Pac-12 Saturday Recap: Arizona Takes Down Washington State

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By Dan D’Addona.

Arizona women’s swimming and diving opened the 2017-18 season with a convincing victory on the road at Washington State. The Wildcats defeated the Cougars 161-101 in the season-opening dual meet.

Sophomore Hannah Cox led the Wildcats with three victories in the 500 free (4:52.53), 1,000 free (9:58.52), and 400 IM (4:23.06). Senior Cameron McHugh also dominated with two wins in the 200 free (1:51.13) and 200 back with 1:57.68 (NCAA B cut).

Arizona swept the 200, 500, and 1,000 frees. McHugh (1:31.13), followed by Kirsten Jacobsen (1:52.05) and Jamie Stone (1:52.74) for the 200. Cox led, with Claire Lockridge (5:03.10) and Jacobsen (5:03.91) to follow in the 500. Cox also won the 1,000 free, and Lockridge (10:17.06) and Emma McCarthy (10:27.31) completed the sweep.

Sophomore Mallory Korenwinder won the 200 breast with 1:05.08, and Junior Katrina Konopka had a pair of runner-ups in the 100 back with 55.20 and 50 free with 23.57. Junior Mackenzie Rumrill finished first in the 100 fly with 55.52. Junior Mik Ranslem placed second in the 100 and 200 fly with 57.05 and 2:03.73, respectively. Junior Daniela Georges finished second in the 400 IM with 4:26.31 and third in the 200 fly with 2:05.72.

Washington State’s Hannah Bruggman swam anchor for the first place 200 Medley Relay team. Alongside teammates Emily Cook, Linnea Lindberg and Anna Brolin, the Cougars swam to an impressive 1:43.12 in the meet’s opening race. She took first in the 50 free with a season best time of 23.48. Bruggman clocked in at 51.93 in the 100 free for second place, missing out on first by less than a half of a second.

Cook took first in the 100 back with a time of 54.89, good for an NCAA “B” standard time and sixth fastest in WSU program history.

Cal men top Utah

Wins in 12 of 14 swimming events brought a successful close to a busy week for the Cal men’s swimming team as the Bears earned a 188.5-111.5 dual meet win over Pac-12 foe Utah in Salt Lake City.

One day after earning a dual meet win at Pacific with half the team, the other half dove back into action in another time zone as the Bears squared off with the Utes. And, Cal wasted no time getting to the wall first as the quartet of Matthew Josa, Connor Hoppe, Justin Lynch and Pawel Sendyk swam to a time of 1:28.95 to win the 200-yard medley relay.

Nick Norman found his way to the winner’s circle next, clocking a time of 9:32.15 to win the 1,000 freestyle. Michael Jensen added a win in the 200 free with a time of 1:40.15 and Connor Hoppe earned his own first-place finish with a time of 54.94 in the 100 breast.

Andrew Seliskar and Lynch each picked up a pair of individual wins as Seliskar touched first in the 200 butterfly (1:49.21) as well as the 200 breaststroke (2:03.26). Lynch did his work in the sprint free events, taking the 50 in 20.83 and the 100 in 45.07.

Freshman Bryce Mefford brought a win home in his first Pac-12 dual meet, stopping the clock in 1:48.18 to win the 200 back. Josa took the 100 fly in a time of 48.40 and Mike Thomas wrapped up Cal’s individual wins with a time of 1:52.70 in the 200 IM.

Utah’s Nathan Makarewicz was able to take first in two separate events, finishing with a final score of 336.83 in the 1-meter dive, and a score of 329.03 in the 3-meter dive.

In the pool, Paul Ungur got things started for Utah, winning the 100 back with a time of 47.83. The final win of the day came for the Utes came in the 500 free, as Brandon Shreeve clocked in with a final time of 4:34.88.

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David Nabot

6 years ago

Lilou Nabot, sympa la combi?

Lilou Nabot

6 years ago

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David Nabot

6 years ago

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Erin Carne McConkey

6 years ago

I spy Katrina Konopka ?