Washington State University Athletics
Cougars Host California Friday and Saturday at Gibb Pool
October 07, 2015 | Swimming
THIS WEEK
The Washington State University swim team hosts defending national champion and No. 3 ranked University of California Friday and Saturday at Gibb Pool...Friday's meet begins at 5 p.m. and Saturday's starts at 10 a.m....
COMING UP
Washington State hits the road for the first time Thursday, Oct. 22 with a dual meet against Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz...the meet is set for a 6 p.m. start...the Cougars will then travel to Tucson, Ariz. to face the University of Arizona and UNLV on Friday Oct. 23 at 2 p.m.
COUGARS EARN NO. 16 NATIONAL RANKING
Washington State is No. 16 in the first rankings released by CollegeSwimming.com Tuesday...the Cougars earned their highest ranking in school history after claiming four races in the season-opening dual meet against Stanford Sept. 25. CollegeSwimming.com assigns points to a school for its top-27 swims during at three-week period...WSU is one of six teams ranked and ranked above Stanford (17), Arizona State (22) and Utah (23).
LAST TIME OUT
WSU opened the season with four wins in a 142-119 defeat to Stanford University at Gibb Pool...freshman Jasmine Margetts started off her collegiate career with a pair of wins in the 100 backstroke and the 400 IM…senior Presley Wetterstrom won the 200 breaststroke...the Cougars closed the day with a win in the 400 freestyle relay…Margetts led all swimmers with a total of 22 points and Wetterstrom tallied the fourth-most points with 14.
COUGS SET TOP MARKS AGAINST STANFORD
WSU also produced four school top-10 marks against Stanford…Margetts placed second in the 200 backstroke, with a time of 2:01.37, ninth-best in school history…Wetterstrom cruised to victory in the 200 breaststroke, the seventh-fastest time in WSU history, 2:17.69…Margetts' 400 IM win was the eighth-best time in school history, 4:23.10…junior Elise Locke, also made her mark in school history when she touched the wall second in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:02.31, the fifth-best mark in WSU history.
MARGETTS, WETTERSTROM OLYMPIC TRIAL QUALIFIERS
Over the summer, two Cougars qualified for the U.S. Olympic Time Trials...freshman Jasmine Margetts competed at the U.S. Junior Nationals...Margetts, a Torrance, Calif. native, re-qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200 fly after posting a time of 2:14.84, finishing No. 12…senior Presley Wetterstrom qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trial in the 200 breaststroke last June in Santa Clara, Calif…the Colfax, Calif. native swam a time of 2:34.02 in the 'B' final to finish 14th overall...both swimmers will travel to Omaha, Neb. for the trials set for June 26-July 3, 2016 ...the team trial is the sole qualifier for swimmers hoping to earn a spot on the USA Swimming Olympic Team that will compete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
LAST SEASON
The Cougars finished last year eighth in the Pac-12...WSU won six-straight dual meets to close the season, the longest streak since the 2008-09...two current swimmers earned Pac-12 All-Academic First Team, Haley Johnson and Presley Wetterstrom...the Cougars broke four school records last season, across three events and recorded 30 WSU top-10 performances....WSU swimmers recorded 64 career bests throughout the season.
