IOWA CITY, Iowa – In the second day of competition at the Hawkeye Invitational, the Washington State University swim team earned 262.5 points and set 20 personal-best marks across seven events.
The Cougars opened the evening session with a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay. The WSU quartet of juniors Loree Olson and Frederikke Hall, and freshmen Anna Brolin and Hannah Bruggman clocked a time of 1:41.32 to earn the Cougars 32 points.
The 100 fly A-final featured three Cougar swimmers, as Brolin notched a second-place finish in the event. The Gilroy, Calif., native touched the wall in 54.60, a personal best and the fifth-fastest time in WSU history. Brolin was followed closely by senior Alison Mand (55.15) in third place and sophomore Haley Rose Love (55.22) in fourth. In the B-final, sophomore Kendra Griffin (56.05) notched a fourth-place finish. In total the Cougars earned 53 points in the event.
Washington State also qualified three competitors for the 200 free A-final. Freshman Rachel Thompson led the way for WSU, touching the wall in 1:49.80 to tie for second place. The time is a personal best and the sixth-fastest time in Cougar history. Senior Nicole Proulx found her way to the A-final with a personal best in the prelims, clocking a time of 1:50.17. Proulx finished the final in fourth place (1:50.83). Sophomore Elise Locke (1:51.73) contributed 11 points to the Cougar total with an eighth-place finish in the event.
A pair of Cougars earned spots in the A-final of the 100 back. Junior Shaya Schaedler finished the prelim event in 56.32, the sixth-best time in WSU history and a personal best. Schaedler finished eighth in the finals, bested fellow junior Loree Olson. Olson clocked a time of 55.67 to earn the Crimson and Gray 14 points. In the B-final, Bruggman made her first career appearance in the 100 back, finishing in 10th place. Bruggman's prelim time of 56.30 placed her 8th on the WSU all-time top-10 list. Fellow Cougar Haley Rose Love found her way to the B-final with a prelim time of 56.32, a personal best and the ninth-fastest time in WSU history. Love (56.43) finished the event in 11th place, followed by Mand (56.56) in 13th.
In the A-final of the 400 IM, junior Presley Wetterstrom set a personal best, notching a fifth-place finish in a time of 4:24.36. The time is the ninth-fastest in program history. Wetterstrom was followed closely by Olson who notched a seventh-place finish with a time of 4:24.96. The pair earned 26 points for WSU.
The evening's 100 breast A-final featured a pair of Cougar swimmers. Frederikke Hall earned a third-place finish in the event with a time of 1:02.58. Hall's mark was just 0.09 off the NCAA 'B' qualifying time of 1:02.49. Hall was followed by Wetterstrom who notched a sixth-place finish. The junior qualified for the A-final with a personal-best in the prelim of 1:03.62. The Cougars earned 35 points in the event, as Brolin added an 11th-place finish with a time of 1:05.58 in the B-final.
The Cougars concluded the evening with a third-place finish in the 800 free relay. The WSU team of Thompson, Proulx, Locke, and Griffin clocked a time of 7:28.17 to earn 32 points. Washington State finished the second day of competition in third place with 425.5 points. The Cougars trail Denver (530) in second place. Host-school Iowa leads the competition with 667.5 points.
The Hawkeye Invitational concludes Sunday with the final day of competition. Prelims will begin at 10 a.m. CT (8 a.m. PT) with the finals session beginning at 4 p.m. CT.
