FRESHMAN DUO HATHAZI, LUNDGREN SET FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Washington State women's swimming freshmen Dori Hathazi and Emily Lundgren head to Knoxville for the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships March 15-19, hosted by the University of Tennessee at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center.

HOW TO FOLLOW
The 2023 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships will be broadcast on ESPN+ and live results will available on the swimming schedule page on wsucougars.com.
The meet begins Wednesday but Lundgren will compete Friday and Saturday while Hathazi is schedule to race Saturday.

FRESHMEN DUO SELECTED TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
For the first time in program history, two Washington State freshmen swimmers are headed to the NCAA Women's Swimming Championships as freshmen Dori Hathazi and Emily Lundgren. It is the first time a Cougar freshman swimmer has earned a trip to the NCAA Championships and is the first time multiple WSU swimmers were selected since three went in 2009. Washington State Head Coach Matt Leach has now seen the Cougars have an NCAA participant in three straight seasons after Chloe Larson earned trips in 2020-21 and for the fourth time in the last five seasons after Mackenzie Duarte went in 2019. Dori Hathazi earned her spot in the NCAA's in the 200 fly after posting an NCAA "B" time 1:55.92 to finish seventh overall in the Pac-12 Conference Championships last weekend. Hathazi's time broke her own pervious school record and helped her earn a trip to Knoxville in her first collegiate season. The Nyiregyhaza, Hungary native owns four WSU Top-10 times this season, has posted eight individual wins along with the school record in the 200 fly as well as the Gibb Pool record in the 200 fly. Lundgren qualified in both the 100 and 200 breast after finishing third at the Pac-12 Championships in the 200 Breast with a WSU record 2:08.33 along with an NCAA "B" time in the 100 breast with a 1:00.78 at the Art Adamson Invite in Texas last November. The Chula Vista, Calif. native paced the team with 11 individual wins during the regular season, owns three WSU Top-10 times including school records in the 100 breast and 200 breast along with Gibb Pool records in the 100 breast and 200 breast.

WSU CLOSED CSCAA NIC WITH 400 FREE RELAY TITLE
Washington State closed the CSCAA National Invitational as champions! Just as importantly the Cougars broke a WSU school record and added another top-10 time. The tetrad of Noelle Harvey, Kirsten de Goede, Selena Duran, and Angela di Palo won gold and set a new WSU record in the 400 free relays with a 3.17:39. The record the crew broke was previously set two weeks prior at the Pac-12 Championships. During the finals, Kiana Swain improved her 200 back time to remain fifth in WSU's all-time top-10 time at 1:57.54. During the morning preliminaries four Cougs made finalist times to return for evening sessions. Angela Di Palo had a standout swim and qualified second at 49.73 in the 100 free. Selena Duran Oritz maintained her momentum from yesterday and qualified eighth in the 100 free at 50.01. Noelle Harvey took the twelfth spot in the 200 back with a finalist time of 1:59.21. 





EMILY LUNDGREN PLACES THIRD, THREE WSU RECORDS FALL AT PAC-12'S
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. Lundgren 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.

COUGS SET SIX POOL RECORDS, SWEEP IDAHO ON SENIOR NIGHT 
WSU Women's Swim team set five pool records to sweep Idaho on senior night. The Cougars posted the fastest time in all 14 races marking the 26th time WSU has recorded a win over the Vandals in series history. The 200-medley relay team of Anna Rauchholz, Hailey Grotte, Kaya Takashige, and Selena Duran set the first Gibb Pool record of the night followed by Angela di Palo, Emily Lundgren, and the 400 relay team. Senior captain Jewel Springer made a splash by recording a top-10 time in the 400 IM. 

WSU KNOCKED OFF NORTHERN COLORADO 
WSU locked in a victory after claiming 12 out of 14 events in a 144-104 sweep over Northern Coloradol. Freshman Anna Rauchholz had a standout meet; she picked up her first two career wins in the 100 and 50 back to earn 18 points for the Cougars to help defeat the Bears. Sophomore Noelle Harvey also swept two meets in the freestyle and made her sixth career win in the 50 free to touch the wall with a 24.24 time. She additionally claimed first place in the 500 free and secured 18 points for WSU. Freshman Emily Lundgren claimed two wins, freshman Dori Hathazi recorded a win in the 200 free, junior Kaya Takashige ended the meet with her first win of the season in the 100 IM and junior Hailey Grotte also tallied her first win of the season with a sweep in the 200 IM.


 

COUGS CLAIM FOUR RACES AGAINST CAL
Freshman Emily Lundgren continued her impressive start to her Cougar career, posting two wins against Cal after claiming the 100 and 200 breast. Fellow underclassman, Noelle Harvey claimed her first conference win this season in the 200 back. Freshman from Hungary, Dori Hathazi, swam competitively in her first conference meet to post a win in the 400 IM.
 
WHITAKER SELECTED TO WORK USA SWIMMING NATIONAL SELECT CAMP
Washington State Women's Swimming Director of Operations Russell Whitaker was selected to be one of two USA Swimming National Select Camp Managers. In this position, Whitaker oversaw the training of a five-member coaching staff along with the day-to-day activities of 51 future Olympians who were selected to attend the USA National Select Camp. The opportunity was one that the Wyoming swimming alum was honored to receive and hopes to be selected to coach and manage future National Select Camps. The three lessons Whitaker took from the experience are to always make sure that athlete's voices are heard and listened to, how to set a positive team culture and to learn to collaborate with coaches that have new ideas. 

2023 FRESHMEN MAKES WAVES 
Dori Hathazi is from Nyiregyhaza, Hungary and was rated a No. 22 recruit in the world for the 2022 class and is the Hungarian Short Course National Champion in the 200 fly. Hathazi made history at the Crimson & Gray Intrasquad when she beat Gibb Pool Record in the 200 fly, previously held by fellow Hungarian three-time gold medalist, Katinka Hosszu's, who set the record in 2011 while swimming for USC. Hathazi also set the WSU record in the 200 fly. Freshman out of Chula Vista, Calif., Emily Lundgren was a No. 12 recruit out of California due to her impressive results at the USA Swimmimg IMX games. Lundgren continues to bring strength and power to her college swimming carreer as she ha tallied six career wins including five in the 100 breast and holds WSU records in the 100 breast and 200 breast. 

COUGS IMPRESS IN THE CLASSROOM
Five Cougars earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honors last season. Senior Chloe Larson received first-team honors while senior Lauren Burckel, freshman Noelle Harvey, senior Taylor McCoy and freshman Sophie Macy each received second-team accolades. The five CSCAA Scholar All-America selections were the most in program history. To qualify for First-Team Scholar All-America, student-athletes earned a minimum GPA of 3.5 and participated in their national championship.  Second-Team selections also earned a 3.50 GPA or higher and achieved a "B" time standard for the national championship or participated at a diving zone qualification meet. The Cougars posted a 3.58 team semester GPA in the spring to earned the team honor the twelfth straight semester including all eight under head coach Matt Leach and for the 22nd time in program history. WSU's 3.58 team GPA featured eight 4.0 and 19 student-athletes with a 3.0 or better during the semester. The 3.58 team GPA was the third-highest among all Pac-12 Conference teams. Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA), is the nation's first organization of college coaches. The mission of the CSCAA is to advance the sport of swimming and diving with coaches at the epicenter of leadership, advocacy, and professional development.