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First Chance Meet
Swimming & Diving’s Emma Overall Records New Program Record on Saturday
2/7/2026 9:19:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
Cougars collect one NCAA Cut, four top program times, 18 personal bests at First Chance Meet
HOUSTON – The University of Houston Swimming & Diving team finished out its season at CRWC Natatorium on Saturday. The Cougars collected one NCAA Cut, four Top-10 program times, and 18 personal bests against competitors from Rice and TCU.
Freshman Emma Overall stunned in the 1650-yard freestyle landing a new program record with a personal best time of 16:28.02.
Junior Sydney Nethercutt collected the lone NCAA Cut of the meet in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:57.02.
Four Cougars collected new Top-10 program times. Freshman Isabelle Wilson landed the ninth-fastest time in program history in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:38.23.
Sophomore Regina Torres Pomar and redshirt senior Alondra Ortiz etched their name in the books with a tenth-place mark in the 100-yard backstroke (54.38) and 100-yard butterfly (54.50), respectively.
18 Cougars landed new personal best times:
· Regina Torres Pomar, 200-yard IM, 2:01.92
· Regina Torres Pomar, 100-yard backstroke, 54.38
· Regina Torres Pomar, 200-yard backstroke, 1:58.60
· Aneshka Frickleton, 200-yard butterfly, 2:04.72
· Aneshka Frickleton, 50-yard freestyle, 24.43
· Rylee Simoneaux, 500-yard freestyle, 4:59.54
· Megan Jones, 200-yard IM, 2:06.87
· Caroline Roelen, 3-meter springboard, 326.63
· Tierney Howell, 100-yard butterfly, 54.86
· Tierney Howell, 100-yard freestyle, 51.26
· Elizabeth Jimenez, 200-yard freestyle, 1:49.47
· Alexia Duncan, 200-yard freestyle, 1:48.85
· Alondra Ortiz, 100-yard butterfly, 54.50
· Sienna Bruner, 100-yard butterfly, 56.27
· Isabelle Wilson, 1650-yard freestyle, 16:38.23
· Emma Overall, 1650-yard freestyle, 16:28.02
· Elizabeth Benoit, 1650-yard freestyle, 16:56.29
· Michelle McLeod, Platform, 318.38
UP NEXT
The Cougars will head to Greensboro, N.C. for the Big 12 Conference Championship Feb. 24-28 inside the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
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