Swimming & Diving Opens Season on Friday at Dust Off Your Boots Invitational

Swimming & Diving Opens Season on Friday at Dust Off Your Boots Invitational

10/5/2023 4:57:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Seven-time conference champions take on new league, Big 12 rival Texas on Friday

By: Chase Farris

AUSTIN, Texas - The University of Houston Swimming & Diving program will open its 2023-24 season at the Dust Off Your Boots Invitational against the 2023 NCAA Swimming & Diving National Runner-Up, Texas, at 3 p.m., Friday at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.

"It's our first opportunity to see where we are in our training, to watch our freshmen and transfers compete and an opportunity to compete against our new Big 12 opponent," Head Coach Tanica Jamison said.

"Our energy is at an all-time high and the sky is truly the limit for our program."

NEW YEAR, NEW FACES
Evelyn Entrekin, Liya Goupil, Nora Hetyei, Tierney Howell, Elizabeth Jimenez, Isabella Lojewski, Michelle McLeod, Sydney Nethercutt, Danielle Titus and Megan Unruh are the 10 new additions to the Cougars.

The seven freshmen and three transfers are academically and athletically decorated as they prepare to make their Houston debut.

SEVEN TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
While the 10 newcomers bring a fresh perspective, the Cougars return 17 swimmers and five divers from their 2022-23 roster. Seven student-athletes who earned 2022-23 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honors are returning, as well as several team veterans that contributed to the Cougars' seventh consecutive American Athletic Conference Championships title in February 2023.

●     Fifth-year Chase Farris won the 3-Meter title and finished second in the 1-Meter and Platform at The American Championships. This performance earned Farris the American Conference Diver of the Year title.
●      Sophomore Eden Humphrey completed her debut season with a first-place finish in the 500-freestyle and a bronze medal in the 1650-free at the American Conference. The Louisville, Ky., set two program records in the 1000-free and 1650-free.
●     Junior Henrietta Fangli placed third in the 100-breaststroke, earning her second career medal in the event.
●     Sophomore Alondra Ortiz took third place in the 200-yard butterfly, while also receiving an NCAA B-cut time.

UP NEXT
From Oct. 13-14, Houston will split its squad with swimmers heading across town for the Rice Invite while the divers host Idaho, Incarnate Word and North Texas at the Houston Diving Invitational at the CRWC Natatorium with action beginning at 10 a.m., each day.

Fans can attend free of charge and no student ticket claim will be necessary.

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