FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- Seven more records fell and the team championship races remained tight on the second night of competition at the 2009 Northwest Conference Swimming Championships on Saturday night at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington. Click here for complete Saturday results
Whitworth’s men, aiming for a seventh straight NWC title, hold a slim 17 point lead over Puget Sound (476-459). The UPS women, whose 11-year championship run was ended by Whitworth last winter, moved in front of the Pirates on Saturday by 11.5 points (529.5 – 518). Michael Woodward of Whitworth broke the meet record in the 200-yard freestyle in the morning heats with a time of 1:40.62, then won the event in the evening with a time of 1:41.09. Tom Radtke was third for the Bucs in 1:44.87. Woodward and Radtke then led Whitworth to a meet-closing win in the 800-yard freestyle relay in a time of 6:58.10. Jay Jones of Pacific Lutheran swept the meet’s individual medley events by taking the 400-yard distance today in a winning time of 4:07.74. He won the 200-yard distance last night. Whitworth’s Quinton Darling took second in the event in 4:14.03. Dominic Rieniets, a junior from Linfield, won his third consecutive 100-yard butterfly with a time of 50.04. Rieniets broke his own all-time NWC record in the morning preliminary heats with a time of 49.47. Justin Brandler was fifth for the Pirates in 52.62. Puget Sound’s Paul Hughes raced to a win in the 100-yard breaststroke for the fourth consecutive season, winning in 56.45 and just edging Whitworth’s Rory Buck (57.23). Jackson Kowakski gave UPS a win in the 100-yard backstroke, leading a 1-2 Logger finish with a time of 51.56. Kowalski and Hughes led UPS to a record-breaking win in the meet’s opening 200-medley relay with a mark of 1:32.00, breaking the previous all-time mark of 1:33.84 set by Whitworth at the 2003 NCAA Division III championships. Whitworth was third in 1:40.09. The complete men’s team scores through Saturday’s events are: Whitworth 467, Puget Sound 459, Whitman 359, Pacific Lutheran 259, Linfield 248, Pacific 147, Lewis & Clark 133, Willamette 103. Puget Sound grabbed control of the women’s meet with dominating depth in the 100 butterfly. While Whitworth’s Ashley Lecoq won in 57.39, UPS placed 2nd through 5th and 8th to outscore the Pirates by 60 points in that event.
The Loggers opened the meet by smashing the all-time record in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:46.93, breaking the previous record of 1:47.54 set by UPS at the 2002 NCAA championships. Whitworth was second in 1:50.34. In addition to Lecoq’s win, Whitworth got individual victories from Yasmeen Kheshgi and Natalie Turner. Both juniors, Kheshgi won for the first time in her career by taking the 400-yard individual medley in 4:37.09. Kara Fisher was third in the 400 I.M. in 4:41.69. Turner on the other hand, won the 200 freestyle for the third straight season. Her time of 1:50.58 broke her own all-time NWC record of 1:51.75 set at last season’s NCAA Championships. Christine DeHaven came from behind to finish second in 1:55.97. Sierra Phillips of UPS added a win in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:06.10. Brenda Foster was second (1:07.32) and Amy Gray was fourth (1:08.10) for the Bucs. Rose Hollingsworth of Linfield earned her third straight title in the 100-yard backstroke, with an all-time record of 56.70. Whitworth’s Brittany Gresset moved up in the final lap to finish second in 58.39. Whitworth’s Fisher, DeHaven, Lecoq and Turner closed the meet with a new all-time record in the 800 freestyle relay (7:38.59), bettering the previous record of 7:39.78 set at last season’s NCAA meet. The meet will conclude on Sunday with preliminary heats kicking off at 10:00 a.m. and the championship finals beginning at 5:00 p.m. Go to Athletics Home Page > Swimming > Sports Releases > |
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