BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU swimmers Megan Cox, Taryn MacKenzie, Danielle Stirrat, Leah Troskot and Colleen O’Neil each won an individual event on the opening day of the team’s quad meet against Houston, Rice and Tulane Friday at the UH Rec Center.
“I think we did a great job of digging into the meet today,” swimming coach Dave Geyer said. “I think there were areas where we could have prepared better, but as a whole there was some quality racing today. Without a doubt we will be sharper tomorrow.”
Through 15 events, LSU leads Tulane 139-47, leads Rice 144-39, and leads the host team 111-75. LSU returns to the pool for the second day of competition Saturday at 10 a.m. Things begin with the 400-medley relay and conclude with the 200 free relay.
In addition to the five individual wins, LSU also finished first in both relay events. Haylee Knight, O’Neil, Troskot and Stirrat started things off with a win in the 200-medley relay (1:42.94). The team of Troskot, Knight, Cox and Stirrat closed day one out with a win in the 400 free relay (3:23.64).
Sophomore Jane MacDougall started the night off by finishing second overall in the 1000 free with a time of 10:03.59. She finished first over both Rice and Tulane. Stacey Stanfield finished third overall and second to both Rice and Tulane with a time of 10:05.72.
Cox touched the wall first overall in the 100 fly with a time of 55.34. Gabrielle Pick followed for the Lady Tigers fourth overall in 56.09. Pick was second in the event against Rice and Tulane.
MacKenzie finished first overall in the200 breast with an NCAA ‘B’ cut of 2:14.68. Kari Wray finished fifth overall in the event.
Seniors Danielle Stirrat and Jessie James had a strong showing in the 200 free for the Lady Tigers with a 1-2 finish with times of 1:48.91 and 1:49.85 respectively.
Troskot earned her fourth victory in the 50 free this month with a time of 23.30. Taylor Anderson finished third overall in the event and second against the Owls and Green Wave with a time of 23.51.
O’Neil closed out the night with a victory in the 200 IM in 2:01.98. James followed in second (2:04.46) and freshman Lauren Thompson followed in fourth (2:05.80).
On three-meter, Lizzie Cui led the way for LSU with a third-place finish and score of 250.25. Allie Alter followed in fourth place with a score of 250.25.
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Saturday at 10a.m.:
400 Medley Relay
500 Free
100 Breast
200 Back
3-Meter Diving
200 Fly
100 Free
400 IM
200 Free Relay