THIS WEEK...
UC Davis at Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invitational
Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 4-6, 2014
Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center
Austin, Texas
TV: Longhorn Network (Finals only) -- Thursday (tape delay), Midnight-2 a.m.; Friday, 6-8 p.m. (Live); Saturday, 6-9 p.m. (Live)
Meet Coverage: Meet Information | Live Results

DAVIS, Calif. -- After nearly three weeks off to train, the UC Davis women's swimming team finally returns to the pool for one of the premiere events on its 2014-15 schedule, sending a group of 20 swimmers to the 2014 Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invitational this weekend in Austin, Texas.

The three-day event begins on Thursday (Dec. 4) and runs through Saturday evening (Dec. 6), with prelims to be held at 10 a.m. CT, followed by the finals at 6 p.m. CT, each day. UC Davis is one of 12 teams competing on the weekend, joined by the host and 20th-ranked Longhorns, USC, #39 Arizona, BYU, #18 Wisconsin, Utah, Wyoming, Harvard, Incarnate Word, Hawai'i (men), and Notre Dame (women).

The "A" finals will be carried live on the Longhorn Network on Friday and Saturday nights, while Thursday's finals will air on a tape-delayed basis beginning at Midnight. Live results will also be available online at TexasSports.com.

After spending the last three years competing at the Mizzou Invite, UC Davis returns to Austin and the Texas Invite for the first time since the 2010-11 season, when the Aggies finished sixth out of 15 teams. That weekend saw UC Davis post 19 season best times on the first day of competition while Heidi Kucera and Liliana Alvarez combined for 10 NCAA "B" standards and five top 10 finishes on the weekend.

This weekend's event caps the first half of the season for the Aggies, who finished 3-2 in duals during the fall and are coming off a run-away victory over Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rival BYU in their last outing on Nov. 15.

Senior Hilary Hunt, in the 100 and 200 back, and freshman Courtney Schultz, in the 50 and 100 free, each won a pair of events against the Cougars, scoring 18 points apiece, while UC Davis posted the fastest times in all 14 swimming events en route to the 149-140, victory that saw the Aggies exhibition all of their swimmers in the final four events of the day.

Both were also members of the Aggies' pool record 200 free relay squad, that touched in a Schaal Aquatics Center record time of 1:36.57 -- besting the previous mark set in 2006 by four-tenths of a second.

Hunt, who owns the team's top five times in the 100 back and the top three in the 200 back, will compete in five events this weekend, adding the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 fly, to her schedule, while Schultz, who has the top five times in both sprint free events, adds the 200 free, 100 breast, and 200 IM to her weekend slate.

Nine different Aggies will have a busy weekend in Austin, all scheduled to swim in six individual events: Kirsten Brand, Marissa Brown, Hilvy Cheung, Megan Leung, Sam Rados, Elise Roberts, Samantha Shellem, Lexy Troup, and Karley Troup. UC Davis has also entered a pair of teams in the 200 free, 400 medley, 200 medley, and 800 free, relay competitions. A complete list of UC Davis entries, along with season best times in those events, is below.

TEXAS HALL OF FAME SWIMMING INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE
Thursday, Dec. 4
10:00 a.m. CT (prelims) -- 100 butterfly, 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle, 15 minute break, 200 freestyle relay
6:00 p.m. CT (finals) -- 200 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle (women), 100 butterfly, 500 freestyle (men), 200 IM, 50 freestyle, 15 minute break, 400 medley relay (timed final)

Friday, Dec. 5
10:00 a.m. CT (prelims) -- 400 IM, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke
6:00 p.m. CT (finals) -- 200 medley relay, 400 IM, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 15 minute break, 800 freestyle relay

Saturday, Dec. 6
10:00 a.m. CT (prelims) -- 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 1,650 freestyle (heats swum fastest to slowest; fastest heat will contested at finals)
6:00 p.m. CT (finals) -- 1,650 freestyle (fastest heat, men's & women's), 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 15 minute break, 400 freestyle relay (timed final)

UC DAVIS INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES (SEASON BEST TIMES)
Madeline Benavidez - 100 fly (NT), 200 IM (2:14.50), 100 breast (1:07.95), 100 free (57.16), 200 breast (2:28.12)
Kirsten Brand - 500 free (5:08.08), 200 free (1:54.26), 100 back (1:02.01), 1650 free (NT), 200 back (NT), 50 free (24.60)
Marissa Brown - 500 free (4:58.59), 200 IM (2:12.94), 400 IM (4:34.96), 200 free (1:54.90), 1650 free (NT), 100 free (NT)
Hilvy Cheung - 100 fly (55.92), 200 IM (2:07.81), 200 free (NT), 100 back (NT), 100 free (NT), 200 fly (2:02.16)
Aislinn Dresel - 100 fly (57.64), 100 back (59.44), 200 back (2:08.33), 200 fly (NT), 50 free (25.36)
Hailey Ferko - 200 IM (2:13.08), 100 breast (1:05.18), 200 breast (2:25.49), 50 free (NT)
Hilary Hunt - 100 fly (NT), 100 back (56.18), 200 back (2:02.63), 100 free (53.49), 50 free (25.08)
Marrisa LaFreniere - 100 fly (59.94), 200 free (NT), 100 back (1:02.89), 100 free (54.41), 50 free (24.91)
Robin Lampron - 500 free (5:08.35), 200 free (1:53.02), 100 free (52.97), 50 free (NT)
Megan Leung - 100 fly (57.53), 200 IM (NT), 100 back (NT), 100 free (NT), 200 fly (2:04.69), 50 free (25.15)
Ali Paris - 100 fly (1:00.31), 200 IM (NT), 400 IM (4:46.33), 100 back (NT), 200 fly (2:11.95)
Sam Rados - 500 free (5:20.42), 200 IM (2:10.82), 400 IM (4:40.75), 100 back (1:01.30), 200 back (2:09.45), 200 fly (2:11.91)
Elise Roberts - 200 IM (2:11.14), 400 IM (4:30.56), 100 breast (1:06.90), 200 breast (2:22.08), 200 fly (NT), 50 free (25.59)
Brittany Rojo - 100 fly (58.23), 200 free (NT), 100 free (54.55), 200 fly (2:08.44), 50 free (24.87)
Courtney Schultz - 200 IM (NT), 200 free (NT), 100 breast (1:07.69), 100 free (52.26), 50 free (23.79)
Samantha Shellem - 500 free (5:06.25), 400 IM (4:28.58), 200 free (1:52.25), 200 back (2:04.63), 100 free (53.28), 50 free (NT)
Lexy Troup - 500 free (5:06.29), 200 IM (2:17.39), 400 IM (4:44.88), 200 free (NT), 1650 free (NT), 200 fly (2:16.62)
Karley Troup - 100 fly (59.18), 200 IM (2:13.42), 400 IM (4:39.54), 200 free (NT), 200 back (2:15.32), 200 fly (2:07.85)
Caroline Weston - 100 fly (1:09.04), 200 IM (2:21.89), 100 breast (1:08.45), 200 breast (2:25.49)
Elise Wright - 200 IM (2:14.61), 400 IM (4:39.37), 100 breast (1:08.90), 200 breast (2:27.68), 50 free (NT)

RELAY SEASON BEST TIMES
200 Free Relay - 1:36.57 (Cheung, Hunt, Rojo, Schultz)
400 Medley Relay - 3:54.89 (Hunt, Ferko, M. Leung, Lampron)
200 Medley Relay - 1:44.28 (Hunt, Ferko, Cheung, Schultz)
800 Free Relay - 7:55.94 (Brand, Cheung, Lampron, Shellem)