
FEDERAL WAY, Wash.- A pair of exciting finishes at the end
capped the first day of competition for the Puget Sound Loggers on
day one of the 2010 Northwest Conference Swimming Championships on
Friday at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal
Way, Wash. Puget Sound is in second place in both the men’s
and women’s standing following the first day of
competition.
In the first event, the Logger women battled with Whitworth for all
200 yards of the medley relay but the Pirates were nine
one-hundredths of a second faster as Puget Sound took second with a
time of 1:38.37. The Logger men got revenge in the next race as
Puget Sound collected their first conference title of 2010, winning
the men’s 200yd freestyle relay with a time of 1:25.38.
In the women’s 200yd IM, sophomore Maggie Smith (St. Paul,
Minn.) swam a 2:13.90 to earn a third-place finish. Puget Sound
also got a solid result in the women’s 50yd freestyle as
Katie Barton (Boise, Idaho) swam a quick race to take second with a
time of 24.60.
The Logger women wrapped up the first day of competition in fine
fashion, posting a B-cut qualifying time of 3:59.64 to win the
400yd medley relay. The defending champion Loggers sit comfortably
in second place following the first day of competition with 200
points. Whitworth is first with 236, followed by the Loggers, Lewis
& Clark (107), Whitman (101), Pacific (97), Linfield (74),
Willamette (73) and Pacific Lutheran (49).
The Logger men ended the day on a high note as well, posting an
impressive win the 400 medley relay with a B-cut qualifying time of
3:26.21, over two seconds faster than the NCAA provisional mark.
The Logger men are also in second place following the first day
with 180 points. Whitworth is first with 226 points, followed by
Puget Sound, Whitman (143), Linfield (113), Lewis & Clark (90),
Pacific Lutheran (77) and Pacific (63).
Day two of the NWC Championships will begin with preliminaries at
10:00 a.m. Day two finals are set for 6:00 p.m. at WKCAC.