Boise State finished with 835 points to win the title. Hawai'i turned out to be their closest challenger with 577, followed by NAU (535), San Jose State (499), New Mexico State (405), Nevada (326), Fresno State (276) and Idaho (213).
Here is how they did it.
(From earlier tonight) Only a flurry of upsets will stop Boise State from repeating as WAC Champions and getting the Broncos' second conference championship of the day.
Jennifer Cahill did well in the 1650-yard freestyle, placing third.
Event 15 Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Seed Finals
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1 Mi, Mengjiao SO Nevada 10:14.73 16:35.57
2 Lowther, Emma FR NAU 10:21.97 16:39.56
3 Cahill, Jennifer SO Boise St 10:20.83 16:51.62
4 Maier, Krista JR NAU 10:27.24 16:54.72
5 Myers, Melissa FR Hawaii 10:21.90 17:02.90
6 Gray, Madison JR Boise St 10:23.76 17:08.25
7 Friedhoff, Amy SO SJSU 10:22.45 17:10.20
8 Landeck, Vivian SR NAU 10:34.41 17:13.91
We knew Boise State would do well in the200-yard backstroke with fourentries in the final. Senior Denise Green touched in 1:58.74 to take
second while Lily Donohue was fourth for Coach Hill. Both Fi Connell
of Northern Arizona and Green swam NCAA provisional times.
1 Connell, Fi SO NAU 1:59.20 1:57.05
2 Green, Denise SR Boise St 1:59.30 1:58.74
3 Kiss, Tricia FR NM State 2:00.81 2:00.05
4 Donohue, Lily SO Boise St 2:00.76 2:00.27
5 Gjoen, Heidi JR Fresno St 2:02.52 2:00.35
6 Diener, Kelsy JR Boise St 1:59.84 2:00.91
7 Palmer, Rachel FR NAU 2:02.22 2:01.48 8 McLain, Morgan JR Boise St 2:02.70 2:02.79
A 1-2 finish for Boise State in the 100-yard freestyle. Amber Boucher and Stephanie North getting it done and the Broncos are almost home.
Boucher set a pool record (48.33) and North also earned an NCAA provisional mark with her performance.
1 Boucher, Amber JR Boise St 48.48 48.33
2 North, Stephanie JR Boise St 49.30 48.82
3 Barrett, Maura JR Hawaii 49.97 49.96
4 Yoho, Dani SO Fresno St 50.20 50.33
5 DeWames, Marisa SO SJSU 50.25 50.42
6 Hughey, Stevie SO Boise St 50.64 50.50
7 Prior, Christa JR Hawaii 50.70 50.58
8 Foster, Kiley SO SJSU 50.38 50.83
Chelsea Miller took second for Boise State in the 200-yard breaststroke. The big news is that San Jose State is hardly scoring. It appears Hawai'i
will be Boise State's biggest challenger down the stretch. Taylor Ritenberg
of Hawai'i and Miller both had NCAA provisional times.
1 Ritenberg, Taylor SO Hawaii 2:12.40 2:11.27
2 Miller, Chelsea FR Boise St 2:13.64 2:14.26
3 Branning, Jaclyn SO NAU 2:18.62 2:18.05
4 Burnes, Jordan FR NAU 2:20.13 2:18.58
5 Anderson, Darcie FR SJSU 2:19.12 2:19.70
6 Pagett, Valerie SO Hawaii 2:18.96 2:19.79
7 Lawrence, Alannah SR NM State 2:19.09 2:20.69
-- Spies, Maria JR NM State 2:18.04 DQ
Boise State's Rachel Heaney took first in the 200-yard freestyle with teammate Christine Raininger third.
1 Heaney, Rachel FR Boise St 1:58.70 1:58.59
2 Guieb, Gabby SO Nevada 2:00.96 2:00.42
3 Raininger, Christine SO Boise St 2:02.29 2:01.20
4 Denman, Heather JR SJSU 2:00.63 2:01.39
5 Craddock, Julia SO SJSU 2:02.59 2:01.42
6 Lowther, Emma FR NAU 2:01.99 2:02.87
7 Balogh, Brooke FR Boise St 2:05.40 2:04.42
-- Cate, Beth SO NM State 2:02.63 DQ
and the Boise State relay team indeed punctuated the evening with another win for the Broncos, as the team won its second
consecutive WAC crown going away.
1 Boise St 'A' 3:21.45 3:18.25
1) North, Stephanie JR 2) Hughey, Stevie SO
3) Diener, Kelsy JR 4) Boucher, Amber JR
2 Hawaii 'A' 3:24.38 3:21.02
1) Prior, Christa JR 2) Barrett, Maura JR
3) Accornero, Annathea FR 4) Ritenberg, Taylor SO
3 SJSU 'A' 3:26.43 3:22.29
1) DeWames, Marisa SO 2) Denman, Heather JR
3) Faria, Elana SO 4) Foster, Kiley SO
4 Idaho 'A' 3:31.63 3:24.08
1) Stratton, Staci SR 2) Lim, Shana FR
3) Venlos, Megan FR 4) O'Brien, Alyson SR
5 Fresno St 'A' 3:28.80 3:25.68
1) Gjoen, Heidi JR 2) Vietti, Kat SO
3) Hatayama, Stephanie SR 4) Yoho, Dani SO
6 NAU 'A' 3:33.03 3:26.38
1) Ferro, Claire SR 2) Dirks-Ryan, Chalene JR
3) Landeck, Vivian SR 4) Maier, Krista JR
7 Nevada 'A' 3:31.64 3:26.43
1) Ploussard, Alysse SO 2) Gandionco, Marichi SR
3) Kostecki, Andrea FR 4) Mi, Mengjiao SO
8 NM State 'A' 3:31.85 3:26.45
1) Conrad, Kelly SR 2) Seaver, Terrin FR
3) Konicke, Kelsey SO 4) Fenton, Alex SO 
Hey be easy on the media coverage- maybe it was because our SID was busting his tale to get the official stats from the WAC (who didn't make sure he got internet access at the meet-the press releases had to be done offsite). Side note- nice job predicting SJSU to run away with the meet. If you scored out the top times champ meet style before the event you would have discovered we were the favorites...by almost 150+ points. We all had a good laugh about it before the meet- don't know how to read results well do you? That's OK- we are glad for your support-and I am sure you are glad about being wrong as well! Go Broncos!
ReplyDeleteSorry you didn't read the actual words in the article but read between the lines and formed your opinion. The article said San Jose State was "A Favorite", not "The Favorite". Big difference.
ReplyDeleteSecond, did you ever stop to think I pumped up San Jose State to get the gals fired up? You'll pick up on that as you read more.
Thanks for writing!