Washington State University swimming travels to Federal Way, Wash. to compete in the Pac-12 Championships...the events will take place in the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center and competition begins on Wednesday Feb. 24 and will continue through Saturday Feb. 27...the events will be all day.
Pac-12 Conference Schedule of Events
Wed., Feb. 24
10:30 a.m.
Preliminaries/Time Standard Trials
Men's 3 Meter Prelim
1 p.m.
Women's 1 Meter Prelim
Women's 1 Meter Final (15 minutes following prelim)
6 p.m.
Finals/Time Standard Trials
200 Medley Relay
Men's 3 Meter Final (after completion of swimming)
800 Freestyle Relay
Thurs., Feb. 25
11 a.m.
Preliminaries/Time Standard Trials
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
Women's 3 Meter Prelim (after completion of swimming)
3 p.m.
Men's 1 Meter Prelim
Men's 1 Meter Final (15 minutes following prelim)
6 p.m.
Finals/Time Standard Trials
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
Women's 3 Meter Final
200 Freestyle Relay (timed finals)
Fri., Feb. 26
11 a.m.
Preliminaries/Time Standard Trials
400 Individual Medley
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
Men's Platform
6 p.m.
Finals/Time Standard Trials
400 Individual Medley
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
Men's Platform
400 Medley Relay (timed finals)
Sat., Feb. 27
11 a.m.
Preliminaries/Time Standard Trials
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
Women's Platform Prelim
4 p.m.*
1650 Freestyle
6 p.m.
Finals/Time Standard Trials
1650 Freestyle (fastest heat)
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
Women's Platform Final (during 45-minute swim break)
400 Freestyle Relay (timed final
COUGARS EARN NO. 38 NATIONAL RANKING
Washington State is ranked No. 38 by CollegeSwimming.com...WSU was ranked the highest in school history in the initial rankings at No. 16...the Cougars are one of seven Pac-12 teams ranked and appear ahead of Utah (47).
LAST TIME OUT
Washington State completed their dual meet schedule with a 149-145 win against the University of Utah on Saturday Feb. 13...the Cougars overcame a 32-point hole after diving events, because WSU does not compete in these events...two Cougars picked up 18 individual points for the team when they collected two wins...junior Addisynn Bursch captured her two wins the 200 IM and the 200 freestyle...in the freestyle, she finished with a time of 1:52.07 and in the IM she clocked the fastest time of 2:04.35...freshman Jasmine Margetts was the second Cougar to pick up two individual wins...Margetts won her races in the backstroke events...in the 100, she touched the wall first at 56.26 and in the 200, she finished first at 2:01.11...the Cougars swept two events, the 50 freestyle and the 500 freestyle...in the 50, junior Haley Rose Love captured first place with the best time of 23.93, followed by teammates Hailey Johnson (24.01) and Hannah Bruggman (24.02)...in the 500, sophomore Rachel Thompson earned first place with a time of 5:06.51, followed by junior Kendra Griffin at 5:08.24, and junior Elise Locke placing third at 5:08.97...three more Cougars picked up individual wins...Griffin finished first in the 1000 freestyle at 10.30.11...sophomore Anna Brolin clocked the fastest time in the 100 fly at 56.03...Locke picked up a win in the butterfly with a time of 2:03.51...the close meet came down to the last event, the 400 freestyle relay...the Cougars took second and third place to put them over the Utes...the team of Thompson, Anna Rosen, Penny Nichols, and Ciera Kelly finished second with a time of 3:31.41...for third place, the team of Johnson, Talisa Wibmer, Michelle Berry and Linnea Lindberg finished at 3:32.92.
MARGETTS, WETTERSTROM OLYMPIC TRIAL QUALIFIERS
Last summer, two Cougars qualified for the U.S. Olympic Time Trials...freshman Jasmine Margetts competed at the U.S. Junior Nationals...Margetts, a Torrance, Calif. native, re-qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200 fly after posting a time of 2:14.84, finishing No. 12…senior Presley Wetterstrom qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trial in the 200 breaststroke last June in Santa Clara, Calif…the Colfax, Calif. native swam a time of 2:34.02 in the 'B' final to finish14th overall...both swimmers will travel to Omaha, Neb. for the trials set for June 26-July 3, 2016...the team trial is the sole qualifier for swimmers hoping to earn a spot on the USA Swimming Olympic Team that will compete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
