North Texas vs Rice
- November 8, 2024
- Denton, Texas
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Mean Green Sports
DENTON – The UNT swimming and diving team notched a big victory over conference foe Rice on Friday night, rolling to a 131-112 victory over the Owls, as several Mean Green swimmers won their events and a pair of divers set new school records.
Junior Kamryn Wong and sophomore Sydney Guidara each set new program records on the boards, with Wong breaking her own record she set earlier in the fall on the 1-meter springboard with a score of 328.58. Guidara shattered the 3-meter springboard record with a score of 350.78, as the duo secured 18 points for the Mean Green by winning both diving events.
In the pool, several athletes brought home victories, including a pair who scored two wins apiece in their individual events.
Indra Vandenbussche, who transferred this year from SMU, doubled up in the 100 and 200 freestyle events to score 18 points, while Diana Kolb doubled up in the 100 backstroke and the 200 IM. Shaena McCloud earned a win in the 50 freestyle, Samantha Robles won the 100 butterfly and freshman Mikaela Goelst took first in the 100 breaststroke.
The Mean Green also claimed first in the 200 freestyle relay, as the team of Robles, Scarlett McCloud , Vandenbussche and Shaena McCloud claimed 11 points for the team with a resounding win by more than two seconds in 1:34.66.
“I’m really pleased with the team effort and team environment at our first home meet of the season,” UNT head coach Brittany Roth said. “I know our athletes are excited to compete in their home pool, and they had a great showing, embracing the opportunity to compete with a really strong program within our conference in Rice. I’m glad we got this win for our seniors, and I’m excited to see this team continue to take on these challenges and step up to them. I’m looking forward to see what they can do next.”
Aside from Guidara’s and Wong’s wins in the diving well, Guidara took second in the 1-meter event and Wong got second in the 3-meter. Freshman Amelia Sharp and senior Mackenzie Ferguson also scored points with fourth-place finishes in the 3- and 1-meter events, respectively. Guidara and Ferguson each got NCAA Zone cuts in the 1-meter, meaning Guidara has now achieved her Zone cut in both springboard events and Ferguson earned the first Zone cut of her career.
“Everyone had either personal bests or season bests on both boards,” associate head coach/diving coach Stephanie O’Callaghan said. “We had seven personal bests and one season best on 1-meter and four personal bests and four season bests on 3-meter. I’m so proud of them. They’ve put in the work the last month of training since our last meet. They’ve worked hard, they’ve supported each other and encouraged each other, and the effort they’ve been putting in showed today 10 times over. This group has so much potential, I’m excited to see where the rest of the season takes us.”
Courtesy: Rice Athletics
DENTON, Texas – The Rice Owls swimming and diving teams fell 131-112 to the North Texas swimming and diving teams on Friday afternoon in Denton, Texas.
“Megan Phillip finished third on both boards and has now qualified for both the 1 and 3 meter boards,” head coach Seth Huston said about some of his player’s performances. “Our distance swimmers raced really well tonight with Amelia Kane, Ella Dyson and Ava Hamblett going first, second, and third in the 1000, and Ava Hamblett pulled away for the 500 free victory. We will be looking to bounce back tomorrow against SMU.”
Rice opened the meet with first and second place finishes in the 200 Yard Medley Relay, where Mimi Filkin, Siiri Einio, Catherine Eland, and Morgan Bartley finished first with a time of 1:46.05, while Neta Ussishkin, Reese Cole, Jessica Lawton, and Ava Portello followed that up with a time of 1:47.08.
The 100 Yard Freestyle followed, where Kane (10:18.59), Dyson (10:18.93), and Hamblett (10:30.74) pulled off the one-two-three finish. Rice’s next first place finish came in the 500 Yard Freestyle with Hamblett finishing with a time of 5:01.87.
Megan Phillip posted third place finishes in both the one and three meter diving events. Her three meter score was 305.55, while her one meter score was 286.88. She qualified for the one meter diving zones last week, while now qualifying for the three meter diving zones with tonight’s score.
Rice will return to action tomorrow to take on SMU in Dallas.
