{"id":482597,"date":"2026-10-31T19:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T19:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482597\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T19:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T19:06:11","slug":"houston-tops-north-texas-in-first-dual-meet-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482597\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Tops North Texas in First Dual Meet of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p paraeid=\"{f75fe838-2f35-4791-90e9-5074443f639a}{35}\" paraid=\"1805736305\">HOUSTON \u2013 The University of Houston Swimming &amp; Diving team defeated North Texas (216-147) inside the CRWC Natatorium on Saturday morning. Following two days of competition, the Cougars collected 16 events wins across the two-day dual meet, including 13 wins on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{c89ee18c-dd5c-4dba-9502-1312fe130fec}{175}\" paraid=\"72269862\">A 200-yard medley relay team of seniors <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/elizabeth-jimenez\/9100\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9100\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Jimenez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/evelyn-entrekin\/9092\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9092\" target=\"_blank\">Evelyn Entrekin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/tierney-howell\/9099\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9099\" target=\"_blank\">Tierney Howell<\/a>, along with junior <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/alexia-duncan\/10109\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10109\" target=\"_blank\">Alexia Duncan<\/a>, took the first event of day two with a time of 1:40.79.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{d158d24b-a1b7-435c-9b5f-95d9ca19cf0a}{157}\" paraid=\"1169553790\">Juniors <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/mariana-cote\/9119\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9119\" target=\"_blank\">Mariana Cote<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/sienna-bruner\/9121\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9121\" target=\"_blank\">Sienna Bruner<\/a> won their respective events. Cote timed at 16:51.34 in the\u00a01650-yard freestyle, while Bruner recorded a time of 1:49.64 in the 200-yard freestyle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{275e8c71-5e70-432d-88d1-4b2c93c9483f}{154}\" paraid=\"1225717846\">Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/megan-jones\/10114\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10114\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Jones<\/a> and junior <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/regina-torres-pomar\/9118\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9118\" target=\"_blank\">Regina Torres Pomar<\/a> set personal bests in the 100-yard IM. Jones timed at 58.63 while Torres Pomar clocked in at 56.93. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{d4fe07b2-5ef2-4f90-abe2-94cea3117c37}{222}\" paraid=\"1778681780\">Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/helen-randolph\/10119\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10119\" target=\"_blank\">Helen Randolph<\/a> reached a new personal best in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:06.14.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/michelle-mcleod\/9105\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9105\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle McLeod<\/a> finished on the top of the leaderboard on the platform with a score of 287.18<\/p>\n<p>McLeod, junior <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/caroline-roelen\/9116\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9116\" target=\"_blank\">Caroline Roelen<\/a>, and sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/maisy-woloszyn\/10127\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10127\" target=\"_blank\">Maisy Woloszyn<\/a> competed in the team diviing event with a final score of 350.85 for a top place finish.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{f75fe838-2f35-4791-90e9-5074443f639a}{78}\" paraid=\"168346910\">Event Wins (Across Both Days)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{1f8f9320-0d51-4ade-8148-269d3ed61cb9}{178}\" paraid=\"1569898884\">200-yard freestyle relay: Bruner, Jimenez, Torres Pomar, Howell \u2013 1:33.17\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{0158c4eb-e46e-4f95-9d9e-c9c9ad823390}{182}\" paraid=\"262104578\">Top Three Finishes\u00a0(Across Both Days)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{765d9760-604b-4232-89df-fcc13473c1ca}{114}\" paraid=\"1167491283\">Personal Bests (Across Both Days)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{f75fe838-2f35-4791-90e9-5074443f639a}{127}\" paraid=\"1015587182\">UP NEXT\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{f75fe838-2f35-4791-90e9-5074443f639a}{129}\" paraid=\"455605684\">Houston invites Rice and Tulane into the CRWC Natatorium for a tri-meet on Nov. 7. The action begins at 3 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{f75fe838-2f35-4791-90e9-5074443f639a}{134}\" paraid=\"845271842\">SUPPORT YOUR COOGS\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFans can make a direct impact on the success of Houston Swimming &amp; Diving by <a href=\"https:\/\/app.uhcougars.com\/UH25PartnerWSA\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">providing NIL opportunities<\/a> or by joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougarpride.com\/membership-center\/giving-opportunities\/sport-specific-clubs\/freestyle-fund\/index.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Freestyle Fund<\/a> which provides financial support directly to Houston Swimming &amp; Diving for needs beyond its operating budget. \u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSTAY CONNECTED\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFans can receive updates by following\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UHCougarSwim\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@UHCougarSwim<\/a>\u202fon X and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking\u202fLIKE\u202fon the team&#8217;s Facebook page at\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UHCougarSwim\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">UHCougarSwim<\/a>\u202for on the team&#8217;s Instagram page at\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uhcougarswim\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@uhcougarswim<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{f75fe838-2f35-4791-90e9-5074443f639a}{136}\" paraid=\"1844283227\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2013 UHCougars.com \u2013\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 The University of Houston Swimming &amp; Diving team defeated North Texas (216-147) inside the CRWC Natatorium&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-482597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}