Pullman, Wash.- The University of Utah women's swimming team was topped today in its last meet of the regular season by the Washington State Cougars, 151-111.
"That was a really tough meet (today)," said Utah head coach
Joe Dykstra. "We dug ourselves a huge hole by getting touched out repeatedly. Then we fought back to nearly tie it up before losing a couple close races to finish it off a bit short. My hat is off to Washington State. They swam really fast today."
In a close race,
Jordan Anderson took the top spot in the 200 fly, touching in at 2:01.52. She beat out Washington State's Elise Locke by 24-hundredths of a second. Anderson also claimed second in the 500 free (4:59.36) and in the 400 IM (3:26.71).
Julienne Tadena claimed the top spot in the 100 free for the Utes, winning with a time of 51.48.
In the 200 breast, the Utes catered the top two spots.
Stina Colleou took first with a time of 2:15.96 with
Genevieve Robertson following in second (2:16.34). Robertson also took second in the 100 breast (1:03.46) while Colleou took third (1:04.84).
The Ute quartet of
Shayla Archer, Robertson,
Kristine Pataray and Gillian St.John were second in the 200 medley relay (1:43.22).
Dorien Butter,
Sarah Lott, Tadena and St. John also took second in the 400 free relay (3:26.71).
Other second-place finishes were turned in by Lott in the 200 free (1:51.90),
Mallori Allen in both the 100 back (57.89) and 200 back (2:05.00) and Pataray in the 50 free (23.99).
Up next for the Utes are the Pac-12 Championships that will run Feb. 22-25 in Federal Way, Wash.