Lutes Win 15 Occasions in Exhibition Opener

Results

TACOMA, Wash. — Ten completely different Lutes received occasions on Thursday evening because the Pacfic Lutheran University swimming packages knocked off the rust with an exhibition twin meet in opposition to the University of La Verne. 

“This was a fun way for us to shake off the rust and get back into the groove of racing,” mentioned Head Coach Andrew LUm.

“We really enjoyed the energy La Verne brought and it was a good checkpoint for us in our conditioning phase of training. We look forward to another great block of work as we prepare for the gauntlet of NWC competition in November.”

Tyler Tanaka, Matt Jones, and Emma Gassman headlined the evening, every profitable three occasions. That trio plus Anna Haneda bought the meet began with a bang, profitable the combined 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1 minute, 49.79 seconds. 

Kei Nishikawa dominated the 300-yard freestyle in her Lute debut, touching the wall in 3:16.04 and proudly owning an over 5 second lead on the remainder of the sector. 

PLU stole the highest two spots within the males’s 50-yard backstroke with first-year Vyron Domingo profitable in 25.04 with fellow first 12 months Sebastian Arellano second in 27.16. Domingo later received the 100-yard freestyle in 49.96 with Marshall Bataluna runner-up (53.28). 

Jones took the highest spot within the 50-yard breaststroke in 27.61 and blew away the competitors within the 150-yard breaststroke, profitable by a snug 9 second margin in 1:38.81. 

Harper Canessa received each breaststroke occasions in her first time in a Lute uniform, posting a profitable effort of 31.77 within the 50-yard breaststroke and clocking a 1:49.53 to win the 150-yard breaststroke. 

Gassman received the 150-yard butterfly in 1:42.77 whereas Tanaka received the occasion on the boys’s aspect in a time of 1:29.38. Gassman additionally received 150-yard backstroke in 1:40.32. Tanaka’s third win got here by way of the 50-yard butterfly, prevailing in 24.63 in a 1-2-3 Lute end. 

Anthony James earned prime honors within the 50-yard freestyle n 22.71 whereas Christian Georgi and Emiliano Zuniga went 1-2 within the 100-yard particular person medley. Georgi completed in 58.91 with Zuniga touching the wall in 1:01.09. 

Hoskoo Amgalan was the highest finisher within the 150-yard freestyle, edging out the Leopards’ Jaden Feliciano by three tenths of a second, ending in 1:23.03. 

It’s Rocktober!

Hear from Ellie Cutting and Elijah Vickery who had been rocking’ within the pool on Thursday within the Lutes’ exhibition opener #GoLutes pic.twitter.com/LOnukPWmSA

— PLU Athletics (@golutes) October 17, 2025

The Lutes open up the common season on Nov. 1, heading to Newberg, Oregon for a twin meet with George Fox University.