HOUSTON- Idaho women's swimming and diving enjoyed 12 individual scoring performances and two strong relays Friday, Â to remain in fourth place through the second day of the Phill Hansel Invitational in Houston. All four Vandal divers made the A final of the three-meter springboard competition.
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Maren Seljevold earned the final spot in the championship final by less than half a point. Seljevold went on to take third in the finals, posting a 282.65, nearly 50 points higher than her preliminary score. Janelle Lucas checked in right behind Seljevold in fourth. Hailey Kessler took sixth and Emi Smith finished eighth.
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The Vandals took seventh in both relays, including a time of 7:31.82 in the 800-yard freestyle relay by the team of Emma Schlyter, Aileen Pannecoucke, Sarah Hall and Leah Fisk.
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The same quartet also starred individually in the 200-yard freestyle. Pannecoucke finished 11th, inches before Schlyter touched the wall in 12th. Both recorded faster times in prelims with Schlyter claiming Idaho's season-best time at 1:51.12. Fisk took 20th overall and Hall finished 26th.
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Idaho also claimed a pair of top-15 finishes in the 100-yard breaststroke with Cara Jernigan and Aimee Iwamoto both advancing to the B final. Jernigan finished 14th and Iwamoto took 15th. Jernigan's preliminary time of 1:04.26 is the fastest by a Vandal this season.
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The team's other B final performance came from Emily Kliewar in the 100-yard butterfly. After just missing out on a spot in the championship final with a season-best 55.63 in the morning, Kliewar finished 12th overall with a 56.01 at night.
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The meet concludes Saturday, with prelims at 10 a.m. CT and finals beginning at 5 p.m. CT with a timed final in the mile.
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Team Scores
- 1. Houston              1,160.5
- 2. Rice                                  863
- 3. Tulane                              677.5
- 4. Idaho                               471
- 5. Air Force                          448
- 6. Vanderbilt             398
- 7. Colorado State                 351
Northern Colorado      351
New Mexico           351
- 10. North Texas                      110