Boise State Wins Another Relay at WAC Championships, Continues to Lead

At this moment, Boise State is not only keeping its lead but extending it at the WAC Swimming and Diving Championships.  The Bronco 200-yard freestyle relay team of Amber Boucher, Stevie Hughey, Kelsy Diener and Stephanie North eclipsed their season best by nearly three seconds in winning the event.  San Jose State, which had a WAC-best time of 1:33.35, also beat their season-best but it wasn't enough to top Boise State.


Boise State's 200-meter relay team set a pool record in upsetting San Jose State:

1 Boise St  'A'                       1:33.54    1:30.63  
     1) Boucher, Amber JR             2) Hughey, Stevie SO            
     3) Diener, Kelsy JR              4) North, Stephanie JR  

2 SJSU  'A'                           1:33.35    1:32.40  
     1) DeWames, Marisa SO            2) Denman, Heather JR           
     3) Harvey, Erika FR              4) Foster, Kiley SO   

Here are the finals in the 1-meter diving and freshman Ciera Cortney a bit of a surprise at #2, breaking up the Hawai'i monopoly:

1 Friesen, Emma          SR Hawaii             280.20     292.20  
  2 Cortney, Ciera         FR Boise St           244.55     288.75  
  3 Bosnick, Hannah        SO Hawaii             243.05     274.35  
  4 Nero, Daniella         JR Hawaii             241.25     265.15  
  5 Huang, Grace           FR Nevada             250.45     264.05  
  6 Harris, Taryn          SR NAU                245.80     254.05  
  7 De Lima, Stephanie     SR Hawaii             243.05     251.75  
  8 Luke, Stacey           SO Fresno St          238.55     247.10 

Earlier tonight Boise State's Jennifer Cahill was third in the 500-yard freestyle, earning an NCAA-qualifying time of 4:51.96.  Boise State swept the 50-meter freestyle with Amber Boucher, Jennifer North and Stevie Hughey all posting NCAA provisional times.

Five finals are in the books and after two days of competition:

1.  Boise State 281

2.  Hawai'i 215

3.  San Jose State 193

4.  Northern Arizona 190

5.  New Mexico State 136

6.  Fresno State 102

7.  Nevada 86

8.  Idaho 79