Swimming Seniors 2015-16
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Cougar Swimming Defeats Nebraska at Home

Washington State swimming captured 11 of 12 races on day two of the dual meet against the University of Nebraska, defeating the Cornhuskers 266-106.

After breaking a Gibb Pool record Friday with a win in the 200 IM , junior Addisynn Bursch tallied three wins for the Cougars on Saturday. In the 200 freestyle, Bursch touched the wall first at 1:51.88. She clocked a time of 51.20 in the 100 freestyle, picking up nine more points for WSU.  To close her standout meet, she won the 400 IM with a time of 4:25.18.

In the 100 breaststroke, seniors Frederikke Hall and Presley Wetterstrom finished first and second to close their final meet at home. Wetterstrom clocked a time of 1:04.92, placing her second. Hall finished at 1:04.76, to earn her final win at Gibb Pool.

Sophomore Anna Brolin added 18 points to the Cougars score with two wins in butterfly events. In the 100 fly, she finished at 55.86. She also touched the wall first in the 50 butterfly, with a time of 25.32.

Junior Kendra Griffin and freshman Jasmine Margetts both added another win after earning one on Friday. Griffin added to her 1650 freestyle win from Friday with a victory in the 500 freestyle, earning a time of 5:02.11. Margetts dominated the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.26, after a win in the 200 back on Friday.

Sophomore Hannah Bruggman added nine points to WSU's score with a first place finish in the 50 backstroke, clocking a time of 27.04.

WSU started and ended the day with relay wins. In the 200 medley relay, the team of junior Haley Rose Love, Hall, Brolin, and Bursch clocked a time of 1:44.42. To close the meet the team of Brolin, Love, Bruggman, and sophomore Anna Rosen dominated the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:34.34.

WSU returns to the pool when they travel to Salt Lake City, Utah to face the University of Utah on Saturday Feb. 13 in their last dual meet before the Pac-12 Championships in Federal Way, Wash. on Feb. 24-27.

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