Idaho vs. Oregon State

CORVALLIS, Oregon, January 29. THE Oregon State women's swim team defeated Idaho by a final score of 111.50-93.50 Saturday morning at the Stevens Natatorium in Dixon Recreation Center.

The score was close the throughout the entire meet. Through the first four events the Beavers had a narrow two point lead over the Vandals. The Beavers extended their lead to four points following the ninth event with only two events to go.

With only a four point lead in the meet, it came down to the 200 breaststroke and the 200 freestyle relay. Oregon State stepped up when they needed to the most with sophomore Marisa Warman and freshman Crystal Kibby finishing first and second respectively in the 200 breaststroke which increased the lead for the Beavers to 14 points.

Again the Beavers stepped up in the final event of the day with the team of Keri Holmstrom, Ashley Kerekanich, Ocean Trail and Jenni Dole winning the 200 freestyle relay in a time of 1:35.77 to secure the win for the Beavers.

"That was a great meet, it was very hard fought," Oregon State swimming head coach Larry Liebowitz said following the meet. "The breaststrokers really stepped up there at the end and then we won the last relay and really that was the meet."

Freshman Aya Fujimura recorded the third win of the season and first of the meet in the 1,000 freestyle in her first time swimming the event this season. She finished the event with a time of 10:41.49. She took home her second win of the day in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:08.55 after being added to the event late. She now has four dual wins on the season.

Rachel O'Brien recorded her ninth and 10th dual wins of the Saturday by winning the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle with times of 1:54.02 and 5:04.78 respectively. Her 10 dual wins on the season is a team high.

Kerekanich won the 50 freestyle for the second time in two days with her time of 24.69 while Warman won the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:23.88 for her first dual win of the season.
The Beavers showed well in their second team dual win of the season winning six of the nine individual events while splitting the relays.

"It was a kind of meet that you love and you hate at the same time," Liebowitz said. "I just think that we swam very well today. I think were in a good position."

Next weekend the Beavers jump back in the pool Feb. 5 in Seattle, Wash. when they take on Seattle University with Boise State starting at 12 p.m.

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