Broncos Roll Up Big Lead at WAC Swimming Championships

After three days of competition at the WAC Swimming Championships, Boise State leads with 585 points, while Hawaii is second with 404. Northern Arizona is third with 353 points.  Fast-swimming San Jose State, a pre-meet favorite, is simply being bested by swimmers who are used to swimming at high altitudes and have found the San Antonio pool much to their liking.  The Spartans have just 336 team points, followed by New Mexico State (293), Nevada (198), Fresno State (170) and Idaho (146).


Four Broncos scored points in the 400-yard Individual Medley tonight in San Antonio at the WAC Swimming & Diving Championships.  Christine Raininger was second to lead the Bronco charge:

 1 Kiss, Tricia           FR NM State          4:20.80    4:16.62  
  2 Raininger, Christine   SO Boise St          4:20.56    4:16.75  
  3 Miller, Chelsea        FR Boise St          4:23.16    4:21.71  
  4 Craddock, Julia        SO SJSU              4:24.24    4:22.73  
  5 Gray, Madison          JR Boise St          4:27.42    4:25.42  
  6 Palmer, Rachel         FR NAU               4:27.49    4:26.34  
  7 Thaveesupsoonthorn, C  SO Nevada            4:25.39    4:26.36  
  8 Balogh, Brooke         FR Boise St          4:27.58    4:27.34 

Amber Boucher and Stevie Hughey were 1-2 in the 100-yard butterfly:

1 Boucher, Amber         JR Boise St            52.46      52.05  
  2 Hughey, Stevie         SO Boise St            54.72      54.64  
  3 Cate, Beth             SO NM State            55.33      54.68  
  4 Heaney, Rachel         FR Boise St            55.32      54.70  
  5 Denman, Heather        JR SJSU                55.51      55.32  
  6 Donohue, Lily          SO Boise St            55.89      55.66  
  7 Takaki, Maddie         SO Hawaii              55.78      55.69  
  8 Acosta, Ashlyn         FR SJSU                56.08      56.46  


Stephanie North took first in the 200-yard freestyle:

 1 North, Stephanie       JR Boise St          1:48.12    1:46.96  
  2 Mi, Mengjiao           SO Nevada            1:50.02    1:48.64  
  3 Barrett, Maura         JR Hawaii            1:49.85    1:48.72  
  4 DeWames, Marisa        SO SJSU              1:49.98    1:49.46  
  5 Landeck, Vivian        SR NAU               1:50.28    1:50.17  
  6 Diener, Kelsy          JR Boise St          1:50.09    1:50.22  
  7 Koch, Julia            SR SJSU              1:50.37    1:50.81  
  8 Conrad, Kelly          SR NM State          1:50.06    1:51.07 


Kelly Forester led a Bronco trio in the 100-yard breaststroke:

 1 Lawrence, Alannah      SR NM State          1:01.84    1:01.35  
  2 Ritenberg, Taylor      SO Hawaii            1:02.18    1:01.70  
  3 Forrester, Kelly       SR Boise St          1:01.94    1:02.04  
  4 Spies, Maria           JR NM State          1:03.85    1:02.94  
  5 Vogel, Britney         SO Fresno St         1:04.27    1:03.43  
  6 Miller, Chelsea        FR Boise St          1:03.64    1:03.46  
  7 Anderson, Darcie       FR SJSU              1:03.45    1:03.71  
  8 Irvin, Emily           JR Boise St          1:04.43    1:04.62 

Denise Green paced the Broncos in the 100-yard backstroke:

 1 Lim, Shana             FR Idaho               55.04      53.00  
  2 Connell, Fi            SO NAU                 54.97      54.23  
  3 Green, Denise          SR Boise St            55.01      54.53  
  4 Prior, Christa         JR Hawaii              55.78      55.78  
  5 Gjoen, Heidi           JR Fresno St           56.47      56.02  
  6 Donohue, Lily          SO Boise St            56.68      56.21  
  7 McLain, Morgan         JR Boise St            56.69      56.68  
  8 Swinney, Briana        FR SJSU                56.67      57.30  

and Boise State finished the night in style by winning the Medley Relay:

 1 Boise St  'A'                       3:46.35    3:37.88  
     1) Green, Denise SR              2) Forrester, Kelly SR          
     3) Boucher, Amber JR             4) North, Stephanie JR          
  2 NM State  'A'                       3:50.75    3:42.24  
     1) Kiss, Tricia FR               2) Lawrence, Alannah SR         
     3) Cate, Beth SO                 4) Conrad, Kelly SR             
  3 Hawaii  'A'                         3:49.47    3:43.36  
     1) Prior, Christa JR             2) Ritenberg, Taylor SO         
     3) Takaki, Maddie SO             4) Accornero, Annathea FR       
  4 NAU  'A'                            3:53.60    3:43.82  
     1) Connell, Fi SO                2) Branning, Jaclyn SO          
     3) Lowther, Emma FR              4) Ferro, Claire SR             
  5 SJSU  'A'                           3:43.00    3:46.88  
     1) Swinney, Briana FR            2) Anderson, Darcie FR          
     3) Craddock, Julia SO            4) DeWames, Marisa SO           
  6 Idaho  'A'                          3:51.45    3:48.22  
     1) Lim, Shana FR                 2) Saxe, Kelsie SO              
     3) Bettis, Savannah JR           4) Pang, Si Jia JR              
  7 Fresno St  'A'                      3:51.07    3:49.66  
     1) Gjoen, Heidi JR               2) Vogel, Britney SO            
     3) Nguyen, Rayanne SO            4) Yoho, Dani SO                
  8 Nevada  'A'                         3:58.21    3:52.17  
     1) Mariani, Kayla JR             2) Kunz, Ashley SO              
     3) Gandionco, Marichi SR         4) Kostecki, Andrea FR