The Washington women's swimming team picked up its second dual meet win of the season, defeating Ohio State, 167.5-121.5, on the road Friday afternoon. The Ohio State men defeated Washington, 172.5-121.5.
Freshman Ariana Kukors, who swims locally for the King Aquatic Club, continued her hot start to her Husky career, breaking two more school records.
Kukors swam the 200 IM in 1:57.91, besting her own previous school record of 1:58.36. Her time was good enough for first place, but the event was held as an exhibition. She also broke the UW school record in the 200 breaststroke, swimming it in a time of 2:13.07 for first place. The old record was 2:13.19, set by Rae Abbott in 1999.
Kukors, who now holds five school records, also won the 200 fly in a time of 2:00.23, good for fourth all-time at Washington.
Kim Jasmer and Erin Campbell both had outstanding performances for the Husky women. Jasmer won the 100, 200 and 500 freestyle events, while Campbell took first in the 100 and 200 back and the 100 fly.
Jasmer swam the third-fastest time in UW history (4:51.80) in winning the 500 free and the fifth-fastest time (1:49.48) in winning the 200 free. She won the 100 free with a time of 51.60.
Campbell, meanwhile, swam three times that rank in the UW Career Top 10. Her winning time of 56.15 in the 100 fly is good for seventh-best, her time of 2:02.78 in the 200 back is good for eighth-best and her time of 56.51 in the 100 back is ninth-best in UW history.
Emilee Jennings led a 1-2-3 sweep in the 50 free for the UW, winning in a time of 23.75. Samantha Dole (24.07) took second and Maggie Bever (24.17) finished in third. Jennings also took second in the 100 free (52.00).
The Huskies also went 1-2-3 in the 100 fly. After Campbell, Shandra Case finished in second (57.22) and Bever took third (57.23).
Jessica Buchanan won the 100 breaststroke for the Huskies with the ninth-fastest time in school history (1:04.25). She also took second in the 200 breast in a time of 2:17.32, which ranks seventh on the UW career list.
Ashley Daly (1000 free), Mary Patterson (100 back) and Maryann Boosalis (100 breast) also took home second place finishes for the UW women.
On the men's side, Ivan Perhat (50 and 100 free) and Scott Spansail (500 and 1000 free) were both double winners for the UW, while Andre Blyth won the 200 fly and Bret Lundgaard took first in the 100 fly in a time of 50.21.
The Huskies finished 1-2-3 in the 100 free with Perhat winning in a time of 45.69. Evan Bernier took second in a time of 46.04 and Ben Aaberg finished third with a time of 46.08.
Spansail won the 500 free with a time of 4:27.35 and took first in the 1000 free with a time of 9:16.39. Blyth won the 200 fly in a time of 1:49.62 and also took second in the 100 fly (50.29).
Aaberg in the 200 free (1:40.90), Russ Mahan in the 100 breast (56.71) and Henry Hudson in the 200 IM (1:53.96) all had second places finishes for Washington.
"We had a great meet today, both the men and the women," said UW head coach Whitney Hite. "We got great racing on both sides today and I'm extremely pleased with our effort."
Even though the Husky men lost, Hite was extremely happy with their performance.
"If you throw out the diving, the men didn't lose by that much. To swim that good against the fourteenth-ranked team in the nation, I was very happy."
Hite also praised his men’s 400 free relay team of Perhat, Bernier, Aaberg and Cohen that took first with a time of 3:02.25.
The Husky men and women do not field diving teams.
Washington returns to action tomorrow when they swim at Cincinnati at 7 p.m. PT. The Husky women are now 2-2 overall, while the UW men are 1-3 overall.
