Friday, February 25, 2011

Broncos Start Off Well at WAC Swimming Championships

Boise State has advanced 15 swimmers to tonight's finals at the WAC Swimming & Diving Championships in San Antonio.  San Jose State, considered by most to be the top challenger to the Broncos, qualified six.
Four Broncos have advanced in the 400-yard individual medley, which consists of 100 meters in each stroke (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly):

1 Raininger, Christine   SO Boise St          4:22.44    4:20.56 
  2 Kiss, Tricia           FR NM State          4:26.60    4:20.80 
  3 Miller, Chelsea        FR Boise St          4:26.56    4:23.16 
  4 Craddock, Julia        SO SJSU              4:25.08    4:24.24 
  5 Thaveesupsoonthorn, C  SO Nevada            4:27.43    4:25.39 
  6 Gray, Madison          JR Boise St          4:28.43    4:27.42 
  7 Palmer, Rachel         FR NAU               4:35.66    4:27.49 
  8 Balogh, Brooke         FR Boise St          4:31.02    4:27.58

And the Broncos have the three fastest qualifying times and will have half of the competitors in the 100-yard fly final:

 1 Boucher, Amber         JR Boise St            53.44      52.46 
  2 Hughey, Stevie         SO Boise St            56.12      54.72 
  3 Heaney, Rachel         FR Boise St            56.26      55.32 
  4 Cate, Beth             SO NM State            57.10      55.33 
  5 Denman, Heather        JR SJSU                54.73      55.51 
  6 Takaki, Maddie         SO Hawaii              57.52      55.78 
  7 Donohue, Lily          SO Boise St            57.83      55.89 
  8 Acosta, Ashlyn         FR SJSU                57.26      56.08 
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  9 Irvin, Emily           JR Boise St            58.32      56.12 
10 Ferrin, Hannah         SO NM State            58.71      56.28 
11 Seaver, Terrin         FR NM State            58.98      56.37 
12 Gandionco, Marichi     SR Nevada              58.15      56.61 
13 Guerrero, Rudie        SR SJSU                57.32      56.78 
14 Nguyen, Rayanne        SO Fresno St           58.13      56.79 
15 Larson, Nicole         JR Hawaii              57.69      57.05 
16 Bassen, Rachelle       JR NM State          1:00.39      57.13


Boise State's Stephanie North had the fastest time in qualifying for the 200-yard freestyle finals:

  1 North, Stephanie       JR Boise St          1:49.51    1:48.12 
  2 Barrett, Maura         JR Hawaii            1:49.08    1:49.85 
  3 DeWames, Marisa        SO SJSU              1:50.86    1:49.98 
  4 Mi, Mengjiao           SO Nevada            1:51.65    1:50.02 
  5 Conrad, Kelly          SR NM State          1:52.51    1:50.06 
  6 Diener, Kelsy          JR Boise St          1:51.82    1:50.09 
  7 Landeck, Vivian        SR NAU               1:53.64    1:50.28 
  8 Koch, Julia            SR SJSU              1:51.36    1:50.37 
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  9 Kostecki, Andrea       FR Nevada            1:55.51    1:50.49 
10 Maier, Krista          JR NAU               1:53.67    1:50.58 
11 Friedhoff, Amy         SO SJSU              1:50.34    1:50.67 
12 Foster, Kiley          SO SJSU              1:53.48    1:50.69 
13 Cahill, Jennifer       SO Boise St          1:52.05    1:50.91 
14 Schellenberg, Ricarda  SR Hawaii            1:51.67    1:51.30 
15 Vlasic, Jessica        SO NM State          1:58.03    1:51.72 
16 Fenton, Alex           SO NM State          1:55.27    1:51.73


At least three Broncos moved on in the 100-yard breaststroke:

  1 Lawrence, Alannah      SR NM State          1:03.75    1:01.84 
  2 Forrester, Kelly       SR Boise St          1:04.02    1:01.94 
  3 Ritenberg, Taylor      SO Hawaii            1:03.66    1:02.18 
  4 Anderson, Darcie       FR SJSU              1:02.52    1:03.45 
  5 Miller, Chelsea        FR Boise St          1:04.25    1:03.64 
  6 Spies, Maria           JR NM State          1:06.05    1:03.85 
  7 Vogel, Britney         SO Fresno St         1:04.14    1:04.27 
  8 Irvin, Emily           JR Boise St          1:08.05    1:04.43 
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  9 Branning, Jaclyn       SO NAU               1:08.40    1:04.76 
10 Runestrand, Kelly      SR NM State          1:06.01    1:04.84 
11 Brown, Karly           JR SJSU              1:09.11    1:04.91 
12 Stacy, Jessica         JR Hawaii            1:06.62    1:04.97 
13 Macky, Caitlin         SR SJSU              1:05.24    1:05.37 
14 Pagett, Valerie        SO Hawaii            1:06.53    1:05.38 
15 Burnes, Jordan         FR NAU               1:05.77    1:05.47 
16 Stotts, Erin           SR Boise St          1:06.70    1:05.54

Denise Green was second in qualifyng for the 100-yard backstroke:

1 Connell, Fi            SO NAU                 56.87      54.97 
  2 Green, Denise          SR Boise St            56.17      55.01 
  3 Lim, Shana             FR Idaho               55.11      55.04 
  4 Prior, Christa         JR Hawaii              57.15      55.78 
  5 Gjoen, Heidi           JR Fresno St           57.14      56.47 
  6 Kiss, Tricia           FR NM State            57.73      56.59 
  7 Swinney, Briana        FR SJSU                58.20      56.67 
  8 Donohue, Lily          SO Boise St            58.06      56.68 
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  9 McLain, Morgan         JR Boise St            56.95      56.69 
10 Seaver, Terrin         FR NM State            58.12      56.92 
11 Stratton, Staci        SR Idaho               59.61      57.49 
12 Guerrero, Rudie        SR SJSU                56.06      57.86 
13 Takaki, Maddie         SO Hawaii              59.57      58.14 
14 Foo, Alyssa            FR Hawaii              59.50      58.30 
15 Egloria, Meredith      SR NAU                 59.18      58.38 
16 Mariani, Kayla         JR Nevada            1:00.93      58.47

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