Results
TACOMA, Wash. — The Pacific Lutheran University women's swimming team won 10 events on Saturday afternoon, overpowering Northwest Conference rival Pacific University 139-36 inside the PLU Pool in the Lutes' penultimate dual meet of the season.
The Lutes (5-4, 4-3 NWC) had a photo finish in the opening race of the day with the PLU B team edging the PLU A team by 0.16 seconds in the 400-yard medley relay. It was
Makenzie Chan-Orcutt,
Anna Matisons,
Annika Eisele, and
Jessica Lee taking the win, finishing in four minutes, 33.09 seconds with
Jessica Ordaz,
Riley Maher,
Jersey Razzano, and
Michelle Owen a split second behind in second place with a time of 4:33.25
Makenzie Chan-Orcutt logged the top time in the 1,000-yard freestyle as an exhibition swimmer, touching the wall in 12:47.45 with
Michelle Owen winning the event in 14:38.42.
Sidney Chan-Orcutt took top honors in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing in 2:06.70 with teammate
Riley Maher in second in 2:07.81.
Ordaz won the 50-yard freestyle for the second straight day, surging to the win in 25.80 before
Jessica Lee blew away the competition in the 200-yard individual medley, earning a 33-second victory in 2:37.94.
Eisele won the 200-yard butterfly in 2:24.80 with
Makenzie Chan-Orcutt runner-up in 2:33.44 while
Emma Gassman won the 200-yard backstroke in 2:17.18 with Razzano runner-up with a time of 2:27.84.
Ordaz was back in the winner's circle after securing a comfortable win in the 500-yard freestyle. The senior finished in 5:42.13 with Owen snagging second place in 6:57.53.
Eisele came up with her third event win in the 200-yard breaststroke, edging teammate
Anna Matisons by 0.44 seconds to secure the victory in 2:41.03.
PLU closed out the afternoon with a 1-2 finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Sarah Yew,
Melissa Zuniga,
Makenzie Chan-Orcutt, and
Sidney Chan-Orcutt took top billing in 4:07.29 with
Riley Maher, Gassman, Lee, and
Alisa Sokolova finishing a second back in 4:08.72.
"While it's not an easy task to get in the racing mindset knowing the hurdles that Pacific was dealing with leading into the meet, we found some very creative ways to have a rock solid competition against the Boxers, and each other," said Head Coach
Andrew Lum.
"We're fortunate to flex into some newer events today for everyone, and we had a fun time with some close races. It goes to show that the Lutes will get up and game no matter who's in the other lanes. This was great preparation for our final dual meet, and senior meet, against crosstown rival UPS next week."
The Lutes are back in the water next Saturday for their final dual meet of the year, taking on crosstown nemesis University of Puget Sound. Action inside the PLU Pool is slated to get underway at 1 p.m.
