In a two day dual meet this weekend, Washington State’s women defeated Nebraska to close out the regular dual meet season at home. They finished with a 266-106 win after taking 1st in 11 of 12 events.
Washington State:
Day 1-
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State leads the University of Nebraska 108-40 in the first day of a two-day meet. It is the last meet of the season at Gibb Pool and the last home meet for seniors, Presley Wetterstrom, Loree Olson, Michelle Berry, andFrederikke Hall who celebrated Senior Day.
Last season against Nebraska, the Cougars defeated the Cornhuskers 214-158 and claimed 10 of 12 races. WSU Head Coach Tom Jager has a connection with Nebraska swimming; he swam with Nebraska Head Coach Pablo Morales on the Olympic team in 1992.
The Cougars captured seven of the eight events of the day, including a Gibb Pool record set by juniorAddisynn Bursch in the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.62, the seventh-fastest time in school history.
WSU started the day with a win in the 400 medley relay. The team of freshman Jasmine Margetts, Wetterstrom, sophomore Anna Brolin, and Bursch clocked a time of 3:45.12.
Wetterstrom and Margetts both picked up their eleventh individual win of the season. In the 200 backstroke, Margetts finished with a time of 1:59.39, the eighth-best time in WSU history. Wetterstrom won a close race in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:17.58.
Junior’s Elise Locke and Kendra Griffin both picked up nine points for the Cougars. Locke won the 200 butterfly when she touched the wall at 2:02.91. Griffin clocked the fastest time of 17:23.15 in the 1650 freestyle.
WSU closed the day with a win in the 400 freestyle relay. The team of Bursch, sophomore Hannah Bruggman, junior Haley Rose Love, and Brolin finished with a time of 3:27.03.
The Cougars return to the pool tomorrow, Saturday Jan. 30 at 11 a.m. to finish the remaining 12 events against Nebraska at Gibb Pool.
Day 2-
Washington State swimming captured 11 of 12 races on day two of the dual meet against the University of Nebraska, defeating the Cornhuskers 266-106.
After breaking a Gibb Pool record Friday with a win in the 200 IM , junior Addisynn Bursch tallied three wins for the Cougars on Saturday. In the 200 freestyle, Bursch touched the wall first at 1:51.88. She clocked a time of 51.20 in the 100 freestyle, picking up nine more points for WSU. To close her standout meet, she won the 400 IM with a time of 4:25.18.
In the 100 breaststroke, seniors Frederikke Hall and Presley Wetterstrom finished first and second to close their final meet at home. Wetterstrom clocked a time of 1:04.92, placing her second. Hall finished at 1:04.76, to earn her final win at Gibb Pool.
Sophomore Anna Brolin added 18 points to the Cougars score with two wins in butterfly events. In the 100 fly, she finished at 55.86. She also touched the wall first in the 50 butterfly, with a time of 25.32.
Junior Kendra Griffin and freshman Jasmine Margetts both added another win after earning one on Friday. Griffin added to her 1650 freestyle win from Friday with a victory in the 500 freestyle, earning a time of 5:02.11. Margetts dominated the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.26, after a win in the 200 back on Friday.
Sophomore Hannah Bruggman added nine points to WSU’s score with a first place finish in the 50 backstroke, clocking a time of 27.04.
WSU started and ended the day with relay wins. In the 200 medley relay, the team of junior Haley Rose Love, Hall, Brolin, and Bursch clocked a time of 1:44.42. To close the meet the team of Brolin, Love, Bruggman, and sophomore Anna Rosen dominated the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:34.34.
WSU returns to the pool when they travel to Salt Lake City, Utah to face the University of Utah on Saturday Feb. 13 in their last dual meet before the Pac-12 Championships in Federal Way, Wash. on Feb. 24-27.
Nebraska:
Day 1-
Pullman, Wash.- The Nebraska swimming team wrapped up day one of competition against Washington State, Friday evening. Despite strong performances from the Huskers in both freestyle events and the 200-yard backstroke, Nebraska trails Washington State, 108-40.
Taryn Collura earned the Huskers only victory of the evening, racing to a first-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle. Collura posted a time of 23.65, while Alexandra Bilunas finished in fourth-place with a time of 24.15.
The Huskers were also strong in the 1,650-yard freestyle, with Kaylyn Flatt leading the way for NU securing second-place in the race. Flatt raced to a time of 17:32.97, while Katt Sickle was not far behind finishing in fourth-place with a time of 17:47.43.
Dana Posthuma and Jordan Ehly both added second-place finishes for Nebraska. Posthuma notched a runner-up finish in the 200-yard butterfly (2:06.42), while Ehly earned her second-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:18.28).
The Huskers boasted a pair of top-four finishers in the 200-yard backstroke. Erin Oeltjen led the way with a third-place time of 2:03.52, while Anna McDonald followed right behind Oeltjen in fourth-place with a time of 2:04.56. McDonald also added a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley posting a time of 2:07.87.
In the relay events Nebraska earned a pair of third-place finishes. The 400-yard medley relay team of Oeltjen, Ehly, Bria Deveaux and Collura finished in a time of 3:47.88, while the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Collura, Deveaux, Bilunas and Lindsay Helferich raced to a time of 3:31.99.
Nebraska will be back in action tomorrow afternoon with action kicking off at 1 p.m. at Washington State University’s Gibb Pool. Check back into Huskers.com for any and all updates regarding the Nebraska swimming and diving team.
Day 2-
Pullman, Wash.- The Nebraska swimming wrapped up their regular season schedule Saturday afternoon against Washington State. Despite a victory from Jordan Ehly and five runner-up finishes by NU, the Huskers fell to Washington State, 266-106.
Jordan Ehly earned Nebraska’s only victory of the day notching a first-place finish in the 50-yard breaststroke. Ehly raced to a time of 30.32, fast enough to secure the top-spot in the race. Katie Ditter finished in fourth-place in the 50-yard breaststroke posting a time of 30.62. Ehly and Ditter also led Nebraska in the 100-yard breaststroke, with Ehly finishing in third-place (1:05.11), while Ditter finished shortly after in fourth-place (1:05.89). Ehly also added a third-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley (4:34.69).
Katt Sickle and Taryn Collura had strong days in the pool for Nebraska. Sickle earned a pair of runner-up finishes and a fourth place finish, while Collura notched a second-place touch and a third-place touch. Sickle earned her second-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.00) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:04.94). Sickle also earned a fourth-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley (4:35.75). Collura earned second-place in the 100-yard freestyle (51.76) and third-place in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.09).
In the backstroke events, Jacqueline Juffer and Morgan McCafferty were Nebraska’s top performers against Washington State. Juffer secured a third-place finish in the 50-yard backstroke (27.51), while McCafferty finished in third-place in the 100-yard backstroke (58.20).
Erin Oeltjen and Dana Posthuma led Nebraska in the butterfly events Saturday afternoon. In the 50-yard butterfly, Oeltjen finished in second-place (25.68), while Posthuma rounded at the top-four (26.16). In the 100-yard butterfly, Oeltjen finished in third-place (57.11), while Posthuma followed in fourth-place (57.31).
Nebraska’s 200-yard freestyle relay team of Collura, Alexandra Bilunas, Lindsay Helferich and Oeltjen earned a second-place finish racing to a time of 1:36.24. In the 200-yard medley relay, Nebraska’s team of Juffer, Ehly, Oeltjen and Collura earned third-place finishing in a time of 1:45.98.
Nebraska will have nearly three weeks off before beginning competition at the 2016 Big Ten Championships. The Big Ten Championships will take place in Ann Arbor, Mich., and will run from Feb. 17-20. Check back in to Huskers.com for any and all updates regarding the Nebraska swimming and diving team.
Swimming news courtesy of Washington State and Nebraska Swimming & Diving.