Day 1 Results
Day 2 Results
NEWBERG, Ore. — Harper Canessa won two individual events and was on a winning relay to headline the weekend for Pacific Lutheran University women's swimming team, helping the Lutes finish runner-up at the 2025 Bruin Invitational.
The Lutes scored 767 points across the two-day meet, placing second overall among the five-team meet and defeating a pair of Northwest Conference rivals. Host George Fox University won the meet with a score of 970. Southwestern Oregon Community College was 39 points behind the Lutes in third while conference rivals Willamette University (fourth- 649 points) and Pacific University (fifth- 255) rounded out the standings.
Harper Canessa tallied a pair of wins on day one on Saturday. The first-year won the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of two minutes, 26.48 seconds with teammate
Scout Hawkins placed second in 2:28.12. Canessa would cap off the night with a win as a member of the 400-yard medley relay, collaborating with
Emma Gassman,
Riley Maher, and
Karina Yevstifieieva to post a time of 4:01.89.
Gassman was runner-up in the 200-yard backstroke (2:10.21) and third in the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.41) while Yevstifieieva was second in the 100-yard freestyle (55.40). Maher was second in the 200-yard individual medley (2:13.97) while also getting a runner-up showing from
Hannah Testa in the 50-yard backstroke (29.95) and the 200-yard freestyle relay team (1:40.42).
PLU boasted two more champions on Sunday. Maher won the 400-yard individual medley in 4:48.78 with Hawkins third overall in 4:52.34. Harper claimed the top podium spot in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing in 1:06.52 with Testa third in 1:11.09.
Nishikawa was second in the 200-yard butterfly (2:16.11) while getting runner-up finishes from both the 200-yard medley relay (1:52.05) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:42.49).
The Lutes landed third place finishes from Yevstifieieva (50-yard freestyle in 25.03), Canessa (200-yard freestyle in 2:01.25) and Testa (50-yard breaststroke in 32.61).
Pacific Lutheran takes the rest of the calendar year off and will return to the pool on Jan. 9 with a dual against host University of Puget Sound and SW Oregon CC.
