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Phill Hansel Invite Day 1
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Rams headed to Houston for Phill Hansel Invite
11/14/2018 12:22:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
CSU to test itself against strong field over three-day event
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Colorado State swimming & diving squad is headed to Houston for the Phill Hansel Invite. The three-day, 12-team event begins Friday at Houston's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium.
This is the fourth consecutive year that the Rams have competed in the Phil Hansel Invite. Each time, the event is a good measuring stick for where the team is at in terms of training and execution of race tactics.
"I think we started to show some progression in our dual meets this fall," CSU head coach Woody Woodard said. "The Phil Hansel Invite will be the natural extension of that. We will learn where we are at after 12 weeks of hard training. We've seen flashes, but we have to be able to put it all together and integrate our newcomers on a multi-day event. This three-day, six-session event should be a good barometer of what kind of championship team we have."
Woodard explained what he hopes to see from his team during its weekend in Houston.
"First and foremost, we want to see a lot of energy in the prelims – vocally and in the races. We want to see them supercharged and ready to go. If they have butterflies, that's good; it means it matters. If we are coming out of the morning sessions and we feel like we have a lot of energy, then that's a good sign."
The 12-team field includes three other Mountain West programs – Air Force, Nevada and New Mexico.
Live results are available here.
COMPETING TEAMS
Colorado State
Houston (host)
Nevada
North Texas (Divers only)
Rice
Air Force
Tulane
New Mexico
Vanderbilt
Northern Colorado
Washington State
Incarnate Word
ORDER OF EVENTS
Prelim / Final format with additional time trials available at the end of the morning session each day as needed.
This is the fourth consecutive year that the Rams have competed in the Phil Hansel Invite. Each time, the event is a good measuring stick for where the team is at in terms of training and execution of race tactics.
"I think we started to show some progression in our dual meets this fall," CSU head coach Woody Woodard said. "The Phil Hansel Invite will be the natural extension of that. We will learn where we are at after 12 weeks of hard training. We've seen flashes, but we have to be able to put it all together and integrate our newcomers on a multi-day event. This three-day, six-session event should be a good barometer of what kind of championship team we have."
Woodard explained what he hopes to see from his team during its weekend in Houston.
"First and foremost, we want to see a lot of energy in the prelims – vocally and in the races. We want to see them supercharged and ready to go. If they have butterflies, that's good; it means it matters. If we are coming out of the morning sessions and we feel like we have a lot of energy, then that's a good sign."
The 12-team field includes three other Mountain West programs – Air Force, Nevada and New Mexico.
Live results are available here.
COMPETING TEAMS
Colorado State
Houston (host)
Nevada
North Texas (Divers only)
Rice
Air Force
Tulane
New Mexico
Vanderbilt
Northern Colorado
Washington State
Incarnate Word
ORDER OF EVENTS
Prelim / Final format with additional time trials available at the end of the morning session each day as needed.
| **Friday | **Saturday | **Sunday |
| 1: 200 Free Relay | 6: 200 Medley Relay | 13: 1650 Freestyle |
| 2: 500 Freestyle | 7: 400 IM | 14: 200 Backstroke |
| 3: 200 IM | 8: 100 Butterfly | 15: 100 Freestyle |
| 4: 50 Freestyle | 9: 200 Free | 16: 200 Breaststroke |
| 5: 400 Medley Relay | 10: 100 Breaststroke | 17: 200 Butterfly |
| 11: 100 Backstroke | 18: 400 Freestyle Relay | |
| 12: 800 Freestyle Relay |
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