United Athletic Conference

Last Week
Fresno State defeated visiting Cal Poly, 180.5-88.5, on Dec. 15 in a meet featuring only sprints and diving. The Bulldogs placed two swimmers in the top three in all 15 events, claiming first in all but one. Freshmen Carol Wigginton and Melissa Johnson each recorded three first-place finishes, while diver Lindsey Paulekas won the one-meter event with an NCAA-qualifying score of 258.375. Paulekas also placed second in the three-meter event (222.15) and earned the Swimmer/Diver of the Meet award for her efforts.

U.S. Open Highlights
Several SMU swimmers posted solid times at the U.S. Open. Sophomore Georgina Lee set a short course school record in the 200-meter breast with a time of 2:09.00. The previous record of 2:09.92 was held by former standout Martina Moravcova, set in 1996. The 800 free relay team of Lotta Wanberg, Flavia Rigamonti, McCall Dorr and Lisa Wanberg set a meet record en route to a victory with a time of 8:06.04. Finally, the Mustangs took first and second place in the 400 medley relay, with the A team of Anu Koivisto, Julia Pomeroy, Lee and Lisa Wanberg touching in at 4:06.27 and the B team of Alenka Kejzar, Laura Bares, Dorr and Dallas Marshall finishing in 4:11.35.

Poll Position
SMU moved up to seventh in the poll released on Dec. 13. Rice dropped out of the top 25 after another idle weekend. For many WAC teams, the season goes into full swing after the winter break. The next poll will be released on Jan. 17, followed by Jan. 31, Feb. 14 and Mar. 7.

Splashes
Fresno State has placed in the top three in each of three invitationals this fall and is 4-2 in dual meet competition. At the UNLV Invitational the Bulldogs posted 62 season-best times and 26 top 10 finishes...Mandy Mularz was Rices only competitor at the Texas Inviational but her 16 points put the team in 11th place out of 14...Hawai`i junior Katie Seall swam a 10:36.46 in the 1000 free to rank on the Wahine all-time list. Teammate Morgan Hoesterey posted a provisional qualifying time of 1:02. 62 in the 100 breaststroke two weeks ago to rank 16th in the country.

50 Free
	5	Mandy Mularz, Rice	22.70	11/30
	25	Lisa Wanberg, SMU	23.33	11/29
100 Free
	17	Lisa Wanberg, SMU	50.26	12/02
200 Free
	9	Lotta Wanberg, SMU	1:47.71	12/01
500 Free
	6	Lotta Wanberg, SMU	4:45.13	11/30
	7	Flavia Rigamonti, SMU	4:45.60	11/30
	17	Georgina Lee, SMU	4:49.12	10/19
1000 Free
	2	Flavia Rigamonti, SMU	9:40.84	11/16
100 Back
	6	Anu Koivisto, SMU	54.70	11/30
	9	Alenka Kejzar, SMU	54.89	11/30
200 Back
	3	Alenka Kejzar, SMU	1:55.59	11/30
	4	Anu Koivisto, SMU	1:56.75	11/30
100 Breast
	16	Morgan Hoesterey, UH	1:02.62	12/09
200 Breast
	7	Alenka Kejzar, SMU	2:13.50	12/02
100 Fly
	4	McCall Dorr, SMU	54.17	12/01
	8	Anu Koivisto, SMU	54.39	12/01
	20	Georgina Lee, SMU	55.10	10/13
200 Fly
	2	Georgina Lee, SMU	1:55.58	12/02
	7	McCall Dorr, SMU	1:58.40	12/02
200 I.M.
	3	Alenka Kejzar, SMU	1:59.25	11/30
	7	Anu Koivisto, SMU	2:00.72	11/30
	16	Andrea Cassidy, SMU	2:02.16	11/30
400 I.M.
	2	Alenka Kejzar, SMU	4:09.95	12/01
	6	Andrea Cassidy, SMU	4:14.16	12/01

400 Medley Relay
	14	San Jose State	3:45.25	11/09
	16	SMU	3:45.93	11/02
200 Free Relay
	19	SMU	1:34.06	11/03
	22	Rice	1:34.44	11/03
400 Free Relay
	16	Rice	3:25.52	11/03
800 Free Relay
	12	SMU	7:27.00	11/02	

Previously in the WAC

December 15
Fresno State 180.5, Cal Poly 88.5

December 9
Oregon State 134, Hawai`i 97

November 30-December 1
Fresno State at UNLV Rebel Invitational-3rd/3, 588 pts.
Rice at Texas Invitational-11th/14, 16 points
San Jose State at Speedo Cup-10th/19, 278 points

Novermber 29-30
SMU at U.S. Open-NTS

November 28
San Jose State 119, LMU 86

Coming Up in the WAC

Competition resumes after the semester break.