Despite strong swims by several Seattle University swimmers, the Redhawk women’s swim team fell to Air Force, 152-80, and to Northern Colorado, 132-102, Friday night in a double dual meet at the Cadet Natatorium.
Madi Lydig (Spokane, Wash.) won the 200 backstroke by almost five full seconds with a time of 2:05.64, while Blaise Wittenauer-Lee (Portland, Ore.) earned an equally-dominating victory in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:21.49, over five seconds quicker than the next-fastest competitor in the event.
Wittenauer-Lee joined with Carlee Bock (Bellingham, Wash.), Jane Liggett (Portland, Ore.), and Kristin Hoffman (Mercer Island, Wash.) to finish second in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:58.24, ahead of Northern Colorado’s top relay squad. The 200 freestyle relay quartet of Paige Treff (Orland, Calif.), Melissa Randolf (Everett, Wash.), Alexis Martinez (Granite Bay, Calif.), and Rachael Rodriguez (Round Rock, Texas) finished third in the last event of the meet with a time of 1:40.67.
Hoffman finished ahead of any Northern Colorado swimmer in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:57.79, as did Lydig with a mark of 1:58.42. Wittenauer-Lee placed second overall in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:12.14, with Annika Perry (Reno, Nev.) also finishing ahead of every Northern Colorado competitor with a mark of 2:16.29.
“We had some good performances tonight, but we also had opportunities for a better overall result, especially against Northern Colorado,” Seattle U head swim coach Craig Nisgor said. “There are some things we need to work on, and hopefully they realize it quick enough to put some of those adjustments into action tomorrow.”
Seattle University (2-9) will face the same two teams at the same venue in another double dual meet Saturday, Jan. 17, at 11 a.m. local time (10 a.m. Pacific time).