Washington State vs. Nebraska
Friday-Saturday Jan. 29, 30 | Gibb Pool | Pullman, Wash.
THIS WEEK
Washington State University swimming hosts the University of Nebraska in a two-day meet on Jan. 29-30...the meet will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. on Saturday at Gibb Pool...last season, the Cougars defeated the Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Neb. 214-158, and claimed 10 of 12 races.
COMING UP
The Cougars will travel to Salt Lake City, Utah to face the University of Utah on Saturday Feb. 13 at 10 a.m. PT at the Ute Natatorium.
COUGARS EARN NO.38 NATIONAL RANKING
Washington State is ranked No. 38 by CollegeSwimming.com...WSU was ranked the highest in school history in the initial rankings at No. 16...the Cougars are one of seven Pac-12 teams ranked and appear ahead of Utah (47).
LAST TIME OUT
Washington State faced Oregon State University in a home dual meet on Friday, Jan. 22 at Gibb Pool...the Cougars defeated the Beavers 154-100, capturing the best time in 12 of the 14 races...WSU swept a total of four events, including the 200 freestyle, 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, and 200 backstroke...three Cougars picked up 18 points for the team with two wins each...freshman Jasmine Margetts won the 100 and 200 back...in the 100, she finished at 55.89, a personal record and the eighth-fastest time in WSU history..in the 200 she clocked the best time at 1:59.33, the seventh-fastest time in school history...junior Addisynn Bursch finished first in the 100 and 200 free...in the 100, she touched the wall first at 50.96...in the 200 she placed first with a time of 1:50.16, the tenth-best time in WSU history...Bursch also finished with the best time in Gibb Pool history in the 200 IM at 2:02.91, also earning the tenth-fastest time in school history...senior Presley Wetterstrom captured the 100 breaststroke (1:04.37) and the 200 breaststroke (2:16.81)... junior, Haley Rose Love and junior, Elise Locke both contributed one win for the Cougars...Love finished first in the 50 freestyle at 23.66 and Locke clocked the fastest time in the 200 butterfly, at 2:04.27...the team clocked the best time in two relay events, the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay...in the 200 medley, the quartet of Margetts, Lindberg, Brolin, and Bursch finished with the winning time of 1:44.49...in the 400 freestyle, Nichols, Thompson, Rosen and Wibmer clocked the best time of 3:31.94.
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.