BATON ROUGE, La. — Diver Cassie Weil broke her own school record and LSU’s team of Caley Oquist, Colleen O’Neil, Kara Kopcso and Amber Carter set a pool record on the final day of the quad meet.
“It was another challenge that we wanted to see this morning to swim fast in preparation for SEC’s,” LSU Swimming coach Dave Geyer said. “To light up the relay and have a season best was outstanding. It helped build momentum for the rest of the events. We really sustained that today.”
After two days of competition, the 20th ranked women’s team defeated Houston, Rice and Tulane to move to 7-4 on the year.
The 400-medley relay team set the new pool record with a time of 3:37.41. Weil broke her own record on platform with a score of 316.55. Her previous mark was recorded at NCAA Championships last season.
“Today was a good day,” LSU Diving coach Doug Shaffer. “This weekend was also nice to immolate what we do at NCAA and SEC Championships. I saw what I needed to today. I believe that the framework and foundation is all set for us to move forward and have a really successful championship season.”
Devon Dabney and Jane MacDougall took first and second in the 500 free. Dabney finished with a time of 4:52.18 and MacDougall finished with a time of 4:54.34.
Jennifer Reese and Danielle Stirrat took first and second with times of 1:58.56 and 2:00.40 respectively.
Megan Cox added another win for the Lady Tigers with a time of 1:59.01 in the 200 fly.
Sophomore Leah Troskot finished second in the 100 free with at time of 51.78.
Kopcso wrapped up the individual events with her third win of the weekend. Kopcso finished with a time of 4:20.36. MacDougall also added another second-place finish in the 400 IM with a time of 4:24.39.
The women’s team of Angele Cherbonnier, Amber Carter, Oquist and Troskot with a win in the 200 freestyle relay (1:34.11).
The LSU Swimming and Diving returns to action when the Tigers travel to Auburn, Alabama for the SEC Championships Feb. 17-21.
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