Cougar Swimming Cruises Past Northern Arizona

Thursday, November 3

Pullman, Wash.

5:00 PM

Washington State University

129

Northern Arizona

November 03, 2016 | Swimming

Results

By: Washington State Athletics

PULLMAN, Wash. – For the second-straight meet the Washington State swim team recorded a victory at Gibb Pool. The Cougars hosted Northern Arizona Thursday, defeating the Lumberjacks, 129-70. WSU recorded top times in all 11 events and Freshman Ryan Falk led the way with two wins en route to the victory.

Falk continued her impressive freshman campaign by contributing 18 points to the Cougars' total. The Portland, Ore., native took first place in the 1000 free with a time of 10:20.76, and later added a first place finish in the 500 free touching the wall in 5:00.02.

The Cougars started the meet with a splash, taking the top spot in the 400 medley relay. The team of Jasmine Margetts, Angela Mavrantza, Anna Brolin and Hannah Bruggman clocked a 3:48.94.

Bruggman notched a win in the 100 free with a 51.66, just ahead of teammate Haley Rose Love who finished second, touching in 52.18. Love recorded her first win of the season with an impressive performance in the 50 free, clocking a time of 23.95.

Senior Addisynn Bursch added a victory in the 200 IM with a time of 2:05.84, out-touching Margetts (2:07.03) and Taylor Shewchuk (2:16.27) for the top spot. In the 200 back, Margetts took first place with a 2:01.29, followed by senior Jessica Marston in second place touching in 2:07.07.

Washington State also garnered first place finishes in the 200 free and 200 fly. Junior Rachel Thompson finished the 200 free in 1:52.85, out-touching Northern Arizona's Kimmy Richter by .10 seconds. Senior Elise Locke secured the top spot in the 200 fly with a time of 2:02.01. Mavrantza notched her fourth win of the season with an impressive performance in the 200 breast, touching the wall in 2:19.81.

Washington State next travels to Columbus, Ohio to compete at the Ohio State Invitational. The invite will begin on Friday Nov. 18 and end on Sunday Nov. 20.