Cougars Dominate Against UC Santa Barbara

Friday, September 29

Santa Barbara, CA

2:00 PM

Washington State University

141

121

UC Santa Barbara

September 30, 2017 | Swimming

WSU-UC Santa Barbara Results

The Cougars finished their California trip with a dominating 141-121 win over UC Santa Barbara on Friday.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Washington State swimming team completed their trip to California with a 141-121 victory over UC Santa Barbara Friday. Senior Hannah Bruggman had an outstanding performance for the Cougars, taking first in two individual events and two relays events. Junior Jasmine Margetts also finished with two individual wins.

Bruggman took first in the 100 free with a time of 52.20, nearly a half of a second faster than the second place finisher. She also took first in the 50 free with a time of 24.21. Bruggman swam anchor for the first place 200 Medley Relay team. Alongside teammates Emily Cook, Linnea Lindberg, and Anna Brolin, the Cougars swam to an impressive 1:44.46. Bruggman, Rachel Thompson, Ciera Kelly, and Sam Howell were also members of the 400 Free Relay team that took first with a time of 3:29.42.

Margetts finished the meet with two individual wins. She dominated in the 1000 free, clocking in at 10:15.77, seven seconds faster than second place. Her time also lands her on WSU Top-10 list, pposting the tenth fastest time in school history. Margetts' other win came in the 200 fly, where she finished with a dominating time of 2:03.89.

The freshmen had an outstanding showing for the Cougars, ending the meet with two individual first place finishes and two second place finishes. Pullman, Wash. native Taylor McCoy found herself in front in the 200 back when she clocked in at 2:02.04 for first place, just ahead of teammate Emily Cook who clocked in at 2:02.29 for second. Cook finished with a first place finish in the 100 back, clocking in at 56.08. Her time lands her on WSU Top-10 list, marking the tenth fastest time in school history in the event. Mackenzie Duarte finished second in the 200 breast with a time of 2:22.40, less than a half of a second behind first place.
"It was a great team win today" said head coach Tom Jager. "Every race was competitive. Jasmine (Margetts) started us off with a great distance race in the 1000 and I thought we got great production from each class," head coach Tom Jager said. "Ryan Falk had a great swim, the seniors had a great 1-2 finish by Hannah Bruggman and Rachel Thompson in the 100 free. Our freshman followed with a 1-2 finish by Taylor (McCoy) and Emily (Cook) in the 200 back. Nice team effort to finish the first trip 2-0."