DAY TWO RECAP

SMU took a commanding lead after the second day of competition at the 2007 Conference USA Womens Swimming and Diving Championships.

They won the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, and 50 freestyle and would have made it a clean sweep in the swimming events if a false start by the butterfly leg on their 400 medley relay caused them the gold medal.

A protest was file after the meet, and at the time this blog was posted, no decision had been made.

The protest will be to no avail, as a judgement call by an official is not a protestable offense.

In fact, the meet was being operated with Daktronic False Start Pads on the starting blocks, which judges false starts electronically.

The results, which are published on the Conference USA website show that the 3rd leg of the relay left .03 of a second too early.

Rice University took top honors in the 400 medley relay with the time of 3:48.02. Houston and East Carolina tied for the silver medal with the identical times of 3:50.54

The University of Houston won the 3 meter diving to close out the evening.

The medalists in the individual and relay events are as follows:

500 yard freestyle
1. Jennifer Blackman-SMU 4:47.12
2. Anja Carman-SMU 4:47.56
3. Katie Roberts-SMU 4:48.68
All three swimmers were under the NCAA "B" cut of 4:54.02.

200 yard individual medley
1. Jennifer Basel-SMU 2:01.93
2. Szi Szi Santo-Houston 2:03.11
3. Devon Callaghan-SMU 2:03.95
All three swimmers were under the NCAA "B" cut of 2:04.13.

50 yard freestyle
1. Leane Darling-SMU :22.83
2. Diane Gu-Rice :23.26
3. Carly Miller-Rice :23.31
All three swimmers were under the NCAA "B" cut of :32.43.

3 meter diving
1. Anastasia Pozdniakova-Houston 366.75 points
2. Christie Icenhower-East Carolina 291.90
3. Ginni Van Katwijk-Houston 291.00
All three divers were above the NCAA "A" cut of 280.00 points, automatically qualifying them for the NCAA Championships.

400 yard medley relay
1. Rice 3:48.02
2. Houston 3:50.54
3. East Carolina 3:50.54

SMU is leading with 298 points followed by Rice in second with 212 points. The host Cougars sit in third with 192 points, followed by East Carolina with 182 and Marshall with 105.

Check back tomorrow for more posts from poolside after the preliminary session.