MOSCOW, Idaho -- The Idaho swimming and diving team (5-4, 3-4 WAC) competes in its final regular season meet of the season, welcoming Washington State to the Idaho Swim Center on Saturday, February at 10 a.m. for Senior Day. The action will be streamed live on the
Idaho Vandals Facebook page.
Head Coach Mark Sowa and his staff will honor nine seniors as they make their final appearance in the UI Swim Center -
Jennifer Conger (Meridian, Idaho),
Hailey Faith (Everett, Washington),
Zoe Froh (Burnaby, B.C., Canada),
Emily Mack (Spring, Texas), Bella Maclean-Cariello (Lakewood, Calif.),
Jamie Morgan (Houston, Texas),
Haily Oldham (Lake Oswego, Ore.),
Emma Stahl (Fort Collins, Colo.), and
Maddie Timm (Mesa, Arizona).
Along with honoring eight upperclassmen, Vandal Athletics will be handing out an Idaho Swim and Dive tumbler to the first 100 fans in attendance.
LAST TIME OUT
The Vandals fell to Utah Tech, 155-104 on the road in their final conference meet of the season on Jan. 20. Despite the defeat, Idaho took home three first-place finishes.
UI swept the top three positions in the 200-yard freestyle, led by a first-place finish from
Isabelle Borke at 1:55.38.
Rylie Jones and
Grace Ruble followed in second (1:56.97) and third (1:57.00).
Ella Haskins was dominant yet again in freestyle, earning back-to-back victories in the 50 (24.01) and 100 free (52.42).
IN THE WAC
Freshman Ginger Keifer and Junior
Ella Haskins remain in the top five rankings in their respective events in the Western Athletic Conference. Kiefer ranks first in the 400 IM and third in the 200 back while Haskins places fourth in the 100 free.
ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE
Washington State is coming into the meet with a 0-4 record after falling in conference meets to No. 23 UCLA (109-153), No. 11 California (81-179), No. 10 Stanford (65-117) and No. 4 USC (104.5-133.5). The Cougs close conference play against Utah on Friday, Feb. 2 in Pullman.
ORDER OF EVENTS VS. WSU
3 meter
200 Medley relay
1000 free
200 free
100 back
100 breast
200 fly
50 free
1 meter
100 free
200 back
200 breast
500 free
100 fly
10 minute break
200 IM
400 free relay
UP NEXT
The Vandals will use the remainder of the month to prepare for the WAC Championships, set to take place from February 28 to March 2 in Pharr, Texas.
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