

100 Backstroke
1. Laderoute – 56.41
3. Kaley Hoffman – 57.94

100 Breaststroke
2. Kondis – 1:04.84
3. Jimenez Peon – 1:05.56

200 Butterfly
1. Rebecca Brandt – 2:03.88
2. Morgan Rosas – 2:05.60

50 Freestyle
1. Leehy – 24.20
2. Power – 24.42

100 Freestyle
1. Brown – 51.76
2. Leehy – 51.80
3. Medlin – 52.53

200 Backstroke
1. Laderoute – 2:03.66
2. Monique Rae -2:03.69
3. Hoffman – 2:06.21

200 Breaststroke
1. Jimenez Peon – 2:20.21

500 Freestyle
1. Benjamin – 4:58.65

100 Butterfly
2. Katie Higgins – 57.10

400 IM
1. Benjamin – 4:26.92

1-Meter
1. Deininger - 280.80

3-Meter
1. Deininger - 307.45

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 continue its season when its travels to New Orleans to matchup with conference foe Tulane in dual meet action on Oct. 6.

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Kylie Andrews

Haley Benjamin

Hanna Blewett

Rebecca Brandt

Zarena Brown

Katie Deininger

Conor Glenn

Katie Higgins

Kaley Hoffman

Gaby Jimenez

Peyton Kondis

Laura Laderoute

Mykenzie Leehy

Samantha Medlin

Monique Rae

Morgan Rosas

Victoria Tillman

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