Hawai‘i and San Jose State each won two of the five events in day two of the 2007 Western Athletic Conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, but Nevada racked up enough points in the finals of those events to maintain the lead in the four-day championship.

The night began with Hawai‘i’s Emma Berry and Northern Arizona’s Becky Triemstra earning the top two spots in the 500-yard freestyle.  Berry recorded a time of 4:54.71 while Triemstra swam a 4:59.16.  Nevada ‘s Danielle Maddock finished third with a time of 5:01.09. Northern Arizona had a total of four finalists in the event and took the lead in the championship after three events with 99 points.

In the 200 individual medley, Nevada recorded a one-two-three finish, with Margaret Doolitte taking the gold medal with an NCAA provisional time of 2:01.08. Nevada’s Summer Halwas-Morgan was second and posted a time of 2:04.32. The Wolf Pack’s Bobbie Lee Reese finished third and clocked a time of 2:05.73.  Nevada had a total of four finalists in the event and took the lead in the championship after four events with 156 points. With the medal sweep in the event, Nevada regained the lead in the championship with a total of 148 points aftet four events.

San Jose State senior Brie Marhenke took the gold in the 50 free with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 22.65. Marhenke also won the 50-yard freestyle event as a sophomore in 2006. Rachael Foe of Northern Arizona finished second with a time of 23.25, also an NCAA provisional qualifying time. In third was New Mexico State freshman Kelly Conrad, clocking a time of 23.73.

In a repeat of last year’s one-meter diving competition, Emma Friesen of Hawai‘i took the top spot in the event with 309.80 points, which qualifies as a NCAA provisional mark. Candice Minette of Nevada was second with 297.90 points, while Northern Arizona’s Danielle Borth grabbed the bronze with 297.30 points. Both Minette and Borth also achieved NCAA provisional qualifying marks, along with the rest of the top-eight finishers.

San Jose State won the final event of the day swimming a 1:33.76 in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team consisted of Marhenke, Lauren Mar, Meghan McCurley and Taryoln Robertson.

After two days of competition, Nevada remains in the lead with 246 points, while Northern Arizona moved into  second with 236. Hawai‘i is third with 200 points followed by San Jose State with 192, New Mexico State 171, Boise State 98, Idaho 94 and San Diego with 91.

Action continues tomorrow at Palo Alto College Natatorium in San Antonio, Texas with the 400 individual medley, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 3-meter diving and 400 medley relay. Prelims begin at 11:00 a.m. and the finals start at 6:30 p.m.