After Nevada won the first nine events, Alexis Morehouse (Vancouver, Wash.) broke through with a convincing victory in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:26.41, over three seconds ahead of her closest competitor. Casey Hoffman (Burien, Wash.) followed with a second place finish in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:24.51.
Sophomore Hayley Cobb (Irvine, Calif.) picked up a victory in the 400 individual medley in 4:45.99, over two and a half seconds in front of the second place finisher. The Redhawks closed out the meet with an exciting victory in the 400 freestyle relay, as Hanna Basler (El Cajon, Calif.), Kelsey Henan (Billings, Mont.), Elizabeth Hanohano (Honolulu, Hawaii), and Cobb combined to post a time of 3:40.13, just four-tenths of a second ahead of Nevada's relay quartet.
Earlier in the meet, Tina Nguyen (Hillsboro, Ore.) finished second in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.14, while Kevlyn Richards (Gig Harbor, Wash.) posted a second place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:07.18. SeattleU started showing its competitiveness in the 100 freestyle, as Hanohano touched the wall in 53.60 seconds, just 29/100ths of a second behind Nevada's Jojo Mi. In the next event, the 200 backstroke, Rachel Leighter (Eugene, Ore.) posted a time of 2:07.98, only half a second behind Jeanette Tour.
The Seattle University swim teams will now prepare for the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Championships, to be held Feb. 10-13 at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, Calif. Last year the men finished in fourth place, while the women earned a seventh place finish.
