University of North Texas
Sun Belt Championships
North Texas Leads Sun Belt After Day 2
2/24/2011 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Live Scoring Updates
ROCKWALL, Texas- North Texas currently holds an early team lead in the Sun Belt Swimming & Diving Championship, during day two of the competition. Catia Weickgenant won the 500 yard freestyle event and set her second school record of the meet en route to victory.
North Texas finished 1-3-4-5 in the 500 yard freestyle, as Weickgenant set a new school record and made the NCAA 'B' cut with a time of 4:50.51. Angie Dworshack, Dawn Richerson and Erika Roach finished third through fifth.
Rosa Gentile just missed lowering her school record in the 200 IM, as she finished sixth, and helped North Texas retain second place in the meet, only trailing Denver by nine points.
Seabre Pope finished fourth in the 50 yard freestyle, with a time of 23.57.
Catherine Johnson took second in the 3-meter diving with a 258.20, with Delia Covo finishing right behind her with a 254.55 in third place.
North Texas comes in third in the 200-yard freestyle relay. North Texas through strong performances in the last two events, jumps back into first place in the meet, with a slim 4.5 point lead over Denver.
The Sun Belt Championships resume tomorrow morning at 11 a.m.
STANDINGS AFTER 13 EVENTS
289 - North Texas
284.5 - Denver
263 - Western Kentucky
141 - FIU
102 - FAU
84.5 - UALR
PODIUM FINISHES:
Bernier, Muslow, Gentile & Pope - 200 yard medley relay - 3rd
Weickgenant, Dworschack, Roach, Reidmann - 800 yard freestyle relay - 2nd
Catia Weickgenant - 500 yard freestyle - 1st
Angie Dworschack - 500 yard freestyle - 3rd
Catherine Johnson - 3 meter diving - 2nd
Delia Covo - 3 meter diving - 3rd
Gentile, Widacki, Ploetz, Pope - 200 yard freestyle relay - 3rd
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