In its first home meet of the 2014-15 season, the Seattle University women’s swim team put together some good performances, but the depth of Grand Canyon University proved to be too much, as the Antelopes defeated the Redhawks, 135-70, in a dual meet Friday evening at the Connolly Center.
Blaise Wittenauer-Lee (Portland, Ore.) picked up Seattle U’s only victory of the meet, winning the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:07.40. She finished second in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.62, just 24/100ths behind Daria Talanova of Grand Canyon.
Freshman Madi Lydig (Spokane, Wash.) enjoyed a good night, finishing second in the 1000 freestyle in 10:39.50 and in the 100 backstroke with a mark of 1:01.18. Kristin Hoffman (Mercer Island, Wash.) also picked up a couple of second-place finishes, earning runner-up honors in both the 200 freestyle in 1:57.11 and in the 100 freestyle in 54.08 seconds.
Two other first-year swimmers picked up second place finishes as they competed in front of the Seattle U crowd for the first time. Paige Treff (Orland, Calif.) finished second in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.77 seconds, while Alexis Martinez (Granite Bay, Calif.) earned a runner-up placement in the 100 butterfly in 59.85 seconds.
Emma Foster (Clancy, Mont.) finished third in the long distance events, posting times of 10:56.43 in the 1000 freestyle and 5:19.69 in the 500 freestyle. Wrapping up the meet, the quartet of Carlee Bock (Bellingham, Wash.), Stephanie Bayless (Spokane, Wash.), Melissa Randolf (Everett, Wash.), and Sidney Pinger (Tualatin, Ore.) finished second in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:38.31.
Grand Canyon swimmers set three Connolly Center Pool records, led by Hannah Kastigar with record performances in the 1000 freestyle in 10:13.41 and the 400 individual medley in 4:21.08. Iryna Glavnyk also set a pool record in the 100 backstroke with her time of 55.52 seconds.
Seattle University (0-3) will face Grand Canyon once again at the Connolly Center Pool Saturday, Oct. 25, starting at 11 a.m.