PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State leads the University of Nebraska 108-40 in the first day of a two-day meet. It is the last meet of the season at Gibb Pool and the last home meet for seniors, Presley Wetterstrom, Loree Olson, Michelle Berry, and Frederikke Hall who celebrated Senior Day.

Last season against Nebraska, the Cougars defeated the Cornhuskers 214-158 and claimed 10 of 12 races. WSU Head Coach Tom Jager has a connection with Nebraska swimming; he swam with Nebraska Head Coach Pablo Morales on the Olympic team in 1992.

The Cougars captured seven of the eight events of the day, including a Gibb Pool record set by junior Addisynn Bursch in the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.62, the seventh-fastest time in school history.

WSU started the day with a win in the 400 medley relay. The team of freshman Jasmine Margetts, Wetterstrom, sophomore Anna Brolin, and Bursch clocked a time of 3:45.12.

Wetterstrom and Margetts both picked up their eleventh individual win of the season. In the 200 backstroke, Margetts finished with a time of 1:59.39, the eighth-best time in WSU history. Wetterstrom won a close race in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:17.58.

Junior's Elise Locke and Kendra Griffin both picked up nine points for the Cougars. Locke won the 200 butterfly when she touched the wall at 2:02.91. Griffin clocked the fastest time of 17:23.15 in the 1650 freestyle.

WSU closed the day with a win in the 400 freestyle relay. The team of Bursch, sophomore Hannah Bruggman, junior Haley Rose Love, and Brolin finished with a time of 3:27.03.

The Cougars return to the pool tomorrow, Saturday Jan. 30 at 11 a.m. to finish the remaining 12 events against Nebraska at Gibb Pool.