FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (February 25, 2023) – Washington State freshman
Emily Lundgren placed third in the 200 breast and the Cougars broke three school records on the final day of the Pac-12 Conference Championships Saturday.
Lundgren, a freshman from Chula Vista, Calif., started her day by placing fourth in the prelims before breaking her own school record in the 200 breast in the evening session with a 2:08.33. Lundren is the first Cougar to medal at the conference championships since
Chloe Larson won the 50 free in the 2021 championships.
Fellow freshman
Dori Hathazi also posted a WSU record, breaking her own mark in the 200 fly with a 1:55.92, good for seventh place in the Pac-12.
The third school record to fall during the day came in the meet's final event as the 400 free relay team of
Angela Di Palo,
Noelle Harvey,
Hailey Grotte and
Selena Duran posted a 3:17.76, good for seventh in the conference.
In the morning prelims,
Kiana Swain earned a spot in the evening "C" final after recording a 1:57.80 in the 200 back, the fifth-fastest time in program history,
Angela Di Palo also earned a spot in the "C" final after posting a 49.42 in the 100 free, the third-fastest time in WSU history while
Selena Duran also posted a Top-10 time in the 100 free with a 49.62 good for fourth in program history. In addition to Lundgren finishing fourth in the 200 breast morning prelims,
Alexandra Vartiainen also earned a spot in the "C" final with a 2:14.98. In the 200 fly morning prelims, Springer joined Hathazi in the evening session after posting a 2:02.78, good for the tenth-fastest time in program history and a spot in the "C" final.
Freshman
Lauren Wille opened the evening session with a couple WSU Top-10 times in the 1650 after finishing tenth in the Pac-12 with a 16:39.59, good for the third-fastest 1000 time in program history and the fourth-fastest 1650 time. Swain improved on her 200 back time with a 1:57.62 in the evening, good for the fifth-fastest time in WSU history and Springer improved on her prelim time with a 2:02.13 in the evening "C" final, good for ninth-fastest in program history.
