Feb. 28, 2008

Complete Results

Complete 2008 C-USA Championship Second-Day Results (Feb. 28, 2008)in PDF Format

HOUSTON -Freshman Courtney Forcucci scored 314.80 points to finish second on the 3-meter springboard and help lead the University of Houston swimming and diving team during the second day of the 2008 Conference USA Championship at UH's Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium.

The Fort Mill, S.C., native was a part of a solid Cougar diving corps that earned three of the Top-Five places in that event. Senior captain Ginni van Katwijk finished fourth with 300.85 points, while freshman Lacey Truelove placed fifth with 286.60 points.

As a team, the Cougars improved to fourth place Thursday. UH finished with 116 points to move up one place. Defending champion SMU led the team standings with 323 points, while Rice was in second with 213 points. East Carolina (178) stood in third with Marshall (116) placing fifth.

On the men's side, defending champion SMU stood in first place with 337.50 points, while Hawai'i and East Carolina were second and third with 270 points and 218.50 points respectively. Cal State Bakersfield stood in fourth place with 135 points.

The Cougar 400-yard medley relay team of sophomore Jessica Shamburger, junior Andrea Pa'lmai, freshman Andrea Kells and junior Sasha Schwendenwein won the bronze medal with a time of 3:51.74.

The meet continues at 10 a.m., Friday with the preliminaries of the 400-yard individual medley, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke and 100-yard backstroke. Preliminaries for the women's 1-meter diving and men's 3-meter diving are slated to begin around 1 p.m. with the finals of all the day's events starting at 6 p.m.

All-session tickets are available for only $25 for adults and $10 for youth. Single-day tickets are available for $10 for adults and $5 for students with ID. Youth includes children from 3 years old to high school. Children who are 2 years old and younger are admitted free.

All students from Conference USA schools are admitted free with a valid student ID.

Gates will open, and tickets will be sold beginning one hour prior to the meet. In addition, a wide variety of Championship merchandise will be available near the Tickets table. Fans should note that cash only will be accepted at the Tickets table.

This marks the fifth consecutive season that the Cougars have hosted the league's postseason event. UH is the only school in the league to host the meet at an on-campus site.