Sixteenth-ranked Washington State swimming raced against No. 3 California, Friday at Gibb Pool. In the first eleven events of a two-day meet, the Golden Bears enter tomorrow’s 10 a.m. action leading 139-66.
Senior Presley Wetterstrom picked up Washington State’s win in the 100 breaststroke. Wetterstrom finished with a time of 1:04.62, followed closely by classmate Frederikke Hall at 1:04.66.
“I was proud of our breaststrokers, those are two seniors that worked hard, they started when the program was over 200 and now we’re in the top-25 in the country,” head coach Tom Jager said. “So for them to place first and second in the breaststroke, that’s a big deal.”
Wetterstrom added a second place finish in the 400 IM (4:28.18) and senior Michelle Berry finished in fourth at 4:33.03.
The Cougars started the day with a third place finish in the 400 medley relay, picking up two points for the team.
Junior Addisynn Bursch tallied eight points for the Cougars. She touched the wall second in both the 200 freestyle (1:51.86) and the 100 freestyle (51.49).
Junior Haley Rose Love picked up four points for the Cougars when she finished second in the 100 backstroke at 57.17. She also added two points with a fourth place finish the 50 freestyle (24.00).
Junior Elise Locke finished third in the 100 butterfly at 55.69, placing 10th on the WSU Top-10 list. Sophomore Anna Brolin finished second for the Cougars and fourth overall in the 100 butterfly at 56.81. Locke also picked up two points for the Cougars in the 200 freestyle.
Sophomore Hannah Bruggman had a pair of third place finishes, in the 100 freestyle at 52.31 and in the 50 freestyle at 23.94.
The Cougars earned a second and fourth place finish in the 500 freestyle. Junior Kendra Griffin finished second at 5:06.71 and redshirt freshman Jessica Marston at 5:09.00. Griffin also earned a third place finish in the 1000 freestyle, finishing first for the Cougars (10:23.79).
Rachel Thompson, Loree Olson and Linnea Lindberg all added one point to the Cougars score. Thompson got her point in the 200 freestyle (1:53.80), Olson in the 100 backstroke (58.17) and Lindberg in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.78).
In the final event of the day, both the Cougars and the Bears broke the Gibb Pool record in the 800 Freestyle. California won the event and set the record at 2:24.36. California also broke two other Gibb Pool records in the 400 medley relay (3:43.74) and in the 100 backstroke at 54.89.
Washington State returns to the pool tomorrow, Saturday Oct. 10, to finish the second half of the meet against California. The meet begins at 10 a.m. at Gibb Pool.
