Vandals to Break up Up for Pair of Swim Meets in Seattle, Long Beach

MOSCOW, Idaho- After a good competitors in Greeley the place Idaho Swim and Dive went head-to-head with Northern Colorado, the swimmers will return to motion a lot nearer to residence, splitting up and taking a handful of the gap swimmers to Long Beach for the MPSF Open Water Championships and extra of the squad to Seattle for an additional twin meet with Seattle U, each on Saturday, Oct. 18.

MPSF OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Idaho followers can anticipate MPSF meets turning into a staple every year because the crew formally the joined the convention in time for this season. Ginger Kiefer completed with the perfect time of the 45 swimmers within the occasion with a 5K time of 1:05:36.00 in Marine Stadium. She will return to Long Beach alongside Ava Langston, Sienna Lefeber, Holly Lenarz, Marie Mason, Bethany Rahn, and Gabriella Stanton, all of whom however Stanton competed in the identical race in 2024.

With her best-overall time within the convention meet final season, Kiefer earned an automated bid to the USA Open Water National Championships in April, a feat she and her fellow Vandals will look to duplicate.

SEATTLE U

The identical day, extra of Idaho’s swimmers will journey to Seattle, WA, for a swim-only twin meet with Seattle U within the Redhawk Center. The ladies’s crew for the Redhawks is coming off of their season opener, a three-team competitors with Pacific and UC Santa Barbara, the place they completed in third place. 

The Vandals have competed with the Redhawks yearly since 2012 and are an ideal 12-0 in that span. The final three matchups particularly have featured UI scoring at the very least 200 factors and holding SU to single-digit scoring.  

Results shall be accessible for each meets following their conclusion.

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