Cougar Swimming Heads to Fresno State Invite to Open 2025-26

FRESNO STATE INVITE

Fresno State Aquatics Center | Fresno, Calif.

October 10-11, 2025 || Friday | 11 a.m. / 6 p.m. || Saturday | 10 a.m.

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WASHINGTON STATE HEADS TO FRESNO STATE INVITE TO OPEN 2025-26
Washington State Swimming opens the 2025-26 season on the Fresno State Invite Friday and Saturday. In addition to the hosts Fresno State, Air Force, San Jose State and San Diego State make up the sector. Both days will likely be webstreamed on the Mountain West Network and reside outcomes will likely be accessible on Meet Mobile.

LUNDGREN NAMED MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE SWIMMER OF THE YEAR

Senior Emily Lundgren was named the Mountain West Conference Swimmer of the Year final season. The convention coaches voted on the awards. The Chula Vista, Calif. native produced the perfect season in program historical past, incomes a pair of All-America honors, successful a pair of Mountain West particular person titles within the 200 IM and 200 breast and helped the 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay occasions to convention titles. Lundgren, who was named the MWC Championships Swimmer of the Meet led the staff with 23 particular person wins in the course of the season. Lundgren broke 4 faculty data within the 100 breast, 200 breast ,100 fly and 200 IM, was part of three faculty relay data within the 200 free, 200 medley and 400 medley, and broke 4 WSU Gibb Pool data. Lundgren additionally earned two Mountain West Swimmer of the Week awards. Lundgren, who certified for her third straight NCAA Championships, earned All-America Honorable Mention within the 100 breast and have become WSU’s first All-American after ending sixth within the 200 breast within the NCAA Championships ultimate, the perfect end by any swimmer in program historical past.

THREE COUGS COMPETED AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FEDERAL WAY

Three Washington State swimmers, juniors Emily Lundgren and Dori Hathazi together with freshman Darcy Revitt competed on the 2025 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Revitt competed within the 50 free and 100 free whereas Hathazi competed within the 200 fly, and Lundgren competed within the 200 IM, 100 breast and 200 breast. Revitt opened the prelims breaking her personal faculty report with a 48.05 within the 100 free, good for No. 20 nationally and the third-fastest time by a freshman within the nation. Hathazi posted a 1:55.33 in her 200 fly morning prelims, good for No. 25 nationally.

TWO-TIME ALL-AMERICAN EMILY LUNDGREN MAKES HISTORY

Emily Lundgren capped her record-setting week on the NCAA Swimming Championships incomes her second All-America honor. Lundgren, who earned All-America Honorable Mention within the 100 Breast, gained her 200 breast morning prelim with a school-record 2:06.83, the third-fastest time within the morning prelims. In the night ultimate, Lundgren posted a 2:06.18 to complete sixth nationally, the perfect end by a Cougar in NCAA historical past after breaking her personal faculty and Mountain West Conference report and have become WSU’s first All-American since 2000. Lundgren was the primary Cougar to swim in an NCAA Final since Erin Eldridge within the 2000 the place she completed eighth within the 100 breast. It was Lundgren’s third All-America honor after incomes honorable point out within the 200 breast in 2023-24 and honorable point out within the 100 breast in 2024-25.

TEN COUGARS, FOUR RELAYS EARN ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONORS

Ten Washington State Swimmers and 4 relay groups obtained All-Mountain West Conference honors final season. At the 2025 Mountain West Conference Championships in Houston, the Cougars tallied 5 particular person occasion titles and two relay titles en path to their finest end at a convention championships in program historical past, ending fifth. 

COUGARS MAKE HISTORY

WSU posted an 8-0 mark in twin meets final season, tying this system report for wins with eight (1978-79, 1979-80, 1996-97, 2001-02, 2015-16) whereas recording the primary undefeated season in program historical past after the 1991-92 staff went 5-0-1.

AUSTIN PILLADO PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH

Cougar Swimming’s Austin Pillado was promoted to Associate Head Coach this previous summer time. In his first season at WSU, Pillado helped WSU publish an ideal 8-0 report in twin meets, tying the report for single-season wins and the primary undefeated season in program historical past. Three Cougars earned journeys to the NCAA Championships, marking simply the second in program historical past with three NCAA picks. Pillado coached freshman Darcy Revitt who certified for the NCAA Championships whereas successful a pair of Mountain West Conference titles within the 50 free and 100 free together with serving to the 200 medley relay staff to a title as properly. Revitt completed her first collegiate season incomes Co-Freshman of the Meet on the Mountain West Conference Championships, recorded 12 particular person wins, set two particular person faculty data, 4 faculty relay data and earned All-Mountain West honors within the 50 free, 100 free and 200 medley relay. Pillado noticed ten Cougar swimmers and 4 relays earn All-Mountain West honors after WSU claimed 5 particular person titles and two relay championships whereas 4 swimmers earned CSC Academic All-District honors. Pillado got here to Pullman after working the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach on the National Champion Arizona State Men’s Swimming and Diving Teams and dealing the earlier two seasons as an assistant coach at Penn State.

COUGAR SWIMMING ADDS JACKIE MUDD AS ASSISTANT COACH

Jackie Mudd was named an assistant coach this previous summer time. Mudd joined WSU after working this previous season as an assistant coach for the lads’s and ladies’s applications on the Colorado School of Mines and has labored as an assistant coach on the USA Swimming program, working with swimmers ages 8-18. In her solely season at Colorado School of Mines, Mudd coached the gap and IM group whereas additionally serving because the applications’ recruiting coordinator the place she produced the highest Division II incoming recruiting class within the nation in accordance with SwimCloud. Mudd was chosen by the NCAA to attend the NCAA Career in Sports Forum June 2023. As one among 200 contributors chosen from practically 1,500 candidates, the four-day convention occasion supplied training on NCAA profession alternatives and networking with coaches and leaders inside the group. Mudd coached the Governors Ranch Gators Swim Team from 2022-25 and was an assistant coach at Northview High School in California in 2024. Mudd swam collegiately at Biola University in California the place she helped BU to a 2021 convention championship, was a four-time CSCAA Academic All-American and graduated in 2024. The Colorado native is about to finish her grasp’s diploma in sport teaching and athletic administration this August.