RECORDS FALL FOR LOGGERS ON DAY TWO OF NWC CHAMPIONSHIPS
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Much to the delight of the Puget Sound Loggers, day two of the Northwest Conference Swimming Championships began much like day one ended as the Loggers swept the evening session-opening relays on Saturday at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash.
The Loggers women bettered their 2007 NWC winning time in the 200 Medley Relay, posting a time of 1:50.49 to hold off Whitworth by three-tenths of a second. On the men's side, Puget Sound swam a B-cut Qualifying mark of 1:34.45, a new championship meet record and the seventh-fastest time in Division III this season according to d3swimming.com, to collect the conference crown in the event.
Once the individual results began, the Loggers continued to swim well. In the women's 400 IM, Sarah Mirick (Chaska, Minn.) overcame nearly a one-second deficit over the final 50 yards to win with a time of 4:39.40.
The Loggers made some ground in the points race during the women's 100 Fly, as Kelsey Elizondo (Salt Lake City, Utah) and Mac MacAfee (Los Gatos, Calif.) finished third and fourth with times of 1:00.05 and 1:00.22 respectively.
In the 100 Breaststroke, the Loggers flexed their collective muscle. In the women's race, Amy Polansky (Melonomie, Wis.) won easily with a time of 1:07.59, tying the B-Cut Qualifying time. Teammate Kelley O'Dell (Golden, Colo.) took second with a time of 1:10.59.
On the men's side, the Loggers were just as dominant as the fraternal duo of Paul Hughes (University Place, Wash.) and Aaron Hughes (University Place, Wash.) finished one-two. Paul swam a 56.14 to set a new NWC record and post the second-fastest time in the nation, meeting the A-Cut Qualifying time by over three-tenths of a second. Aaron swam a 58.03 to meet the B-Cut Qualifying time.
In the final individual events of the evening, Leesa Cotton (Keizer, Ore.) put together a strong performance in the 100 Backstroke, finishing second with a B-Cut Qualifying time of 59.41. Jackson Kowalski (Keizer, Ore.) took second on the men's side, finishing with a time of 58.97, just 15 one-hundredths of a second behind Kevin Caple of Linfield.
Puget Sound swam its way to a second-place finish in the Women's 800 Freestyle Relay, posting a time of 8:03.10. Whitworth set a new meet record, finishing with a time of 7:45.45.
In the battle for the women's team championship, Whitworth strenghtened their lead slightly over the Loggers, picking up 294 points on day two to bring its cumulative total to 520. Puget Sound added 264 points on Saturday to pull to 472 total points. Lewis & Clark is a distant third with 281 points, followed by Whitman (274), Willamette (189), Linfield (176), Pacific Lutheran (149) and Pacific (100).
On the men's side, the Loggers picked up 211 points to make their two-day total 394 but Whitworth added 274.5 points for a cumulative total of 477.5 and an 83.5 point lead. Linfield is third with 329 points, followed by Whitman (321.5), Pacific Lutheran (253), Lewis & Clark (159), Willamette (117) and Pacific (111).
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