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Marshall University
C-USA Day 4
Swimming & Diving Finishes Sixth at C-USA Championships
2/28/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Feb. 28, 2010
HOUSTON -
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Marshall University's Haley Holmquist finished eighth in platform dive and Jenny Johnsson set a new school record in the 200-yard backstroke to lead the MU women's swimming and diving team in the final day of the Conference USA Championships at the University of Houston.
Holmquist recorded a score of 149.70 in the event to record Marshall's top finish of the day, while Johnsson posted a time of 2:04.17 to finish 12th in the event and eclipse the previous record of 2:04.78 that she set last year. Johnsson now owns the top six 200-yard backstroke times in MU history.
"We swam well on the last day. It just came a little too late," Marshall head coach Leonard Kraus said. "Jenny (Johnsson) broke her own school record in the 200-back, and Vera (Niemeyer) was right behind her and actually broke the old record. I was pleased with how we did on Saturday, but we needed to be more consistent throughout the week for it to make a difference."
The SMU Mustangs hoisted the 2010 Conference USA Swimming & Diving Championship and Invitational crown for the fifth-consecutive year Saturday night. The Mustangs tallied 707 points in the three-day tournament.
East Carolina moved into second place on the final day of the competition with a team score of 611, while Rice (596) claimed third place. Houston (533.50) took fourth place with Tulane (277) and Marshall (188) earning fifth and sixth, respectively.
In the invitational scoring, North Dakota had 340.50 points, followed by Cal State Bakersfield (277) and Northern Colorado (200).
Individual awards were also handed out which were voted upon by the league's head coaches. Therese Svendsen of SMU was named the Women's Swimmer of the Meet. The sophomore set two Conference USA and pool records and had an NCAA `A' qualifying time in the 100-yard backstroke over the weekend. Head coach Seth Houston of Rice earned his first Swimming Coach of the Year. Houston swept both Diver of the Meet and Diving coach of the Year for the second-straight year. Senior Anastasia Pozdniakova claimed both the 1-meter and 3-meter dive again this year behind the guidance of head coach Jane Figueiredo.
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