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HOUSTON - A pair of championship swims from senior Jacqueline Keire (Burlington, Ontario/Nelson) highlighted a successful second day of competition for the University of Cincinnati swimming and diving team at the American Athletic Conference championship in Houston, Texas. After two days and eight events, the Bearcats women's team has surged to the top of the leaderboard with 235 points while the men currently sit in second with 292 points.
In all, UC swimmers collected six medals on Thursday, two each of gold, silver and bronze. Additionally, the Bearcats broke seven school records, recorded 10 NCAA B-cut times and set one new meet record.
// COMMONS-DISALLE's COMMENTS
"Today we capitalized on our prelim sessions and qualified individuals back for finals" said head coach Mandy Commons-DiSalle. "The momentum is rolling and the team is working well together, but we are only halfway through so we need to stay focused and keep performing well each session."
// WOMEN'S 50 FREESTYLE
Keire picked up her first individual gold medal of the championship on Thursday, successfully defending her title in the women's 50 freestyle with a time of 22.19. The swim broke the meet and program records while giving the senior another NCAA B-cut time in the event. It was Keire's second American victory in the 50 freestyle and her ninth overall individual championship title.
// MEN'S 500 FREESTYLE
The Bearcats placed two swimmers on the podium in the men's 500 freestyle with freshman Din Selmanovic (Mississauga, Ontario/Cawthra) taking the silver and junior Chris Bready (Missouri City, Texas/Lawrence E. Elkins) the bronze. Both recorded NCAA B-cuts and swam under the school record time in the morning preliminary round, then shaved almost a second off for their second swims. In the final heat, Selmanovic touched in 4:20.44 while Bready finished in 4:21.38.
// WOMEN'S 200 IM
Junior Samantha Wheatley (Maple Glen, Pa./Upper Dublin) picked up her second-consecutive silver medal in the women's 200 IM with a school record 2:00.42. The time was good for her second NCAA B-cut of the day after registering a 2:01.57 in prelims.
// WOMEN'S 200 FREESTYLE RELAY
The women's team showed a flare for the dramatic in the final event of the day when Keire took her team from fourth place to first in the span of 50 meters to win the 200 freestyle relay. The senior's split on the anchor leg registered 21.63, half a second faster than her meet-record time of 22.19 in the 50 freestyle race. Junior Lindsey Niehaus (Cincinnati, Ohio/Dayton), freshman Michaela Wheeler (Loami, Ill./Home-School), sophomore Katherine Gob (Louisville, Ky./Ballard) and Keire teamed up for a school-record time of 1:31.04 to earn just the second American relay championship in UC history.
// MEN's 200 FREESTYLE RELAY
The final medal of the day came from senior Connor Davis (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson), freshman Alex Fortman (Cincinnati, Ohio/Madeira), freshman John Mataxas (Savannah, Ga./H.V. Jenkins) and junior Eitan Holder (Caracas, Venezuela/Aviv (Israel) who won bronze in the men's 200 freestyle relay in a time of 1:21.62.
// TEAM STANDINGS
Women's Scores (through 7 of 21 events)
1. Cincinnati 235
2. Houston 231
3. SMU 213
4. East Carolina 192
5. UConn 187
6. Tulane 131
Men's Scores (through 8 of 21 events)
1. East Carolina 327
2. Cincinnati 292
T-3. UConn 267
T-3. SMU 267
// MEET RECORD
- Keire - women's 50 freestyle - 22.19
// SCHOOL RECORDS
- Selmanovic - men's 500 freestyle prelims - 4:21.38
- Bready - men's 500 freestyle prelims - 4:22.21
- Selmanovic - men's 500 freestyle - 4:20.44
- Bready - men's 500 freestyle - 4:21.38
- Wheatley - women's 200 IM - 2:00.42
- Keire - women's 50 freestyle - 22.19
- Niehaus, Wheeler, Gob, Keire - women's 200 freestyle relay - 1:31.04
// NCAA B-CUTS
- Rocky Laabs (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) - women's 500 freestyle prelims - 4:47.51
- Selmanovic - men's 500 freestyle prelims - 4:21.38
- Bready - men's 500 freestyle prelims - 4:22.21
- Selmanovic - men's 500 freestyle - 4:20.44
- Bready - men's 500 freestyle - 4:21.38
- Wheatley - women's 200 IM prelims - 2:01.57
- Wheatley - women's 200 IM - 2:00.42
- Tyler Roehr (Cottage Grove, Wis./Manona Grove) - men's 200 IM - 1:48.85
- Keire - women's 50 freestyle prelims - 22.50
- Keire - women's 50 freestyle - 22.19
// DAY 3 ORDER OF EVENTS
Friday, February 17
SESSION 4 - 10 a.m. CT (Swimming Preliminaries); 12:30 p.m. CT (Diving Preliminaries)
SESSION 5 - 6 p.m. CT (Finals)
Event 16 Women's 3 Meter Diving (PRELIMINARIES)
Event 16 Women's 3 Meter Diving (CONSOLATION)
Event 17 Women's 400 Individual Medley
Event 18 Men's 400 Individual Medley
Event 19 Women's 100 Yard Butterfly
Event 20 Men's 100 Yard Butterfly
Event 21 Women's 200 Yard Freestyle
Event 22 Men's 200 Yard Freestyle
Event 23 Women's 100 Yard Breaststroke
Event 24 Men's 100 Yard Breaststroke
Event 25 Women's 100 Yard Backstroke
Event 26 Men's 100 Yard Backstroke
Event 16 Women's 3 Meter Diving (FINAL)
Event 27 Women's 400 Yard Medley Relay
Event 28 Men's 400 Yard Medley Rela