No. 26 Washington State vs. Seattle University
Saturday, Dec. 5 | Connolly Center Pool | Seattle, Wash.
THIS WEEK
The Washington State University swim team travels to Seattle, Wash. to compete in a dual meet against Seattle University on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 11 a.m.
COMING UP
The Cougars will host Oregon State in a dual meet at Gibb Pool on Friday, Jan. 22.
COUGARS EARN NO. 26 NATIONAL RANKING
Washington State is ranked No. 26 by CollegeSwimming.com...WSU moved up five spots after placing fourth in the Ohio State Invitational...the Cougars were ranked the highest in school history in the initial rankings at No. 16...WSU is one of seven teams in the Pac-12 that is ranked in the top-50...they appear ahead of Utah (35), USC (37), California (39), Arizona (40), and Arizona State (46).
LAST TIME OUT
Washington State competed at The Ohio State Invitational Nov. 20-22 against newly-ranked No. 5 Florida, No. 7 Kentucky, No. 11 Ohio State and Miami......the Cougars finished the weekend fourth with 553 points, just behind Kentucky and ahead of Miami...Presley Wetterstrom highlighted the meet with a win in the 200 Breaststroke, breaking her own school record after touching the wall in 2:11.24, also good for an NCAA Standard B mark. It was Wetterstrom's team-leading seventh win of the season...in the 1650 Free, Kendra Griffin posted a career-best and the second-fastest time (16:35.58) in WSU history and Jessica Marston posted the fourth-fastest time in school history (16:50.83)...in the 200 Backstroke, Loree Olson led the way, finishing ninth with a season-best 1:57.97, the third-fastest time in school history...Jasmine Margetts added a time of 1:59.25, good for fifth in school history...in the 100 Freestyle, Hannah Bruggman just missed out on a school record, finishing fourth with a 49.99, meeting an NCAA B standard time...in the 200 Butterfly, Margetts just missed out on a NCAA B standard mark with a season-best 1:59.61, tying for the second-fastest time in WSU history...in the 400 Freestyle Relay, the team of Bursch, Bruggman, Ciera Kelly and Love swam a WSU season-best 3:21.73 to finish fourth...in the 200 medley relay, the team of Hannah Bruggman, Linnea Lindberg, Anna Brolin, and Haley Rose Love touched the wall at 1:40.82, finishing third and a season best time...in the 100 breaststroke, Frederikke Hall finished fourth (1:02.33), the third-best time in WSU history and Wetterstrom finished fifth, with a time of 1:02.40, a personal record for her and the fourth-fastest time in school history.
MARGETTS, WETTERSTROM OLYMPIC TRIAL QUALIFIERS
Last 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.