Results
TACOMA, Wash. — Ten different Lutes won events on Thursday night as the Pacfic Lutheran University swimming programs knocked off the rust with an exhibition dual meet against the University of La Verne.
"This was a fun way for us to shake off the rust and get back into the groove of racing," said Head Coach Andrew LUm.
"We really enjoyed the energy La Verne brought and it was a good checkpoint for us in our conditioning phase of training. We look forward to another great block of work as we prepare for the gauntlet of NWC competition in November."
Tyler Tanaka,
Matt Jones, and
Emma Gassman headlined the night, each winning three events. That trio plus
Anna Haneda got the meet started with a bang, winning the mixed 200-yard medley relay in a time of one minute, 49.79 seconds.
Kei Nishikawa dominated the 300-yard freestyle in her Lute debut, touching the wall in 3:16.04 and owning an over five second lead on the rest of the field.
PLU stole the top two spots in the men's 50-yard backstroke with first-year
Vyron Domingo winning in 25.04 with fellow first year
Sebastian Arellano second in 27.16. Domingo later won the 100-yard freestyle in 49.96 with
Marshall Bataluna runner-up (53.28).
Jones took the top spot in the 50-yard breaststroke in 27.61 and blew away the competition in the 150-yard breaststroke, winning by a comfortable nine second margin in 1:38.81.
Harper Canessa won both breaststroke events in her first time in a Lute uniform, posting a winning effort of 31.77 in the 50-yard breaststroke and clocking a 1:49.53 to win the 150-yard breaststroke.
Gassman won the 150-yard butterfly in 1:42.77 while Tanaka won the event on the men's side in a time of 1:29.38. Gassman also won 150-yard backstroke in 1:40.32. Tanaka's third win came via the 50-yard butterfly, prevailing in 24.63 in a 1-2-3 Lute finish.
Anthony James earned top honors in the 50-yard freestyle n 22.71 while
Christian Georgi and
Emiliano Zuniga went 1-2 in the 100-yard individual medley. Georgi finished in 58.91 with Zuniga touching the wall in 1:01.09.
Hoskoo Amgalan was the top finisher in the 150-yard freestyle, edging out the Leopards' Jaden Feliciano by three tenths of a second, finishing in 1:23.03.
The Lutes open up the regular season on Nov. 1, heading to Newberg, Oregon for a dual meet with George Fox University.
