Saturday, February 8
Denton, TX
11 A.M.
University of North Texas
179
vs
118
Little Rock
Photo by: Zach Del Bello / Mean Green Sports
Roth Makes History as UNT Downs Little Rock
2/8/2025 1:53:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
DENTON - UNT head swimming and diving coach Brittany Roth became the program's all-time wins leader on Saturday, as the Mean Green defeated Little Rock, 179-118, on Senior Day in the team's final tuneup before the American Athletic Conference Championship.
UNT scored several wins on the day, but none were bigger than the day's final event, as the team of Shaena McCloud, Samantha Robles, Indra Vandenbussche and Scarlett McCloud broke a 10-year-old Pohl Recreation Center pool record with a time of 1:33.38 to put an exclamation point on what was a dominant day for the Mean Green. The day's opening race, the 200 medley relay, also saw a facility record fall as the team of Diana Kolb, Mikaela Goelst, Robles and Shaena McCloud rebroke the record they set last month with a time of 1:43.12.
The Mean Green also had a pair multiple-event winners in Goelst (100 and 200 breaststroke) and Kamryn Wong, who won both diving events - where the Mean Green swept the top-3 in both events. In the 3-meter springboard, Amelia Sharp earned her NCAA Zone Cut with her second-place score of 293.85. While the 200 free relay team set a 10-year-old record, Kayleigh Lovell also had a stellar time in the 500 freestyle, winning the event in 4:59.96, which is a season-best time for the entire program.
Seniors Kennedy Eichler (1,000 freestyle), Kailey Turner (200 butterfly), Shaena McCloud (100 freestyle) and Diana Kolb (200 backstroke) also notched race wins.
"I'm really excited with the way our team performed here in our last home meet of the season on senior night," Roth said. "It was just really awesome to see the team come in with the energy and excitement and wanting to get the win for our senior class. In the midst of our training, we are so close to the conference championships and to see our athletes performing right on par with things they've been doing throughout the season, and some even besting times they went at the midseason championship, was awesome. Just overall, it was a collective team win and I'm really proud of this group and the work they've been putting in and meeting each challenge, as a team. I'm really excited to take this and move forward and get ready for The American Championship."
The Mean Green, who finished the year 7-1 in dual meets, will take on the rest of the AAC at the American Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships on Feb. 19-22, at SMU's Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center.
Fans can follow the program throughout the year on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
UNT scored several wins on the day, but none were bigger than the day's final event, as the team of Shaena McCloud, Samantha Robles, Indra Vandenbussche and Scarlett McCloud broke a 10-year-old Pohl Recreation Center pool record with a time of 1:33.38 to put an exclamation point on what was a dominant day for the Mean Green. The day's opening race, the 200 medley relay, also saw a facility record fall as the team of Diana Kolb, Mikaela Goelst, Robles and Shaena McCloud rebroke the record they set last month with a time of 1:43.12.
The Mean Green also had a pair multiple-event winners in Goelst (100 and 200 breaststroke) and Kamryn Wong, who won both diving events - where the Mean Green swept the top-3 in both events. In the 3-meter springboard, Amelia Sharp earned her NCAA Zone Cut with her second-place score of 293.85. While the 200 free relay team set a 10-year-old record, Kayleigh Lovell also had a stellar time in the 500 freestyle, winning the event in 4:59.96, which is a season-best time for the entire program.
Seniors Kennedy Eichler (1,000 freestyle), Kailey Turner (200 butterfly), Shaena McCloud (100 freestyle) and Diana Kolb (200 backstroke) also notched race wins.
"I'm really excited with the way our team performed here in our last home meet of the season on senior night," Roth said. "It was just really awesome to see the team come in with the energy and excitement and wanting to get the win for our senior class. In the midst of our training, we are so close to the conference championships and to see our athletes performing right on par with things they've been doing throughout the season, and some even besting times they went at the midseason championship, was awesome. Just overall, it was a collective team win and I'm really proud of this group and the work they've been putting in and meeting each challenge, as a team. I'm really excited to take this and move forward and get ready for The American Championship."
The Mean Green, who finished the year 7-1 in dual meets, will take on the rest of the AAC at the American Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships on Feb. 19-22, at SMU's Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center.
Fans can follow the program throughout the year on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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