SAN ANTONIO, Texas, February 27. HAWAII won three of the five events in day two of the 2009 Western Athletic Conference Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, but Northern Arizona racked up enough points in the finals of those events to take the lead in the four-day championship.<\/p>\n
The night began with Nevada's Courtney Eads and San Diego's Sarah Gleason earning the top two spots in the 500-yard freestyle. Eads recorded an NCAA consideration time of 4:47.39 while Gleason swam a 4:55.24. Last year's champion Emma Berry of Hawai\u2018i finished third with a time of 4:56.92.<\/p>\n
In the 200 individual medley, Northern Arizona's Rachael Foe took home first place honors with a time of 2:01.49 to edge out last year's champion, Margaret Doolittle of Nevada, by three-tenths of a second. San Diego's Sarah Geerdes finished third and clocked a time of 2:02.30.<\/p>\n
Hawai\u2018i senior Elliko Heimbach took the gold in the 50 free with a time of 23.16, edging out the morning's top qualifier, Northern Arizona's Rachael Foe, by .06 seconds. It was the second year in a row that Foe placed second in the event. A pair of Boise State freshmen — Stephanie North and Amber Boucher — tied for third with times of 23.24.<\/p>\n
For the third year in a row, Emma Friesen of Hawai\u2018i took the top spot in the one-meter springboard with a new WAC and meet record of 338.40 points. Candice Minette of Nevada took second for the second straight year with 300.90 points, while Northern Arizona's Taryn Harris grabbed the bronze with 287.05.<\/p>\n
Hawai\u2018i won the final event of the day swimming a 1:32.91 in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team consisted of Karli Rice, Victoria Tan, Maura Barrett and Heimbach.<\/p>\n
After two days of competition, Northern Arizona leads the meet with 245 points while Nevada is in second with 211. Hawai\u2018i is third with 183 points followed by New Mexico State with 166, San Jose State 162, Boise State 152, San Diego 121, Idaho 87 and Fresno State with 55.<\/p>\n
Action continues tomorrow at Palo Alto College Natatorium in San Antonio, Texas with the 400 individual medley, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 3-meter diving and 400 medley relay. Prelims begin at 11:00 a.m. and the finals start at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to the WAC for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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