WSU Hosts Denver, Northern Arizona at Gibb Pool

WASHINGTON STATE HOSTS DENVER, NORTHERN ARIZONA AT GIBB POOL
Washington State is about to host Denver and Northern Arizona in a pair of residence meets at Gibb Pool. The Cougars will face Denver Friday at 3 p.m. and Northern Arizona Saturday at 10 a.m. with each meets streamed stay on YouTube 

SERIES HISTORY

WSU beat Denver 167-127 in Denver final season, the primary assembly between the groups and the Cougars are 9-3 all-time towards NAU with the Lumberjacks claiming a 178-116 win in Tucson, Ariz. two seasons in the past.

COUGS FINISH SECOND AT MPSF OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Cougars posted a second-place end on the 2025 MPSF Open Water Championships held on the coast of Long Beach, Calif. Oct. 18. In the ladies’s 5K, Hay led the way in which with a fourth-place end after posting a 1:03.15, simply two seconds off of the winner. Sophomore Tatum Janning was sixth with a 1:03.39 and freshman Vivien Nett was twelfth with a 1:03.57. In the afternoon 2000-meter relay, freshman Avery Bulkley, Hay, Janning and Nett completed second with a 25:55, simply 43 one-hundredth’s of a second behind the winners, Rice. WSU completed forward of third-place Cal Baptist, fourth-place Fresno State and fifth-place BYU. There have been 27 competing relay groups.

AVERY BUCKLEY NAMED MOUNTAIN WEST FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK

Washington State swimmer Avery Bulkley was named the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Week Oct. 14. Bulkley had a formidable first collegiate meet, successful the 1650 free, ending fourth within the 500 free and helped the 800 free relay to a second-place end whereas the Cougars completed the meet in third place. The freshman from Payson, Utah gained the 1650 free with a 17:05.35, good for a 5 second win and entered Tuesday with the Eleventh-fastest mile time within the nation. Bulkley additionally helped the 800 free relay group to a second-place end and positioned fourth within the 500 free. Bulkley earns WSU’s first convention honor of the season after Darcy Revitt earned the identical recognition 4 occasions final season.

COUGS FINISH THIRD AT FRESNO STATE INVITE

Washington State tallied seven wins and completed on the season-opening Fresno State Invite, hosted by Fresno State University Oct. 10-11

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 Chula Vista, Calif. native produced the very best 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 group with 23 particular person wins through the season. Lundgren broke 4 college data within the 100 breast, 200 breast ,100 fly and 200 IM, was part of three college 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 remaining, the very best 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 college 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 remaining, Lundgren posted a 2:06.18 to complete sixth nationally, the very best end by a Cougar in NCAA historical past after breaking her personal college 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 greatest 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 group 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 submit 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 group to a title as nicely. 

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 girls’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 line with SwimCloud. The Colorado native 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.