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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Cincinnati swimming team kicked off the 2011 BIG EAST Conference Championships with a pair of relay races at the Ralph Wright Natatorium Wednesday.
The only events on tap in the opening session were the 800-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard medley relay. The meet will continue Thursday and run through Saturday evening in Louisville.
The women's 800-yard freestyle relay team of Liz Hansson, Bree Rossi, Laurie Caudy, and Bailey Laban led off the meet for the Bearcats with an eighth-place finish and a time of 7:30.06.
The quartet's relay time was the seventh fastest in UC history while Hansson's leadoff leg of 1:49.95 sets the school record for the 200 freestyle.
The men's group of Nathan Williams, Stephen Cunningham, Nate Kramer, and Seth Poitinger clocked a 6:46.51, placing them seventh in the men's 800 free relay.
Erin Frye, Stephanie Conklin, Kinsey Kowalski, and Weronika Wasiakowska teamed together for a 1:44.54 effort in the women's 200-yard medley relay.
That time is the sixth-fastest in school history while Frye clocked the No. 3 record time in 50 backstroke (26.64), Conklin set the No. 4 time in the 50 breaststroke (29.23), and Kowalski hit the No. 5 time in the 50 butterfly (25.08).
The men's quartet of Brandon Metzler, Haywood Miller, Roberto Nevarez, and Matt Hays clocked 1:32.82 to place seventh in its race.
Metzler's leadoff leg of 24:08 cracked the all-time top-10 times in the 50-yard backstroke.
Action continues Thursday in Louisville with the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle, and the 200 freestyle relay in the evening session.
Preliminaries are set to begin at 10 a.m. ET each day with finals set at 6 p.m. Live results and a free live stream of the events are available at www.BIGEAST.org.