Johansen Continues Great Mountain West Swimming

Boise State has a new star, freshman Sydney Johansen.  Johansen already has one title under her cap and now came out of the 13th seed to take third in the 200 backstroke.  San Diego State was projected to score 29 in this event to 19 for Boise State.  Instead, it was 34 to 26 in the Broncos' favor.  This is an 18-point turnaround, something we expected this morning from preliminary swims and exactly what the Boise State team needed to get back in the race for the title.  

San Diego State now leads 582 to 563.  Boise State will need to stop the onslaught in the Platform Diving to win, but if they can stay within 10 or so in that event, the Broncos have a shot.


At this point, SD State is still favored by 25.

Event 16  Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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     All-Time: # 1:55.94  2/28/2009 Ana Dangalakova, UNLV
 Championship: ! 1:55.94  2/28/2009 Ana Dangalakova, UNLV
                 1:53.37  * NCAA A Qualifying
                 1:59.24  ** NCAA B Qualifying
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
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                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Denny, Jordan    FR Wyoming (W)       1:58.01    1:56.20 **      20  
                 27.50        56.70 (29.20)
        1:26.53 (29.83)     1:56.20 (29.67)
  2 Jennings, Leona  JR San Diego State   1:59.03    1:56.42 **      17  
                 27.54        56.47 (28.93)
        1:26.05 (29.58)     1:56.42 (30.37)
  3 Johansen, Sydne  FR Boise St          1:59.52    1:58.64 **      16  
                 28.09        58.58 (30.49)
        1:28.87 (30.29)     1:58.64 (29.77)
  4 Johnson, Krista  JR Unlv (W)          1:59.00    1:59.43         15  
                 27.70        57.38 (29.68)
        1:28.21 (30.83)     1:59.43 (31.22)
  5 Laughlin, Saman  SO Air Force (W)     1:59.77    2:00.24         14  
                 27.75        57.66 (29.91)
        1:29.07 (31.41)     2:00.24 (31.17)
  6 Bottelberghe, J  FR Boise St          2:00.01    2:00.60         13  
                 28.01        58.29 (30.28)
        1:29.40 (31.11)     2:00.60 (31.20)
  7 Brennan, Dannic  JR Unlv (W)          1:58.82    2:00.74         12  
                 27.68        57.45 (29.77)
        1:28.97 (31.52)     2:00.74 (31.77)
  8 Ozar, Brittany   JR Unlv (W)          1:59.64    2:02.04         11  
                 28.03        58.46 (30.43)
        1:30.14 (31.68)     2:02.04 (31.90)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Zimmer, Meghan   JR San Diego State   2:00.31    1:58.82 **       9  
                 27.92        57.78 (29.86)
        1:28.10 (30.32)     1:58.82 (30.72)
 10 Crawford, Anja   SR Unlv (W)          2:00.93    1:58.88 **       7  
                 28.11        57.76 (29.65)
        1:28.17 (30.41)     1:58.88 (30.71)
 11 Thicke-Rattray,  FR TCU               2:00.98    1:59.42          6  
                 28.61        58.71 (30.10)
        1:29.23 (30.52)     1:59.42 (30.19)
 12 Cannon, Nicolet  FR Boise St          2:01.60    2:00.83          5  
                 28.93        59.88 (30.95)
        1:30.75 (30.87)     2:00.83 (30.08)
 13 Gardiner, Caitl  FR New Mexico        2:01.62    2:01.11          4  
                 28.07        58.28 (30.21)
        1:29.61 (31.33)     2:01.11 (31.50)
 14 Finnesand, Nico  SO Wyoming (W)       2:00.84    2:01.59          3  
                 28.48        59.16 (30.68)
        1:30.45 (31.29)     2:01.59 (31.14)
 15 Garvey, Yana     SO Colorado St.      2:00.39    2:02.51          2  
                 27.96        58.11 (30.15)
        1:29.71 (31.60)     2:02.51 (32.80)
 16 Wells, Caroline  SR Wyoming (W)       2:01.61    2:04.08          1  
                 28.82        59.44 (30.62)
        1:31.42 (31.98)     2:04.08 (32.66)