By Xonzy Gaddis, Swimming World College Intern.
The last finals session of the 2019 Conference USA Championships featured six events including the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and 400 free relay.
After four days of serious competition, Florida International University takes first place in the meet with 935.5 points. Rice University took second with 872.5 points and University of North Texas came in third with 522 points.
Women’s 1650 Free
FIU kicked off finals strong with senior Oceane Peretti hitting a 16:22.73 and taking first place in the 1650. Rice junior, Claire Therien, came in second with 16:28.62, and FAU junior, Spence Atkins came in third with 16:43.29.
In fourth place came Rice senior, Hanna Huston, with a 16:45.45, followed by Rice junior Sarah Nowaski (16:51.03), ODU freshman, Jacqueline Tinneny (16:56.41), Rice freshman, Shannon Jelley (17:07.34), and Marshall junior, Angelica DiMarzio took eighth place with 17:08.62.
1 Peretti, Oceane SR FIU 16:43.99 16:22.73 B 20
r:+0.87 27.08 55.86 (28.78)
1:25.06 (29.20) 1:54.52 (29.46)
2:24.32 (29.80) 2:53.85 (29.53)
3:23.58 (29.73) 3:53.40 (29.82)
4:23.13 (29.73) 4:52.92 (29.79)
5:22.49 (29.57) 5:52.04 (29.55)
6:21.51 (29.47) 6:51.00 (29.49)
7:20.59 (29.59) 7:50.22 (29.63)
8:20.00 (29.78) 8:50.00 (30.00)
9:19.95 (29.95) 9:50.08 (30.13)
10:20.33 (30.25) 10:50.82 (30.49)
11:21.14 (30.32) 11:51.35 (30.21)
12:21.71 (30.36) 12:51.87 (30.16)
13:22.42 (30.55) 13:52.67 (30.25)
14:23.02 (30.35) 14:53.10 (30.08)
15:23.61 (30.51) 15:53.82 (30.21) 16:22.73 (28.91)
2 Therien, Claire JR Rice 16:53.51 16:28.62 B 17
r:+0.69 27.49 57.28 (29.79)
1:27.03 (29.75) 1:56.87 (29.84)
2:26.85 (29.98) 2:56.74 (29.89)
3:26.70 (29.96) 3:56.91 (30.21)
4:26.97 (30.06) 4:57.30 (30.33)
5:27.52 (30.22) 5:57.81 (30.29)
6:28.14 (30.33) 6:58.52 (30.38)
7:28.74 (30.22) 7:59.04 (30.30)
8:29.31 (30.27) 8:59.53 (30.22)
9:29.78 (30.25) 9:59.84 (30.06)
10:30.06 (30.22) 10:59.95 (29.89)
11:30.06 (30.11) 12:00.05 (29.99)
12:30.06 (30.01) 13:00.15 (30.09)
13:30.17 (30.02) 14:00.18 (30.01)
14:30.24 (30.06) 15:00.31 (30.07)
15:30.24 (29.93) 15:59.84 (29.60) 16:28.62 (28.78)
3 Atkins, Spence JR FAU 16:34.47 16:43.29 NIAB 16
r:+0.75 26.96 56.41 (29.45)
1:26.14 (29.73) 1:56.33 (30.19)
2:26.47 (30.14) 2:56.91 (30.44)
3:27.35 (30.44) 3:57.94 (30.59)
4:28.56 (30.62) 4:59.15 (30.59)
5:29.76 (30.61) 6:00.41 (30.65)
6:31.06 (30.65) 7:01.72 (30.66)
7:32.48 (30.76) 8:03.06 (30.58)
8:33.81 (30.75) 9:04.65 (30.84)
9:35.65 (31.00) 10:06.51 (30.86)
10:37.50 (30.99) 11:08.25 (30.75)
11:39.38 (31.13) 12:10.41 (31.03)
12:41.10 (30.69) 13:11.91 (30.81)
13:42.72 (30.81) 14:13.41 (30.69)
14:44.22 (30.81) 15:14.68 (30.46)
15:44.82 (30.14) 16:14.15 (29.33) 16:43.29 (29.14)
4 Huston, Hanna SR Rice 16:42.41 16:45.45 NIAB 15
r:+0.79 27.69 57.72 (30.03)
1:28.07 (30.35) 1:58.80 (30.73)
2:29.37 (30.57) 3:00.05 (30.68)
3:30.76 (30.71) 4:01.41 (30.65)
4:32.15 (30.74) 5:02.86 (30.71)
5:33.17 (30.31) 6:03.61 (30.44)
6:34.33 (30.72) 7:05.06 (30.73)
7:35.84 (30.78) 8:06.55 (30.71)
8:37.46 (30.91) 9:08.13 (30.67)
9:38.73 (30.60) 10:09.51 (30.78)
10:39.94 (30.43) 11:10.82 (30.88)
11:41.43 (30.61) 12:12.22 (30.79)
12:43.12 (30.90) 13:13.68 (30.56)
13:44.19 (30.51) 14:14.88 (30.69)
14:45.54 (30.66) 15:16.05 (30.51)
15:46.38 (30.33) 16:16.19 (29.81) 16:45.45 (29.26)
5 Nowaski, Sarah JR Rice 17:02.08 16:51.03 NIAB 14
r:+0.76 27.93 58.19 (30.26)
1:28.59 (30.40) 1:58.97 (30.38)
2:29.38 (30.41) 3:00.08 (30.70)
3:30.56 (30.48) 4:01.30 (30.74)
4:32.05 (30.75) 5:02.61 (30.56)
5:33.24 (30.63) 6:04.08 (30.84)
6:34.70 (30.62) 7:05.43 (30.73)
7:36.33 (30.90) 8:07.09 (30.76)
8:38.05 (30.96) 9:09.01 (30.96)
9:39.95 (30.94) 10:10.80 (30.85)
10:41.75 (30.95) 11:12.50 (30.75)
11:43.42 (30.92) 12:14.20 (30.78)
12:45.10 (30.90) 13:15.96 (30.86)
13:46.99 (31.03) 14:18.14 (31.15)
14:48.99 (30.85) 15:19.90 (30.91)
15:50.52 (30.62) 16:21.14 (30.62) 16:51.03 (29.89)
6 Tinneny, Jacque FR Odu Monarchs 16:58.33 16:56.41 NIAB 13
r:+0.72 28.02 58.19 (30.17)
1:28.98 (30.79) 1:59.82 (30.84)
2:30.54 (30.72) 3:01.35 (30.81)
3:31.84 (30.49) 4:02.61 (30.77)
4:33.36 (30.75) 5:03.93 (30.57)
5:34.69 (30.76) 6:05.27 (30.58)
6:36.00 (30.73) 7:06.80 (30.80)
7:37.59 (30.79) 8:08.51 (30.92)
8:39.40 (30.89) 9:10.49 (31.09)
9:41.59 (31.10) 10:12.58 (30.99)
10:43.47 (30.89) 11:14.49 (31.02)
11:45.68 (31.19) 12:16.93 (31.25)
12:48.19 (31.26) 13:19.21 (31.02)
13:50.57 (31.36) 14:21.75 (31.18)
14:52.91 (31.16) 15:23.94 (31.03)
15:54.87 (30.93) 16:26.18 (31.31) 16:56.41 (30.23)
7 Jelley, Shannon FR Rice 17:25.73 17:07.34 NIAB 12
r:+0.83 28.39 59.02 (30.63)
1:30.20 (31.18) 2:01.37 (31.17)
2:32.42 (31.05) 3:03.55 (31.13)
3:35.09 (31.54) 4:06.33 (31.24)
4:37.77 (31.44) 5:09.23 (31.46)
5:40.23 (31.00) 6:11.28 (31.05)
6:42.25 (30.97) 7:13.47 (31.22)
7:44.41 (30.94) 8:15.56 (31.15)
8:46.64 (31.08) 9:17.76 (31.12)
9:48.88 (31.12) 10:20.02 (31.14)
10:50.76 (30.74) 11:21.71 (30.95)
11:53.05 (31.34) 12:24.60 (31.55)
12:56.03 (31.43) 13:27.56 (31.53)
13:58.96 (31.40) 14:30.62 (31.66)
15:02.21 (31.59) 15:33.69 (31.48)
16:05.18 (31.49) 16:36.85 (31.67) 17:07.34 (30.49)
8 Di Marzio, Ange JR Marshall 17:10.65 17:08.62 NIAB 11
r:+0.74 28.32 58.57 (30.25)
1:29.26 (30.69) 2:00.34 (31.08)
2:31.52 (31.18) 3:02.87 (31.35)
3:34.00 (31.13) 4:05.02 (31.02)
4:36.12 (31.10) 5:07.36 (31.24)
5:38.77 (31.41) 6:10.07 (31.30)
6:41.56 (31.49) 7:13.13 (31.57)
7:44.52 (31.39) 8:16.03 (31.51)
8:47.36 (31.33) 9:18.70 (31.34)
9:50.19 (31.49) 10:21.61 (31.42)
10:52.95 (31.34) 11:24.55 (31.60)
11:56.07 (31.52) 12:27.43 (31.36)
12:58.88 (31.45) 13:30.29 (31.41)
14:01.95 (31.66) 14:33.39 (31.44)
15:05.01 (31.62) 15:36.51 (31.50)
16:07.88 (31.37) 16:38.93 (31.05) 17:08.62 (29.69)
Women’s 200 Back
Rice sophomore, Ellery Parish, took another win in the 200 back, going a solid 1:56.75. In second place came FIU freshman, Holly Shepherd, with a 1:56.93 and in third place, Marshall junior, Jordyn O’Dell swam a 1:58.45.
Marshall senior, Caroline Wanner, took fourth place with 1:59.08, followed by Old Dominion junior, Jacklyn VandePoel (1:59.37), UNT sophomore, Robyn Lee (1:59.75), FIU freshman, Michaela Trnkova (2:01.56), and Rice senior, Rabea Tzenetos in eigth place with 2:02.48.
1 Parish, Ellery SO Rice 1:58.29 1:56.75 NIAA 20
r:+0.69 27.99 57.22 (29.23)
1:26.91 (29.69) 1:56.75 (29.84)
2 Shepherd, Holly FR FIU 1:58.12 1:56.93 NIAA 17
r:+0.66 27.22 56.28 (29.06)
1:26.35 (30.07) 1:56.93 (30.58)
3 O'Dell, Jordyn JR Marshall 1:58.85 1:58.45 NIAB 16
r:+0.57 28.13 58.02 (29.89)
1:28.11 (30.09) 1:58.45 (30.34)
4 Wanner, Carolin SR Marshall 2:00.64 1:59.08 NIAB 15
r:+0.60 27.99 58.47 (30.48)
1:28.84 (30.37) 1:59.08 (30.24)
5 VandePoel, Jack JR Odu Monarchs 1:59.75 1:59.37 NIAB 14
r:+0.68 27.96 57.68 (29.72)
1:28.22 (30.54) 1:59.37 (31.15)
6 Lee, Robyn SO North Texas 2:03.55 1:59.75 NIAB 13
r:+0.70 27.95 58.00 (30.05)
1:29.03 (31.03) 1:59.75 (30.72)
7 Trnkova, Michae FR FIU 2:01.18 2:01.56 NIAB 12
r:+0.60 27.64 58.70 (31.06)
1:30.01 (31.31) 2:01.56 (31.55)
8 Tzenetos, Rabea SR Rice 2:01.97 2:02.48 NIAB 11
r:+0.61 28.60 1:00.65 (32.05)
1:32.03 (31.38) 2:02.48 (30.45)
Women’s 100 Free
FIU senior, Naomi Ruele, dominated the 100 free with a 48.45. Right behind her came Marshall junior, Catherine Bendziewicz, with a 49.55 and in third place, UNT sophomore, Leigh Faires McGee, with a 49.73.
In fourth place came Rice freshman, Marta Cano Minarro, with a 49.89, followed by Rice junior, Kate Nezelek (49.99), Rice sophomore, Lindsay Mathys (50.05), Marshall sophomore, Darby Coles (50.30), and in eighth place, FIU freshman, Helga Fodor, with a 50.46.
1 Ruele, Naomi SR FIU 49.19 48.45 IV18 20
r:+0.69 22.96 48.45 (25.49)
2 Bendziewicz, Ca JR Marshall 49.97 49.55 NIAB 17
r:+0.64 23.84 49.55 (25.71)
3 McGee, Leigh Fa SO North Texas 50.18 49.73 NIAB 16
r:+0.66 23.96 49.73 (25.77)
4 Cano Minarro, M FR Rice 50.48 49.89 NIAB 15
r:+0.68 24.28 49.89 (25.61)
5 Nezelek, Kate JR Rice 50.22 49.99 NIAB 14
r:+0.70 24.24 49.99 (25.75)
6 Mathys, Lindsay SO Rice 50.36 50.05 NIAB 13
r:+0.82 24.20 50.05 (25.85)
7 Coles, Darby SO Marshall 50.98 50.30 NIAB 12
r:+0.76 24.03 50.30 (26.27)
8 Fodor, Helga FR FIU 50.98 50.46 NIAB 11
r:+0.71 24.01 50.46 (26.45)
Women’s 200 Breast
Marie-Claire Schillinger from Rice took the lead in the 200 breast with a quick 2:09.67. Following Schillinger, FIU junior, Carita Luukkanen, took second place with 2:12.75 and Rice freshman, Phillis Range, placed third with 2:15.15.
FIU junior, Taylor Grabenhorst, took fourth place with 2:16.36, followed by Old Dominion senior, Emilie Petit (2:16.37), Rice sophomore, Nicole Limberg (2:17.01), Rice sophomore, Cailey Renken (2:17.96), and UNT freshman took eighth place with a solid 2:20.13.
1 Schillinger, Ma SR Rice 2:10.80 2:09.67 IV18 20
r:+0.66 28.75 1:01.76 (33.01)
1:35.44 (33.68) 2:09.67 (34.23)
2 Luukkanen, Cari JR FIU 2:15.57 2:12.75 NIAA 17
r:+0.70 29.80 1:03.05 (33.25)
1:37.47 (34.42) 2:12.75 (35.28)
3 Range, Phillis FR Rice 2:16.16 2:15.15 NIAB 16
r:+0.75 30.43 1:04.94 (34.51)
1:39.81 (34.87) 2:15.15 (35.34)
4 Grabenhorst, Ta JR FIU 2:16.79 2:16.36 NIAB 15
r:+0.69 30.84 1:05.24 (34.40)
1:40.75 (35.51) 2:16.36 (35.61)
5 Petit, Emilie SR Odu Monarchs 2:18.29 2:16.37 NIAB 14
r:+0.75 31.11 1:05.46 (34.35)
1:40.70 (35.24) 2:16.37 (35.67)
6 Limberg, Nicole SO Rice 2:17.83 2:17.01 NIAB 13
r:+0.72 30.68 1:04.66 (33.98)
1:40.21 (35.55) 2:17.01 (36.80)
7 Renken, Cailey SO Rice 2:18.70 2:17.96 NIAB 12
r:+0.74 31.04 1:05.88 (34.84)
1:41.37 (35.49) 2:17.96 (36.59)
8 Beddingfield, B FR North Texas 2:20.15 2:20.13 NIAB 11
r:+0.77 31.62 1:06.64 (35.02)
1:42.90 (36.26) 2:20.13 (37.23)
Women’s 200 Fly
Lindsay Mathys, sophomore from Rice University, took first place in the 200 fly with a strong 1:58.59. In second place came FIU sophomore, Stephanie Hussey, with a 2:00.44, and in third, Rice freshman, Shannon Jelley, hit a 2:01.70.
In fourth place came Rice sophomore, Brittany Bui, with a 2:01.77, followed by FAU junior, Spence Atkins (2:01.82), Marshall senior, Maddie Schaffer (2:03.02), Rice junior, Sarah Nowaski (2:04.43), and in eighth place, FIU sophomore, Camille Wishaupt, finished with 2:04.73.
1 Mathys, Lindsay SO Rice 2:00.45 1:58.59 NIAA 20
r:+0.80 27.11 56.91 (29.80)
1:27.26 (30.35) 1:58.59 (31.33)
2 Hussey, Stephan SO FIU 2:01.06 2:00.44 NIAB 17
r:+0.74 26.97 57.44 (30.47)
1:28.63 (31.19) 2:00.44 (31.81)
3 Jelley, Shannon FR Rice 2:00.40 2:01.70 NIAB 16
r:+0.83 27.83 58.38 (30.55)
1:29.69 (31.31) 2:01.70 (32.01)
4 Bui, Brittany SO Rice 2:00.92 2:01.77 NIAB 15
r:+0.69 27.31 57.48 (30.17)
1:28.48 (31.00) 2:01.77 (33.29)
5 Atkins, Spence JR FAU 1:59.97 2:01.82 NIAB 14
r:+0.73 26.79 57.59 (30.80)
1:29.48 (31.89) 2:01.82 (32.34)
6 Schaffer, Maddi SR Marshall 2:02.76 2:03.02 NIAB 13
r:+0.69 27.62 58.51 (30.89)
1:30.13 (31.62) 2:03.02 (32.89)
7 Nowaski, Sarah JR Rice 2:02.91 2:04.43 NIAB 12
r:+0.71 28.72 1:00.48 (31.76)
1:32.82 (32.34) 2:04.43 (31.61)
8 Wishaupt, Camil SO FIU 2:01.89 2:04.73 NIAB 11
r:+0.72 27.31 58.21 (30.90)
1:30.83 (32.62) 2:04.73 (33.90)
Women’s 400 Free Relay
Florida International University’s relay swooped in and took first place in the 400 free relay with a 3:18.66. The relay consisted of Sara Gyertyanffy who led off with 51.04, followed by Helga Fodor, splitting 49.69, Megan Bowen with 49.46, and anchored in by Naomi Ruele, touching the wall with a 48.47. FIU was followed by Rice University with a 3:19.30 and Marshall University in third place with 3:21.93.
UNT took fourth place with 3:25.79, followed by Old Dominion with 3:30.26, and FAU taking sixth place with a 3:32.40.
1 FIU 3:22.42 3:18.66 NIAA 40
1) Gyertyanffy, Sara SO 2) r:0.13 Fodor, Helga FR
3) r:0.26 Bowen, Megan JR 4) r:0.28 Ruele, Naomi SR
r:+1.87 23.96 51.04 (51.04)
1:14.31 (23.27) 1:40.73 (49.69)
2:04.10 (23.37) 2:30.19 (49.46)
2:52.73 (22.54) 3:18.66 (48.47)
2 Rice 3:24.45 3:19.30 NIAA 34
1) Nezelek, Kate JR 2) r:0.12 Gillentine, Harper JR
3) r:0.15 Mathys, Lindsay SO 4) r:0.36 Cano Minarro, Marta FR
r:+0.71 24.33 49.95 (49.95)
1:13.86 (23.91) 1:40.13 (50.18)
2:03.94 (23.81) 2:30.18 (50.05)
2:53.52 (23.34) 3:19.30 (49.12)
3 Marshall 3:25.38 3:21.93 NIAA 32
1) Bendziewicz, Catherine JR 2) r:0.30 Coles, Darby SO
3) r:0.34 Raines, Regan FR 4) r:0.25 O'Dell, Jordyn JR
r:+0.66 23.82 49.56 (49.56)
1:13.44 (23.88) 1:39.65 (50.09)
2:03.74 (24.09) 2:30.98 (51.33)
2:54.73 (23.75) 3:21.93 (50.95)
4 North Texas 3:26.36 3:25.79 NIAA 30
1) McGee, Leigh Faires SO 2) r:0.36 Vasquez, Bryanna FR
3) r:0.28 Walpole, Alvena FR 4) r:0.39 Jensen, Emmabeth SR
r:+0.79 24.27 50.38 (50.38)
1:15.56 (25.18) 1:42.31 (51.93)
2:06.90 (24.59) 2:33.57 (51.26)
2:58.05 (24.48) 3:25.79 (52.22)
5 Odu Monarchs 3:34.12 3:30.26 28
1) Petit, Emilie SR 2) r:0.16 Ellett, Katie SO
3) r:0.22 VandePoel, Jacklyn JR 4) r:0.53 Campbell, Nikia SO
r:+0.74 25.06 52.96 (52.96)
1:17.98 (25.02) 1:46.23 (53.27)
2:11.06 (24.83) 2:38.41 (52.18)
3:03.38 (24.97) 3:30.26 (51.85)
6 FAU 3:29.37 3:32.40 26
1) Westbrook, Fatimah JR 2) r:0.25 Marshall, Abby SO
3) r:0.31 Martin, Sarah FR 4) r:0.39 Witkay, Kelsey JR
r:+0.63 25.23 52.43 (52.43)
1:18.18 (25.75) 1:46.56 (54.13)
2:11.92 (25.36) 2:40.00 (53.44)
3:05.08 (25.08) 3:32.40 (52.40)
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