Out of ten events on the first day of the Husky Invitational, the Seattle University swim teams posted season-best times in nine of them as they finished Thursday’s competition in seventh place at the King County Aquatics Center.
The men’s team scored points not only in the two relays, but also in the 50 freestyle. After posting a time of 20.76 seconds in the morning preliminaries, Doug Djang () finished third in the “C” final in the evening in 20.71 seconds. Chris Fulton () finished seventh in the same final with a time of 21.04 seconds after qualifying for the finals with a morning time of 20.92 seconds.
Fulton and Djang were joined by Jordan Anderson (, ) and Bryant Bevers () in the 200 freestyle relay, finishing sixth with a time of 1:24.19. At the end of the first night, Djang swam the second leg and anchored the 400 medley relay, which also included Bryson Chiu (, ) and Eric Pedack (), to a seventh-place finish in 3:26.29, another season best for the team.
Pedack swam a season-best time in the preliminaries of the 200 individual medley, touching the wall in 1:56.20. Garrett Nugent (, ) and James White () were close to the top time of the year in the 500 freestyle, with Nugent posting a time of 4:51.45 and White right behind him at 4:51.97.
Hayley Cobb () paced the women, posting season-best times in the preliminaries of both the 500 freestyle (5:13.33) and the 200 individual medley (2:09.59). She also swam the third leg of the 400 medley relay, joining Sarena Hobson (, ), Alexis Morehouse (), and Elizabeth Hanohano (Honolulu, Hawaii) in finishing ninth in the event in 4:06.07, yet another season best.
Hanohano and Morehouse were joined by Hanna Basler (, ) and Kelsey Henan () in the 200 freestyle relay, posting a top time of 1:40.87 for a ninth-place finish. Basler also posted a season-best time in the 50 freestyle preliminaries, touching the wall in 25.25 seconds, just ahead of ’s time of 25.29 seconds.
Overall, earned 182 points, more than the swim teams from and , among others. The of leads after the first day with 794 points, followed by UC Santa Barbara (673.5 points) and host school (664 points).
The second day of competition will begin Friday, Dec. 4, with preliminaries for ten events in the morning, followed by finals in 14 events in the evening.