Washington State University Athletics
Swimming Continues Strong Showing at Ohio State
November 22, 2015 | Swimming
COLUMBUS, OHIO. - The Washington State University swim team completed the second day of the Ohio State Invitational on Saturday, where they set 10 Top-10 WSU marks.The Cougars are currently in fourth place with 378 points.
Washington State is facing Ohio State University, the University of Kentucky, the University of Florida, and the University of Miami.
The Cougars started off the day with a third place finish in the 200 medley relay and picked up 32 points. The relay team of Hannah Bruggman, Linnea Lindberg, Anna Brolin, and Haley Rose Love touched the wall at 1:40.82, a season best for the team.The Cougars also picked up 22 more points in the 200 medley relay when the team of Loree Olson, Frederikke Hall, Hailey Johnson, and Anna Rosen finished eighth (1:44.04).
In the 400 IM, freshman Jasmine Margetts tallied 12 more points for WSU with a seventh place finish at 4:17.74, the third-fastest time in WSU history and a personal record. Junior Addisynn Bursch picked up 11 points with an eighth place finish at 4:20.11, the fifth-fastest time in school history and also a personal record. Olson earned seven more points for the Cougars with a tenth place finish (4:24.28).
In the 100 butterfly, Brolin clocked a time of 54.10, a personal best and the fifth-best time on the WSU Top-10 list. Brolin finished fifth and picked up 14 points. Junior Elise Locke added five points to the Cougars score in the 100 fly with a time of 54.81, the eight-best time in WSU history and a personal record. Love also competed in the 100 fly and picked up four points for the Cougars with a time of 54.96, the ninth-fastest time in school history. Griffin added two more points to WSU's score with a time of 55.96.
The Cougars picked up 32 points in the 100 breaststroke. Hall picked up 15 points with a fourth place finish and clocked a time of 1:02.33, the third-best time in WSU history. Hall also beat her personal record by .01 seconds. Fellow senior Presley Wetterstrom finished fifth behind Hall, with a time of 1:02.40, a personal record for her and the fourth-fastest time in school history. Senior Michelle Berry added three more points with a time of 1:05.76, a personal record for her.
In the 100 backstroke, Olson earned six more points when she touched the wall eleventh at 55.24, the sixth-best time in school history. Bruggman added two and a half points with a time of 55.94, the seventh-fastest time in WSU history. Love had the eighth-fastest time in school history at 56.08.
In the 200 freestyle, sophomore Rachel Thompson picked up one point with a time of 1:51.03, a season best for her.
The team finished the day with a fifth place finish in the 800 freestyle relay. The team of Bursch, Margetts, Locke, and Thompson, clocked a time of 7:24.19, earning 28 points for the team and a season best time. WSU also picked up 18 more points when the team of Berry, Jessica Marston, Griffin, and Emma Elhoff finished with a time of 7:31.80.
Washington State returns to the pool tomorrow Sunday, Nov. 22, to wrap up the three-day invitational, the event will be all day.
