THREE COUGS SET FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SEATTLE
Three Washington State swimmers head to Federal Way, Wash. for the 2025 NCAA Swimming Championships. Juniors Emily Lundgren and Dori Hathazi along with freshman Darcy Revitt will compete Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center. Thursday will see Lundgren compete in the 200 IM and Revitt compete in the 50 free, Friday will see Lundgren compete in the 100 breast and Saturday will see all three compete; Revitt in 100 free, Lundgren in 200 breast and Hathazi in 200 fly.

FOLLOW ALONG
The 2025 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships will be streamed on ESPN + and live results will be available at https://swimmeetresults.tech/NCAA-Division-I-Women-2025/

HATHAZI, LUNDGREN, REVITT SELECTED TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
For the second time in program history, Washington State Swimming had three selections to the NCAA Championships as juniors Dori Hathazi and Emily Lundgren, and freshman Darcy Revitt were all selected to the 2025 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Hathazi and Lundgren join Erin Eldridge (1998-2000) as the only Cougars to earn three trips to the NCAA Championships while Revitt gives WSU three selections for the second time in program history after Michaela Ahlin, Rugile Mileisyte and Elyse Peterson were selected in 2009.

Hathazi makes her third straight trip to the NCAA's, qualifying in the 200 fly after posting a 1:55.42 at the Art Adamson Invitational hosted by Texas A&M in November. The junior from Nyiregyhaza, Hungary earned All-Mountain West Conference honors in the 100 fly, 200 free and 200 fly after winning the 200 fly, finished fifth in the 200 free and sixth in the 100 fly. Hathazi also helped the 400 Medley Relay team to a conference title and the 400 free relay to a third-place finish.

Lundgren joins Hathazi at the NCAA Championships for the third straight year after qualifying in the 100 breast (59.45) and 200 breast (2:07.08), and will also swim the 200 IM (1:57.81). The junior from Chula Vista, Calif. was named the 2025 Mountain West Conference Championships Swimmer of the Meet after claiming individual titles in the 200 IM and 200 breast, and helped the 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay teams to titles. Lundgren tallied the second-most points in the meet also finished second in the 100 fly and helped the 200 free relay team finish second.

Revitt is the first Cougar freshman selected to the NCAA's after Hathazi and Lundgren both went as freshmen in 2023. The freshman from Guildford, England qualified in the 50 free (21.89) and 100 free (48.11) after winning a pair of individual titles in the 50 free and 100 free at the Mountain West Conference Championships where she was named the MWC Championships Co-Freshman of the Meet. Revitt also helped 200 medley relay to a conference title, led off the second-place 200 free relay team and anchored the 400 free relay team who placed third.

TEN COUGARS, FOUR RELAYS EARN ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONORS
Ten Washington State Swimmers and four relay teams received All-Mountain West Conference honors. At the 2025 Mountain West Conference Championships in Houston, the Cougars tallied five individual event titles and two relay titles en route to their best finish at a conference championships in program history, finishing fifth. The ten swimmers who earned All-Mountain West as individuals were Dori Hathazi, Ashlyn Hernandez, Hannah Huarte, Tatum Janning, Emily Lundgren, Anna Rauchholz, Darcy Revitt, Ariel Wang, Lauren Wille and Emma Wright. The four relay teams named All-MWC were the 200 medley (Rauchholz, Lundgren, Addyson Lewis), 400 medley (Rauchholz, Lundgren, Hathazi, Wright), 200 free (Revitt, Lundgren, Lewis, Wright) and 400 free (Wright, Angela Di Palo, Hathazi, Revitt.)

COUGARS MAKE HISTORY
WSU posted an 8-0 mark in dual meets this season, tying the program record for wins with eight (1978-79, 1979-80, 1996-97, 2001-02, 2015-16) while recording the first undefeated season in program history after the 1991-92 team went 5-0-1.

SIX POOL RECORDS FALL, COUGS BEAT IDAHO ON SENIOR NIGHT
Washington State notched six pool records in a 205-57 win over Idaho on senior night Jan. 31, improving to 7-0 for the first time in program history. WSU set pool records in the 400 medley relay and 200 free relay while junior All-American Emily Lundgren broke the 100 breast and 200 IM and freshman Darcy Revitt notched pool records in the 100 free and the opening 50 free of the 200 free relay. The Cougars claimed 13 of the 14 events. 

COUGARS FINISHED THIRD AT ART ADAMSON INVITE
Washington State closed out the Art Adamson Invite finishing in third place overall while the 400 free relay team broke the school record on the final day of the meet hosted by No. 22 Texas A&M in late November. WSU finished in third place, 145 points ahead of fourth-place Utah and just behind TCU while Texas A&M posted the win. Incarnate Word finished fifth.

COUGAR SWIMMING JOINS MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE
Washington State University Athletics entered into a conference affiliation agreement to have their baseball and women's swimming programs participate in the Mountain West Conference, it was announced April 16. The agreement began July 1, 2024. "Finding a home for our baseball and women's swimming programs has been a top priority for our athletic department and we appreciate the efforts of so many to get to this point," said WSU Interim Director of Athletics Anne McCoy. "This agreement offers both programs a competitive schedule in a west coast-based conference while providing a championship path for coming seasons.

LUNDGREN IS WSU'S FIRST ALL-AMERICAN SINCE 2007
Emily Lundgren capped her sophomore campaign earning the program's first All-American honor since 2007 after finishing 14th in the country in the 200 Breast at the 2024 NCAA Championships. In the morning prelims, Lundgren broke her own school record with a 2:07.30, besting the 2:07.44 she set at the Pac-12 Conference Championships. Lundgren's morning time tied for eighth-best in the country and came up just short in a "swimoff" for the eighth and final spot in the national final. The Chula Vista, Calif. native closed here season finishing 14th in the country to earn All-American Honorable Mention, WSU's first All-American swimmer since Erin McCleave in 2007. Fellow sophomore Dori Hathazi competed in the 200 fly for the second straight season and posted a 1:56.71 to finish No. 36 nationally. WSU tied for 40th in the country with Houston and Miami in the final point totals.

RUSSELL WHITAKER NAMED COUGAR SWIMMING HEAD COACH
Washington State University Athletics has tabbed Russell Whitaker to lead the Cougars' Women's Swimming program, Interim Director of Athletics Anne McCoy announced May 23. Whitaker has worked the past seven seasons as the Director of Operations and added assistant coach duties this past season. Since coming to WSU in 2017, Whitaker has been on staffs who have produced seven NCAA selections, four Top-3 finishers at the Pac-12 Conference Championships and one Pac-12 individual champion. 

"We couldn't be happier to name Russ Whitaker the new women's swimming head coach at Washington State University!," said McCoy. "Russ has been an incredibly important part of the success our team has had over the past seven seasons. Since joining WSU in fall 2017, he has worked with every aspect of WSU's swim program, in addition to being involved with the sport locally and nationally through USA Swimming. With Russ' unbridled enthusiasm, his commitment to student-athlete success in and out of the pool, and the respect he's earned from everyone around him including current and former student-athletes, the future of Cougar Swimming is bright."

"I am honored and humbled to begin the journey as the next Head Coach of Washington State University Swimming," said Whitaker. "I would like to thank President Kirk Schulz, Interim Director of Athletics Anne McCoy, and Deputy Director of Athletics Brad Corbin for entrusting this program to me and my vision for its future. Our work as a program begins now to build on our prior successes and continue to build momentum going into this new era of WSU Swimming. I look forward to finding individuals who are ready and eager to come to WSU and be a part of something bigger than themselves."

TYLOR MATHIEU NAMED COUGAR SWIMMING ASSISTANT COACH
Tylor Mathieu was named an assistant coach for the Washington State Swimming program, head coach Russell Whitaker announced June 20. Mathieu comes to Pullman after a standout swimming career at the University of Florida and working this past season as student manager for the Gator's men's and women's swimming and diving teams. Mathieu had a decorated swimming career at Florida where she was a six-time All-American, a four-time Academic All-American, helped UF to an SEC Championship in 2023 and competed at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 400 free, 800 free and 100 breast. Last season Mathieu worked with the Gator's men's and swimming's swimming and diving teams as a student manager where she organized team sponsored events while working with the director of operations and also assisted with the team's social media coverage. 

AUSTIN PILLADO NAMED COUGAR SWIMMING ASSISTANT COACH
Austin Pillado was named an assistant coach for the Washington State Swimming program, head coach Russell Whitaker announced July 2. Pillado comes to Pullman after working last season as an assistant coach on the National Champion Arizona State Men's Swimming and Diving Teams and working the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at Penn State. Pillado served as an assistant coach with the Arizona State Swimming program last season, which saw the women finish No. 24 nationally and the men claimed their first National Championship in program history. Pillado primarily trained the breaststroke group and assisted with the sprint group in Tempe. Pillado was able to work with some of the best athletes in the world, ranging from Simone Manuel, Ryan held, and Olivia Smoliga within the professional group at Arizona State.