Schedule
Sat., Dec. 15
UC Santa Barbara at CSUB, Bakersfield, Calif.
Northern Colorado at Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo.
WAC NOTES
CSU Bakersfield (3-0)
Freshman Michaela Paige broke her second school record the weekend at the Arena Invitational on the final day of competition ... Paige went 2:03.05 in the 200 butterfly preliminaries to lower her own school mark ... in the finals, Paige came in 12th ... Delise Batiza finished 15th in the 1650 freestyle in the third quickest time in school history, 17:28.47 ... her 1000 split of 10:28.75 was also the third fastest in school history ... as a team CSUB finished 12th (204). Cal won the team race (1168.5). The Roadrunners are scheduled to compete against UC Santa Barbara on Dec. 15 at the Hillman Aquatics Complex.
Denver (4-1)
As a team, the Pioneer women finished fifth with 330.5 points at the Iowa Invite ... DU fell to No. 22 Michigan (876.5), Nebraska (670), Iowa (559.5) and Northwestern (472.5), and defeated Washington State (278), Wisconsin-Milwaukee (230) and No. 21 Notre Dame (96) ... sophomore Samantha Corea took first in the 200 backstroke with a school-record and NCAA "B" standard time of 1:53.76 ... freshman Tyra Rooney took sixth in the 1650 Freestyle (16:47.22) ... while senior Tia Totura finished eighth in the 200 Butterfly (2:02.48) ... the Pioneers will return to action Friday Dec. 21, when they travel to Florida Atlantic.
Idaho (3-3)
University of Idaho sophomore Rachel Millet added two more Vandal records to her cache at the AT&T Winter Nationals at Austin, Texas ... in addition to the 100 butterfly record she broke on Friday, she added the 100 freestyle with her time of 50.26 ... also for Idaho, Kelsie Saxe was clocked in 2:20.54 in the 200 breaststroke ... Jamie Sterbis was timed in 2:02.38 in the 200 butterfly ... the Vandals will take a break and resume competition on Jan. 19 against New Mexico State.
New Mexico State (2-3)
In its first WAC meet of the season, the New Mexico State swimming and diving team suffered a 176-116 loss at Northern Arizona ... sophomore Jessica Legge led the way for the Aggies with a victory in the 100-meter breaststroke ... junior Tricia Kiss scored for the Aggies with a pair of runner-up finishes in the 100 backstroke and 200 breaststroke ... senior Terrin Seaver recorded a second-place finish in the 200 backstroke and third-place showing in the 50 freestyle.
North Dakota (4-4)
The University of North Dakota women's swimming and diving team swam in its last home meet of the season with a 172-123 win over Northern Iowa at the Hyslop pool on Senior Day ... UND had great success in the 200 yard Individual Medley with each of the swimmers placing in the top four ... Caitlin Quon led the way with a time of 2:10.57 ... Quon also had first-place finishes in the 1000 yard freestyle (10:27.07) and the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:27.95 ... Ali Church had multiple first-place finishes in the 200 yard freestyle (1:57.50) and the 500 yard freestyle (5:15.53) ... diver Rachel Waldbillig won the 1-meter and finished second in the 3-meter ... North Dakota will return to the pool on January 5, 2013 in Fort Myers, Fla.
Northern Arizona (4-2)
NAU opened the meet with a Wall Aquatic Center record in the 200 medley relay and senior Fi Connell broke her own pool record in the 200 backstroke as the Lumberjacks won 14 of 16 events en route to a 176-116 win over WAC foe New Mexico State ... Connell won two individual swimming events as did junior Rachel Palmer and freshman Ellie Morrissey while senior Kristy Ardavanis won both diving events ... Morrissey continued her freshman campaign by winning both sprint events by significant margins ... she took the 50 freestyle in 26.66 before winning the 100 free in 58.26, touching just .11 seconds past the pool record time ... NAU is now 4-2 in dual meets this season, including a 3-0 mark at home.
Northern Colorado (0-2)
The Bears won the Mutual of Omaha Invitational with 1,575 points, while the host Mavericks were second with 1,148.5 points ... The highlight of the meet for the Bears had to be the 200 medley relay team consisting of juniors Courtney Van Oost and Gina Riggle, along with freshmen Jenny LaPorte and Kylie Rathbone ... the quartet combined for a school record time of 1:46.01, breaking the previous mark of 1:46.15 set in 2011 ... Freshman Kelsey Smith and senior Sara Moldenhauer placed first and second, respectively on the 3-meter board ... Smith scored 232, while Moldenhauer tallied 227.80 ... LaPorte continued her stellar weekend, finishing second in the 200 fly with her 2:10.71.
San Jose State (2-1)
Following its fifth-place finish at the Arena Invitational in Long Beach, Calif., San Jose State University is ranked 23rd nationally in the second Endless Pools Top 25 Division I Women's Swimming and Diving poll for the 2012-13 season ... the Spartans were ranked 25th in the first poll of the season ... San Jose State's fall season is complete ...the Spartans begin the second half of their season, January 4 in a double dual meet with Cal State Bakersfield and Northern Colorado in Bakersfield.
Seattle U (0-4)
The Seattle University women's swim team concluded the fall portion of its schedule as the 64th annual Husky Invitational ... Kevlyn Richards finished in 14th place in the morning preliminaries of the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:22.59 ... Dilynn D'Agostino finished in 21st place in 2:23.76 ... Richards was the top Redhawk in the 100 freestyle preliminaries, finishing in a tie for 111th place with a time of 54.91 seconds ... the Seattle University women's swim team will next compete against Whitworth University Saturday, Jan. 12, starting at 1 p.m. at the Connolly Center Pool.