Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009
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The men’s team finished in second and the women’s team took third.
There were two schools competing on the men’s side and three schools on the women’s side.
“We got a lot of swims in,” said UC head coach Monty Hopkins. “A lot of people get back to finals that ordinarily would not have made the second swim. As far as our team goes, the results were very positive.”
The large number of repetitions the Cincinnati team participated in over the weekend will help UC gain more experience when it comes time for the NCAA Tournament and the Big East Championships.
“We had some people make some real progress in some individual events,” Hopkins said.
Senior Josh Schneider won a total of four individual events at the invitational while senior Jeremy Peter won three. Both men were in the finals of every race in which they swam.
“Peter swam in a lot of races,” Hopkins said. “Peter got second place in the 200 back and then won the 200 breaststroke the very next race.”
On the women’s side, sophomore Liz Hansson had the best overall team time in the meet placing third overall in the 200 backstroke.
“We are looking at this in terms of getting a lot of swims qualifying for the Big East meet,” Hopkins said. “We did qualify some swimmers for the tournament that were not qualified before this weekend.”
The Bearcats have five remaining competitions, however the main event is the Big East Swimming and Diving Championships in February, 2010.
“We’re going to have to make some adjustments over the next six weeks so that were in the best possible position for the Big East Tournament,” Hopkins said.
UC has four individuals that are close to making NCAA cut times: Ellinore de Jong, Hansson, Peter and Schneider. Other individuals are looking to improve their times.
“Were hoping to get some people closer to those B cuts in December, so at the Big East meet they can pick them up there,” Hopkins said.
Next up, the swimming and diving team is scheduled to compete in the Miami (OH) Invitational Dec. 3.
“The biggest focus is good performances two weeks from now. Then we go to training camp and then we reload for conference meet,” Hopkins said.
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