Three Wildcat ladies’s swimmers earn First Team All-Conference honors

Linfield ladies’s swimming had three Wildcats earn First Team All-Northwest Conference honors after seniors Sarah Arpag and Kirsti Keppo closed out their profession, passing the torch to freshman Kira Etheredge.
 
Senior Kirsti Keppo introduced her profession First Team honors complete to 14 after including three extra on the 2026 NWC Championships. The Eugene, Oregon, native gained her third title within the ladies’s 1650-yard freestyle, the lone Wildcat to win a title at this season’s championships. Keppo completed because the runner-up within the  200-yard and 500-yard freestyle occasions, incomes First Team honors in every. She was a member of 4 Linfield relay groups, most notably main off for the third-place 200-yard medley relay squad, incomes Second Team honors. 
 
Sarah Arpag introduced her profession First Team honor complete to 11, ending third in every the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly finals for the Wildcats. Hailing from Hood River, Oregon, the four-year letter winner additionally earned Second Team honors within the 50-yard freestyle the place she positioned fifth, and was a member of the third-place 200-yard medley relay crew. Arpag’s adorned profession involves an finish, having gained quite a few Northwest Conference titles and previously incomes the NWC Rookie of the Year award in 2022-23.
 
In her first 12 months as a Wildcat, Kira Etheredge earned 4 All-NWC honors, most notably ending third within the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:06.01 to be named to the First Team. She was additionally a member of 4 relay groups, incomes Second Team within the 200-yard medley relay swimming out of the second spot. The Portland, Oregon, native secured Second Team honors with a sixth-place end within the 100-yard butterfly and a fourth-place mark within the 200-yard breaststroke.
 
Juniors Caley Haydu and Chloe Lazaraton every added a pair of Second Team honors for Linfield on the 2026 championships. Haydu completed eighth individually within the 50-yard freestyle, serving on 4 relay groups as properly. From Poulsbo, Washington, Haydu had sturdy finishes in two B finals, however was the anchor within the third-place 200-yard medley relay crew, incomes her second Second Team honor. Lazaraton involves Linfield from Redding, California, competing as one of many Wildcat’s finest freestyle swimmers. She positioned fifth within the 500-yard freestyle and fourth within the prolonged 1650-yard freestyle occasions for her two Second Team honors. Lazarton components in as a key piece within the 200-yard and 800-yard freestyle relay squads.
 
Women’s swimming concluded the season with a sixth-place end within the crew standings, ending simply behind George Fox who took fifth.
 
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