Puget Sound & Linfield College on Top Going Into Final Day at Northwest Conference Championships

WALLA WALLA, Washington, February 11. LINFIELD College stayed on top in the men's team scoring, but it was the University of Puget Sound taking over first place in the women's race as the Northwest Conference Swimming Championships wrapped up a second day of competition Saturday in the Paul and Louise Harvey Pool on the Whitman College campus.

The NWC championship meet concludes Sunday with preliminaries set for 10 a.m. and finals starting at 5 p.m.

The Puget Sound women's team, the 10-time defending champion, trailed Whitworth College by 13 points after Friday's first day of racing. But with Amy Polansky winning the 100-yard breaststroke for a second consecutive year, the Logger women vaulted into first place Saturday with 476 points. Polansky also contributed to a Puget Sound victory in the 200-yard medley relay.

The Whitworth women, in first place as a team after Friday's events, slipped into second with 424 points. Whitworth's Samantha Kephart won the 100-yard butterfly for a third consecutive year, and teammate Natalie Turner set a new NWC record in winning the 200-yard freestyle. Kephart and Turner also helped the Pirates win the 800-yard freestyle relay.

The Linfield men's squad finished Saturday's events with 413 points. Whitworth and Puget Sound were close behind with 396 and 393 points, respectively.

Linfield got victories Saturday from Kevin Caple in the 400-yard individual medley and Dom Rieniets in the 100-yard butterfly. With both Caple and Rieniets swimming a leg, the Wildcats were also victorious in the men's 800-yard freestyle relay.

Whitworth's David Dolphay defended his title in the 200-yard freestyle, while Puget Sound stayed close with victories from Jackson Kowalski in the 100-yard backstroke and Paul Hughes in the 100-yard breaststroke. Hughes, who won his event for a second consecutive year, also was part of Puget Sound's triumph in the 200-yard medley relay.

Other event winners in the women's meet Saturday were Lewis & Clark's Lindsay Nixon in the 400-yard individual medley and Linfield's Rose Hollingsworth in the 100-yard backstroke. Nixon won her event for a second straight year.

Lewis & Clark was in third place in the women's team scoring with 288 points. Whitman is fourth with 269 and Linfield fifth with 267. Other point totals on the women's side: Pacific Lutheran 158, Willamette 139 and Pacific 95.

Pacific Lutheran and Whitman are tied for fourth in the men's scoring with 247 points each. Rounding out the men's field are Willamette 189, Lewis & Clark 165 and Pacific 22.

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