Vandals Dominate NW Collegiate Invite, Go away Their Mark at USC

MOSCOW, Idaho – Returning to motion after a weekend to relaxation and get well, Idaho Swim and Dive cut up into teams to host the NW Collegiate Invite in Boise and dive on the USC Trojan Invitational in Los Angeles. 

Among seven different groups within the Idaho Central Aquatics Center, the Vandals left little question all weekend, using private bests, top-three sweeps, and powerful performances throughout to win the occasion outright with a complete crew rating of two,121.5, over 100 factors forward of second place and the one crew within the constructing to cross the two,000 level plateau.

Among a number of the finest performances of the competition have been Marie Mason successful the five hundred Y Freestyle (4:56.68), adopted by Holly Lenarz (4:59.91), and Ena Lehmann (5:01.51). Ginger Kiefer, in a dominant weekend, completed first general within the 200 Y IM finals with a time of two:00.87, and Adelaide McRoberts got here in third, clocked at 2:06.52. Isabelle Borke earned the bronze within the 50 Y Free (23.56).

The Vandal quartet of Kiefer, Courtney Crawford, Madelynn Butler, and Borke took house a #2 end within the 400 Y Medley Relay (3:45.41) and completed third within the 200 rendition (1:44.27). Butler then received the 100 Y Butterfly outright by greater than a full second (54.41), and Kiefer adopted up with a win by greater than 5 seconds within the 400 Y IM (4:20.46) adopted by Marie Mason (4:25.46). 

Borke opened up the second half of the motion with a top-two efficiency within the 200 Y Freestyle (1:50.60), and Crawford adopted up with a silver within the 100 Y Breaststroke (1:04.48). Katy Foley stored the momentum rolling, ending in second within the 100 Y Back (56.10).

Back within the relays, Holly Lenarz, Sydney Heasman, Mason, and Borke received the day within the 800 Y Freestyle Relay with a complete time of seven:31.52, practically seven full seconds forward of second place earlier than Kiefer returned to the pool for the 200 Y Back and was the one girls’s swimmer to notch a sub-2 minute time (1:58.62) and Katy Foley was subsequent in line at 2:01.83. Madelynn Butler acquired again within the water simply lengthy sufficient to snag a W within the 100 Y Free (50.64) and Crawford adopted that with the gold within the 200 Y Breast (2:18.13). Lenarz completed in first within the 200 Y Fly (2:05.12) and Avery Keinonen (2:08.32) took house third. 

These outcomes and extra led Idaho to complete atop the standings by the tip of the meet, marking one of the crucial full crew performances of the 12 months up to now simply two months into the 25-26 marketing campaign. 

Full outcomes may be discovered at govandals.com and the ultimate standings are listed under. 

1. Idaho – 2,121.5
2. Pepperdine – 1,946
3. Seattle U – 961.5
4. Cal State Bakersfield – 814
5. Alaska Fairbanks – 754
6. UTRGV – 656
7. Whitman – 340
8. College of Idaho – 80

Over in Los Angeles, The diving squad competed on the three-day Trojan Diving Invitational hosted by USC. Amelia Ward completed top-10 within the 1M prelims with a rating of 239.30 and completed robust with a 478.80 within the finals. Maya Salvitti competed robust within the platform, ending eighth within the prelims (207.80) and completed fifth general within the finals (445.35).

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The Vandals return to motion from Dec. 3-6, heading to Austin, TX for the U.S. Open hosted by USA Swimming.

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