The Washington State University swim team tallied 171 points on Friday, on the first day of the Ohio State University Invitational. The Cougars picked up two third place finishes and are currently in fourth place.
The Cougars are competing against the University of Florida, Ohio State University, the University of Kentucky, and the University of Miami.
“We had a great first day. It was fun for us to represent the Pac-12 against some good competition,” WSU Head Coach Tom Jager said. “This is a great pool to swim in here at Ohio State and we are taking advantage of the opportunity. We look forward to producing some more good swims tomorrow.”
Washington State opened the day with a third place finish in the 200 yard freestyle relay. The team of Haley Rose Love, Anna Rosen, Anna Brolin, and Hannah Bruggman picked up 32 points with a time of 1:31.73, a season best for the team.
The team of Rachel Thompson, Addisynn Bursch, Ciera Kelly, and Hailey Johnson picked up 24 more points for the Cougars in the 200 free relay with a seventh-place finish (1:34.64).
In the 200 IM, two Cougars swam in the 'A' final. Freshman Jasmine Margetts earned 13 points for WSU with a sixth place finish at 2:01.56, a personal record and the third-fastest time in school history. Senior Loree Olson finished at 2:03.39, placing her tenth and the ninth-best time in WSU history. In the 'B' final, senior Presley Wetterstrom tallied four points for the Cougars with a time of 2:02.73, the fifth-fastest time in WSU history. In the 'C' final Bursch finished at 2:01.08, the second-fastest time in WSU history.
In the 50 freestyle, Bruggman picked up 16 points for the Cougars with a third place finish (22.96), the fourth-fastest time in school history and a personal record. Junior Haley Rose Love touched the wall sixth, clocking a time of 23.34, the eighth-best time in school history. Rosen picked up five more points for the Cougars in the 50 free when she clocked a time of 23.57, a personal record.
In the 400 medley relay, the Cougars finished fourth and picked up 30 points. The team of Margetts, Wetterstrom, Brolin, and Bruggman clocked a time of 3:41.30, a season best for WSU. In sixth place was the team of Olson, Frederikke Hall, Love, and Bursch at 3:42.26, earning 26 more points for the Cougars.
In the final event of the day, the Cougars picked up one more point from junior Kendra Griffin in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:51.66, the fourth-fastest time in WSU history. Three other Cougars also broke into the top-10 list in the 500 free. Redshirt freshman Jessica Marston finished at 4:53.56, placing her sixth on the list, Sophomore Rachel Thompson clocked a time of 4:54.25, putting her eighth and junior Emma Elhoff finished at 4:55.52, placing her ninth.
Washington State will return to the pool tomorrow Saturday, Nov. 21 to continue competing in the Ohio State Invitational, the event will be all day.