Women's swimming sinks under top-ranked Texas
The Owls lost the meet 173-83, failing to place first in any event.
Freshman Ginny Farmer attributed the Owls' loss to the exceptional quality of the Texas team.
Despite the 90-point margin, Rice Coach Kris Wingenroth was pleased with the Owls' performance in general.
Freshman Cori Miller shaved six seconds off the school record in the 1000-meter freestyle with a time of 10:08.29.
She placed third the 1000 freestyle, the 200 individual medley and the 200 breaststroke.
Farmer took three second place finishes in the 200 freestyle, 100 freestyle and 200 individual medley. She was 0.3 second away from the Rice record in 200 freestyle.
Farmer is close to breaking the team record in three other events. Her personal best times in the 100 freestyle, the 200 individual medley and the 400 individual medley are faster than the Rice records.
Sophomore Anjali Upadhyay also turned in notable finishes, placing second and third in the 200 and 100 backstroke, respectively.
According to Wingenroth, both Farmer and Miller are helping bring the Rice swimming program to a higher level.
"We're just getting warmed up," Wingenroth said.
The Owls compete in their last meet of the semester against the University of Miami today at 3 p.m. at home.
Wingenroth is expecting a competitive meet for both the men and the women.
On the men's side, Miami has a small group of very good swimmers who could dominate their specific events, according to sophomore Karl Haushalter.
The rest of the team is not as respectable as their top swimmers.
"Depth-wise we have them," Haushalter said.
If the Rice men can keep Miami from taking first in every event, the Owls should be able to win the meet, according to Haushalter.
This item appeared in the Sports section of the November 19, 1993 issue.
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