February 18, 2009 General Information Location...1500 N. Warner CMB 1044...Tacoma, Washington 98416 Colors...Maroon and White Nickname... Loggers Enrollment...2,600 Founded...1888 President...Dr. Ronald Thomas Athletics Director... Amy Hackett Associate AD/SWA... Robin Hamilton Facilities Manager... Brian Billings Sports Information...Chris Thompson Athletic Trainer...Craig Bennett, ATC Office Manager... Cyndy Gulyas Athletic Department Phone...(253) 879-3140 Swimming Affilitation...NCAA Division III Conference... Northwest (NWC) Head Coach... Chris Myhre Years at UPS... 12th Season Office Phone... (253) 879-3146 Email... cmyhre@ups.edu Next Competition Date: Mar. 18-21, 2009 Meet: 2009 NCAA Division III Championships Location: University Aquatic Center (Minneapolis, Minn.) Time: All Day Off To The NCAA Championships Four Puget Sound swimmers have received their invitation to the 2009 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships as Paul Hughes (Ruston, Wash./Curtis), Bret Schluederberg (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Garrett Gentling (Shoreline, Wash./Shorewood) and Jackson Kowalski (Keizer, Wash./McNary) will be packing their bags for a trip to Minneapolis, Minn. for the meet on Mar. 18-21. The quartet of Loggers all received their invitations after their time in the 200 yard Medley Relay was taken as the 11th-best in the country. Hughes had already earned his ticket to the national championships with an A-cut in the 100 Breast back on Dec. 5 at the Husky Invitational but the other three had to wait until Friday to find out for sure if they would be making the trip. The four swimmers will also be eligible to compete in any other event in which they recorded a B-cut qualifying time. Besides the 200 Medley Relay, the four swimmers are expected to compete in the 200 Freestyle Relay, as well as the 400 Medley Relay and possibly the 400 Freestyle Relay. Individually, Hughes is expected to swim the 200 Breast in addition to the 100 Breast and the relays. Schluederberg is qualified to swim in the 50 Freestyle if he chooses while Gentling is expected to swim in the 100 Back as well. Kowalski, the lone junior going for the Loggers, is eligible to swim in the 100 Fly, 100 Back and 200 Back The meet is scheduled for March 18-21 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, Minn. and will be hosted by Macalester College.
Schedule/Results 2008-09 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Venue City Time/Score Oct. 11 Logger Relays Wallace Pool Tacoma, Wash No Scores Oct. 31 NWC Sprint Pentathlon Forest Grove Aquatic Center Forest Grove, Ore. M: 284 (1st) W: 243 (2nd) Nov. 1 NWC Relay Meet Zehntbauer Swimming Pavilion Portland, Ore. 544 (1st) Nov. 7 *Pacific Lutheran PLU Swimming Pool Parkland, Wash. M: 138-67 W: 143-62 Nov. 8 *Willamette Sparks Pool Salem, Ore. M: 115-59 W: 136-46 Nov. 14 *Linfield Wallace Pool Tacoma, Wash. M: 121-71 W: 118-81 Nov. 21-22 Northwest Invitational Whitworth Aquatic Center Spokane, Wash. M: 754 (2nd) W: 710 (2nd) Dec. 4-6 Husky Invitational Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center Federal Way, Wash. M: 280 (8th) W: 178 (10th) Jan. 14 CLU Winter Relay Invite Samuelson Aquatic Center Thousand Oaks, Calif. M: 110 (1st) W: 82 (1st) Jan. 17 *Pacific Wallace Pool Tacoma, Wash. M: 125-62 W: 123-68 Jan. 24 *Lewis & Clark Zehntbauer Swimming Pavilion Portland, Ore. M: 111-63 W: 121-82 Jan. 30 *Whitman Wallace Pool Tacoma, Wash. M: 111-89 W: 109-90 Jan. 31 *Whitworth Wallace Pool Tacoma, Wash. M: 89-116 W: 75-130 Feb. 13-15 NWC Championships Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center Federal Way, Wash. M: 675.5 (2nd) W: 777 (1st) Mar. 18-21 NCAA DIII Championships University Aquatic Center Minneapolis, Minn. All Day *Denotes Northwest Conference (NWC) Meet Home Meets Indicated by Bold NCAA A-Cut Qualifying Times (National Rank) Swimmer Event Time Meet Date Paul Hughes 100 Breast (M) 55.70 (4) Husky Invitational 12/5/08 NCAA B-Cut Qualifying Times (National Rank) Swimmer Event Time Meet Date Paul Hughes 200 Breast (M) 2:05.32 (11) Husky Invitational 12/6/08 Barton, Roberts, O Dell, MacAfee 200 Free Relay (W) 1:37.22 (9) NWC Championships 2/13/09 Schluederberg, Hughes, Daly, Hughes 200 Free Relay (M) 1:22.63 (6) NWC Championships 2/13/09 Bret Schluederberg 50 Freestyle (M) 20.89 (23) NWC Championships 2/13/09 Kitson, Phillips, Elizondo, Roberts 400 Medley Relay (W) 3:56.67 (10) NWC Championships 2/13/09 Gentling, Hughes, Kowalski, Schluederberg 400 Medley Relay (M) 3:24.63 (8) NWC Championships 2/13/09 Kitson, Phillips, MacAfee, Barton 200 Medley Relay (W) 1:46.93 (5) NWC Championships 2/14/09 Gentling, Hughes, Kowalski, Schluederberg 200 Medley Relay (M) 1:32.00 (3) NWC Championships 2/14/09 Mac MacAfee 100 Fly (W) 58.50 (23) NWC Championships 2/14/09 Jackson Kowalski 100 Fly (M) 50.81 (23) NWC Championships 2/14/09 Sierra Phillips 100 Breast (W) 1:06.10 (17) NWC Championships 2/14/09 Aaron Hughes 100 Breast (M) 57.31 (19) NWC Championships 2/14/09 Kenzie Kitson 100 Back (W) 59.48 (15) NWC Championships 2/14/09 Jackson Kowalski 100 Back (M) 51.56 (18) NWC Championships 2/14/09 Jackson Kowalski 200 Back (M) 1:51.96 (5) NWC Championships 2/15/09 Katie Barton 100 Free (W) 53.25 (24) NWC Championships 2/15/09 Sierra Phillips 200 Breast (W) 2:25.08 (10) NWC Championships 2/15/09 Kelsey Elizondo 200 Fly (W) 2:07.64 (10) NWC Championships 2/15/09
Recap - October 31, 2008/November 1, 2008 LOGGERS DOMINATE NWC SPRINT PENTATHLON FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Junior Hally Roberts (Boulder, Colo./Kenyon College) placed second in the women s portion and senior Paul Hughes (Ruston, Wash./Curtis) took second on the men s side as the Puget Sound Loggers opened up the 2008-09 swim season in grand fashion, dominating the Northwest Conference Sprint Pentathlon on Friday evening in Forest Grove, Ore. In the women s races, Roberts made quite the splash in her first match for the Loggers. With the quickest time in the 50 fly (27.97). Roberts then followed that up with the top time in the 50 backstroke (29.82) and the 50 freestyle (25.44) to finish with a combined time of 3:04.07 in the six-event event. Elizabeth Mac MacAfee (Los Gatos, Calif.) took third with a time of 3:04.07. Lindsay Nixon of Lewis & Clark won the event with a time of 3:01.48. In the men s races, Hughes put together the top times in the 50 breast (27.92) as he put together a total of 2:40.90 to finish just over a second behind Jay Jones of Pacific Lutheran. Garrett Gentling (Shoreline, Wash./Shorewood) took fifth with a time of 2:42.35 and Bret Schluederberg (Chapel Hill, N.C.) took sixth with a time of 2:43.24. LOGGERS WIN NWC RELAYS PORTLAND, Ore. - The Loggers won seven relays as the Puget Sound swim teams won the Northwest Conference Relay Meet on Saturday afternoon at Lewis & Clark in Portland, Ore. The Loggers won the mixed 400 freestyle relay, men s 300 yard medley relay, the mixed 200 yard freestyle relay, the men s 300 yard breaststroke relay, the women s 300 yard breaststroke relay, the men s 300 yard backstroke relay, and the women s 300 yard backstroke relay. In the team standings, the Loggers scored a combine 544 points to finish 64 points ahead of second-place Pacific Lutheran. Whitman took third, followed by Linfield, Pacific, Lewis & Clark and Willamette. Men NWC Sprint Pentathlon Paul Hughes 2:40.90 (2) Garrett Gentling 2:42.35 (5) Bret Schluederberg 2:43.24 (6) Jackson Kowalski 2:43.52 (8) Jack Zaharchuk 2:46.05 (10) Aaron Hughes 2:49.66 (16) Adam Ganz 2:52.74 (20) Zach Korte 2:53.64 (23) Maxwell Vincent 2:54.99 (25) Kevin Curlett 2:55.66 (27) Jeremiah Root 2:57.38 (30) Erik Doran 3:02.17 (43) Steve Webber 3:05.67 (52) Will Eberle 3:08.72 (58) Chris Hauser 3:29.09 (70) Bo Turek 3:35.27 (72) Women NWC Sprint Pentathlon Hally Roberts 3:04.28 (2) Elizabeth MacAfee 3:04.48 (3) Jessie Kuwada 3:10.77 (9) Sierra Phillips 3:13.01 (14) Maggie Smith 3:15.08 (19) Kelsey Elizondo 3:16.58 (21) Caitlin Farry 3:16.75 (22) Cymon Kersch 3:17.42 (24) Ali Vance 3:18.05 (27) MacKenzie Giusti 3:18.25 (28) Sarah Wilson 3:20.33 (29) Kelley O Dell 3:20.54 (31) Alycia Corey 3:21.66 (33) Celeste Bower 3:24.26 (42) Rachel Medelsohn 3:25.37 (45) Hannah Vernon 3:25.80 (46) Victoria Bonomo 3:27.25 (52) Kenzie Kitson 3:27.71 (54) Emily Chen 3:28.35 (57) Miranda Kent 3:29.82 (61) Blair Van Baush 3:31.99 (66) Erin Hoshibata 3:33.33 (70) Jessica Ashe 3:33.67 (71) Taylor Sands 3:38.52 (81) Whitney Ulvestad 3:55.46 (94)
Recap - November 7, 2008 LOGGERS OPEN DUAL SEASON WITH SWEEP OF LUTES PARKLAND, Wash. - The Puget Sound Loggers won nine of 11 events in both the men s and women s competitions as they swept a Northwest Conference dual meet from the host Pacific Lutheran Lutes on Friday evening at PLU Swimming Pool in Parkland, Wash. The Loggers had the best of the swimming for most of the evening. Hally Roberts (Boulder, Colo./Kenyon College) won the 50 freestyle (26.00) and the 100 freestyle (56.89), while Bret Schluederberg (Chapel Hill, N.C.) won the 100 free (49.21) and the 200 free (1:51.06) for the visitors. One of the closest races also came in the longest as Jack Zaharchuk (Portland, Ore.) outlasted Alex Limoges in the 1000 freestyle to win by 0.77 seconds with a time of 10:32.14.
Recap - November 8, 2008 SWIMMERS CRUISE PAST BEARCATS SALEM, Ore. - Placing first in 19 of 22 events, the Puget Sound swim teams made easy work of the Willamette Bearcats, cruising in a Northwest Conference dual meet on Saturday afternoon in Salem, Ore. The Loggers won all four relays they raced and then had individual wins from 14 different swimmers. Shannon Bradley (Sherwood, Ore.) was the Loggers lone two-event winner, posting the top time in the Women s 1000 Yard and 500 Yard Freestyles. Event 1 - Women 200 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 201.01 (1st) Puget Sound C... 2:07.28 (2nd) Puget Sound B...2:21.34 (4th) Event 2 - Men 200 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 1:45.65 (1st) Event 3 - Women 1000 Free Shannon Bradley... 11:39.72 (1st) Hannah Vernon...11:57.91 (2nd) Event 4 - Men 1000 Free Chris Hauser... 12:46.11 (1st) Event 5 - Women 200 Free Caitlin Farry... 2:11.09 (1st) Miranda Kent...2:20.94 (3rd) Blair Van Vaush...2:22.85 (4th) Event 6 - Men 200 Free Jackson Kowalski... 1:53.00 (2nd) Jeremiah Root...2:02.22 (4th) Will Eberle...2:06.38 (5th) Event 7 - Women 50 Free MacKenzie Giusti...27.33 (1st) Erin Hoshibata...28.41 (3rd) Rachel Mendelsohn... 28.88 (4th) Event 8 - Men 50 Free Christopher Daly...23.15 (1st) Maxwell Vincent...23.35 (3rd) Event 9 - Women 400 IM Mac MacAfee... 5:00.63 (1st) Maggie Smith...5:11.56 (3rd) Victoria Bonomo...5:22.08 (5th) Jessica Ashe... 5:24.07 (Exh.) Event 10 - Men 400 IM Kevin Curlett... 4:42.28 (1st) Zachary Korte... 4:43.59 (2nd) Jake Rifkin...4:46.58 (3rd) Event 11 - Women 100 Fly Hally Roberts... 1:05.06 (1st) Rachel Mendelsohn... 1:07.05 (2nd) Sarah Wilson...1:09.23 (5th) Event 12 - Men 100 Fly Jackson Kowalski...55.65 (1st) Christopher Daly...1:00.73 (3rd) Event 13 - Women 100 Free Hannah Vernon... 1:00.13 (1st) Kelley O Dell... 1:01.32 (2nd) Erin Hoshibata...1:06.36 (4th) Event 14 - Men 100 Free Kevin Curlett...52.76 (3rd) Jeremiah Root... 53.28 (4th) Steve Webber... 55.89 (5th) Event 15 - Women 100 Back Kenzie Kitson... 1:04.70 (1st) Mac MacAfee... 1:08.58 (2nd) Maggie Smith...1:11.71 (3rd) Event 16 - Men 100 Back Jake Rifkin... 1:02.25 (1st) Zachary Kote... 1:07.07 (2nd) Event 17 - Women 500 Free Shannon Bradley... 5:37.01 (1st) Caitlin Farry...5:55.75 (3rd) MacKenzie Giusti...6:07.76 (4th) Event 18 - Men 500 Free Will Eberle... 5:34.60 (1st) Chris Hauser... 6:26.61 (2nd) Event 19 - Women 100 Breast Miranda Kent... 1:15.99 (2nd) Sarah Wilson...1:19.64 (3rd) Jessica Ashe...1:119.95 (4th) Event 20 - Men 100 Breast Steve Webber... 1:06.54 (1st) Maxwell Vincent...1:14.83 (3rd) Will Eberle...1:15.91 (4th) Event 21 - Women 200 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 1:48.18 (1st) Puget Sound B...1:52.68 (3rd) Event 22 - Men 200 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 1:37.42 (1st)
Recap - November 16, 2008 LOGGER SWIMMERS MAKE MOST OF HOME DEBUT TACOMA, Wash. - Posting the top times in 15 of 18 individual event and all four relays, the Puget Sound Loggers made the most out of their 2008-09 home debut by defeating the Linfield Wildcats, 121-71 for the men and 118-81 for the women, in a Northwest Conference swim dual on Friday evening at Wallace Pool in Tacoma, Wash. Elizabeth Mac MacAfee (Los Gatos, Calif.) shined for the Loggers, winning three events on the night. MacAfee won the 200 free (2:15.73), 100 butterfly (1:08.89), and 400 free (4:50.61). On the men s side, Bret Schluederberg (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Jackson Kowalski (Keizer, Ore.) each won two events to lead the Loggers to victory. Schluederberg won the 50 free (24.72) and 100 free (55.92) while Kowalski took first in the 200 individual medley (2:19.15) and 100 fly (1:04.68). Event 1 - Women 200 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 2:09.22 (1st) Puget Sound B... 2:21.45 (2nd) Puget Sound C... 2:21.42 (Exh.) Event 2 - Men 200 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 1:51.72 (1st) Puget Sound B...2:24.45 (3rd) Event 3 - Women 800 Free Cymon Kersch... 10:06.48 (1st) Shannon Bradley...10:07.30 (2nd) Whitney Ulvestad...10:58.06 (5th) Event 4 - Men 800 Free Zachary Korte... 9:48.07 (2nd) Erik Doran...9:52.15 (3rd) Will Eberle...10:02.16 (4th) Event 5 - Women 200 Free Mac MacAfee... 2:15.73 (1st) Kelley O Dell...2:29.05 (4th) MacKenzie Giusti...2:31.66 (5th) Hannah Vernon... 2:20.97 (Exh.) Caitlin Farry... 2:27.61 (Exh.) Miranda Kent... 2:32.56 (Exh.) Blair Van Baush... 2:39.72 (Exh.) Event 6 - Men 200 Free Jack Zaharchuk... 2:06.48 (2nd) Adam Ganz...2:07.33 (3rd) Garrett Gentling...2:09.02 (4th) Event 7 - Women 50 Free Hally Roberts...28.69 (1st) Celeste Bower...30.06 (3rd) Jessie Kuwada... 30.17 (2nd) Event 8 - Men 50 Free Bret Schluederberg...24.72 (1st) Christopher Daly... 25.70 (2nd) Maxwell Vincent...25.77 (3rd) Event 9 - Women 200 IM Sierra Phillips... 2:38.15 (1st) Sarah Wilson...2:47.92 (3rd) Alycia Corey...2:49.83 (4th) Event 10 - Men 200 IM Jackson Kowalski... 2:19.15 (1st) Paul Hughes... 2:20.70 (2nd) Kevin Curlett...2:31.47 (4th) Event 11 - Women 100 Fly Mac MacAfee... 1:08.89 (1st) Kelsey Elizondo... 1:11.31 (2nd) Ali Vance...1:12.45 (3rd) Rachel Mendelsohn... 1:14.80 (Exh.) MacKenzie Giusti... 1:17.87 (Exh.) Jessica Ashe... 1:18.53 (Exh.) Event 12 - Men 100 Fly Jackson Kowalski... 1:04.68 (1st) Paul Hughes...1:05.96 (3rd) Zach Korte...1:06.13 (4th) Daniel Anderson... 1:39.46 (Exh.) Event 13 - Women 100 Free Hannah Vernon... 1:05.85 (2nd) Celeste Bower...1:05.98 (3rd) Kelley O Dell...1:08.91 (5th) Event 14 - Men 100 Free Bret Schluederberg...55.92 (1st) Aaron Hughes... 56.29 (2nd) Adam Ganz...58.00 (3rd) Event 15 - Women 100 Back Kenzie Kitson... 1:11.37 (2nd) Jessie Kuwada...1:12.09 (3rd) Hally Roberts...1:14.36 (4th) Event 16 - Men 100 Back Garrett Gentling... 1:01.84 (1st) Jackson Kowalski... 1:06.67 (2nd) Bo Turek...1:24.28 (4th) Chris Hauser... 1:25.73 (Exh.) Event 17 - Women 400 Free Mac MacAfee... 4:50.61 (1st) Shannon Bradley... 4:57.81 (2nd) Cymon Kersch...5:10.45 (3rd) Event 18 - Men 400 Free Jack Zaharchuk... 4:24.41 (1st) Kevin Curlett...4:38.86 (3rd) Erik Doran...4:58.22 (4th) Event 19 - Women 100 Breast Sierra Phillips... 1:17.72 (Exh.) Miranda Kent... 1:23.89 (Exh.) Alycia Corey... 1:24.45 (Exh.) Maggie Smith... 1:25.62 (Exh.) Kelley O Dell... 1:25.99 (Exh.) Jessica Ashe... 1:27.32 (Exh.) Emily Chen... 1:27.55 (Exh.) Sarah Wilson... 1:31.08 (Exh.) Taylor Sands... 1:33.80 (Exh.) Event 20 - Men 100 Breast Aaron Hughes... 1:10.02 (Exh.) Paul Hughes... 1:10.40 (Exh.) Jack Zahurchuk... 1:15.76 (Exh.) Event 21 - Women 200 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 2:02.28 (Exh.) Puget Sound B... 2:04.11 (Exh.) Event 22 - Men 200 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 1:41.08 (Exh.) Puget Sound B... 1:52.61 (Exh.)
Recap - November 21, 2008 SWIMMERS SECOND AFTER DAY ONE OF NORTHWEST INVITE SPOKANE, Wash. - Earning three first-place finishes, the Puget Sound Loggers find themselves sitting comfortably in second place in both the men s and women s standings following the first day of competition at the Northwest Invitational, hosted by Whitworth University. The Loggers first win came thanks to freshman Sierra Phillips (Cottonwood Heights, Utah/Brighton), who took the top spot in the Women s 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:09.70, the only swimmer to break the 1:10.00 mark. Puget Sound second win came in the final of the Men s 200 Backstroke as Jackson Kowalski (Keizer, Ore./McNary) and Garrett Gentling (Shoreline, Wash./Shorewood) finished one-two. Kowalski won the race with a time of 1:57.04 and Gentling edged out PLU s Forrest Crain for second with a time of 2:01.42. The Loggers final victory of the evening came in the men s 400 yard medley, defeating second-place Pacific Lutheran and the rest of the field with a time of 3:38.01. Event 1 - Women 200 Free Relay Puget Sound... 1:46.62 (F-4th) Event 2 - Men 200 Free Relay Puget Sound...1:30.29 (F-3rd) Event 3 - Women 200 Yard IM Sierra Phillips... 2:25.14 (F-5th) Maggie Smith... 2:24.58 (F-7th) Alycia Corey...2:30.18 (F-14th) Sarah Wilson...2:32.45 (F-16th) Kelley O Dell...2:32.90 (F-17th) MacKenzie Giusti...2:36.73 (F-18th) Hally Roberts...2:27.66 (P-11th) Jessie Kuwada...2:35.31 (P-23rd) Jessica Ashe...2:37.42 (P-24th) Blair Van Baush...2:43.22 (P-28th) Event 4 - Men 200 Yard IM Garrett Gentling... 2:05.27 (F-5th) Paul Hughes... 2:10.14 (F-6th) Jack Zaharchuk... 2:07.01 (F-7th) Steve Webber...2:22.56 (F-18th) Event 5 - Women 500 Free Mac MacAfee... 5:29.14 (F-4th) Shannon Bradley... 5:37.24 (F-7th) Hannah Vernon...5:47.18 (F-14th) Whitney Ulvestad...6:12.17 (P-23rd) Catherine Buckley...6:19.09 (P-26th) Event 6 - Men 500 Free Kevin Curlett...5:12.95 (F-10th) Erik Doran...5:27.15 (F-12th) Will Eberle...5:28.40 (F-14th) Chris Hauser... 5:57.38 (P-21st) Event 7 - Women 100 Breast Sierra Phillips...1:09.70 (F-1st) Alycia Corey...1:15.42 (F-10th) Kelley O Dell...1:16.78 (F-12th) Taylor Sands...1:20.31 (F-16th) Sarah Wilson...1:21.16 (F-18th) Jessica Ashe...1:20.00 (P-20th) Event 8 - Men 100 Breast Aaron Hughes...1:00.20 (F-3rd) Paul Hughes... 1:01.54 (F-4th) Steve Webber...1:07.93 (F-18th) Jeremiah Root...1:08.40 (P-20th) Bo Turek...1:23.19 (P-27th) Event 9 - Women 200 Back Kenzie Kitson...2:16.24 (F-3rd) Jessie Kuwada... 2:21.72 (F-5th) Event 10 - Men 200 Back Jackson Kowalski...1:57.04 (F-1st) Garrett Gentling...2:01.42 (F-2nd) Jake Rifkin... 2:07.06 (F-7th) Event 11 - Women 100 Free Hally Roberts... 56.29 (F-3rd) Celeste Bower... 58.78 (F-14th) Hannah Vernon... 59.58 (F-15th) MacKenzie Giusti...1:01.24 (F-17th) Erin Hoshibata...1:04.41 (P-28th) Event 12 - Men 100 Free Bret Schluederberg...49.66 (F-4th) Christopher Daly...50.10 (F-8th) Aaron Hughes...50.95 (F-9th) Maxwell Vincent... 52.60 (P-20th) Jeremiah Root... 53.49 (P-24th) Bo Turek...1:00.51 (P-34th) Chris Hauser...1:01.32 (P-36th) Daniel Anderson...1:11.44 (P-38th) Event 13 - Women 200 Fly Mac MacAfee... 2:23.12 (F-4th) Shannon Bradley... 2:25.66 (F-5th) Rachel Mendelsohn... 2:34.05 (F-9th) Event 14 - Men 200 Fly Zachary Korte... 2:10.21 (F-5th) Event 15 - Women 800 Free Relay Puget Sound...8:33.96 (F-3rd) Event 16 - Men 800 Free Relay Puget Sound... 7:36.96 (F-5th) Event 17 - Women 400 Medley Relay Puget Sound...4:16.01 (F-3rd) Event 18 - Men 400 Medley Relay Puget Sound...3:38.01 (F-1st) F indicates Finals P indicates Preliminaries
Recap - November 21, 2008 SWIMMERS TAKE SECOND AT NORTHWEST INVITE SPOKANE, Wash. - A one-two finish in the men s 100 backstroke by Jackson Kowalski (Keizer, Ore./McNary) and Garrett Gentling (Shoreline, Wash./Shorewood) highlighted the Puget Sound Loggers Saturday at the Northwest Invitational in Spokane. A strong team effort allowed the Loggers to take second in both the men s and women s standings, trailing only host Whitworth. Kowalski and Gentling battled in the men s 100 backstroke, pushing each other under 55 seconds. Kowalski took first with a time of 53.95 and Gentling finished just behind with a time of 54.69. The Loggers were aided to the second place team finishes by a number of second place individual finishes. Puget Sound put together 720 team points on the women s side and 754 in the men s team standings. Event 19 - Women 200 Medley Relay Puget Sound...1:54.59 (F-2nd) Event 20 - Men 200 Medley Relay Puget Sound... DQ Event 21 - Women 400 IM Shannon Bradley... 5:03.19 (F-4th) Maggie Smith... 5:10.29 (F-9th) Sarah Wilson...5:27.31 (F-14th) Event 22 - Men 400 IM Jack Zaharchuk... 4:35.45 (F-4th) Jake Rifkin... 4:43.34 (F-6th) Kevin Curlett... 4:42.17 (F-7th) Zachary Korte... DQ Event 23 - Women 200 Free Hannah Vernon...2:09.83 (F-11th) Celeste Bower...2:08.28 (F-13th) Kenzie Kitson...2:14.61 (F-18th) Blair Van Baush...2:19.86 (P-30th) Whitney Ulvestad... 2:20.02 (P-31st) Catherine Buckley...2:21.27 (P-35th) Event 24 - Men 200 Free Adam Ganz...1:56.32 (F-11th) Will Eberle...2:05.14 (F-16th) Chris Hauser... 2:14.22 (P-21st) Event 25 - Women 100 Fly Mac MacAfee...1:02.59 (F-2nd) Rachel Mendelsohn... 1:06.64 (F-7th) MacKenzie Giusti... 1:07.14 (F-9th) Jessica Ashe...1:12.10 (F-14th) Erin Hoshibata...1:18.75 (P-24th) Taylor Sands...1:20.53 (P-26th) Event 26 - Men 100 Fly Jackson Kowalski... 53.97 (F-3rd) Bret Schluederberg... 57.65 (F-11th) Christopher Daly... 57.70 (F-12th) Maxwell Vincent...1:01.83 (P-19th) Daniel Anderson...1:25.48 (P-27th) Event 27 - Women 200 Breast Sierra Phillips...2:33.02 (F-2nd) Alycia Corey... 2:42.83 (F-9th) Kelley O Dell...2:45.45 (F-10th) Maggie Smith...2:44.52 (F-14th) Event 28 - Men 200 Breast Paul Hughes...2:14.18 (F-2nd) Aaron Hughes... 2:21.46 (F-4th) Zachary Korte... 2:22.86 (F-7th) Jack Zaharchuk... 2:25.23 (F-9th) Erik Doran...2:31.16 (F-17th) Steve Webber...2:42.03 (P-20th) Bo Turek...3:03.48 (P-23rd) Event 29 - Women 100 Back Kenzie Kitson...1:02.88 (F-3rd) Jessie Kuwada... 1:03.98 (F-5th) Blair Van Baush...1:13.70 (P-25th) Event 30 - Men 100 Back Jackson Kowalski... 53.95 (F-1st) Garrett Gentling...54.69 (F-2nd) Jake Rifkin...1:00.32 (F-11th) Event 31 - Women 50 Free Hally Roberts...25.63 (F-4th) Celeste Bower... 27.12 (F-15th) Erin Hoshibata... 27.81 (F-17th) Rachel Mendelsohn... 28.46 (P-22nd) Taylor Sands... 30.28 (P-37th) Event 32 - Men 50 Free Bret Schluederberg... 22.08 (F-3rd) Christopher Daly...22.97 (F-6th) Adam Ganz...23.09 (F-9th) Maxwell Vincent... 23.25 (F-13th) Jeremiah Root... 24.11 (P-19th) Daniel Anderson... 32.92 (P-32nd) Event 33 - Women 1650 Free Whitney Ulvestad...20:41.87 (F-11th) Catherine Buckley...21:39.55 (F-16th) Event 34 - Men 1650 Free Kevin Curlett...18:18.69 (F-8th) Erik Doran...19:10.04 (F-11th) Will Eberle...19:14.95 (F-12th) Event 35 - Women 400 Free Relay Puget Sound...3:53.04 (F-3rd) Event 36 - Men 400 Free Relay Puget Sound... 3:22.22 (F-6th) F indicates Finals P indicates Preliminaries
Recap - December 3, 2008 LOGGER SWIMMERS AT DAY ONE OF HUSKY INVITE FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Junior Hally Roberts (Boulder, Colo.) and senior Bret Schluederberg (Chapel Hill, N.C.) both qualified for the consolation finals of the 50 Freestyle to highlight the Puget Sound Loggers first day against a mostly Division-I field at the Husky Invitational on Thursday at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. Roberts tied for second the 50 Free E final, drawing with Victoria Tan of Hawai i. Both swimmers recorded a time of 24.65. Roberts was also part of the 200 Free Relay that finished 10th with a time of 1:41.27 and the 400 Medley Relay that finished eighth with a time of 4:00.75. Schluederberg placed eighth in the 50 Free E final with a time of 21.29, finishing just behind Russ Mahan of Washington (21.27) and Damir Dugonjic of Cal (21.25). Schluederberg also swam in the 200 Free Relay that took seventh with a time of 1:25.16, about 2.5 seconds ahead of NWC-rival Whitworth. The Logger 400 Medley Relay also finished better than Whitworth, taking eighth with a time of 3:30.63. Event 1 Women 200 Free Relay Puget Sound A...1:41.27 (F-10th) Puget Sound B...1:43.77 (Exhib.) Event 2 Men 200 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 1:25.16 (F-7th) Puget Sound B...1:29.04 (Exhib.) Event 3 Women 500 Free Mac MacaAfee...5:15.29 (P-38th) Kelsey Elizondo... 5:37.06 (P-61st) Shannon Bradley...5:41.42 (P-63rd) Hannah Vernon...5:43.12 (P-64th) Kenzie Kiitson...5:50.50 (P-65th) Event 4 - Men 500 Free Jack Zaharchuk...4:56.20 (P-34th) Erik Doran...5:04.95 (P-39th) Zachary Korte...5:06.11 (P-40th) Kevin Curlett...5:13.25 (P-43rd) Will Eberle...5:19.23 (P-46th) Event 7 - Women 50 Free Hally Roberts... 24.65 (F-34th) Jessie Kuwada... 26.64 (P-86th) Ali Vance... 26.78 (P-88th) Rachel Mendelsohn... 28.12 (P-96th) Event 8 - Men 50 Free Bret Schluederberg... 21.35 (F-39th) Christopher Daly... 22.13 (P-60th) Maxwell Vincent...22.20 (P-61st) Adam Genz... 22.82 (P-66th) Jeremiah Root... 23.26 (P-74th) Event 9 - Women 400 Yard Medley Puget Sound A... 4:00.75 (F-8th) Puget Sound B...4:12.29 (Exhib.) Event 10 - Men 400 Yard Medley Puget Sound A... 3:30.63 (F-8th) Puget Sound B...3:34.98 (Exhib.) Event 5 - Women 200 IM Maggie Smith...2:20.40 (P-67th) Sierra Phillips...2:22.11 (P-70th) Kelley O Dell...2:23.27 (P-72nd) Alycia Corey...2:225.15 (P-74th) MacKenzie Giusti...2:26.17 (P-75th) Sarah Wilson...2:27.13 (P-77th) Jessica Ashe...2:30.19 (P-78th) Event 6 - Men 200 IM Jackson Kowalski...1:57.91 (P-46th) Paul Hughes...1:58.73 (P-52nd) Garrett Gentling...2:00.57 (P-60th) Jack Zaharchuk...2:03.23 (P-65th) Jake Rifkin...2:06.18 (P-67th) Steve Webber...2:20.77 (P-69th)
Recap - December 5, 2008 SWIMMERS MEET MARKS ON DAY TWO OF HUSKY INVITE FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Swimming with a bit more confidence, the Puget Sound Loggers swam up to their competition, posting a number of NCAA qualifying times on the second day of the Husky Invitational on Friday at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. The Loggers met their first qualifying time in the men s 200 medley relay, as their sixth place time of 1:33.26 met the NCAA B-Cut. In the women s 100 breast, freshman Sierra Phillips (Cottonwood Heights, Utah/Brighton) met the B-Cut with a time of 1:07.05 to win the C Final against an all Division I field. In the men s 100 breast, senior Paul Hughes (Ruston, Wash./Curtis) met the NCAA Division III A-Cut with a fourth-place finish in the C Final with a time of 55.70. According to D3swimming.com, Hughes time is the top DIII time in the nation this year. Also recording a qualifying time in the men s 100 breast was junior Aaron Hughes (Ruston, Wash./Curtis) took second in the D Final with a B-Cut time of 57.82. The Loggers final qualifying time of the day came in the men s 100 back by Jackson Kowalski (Keizer, Ore./McNary) with a 51.94 B-Cut time in prelims and a sixth-place finish in the B Final with a finals time of 52.35. Event 11 - Women 200 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 1:49.45 (F-8th) Puget Sound B...1:55.12 (Exhib.) Event 12 - Men 200 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 1:33.26 (F-6th) Puget Sound B...1:39.14 (Exhib.) Event 13 - Women 200 IM Shannon Bradley...4:45.47 (P-26th) Alycia Corey... 2:03.53 (P-31st) Sarah Wilson...5:19.06 (P-33rd) Event 14 - Men 400 IM Jake Rifkin...4:28.01 (P-34th) Kevin Curlett...4:29.41 (P-35th) Zachary Korte...4:31.92 (P-36th) Event 15 - Women 100 Fly Mac MacAfee...59.51 (F-23rd) Kelsey Elizondo... 59.83 (F-29th) Rachel Mendelsohn... 1:00.29 (F-32nd) MacKenzie Giusti...1:01.68 (P-45th) Ali Vance...1:04.61 (P-56th) Jessie Kuwada...1:05.72 (P-58th) Jessica Ashe...1:10.58 (P-59th) Event 16 - Men 100 Fly Jackson Kowalski... 51.40 (F-29th) Paul Hughes... 52.74 (P-47th) Bret Schluederberg... 53.97 (P-52nd) Garrett Gentling... 54.73 (P-55th) Christopher Daly... 56.61 (P-60th) Maxwell Vincent...58.00 (P-63rd) Event 17 - Women 200 Free Kenzie Kitson...2:02.39 (P-62nd) Celeste Bower... 2:05.94 (P-71st) Hannah Vernon...2:06.79 (P-72nd) MacKenzie Giusti...2:09.29 (P-75th) Event 18 - Men 200 Free Erik Doran...1:50.49 (P-59th) Kevin Curlett...1:51.25 (P-60th) Will Eberle...1:58.16 (P-64th) Event 19 - Women 100 Breast Sierra Phillips...1:07.05 (F-17th) Kelley O Dell...1:11.24 (P-34th) Alycia Corey... 1:13.82 (P-41st) Miranda Kent...1:13.87 (P-42nd) Maggie Smith...1:15.32 (P-44th) Sarah Wilson...1:18.12 (P-48th) Jessica Ashe...1:18.97 (P-49th) Event 20 - Men 100 Breast Paul Hughes... 55.70 (F-20th) Aaron Hughes... 57.82 (F-26th) Jack Zaharchuk...59.35 (F-31st) Steve Webber...1:04.62 (P-38th) Event 21 - Women 100 Back Kenzie Kitson...59.74 (F-21st) Hally Roberts...1:01.44 (F-29th) Jessie Kuwada...1:02.36 (P-36th) Ali Vance...1:10.00 (P-57th) Event 22 - Men 100 Back Jackson Kowalski... 52.35 (F-14th) Garret Gentling...53.39 (F-22nd) Event 23 - Women 800 Free Relay Puget Sound A...8:08.73 (F-10th) Puget Sound B...8:25.93 (Exhib.) Event 24 - Men 800 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 7:14.91 (F-8th) Puget Sound B...7:29.82 (Exhib.)
Recap - December 6, 2008 LOGGERS WRAP UP STRONG PERFORMANCES AT HUSKY INVITE FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - A pair of provisional qualifying swims highlighted the Loggers third and final day at the Husky Invitational on Saturday at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. In the Loggers first event of the evening session, freshman Kenzie Kitson (Durango, Colo.) took third in the D final of the women s 200 backstroke, posting a time of 2:12.15. The Logger men had three swimmers in the finals of the men s 200 backstroke. Jake Rifkin (Edina, Minn.) took fourth in the men s D final with a time of 2:05.96 and senior Garrett Gentling (Shoreline, Wash./Shorewood) took sixth in the C final with a time of 1:56.85. Earning a spot in the B final with a NCAA DIII B-Cut time of 1:53.51 in prelims was Jackson Kowalski (Keizer, Ore./McNary), who took eighth with a time of 1:54.07 in the final. In the women s 100 freestyle, junior Hally Roberts (Boulder, Colo.) took eighth in the D final with a time of 54.49. In the women s 200 breast, freshman Sierra Phillips (Cottonwood Heights, Utah/Brighton) took fifth in the C final, recording a time of 2:27.38. The Loggers were well represented in the finals of the men s 200 breast. In the D final, the Loggers were led by Jack Zaharchuk (Portland, Ore.), who took second with a time of 2:21.68. Zach Korte (Solvang, Calif.) took fourth with a time of 2:16.92 while Steve Webber (Sandy, Utah/Rowland Hall-St. Mark s) took seventh (1:24.09) and Erik Doran (Maple Grove, Minn.) took eighth with a time of 2:26.03. In the C final, junior Aaron Hughes (Ruston, Wash./Curtis) took eighth with a time of 2:10.69. Senior Paul Hughes (Ruston, Wash./Curtis) swam his way into the B final, and took advantage of the opportunity, posting a B-Cut time of 2:05.32 to take seventh. The Loggers had three swimmers in the women s 200 butterfly finals. In the D final, Elizabeth Mac MacAfee (Los Gatos, Calif.) took first with a time of 2:11.30. Teammate Shannon Bradley (Sherwood, Ore.) finished in fifth with a time of 2:14.22. In the C final, Kelsey Elizondo (Salt Lake City, Utah/Judge Memorial) finished in sixth, swimming a time of 2:10.10. In the final event of the evening, the Logger men got the crowd excited in the first of three heats in the men s 400 freestyle relay as they outlasted the USC Trojan C team to take first with a time of 3:10.96. Event 25 - Women 1650 Free Shannon Bradley... 19:35.88 (F-30th) Whitney Ulvestad... 20:32.43 (F-32nd) Event 26 - Men 1650 Free Kevin Curlett... 17:40.49 (F-22nd) Erik Doran... 17:53.68 (F-24th) Will Eberle... 18:49.91 (F-27th) Event 27 - Women 200 Back Kenzie Kitson... 2:12.16 (F-27th) Maggie Smith... 2:21.41 (P-37th) Jessie Kuwada... 2:21.56 (P-38th) Hannah Vernon...2:23.60 (P-43rd) Event 28 - Men 200 Back Jackson Kowalski... 1:54.07 (F-16th) Garret Gentling...1:56.85 (F-22nd) Jake Rifkin... 2:05.96 (F-28th) Event 29 - Women 100 Free Hally Roberts...54.49 (F-32nd) Celeste Bower... 57.46 (P-77th) MacKenzie Giusti... 57.80 (P-78th) Hannah Vernon... 59.32 (P-80th) Ali Vance... 1:00.97 (P-84th) Event 30 - Men 100 Free Bret Schluederberg...47.74 (P-51st) Christopher Daly... 49.83 (P-67th) Maxwell Vincent... 49.98 (P-68th) Adam Ganz... 50.97 (P-74th) Jeremiah Root... 51.67 (P-77th) Event 31 - Women 200 Breast Sierra Phillips...2:27.38 (F-21st) Kelley O Dell...2:32.56 (F-25th) Maggie Smith...2:41.05 (P-40th) Alycia Corey... 2:42.41 (P-41st) Miranda Kent...2:43.55 (P-43rd) Jessica Ashe...2:45.28 (P-45th) Sarah Wilson...2:51.72 (P-46th) Event 32 - Men 200 Breast Paul Hughes...2:05.32 (F-15th) Aaron Hughes...2:10.69 (F-24th) Jack Zaharchuk...2:12.68 (F-26th) Zachary Korte...2:16.92 (F-28th) Steve Webber...2:24.09 (F-31st) Erik Doran... 2:26.03 (F-32nd) Event 33 - Women 200 Fly Kelsey Elizondo... 2:10.10 (F-22nd) Mac MacAfee...2:11.30 (F-25th) Shannon Bradley...2:14.22 (F-29th) Rachel Mendelsohn...2:19.59 (P-40th) Victoria Bonomo...2:33.02 (P-43rd) MacKenzie Giusti...2:37.90 (P-44th) Event 34 - Men 200 Fly Zachary Korte...2:04.05 (P-36th) Event 35 - Women 400 Free Relay Puget Sound B...3:48.83 (Exhib.) Puget Sound A... DQ Event 36 - Men 400 Free Rela Puget Sound A... 3:10.96 (F-7th) Puget Sound B...3:15.68 (Exhib.) Puget Sound C...3:12.44 (Exhib.)
Recap - January 14, 2009 LOGGERS SWEEP CLU WINTER RELAY INVITE THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Taking first in nine of 12 events, the Puget Sound Loggers swept the team titles at the 2009 Cal Lutheran Winter Relay Invitational on Wednesday in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The Puget Sound men, who are ranked 24th in the latest CollegeSwimming.com rankings, picked up 386 points to finish nearly 20 points ahead of Whitman while the Logger women put up 352 points to hold off Lewis & Clark. In the men s results, the Loggers opened up the meet with a one-two finish in the 400 Yard Medley Relay, with the A squad recording a time of 3:50.42. In the 150 Freestyle Relay, the Loggers edged out the host Kingsmen by just one-hundredth of a second to take first with a time of 1:08.62. The UPS men also took first in the 150 Butterfly Relay, the 150 Backstroke Relay, the 150 Breaststroke Relay and the 500 Freestyle Relay to complete the sweep. The Puget Sound women didn t sweep every event but they had a strong showing as well. The UPS women took first in the 150 Freestyle Relay, the 150 Backstroke Relay, and the 150 Breaststroke Relay. Event 1 - Women 400 Medley Relay Event 8 - Men 150 Back Relay Puget Sound A...4:42.34 (5th) Puget Sound A... 1:17.61 (1st) Puget Sound B...4:42.44 (6th) Puget Sound B...1:23.90 (5th) Puget Sound C... 4:42.81 (Exh.) Puget Sound C... 1:55.34 (Exh.) Puget Sound E... 5:11.31 (Exh.) Puget Sound D... DQ (Exh.) Event 2 - Men 400 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 3:50.42 (1st) Puget Sound B... 3:57.40 (2nd) Puget Sound C... DQ (Exh.) Event 3 - Women 150 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 1:18.05 (1st) Puget Sound B...1:22.82 (4th) Puget Sound C... 1:19.20 (Exh.) Event 4 - Men 150 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 1:08.62 (1st) Puget Sound B...1:10.77 (4th) Puget Sound C... 1:30.65 (Exh.) Event 5 - Women 150 Fly Relay Puget Sound A...1:28.07 (3rd) Puget Sound B...1:33.12 (6th) Puget Sound C... 1:33.37 (Exh.) Puget Sound D... 1:36.85 (Exh.) Event 6 - Men 150 Fly Relay Puget Sound A... 1:13.86 (1st) Puget Sound C... 1:20.85 (Exh.) Puget Sound B... DQ Event 7 - Women 150 Back Relay Puget Sound A... 1:27.85 (1st) Puget Sound B...1:37.04 (4th) Puget Sound C... 1:42.10 (Exh.) Event 9 - Women 150 Breast Relay Puget Sound A... 1:41.12 (1st) Puget Sound B... DQ Puget Sound C... DQ (Exh.) Event 10 - Men 150 Breast Relay Puget Sound A... 1:24.77 (1st) Puget Sound B...1:33.96 (6th) Event 11 - Women 500 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 5:05.76 (2nd) Puget Sound B...5:17.84 (6th) Puget Sound C... 5:46.52 (Exh.) Event 12 - Men 500 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 4:23.50 (1st) Puget Sound B...4:39.94 (5th) Puget Sound C... 5:!6.23 (Exh.)
Recap - January 17, 2009 LOGGERS SINK BOXERS IN NWC DUAL TACOMA, Wash. - Resuming the Northwest Conference dual season, the Puget Sound Loggers swept past the Pacific Boxers in a NWC swim dual on Saturday afternoon at Wallace Pool in Tacoma. The Loggers men won 125-62 and the UPS women won 123-68. The Logger men won seven of 11 events, using their depth to collect the big win. Six individual swimmers collected wins for the Loggers, as did the 400 Meter Medley Relay team. On the women s side, the Loggers finished first in 10 of 11 events on the afternoon. Freshman Shannon Bradley (Sherwood, Ore.) was the lone dual-event winner for the Loggers, taking first in both the 800 Meter Free and the 200 Meter Fly. Event 1 - Women 400 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 4:50.35 (1st) Puget Sound B... 4:55.30 (2nd) Puget Sound C... 5:12.49 (Exh.) Event 2 - Men 400 Medley Relay Puget Sound C... 4:18.88 (1st) Puget Sound A... 4:22.48 (2nd) Puget Sound B... 4:24.98 (Exh.) Event 3 - Women 800 Free Shannon Bradley... 10:11.48 (1st) Caitlin Farry...10:31.01 (2nd) Event 4 - Men 800 Free Erik Doran... 9:50.84 (1st) Will Eberle...10:08.61 (2nd) Chris Hauser... 11:09.05 (3rd) Event 5 - Women 200 Free Mac MacAfee... 2:14.34 (1st) Kelsey Elizondo... 2:24.21 (2nd) MacKenzie Giusti...2:28.90 (4th) Hannah Vernon... 2:23.31 (Exh.) Whitney Ulvestad... 2:38.87 (Exh.) Miranda Kent... 3:06.07 (Exh.) Sarah Wilson... 3:18.33 (Exh.) Event 6 - Men 200 Free Adam Ganz... 2:12.07 (2nd) Christopher Daly...2:12.44 (3rd) Chris Hauser... 2:39.06 (Exh.) Event 7 - Women 50 Free Katie Barton...29.19 (1st) Hally Roberts... 29.32 (2nd) Celeste Bower...30.30 (3rd) Kelley O Dell... 30.30 (Exh.) Erin Hoshibata... 31.64 (Exh.) Blair Van Baush... 31.94 (Exh.) Ariel Scholten... 34.48 (Exh.) Event 8 - Men 50 Free Jeremiah Root...26.53 (1st) Maxwell Vincent... 26.54 (2nd) Travis Mendel... 30.56 (5th) Bo Turek... 30.24 (Exh.) Chris Hauser... 32.59 (Exh.) Daniel Anderson... 37.20 (Exh.) Event 9 - Women 200 IM Maggie Smith... 2:42.77 (2nd) Sierra Phillips...2:46.52 (3rd) Sarah Wilson...2:49 (5th) Event 10 - Men 200 IM Kevin Curlett... 2:22.14 (1st) Jake Rifkin... 2:25.19 (2nd) Paul Hughes...2:27.56 (3rd) Event 11 - Women 200 Fly Shannon Bradley... 2:33.04 (1st) Kelsey Elizondo... 2:33.29 (2nd) Rachel Mendelsohn...2:57.00 (3rd) Event 12 - Men 200 Fly Jackson Kowalski... 2:24.17 (1st) Zachary Korte... 2:30.94 (2nd) Garrett Gentling...2:44.09 (3rd) Event 13 - Women 100 Free Katie Barton... 1:03.79 (1st) Hally Roberts... 1:05.11 (2nd) MacKenzie Giusti...1:07.31 (3rd) Blair Van Baush... 1:13.36 (Exh.) Catherine Buckley... 1:15.26 (Exh.) Jessie Kuwada... 1:18.95 (Exh.) Sarah Wilson... 1:20.80 (Exh.) Alycia Corey... 1:21.73 (Exh.) Ariel Scholten... 1:24.53 (Exh.) Event 14 - Men 100 Free Maxwell Vincent...56.99 (1st) Jake Rifkin... 1:00.03 (2nd) Adam Ganz...1:02.42 (3rd) Bo Turek... 1:09.77 (Exh.) Daniel Anderson... 1:23.32 (Exh.) Event 15 - Women 200 Back Kenzie Kitson... 2:36.46 (1st) Caitlin Farry...2:41.04 (3rd) Maggie Smith...2:46.24 (5th) Event 16 - Men 200 Back Casey Archer... 2:28.98 (2nd) Paul Hughes...2:34.75 (3rd) Kevin Curlett...2:39.99 (4th) Event 17 - Women 400 Free Miranda Kent... 4:48.30 (1st) Whitney Ulvestad...5:25.22 (4th) Mac MacAfee...5:27.01 (5th) Event 18 - Men 400 Free Aaron Hughes... 4:36.76 (1st) Bret Schluederberg... 4:43.01 (2nd) Christopher Daly...4:51.58 (3rd) Event 19 - Women 200 Breast Alycia Corey... 2:58.25 (Exh.) Sierra Phillips... 3:10.38 (Exh.) Event 20 - Men 200 Breast Erik Doran... 2:39.56 (Exh.) Zachary Korte... 2:52.18 (Exh.) Event 21 - Women 400 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 4:19.70 (Exh.) Puget Sound B... 4:32.47 (Exh.) Puget Sound C... 4:49.84 (Exh.) Event 22 - Men 400 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 3:45.98 (Exh.) Puget Sound B... 4:14.24 (Exh.)
Recap - January 24, 2009 LOGGERS SWIM PAST PIOS PORTLAND, Ore. - Competing in their final road dual meet of the Northwest Conference season, the Puget Sound Loggers swam past the Lewis & Clark Pioneers on Saturday afternoon in Portland, Ore. The Logger men defeated L&C, 111-63, while the UPS women collected the 121-82 win. The Loggers started the meet off with sweeps in the 400 Medley Relay, with the Logger women posting a winning time of 4:16.97 and the Logger men going 3:52.06. Puget Sound then won seven of the first eight individual events to pull ahead in the point standings as they cruised to the team victories. Elizabeth MacAfee (Los Gatos, Calif.) picked up a pair of wins for the Loggers, winning both the 1000 Free and the 500 Free. Jake Rifkin (Edina, Minn.) also won a pair for the Loggers, taking the 200 Free and 200 Fly. Event 1 - Women 400 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 4:16.97 (1st) Puget Sound B...4:31.75 (3rd) Puget Sound C... 4:35.97 (Exh.) Event 2 - Men 400 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 3:52.06 (1st) Event 3 - Women 1000 Free Mac MacAfee... 11:08.06 (1st) Shannon Bradley... 11:30.89 (3rd) Whitney Ulvestad...12:49.64 (4th) Event 4 - Men 1000 Free Erik Doran... 11:04.73 (1st) Chris Hauser... 12:31.05 (3rd) Event 5 - Women 200 Free Kelsey Elizondo... 2:05.94 (2nd) Hannah Vernon...2:08.15 (3rd) Celeste Bower...2:09.98 (4th) Miranda Kent... 2:19.77 (Exh.) Event 6- Men 200 Free Jake Rifkin... 1:54.27 (1st) Will Eberle... 2:00.76 (2nd) Casey Archer...2:08.32 (3rd) Event 7 - Women 50 Free Hally Roberts...25.77 (1st) Katie Barton... 25.97 (2nd) Rachel Mendelsohn... 28.36 (6th) Sierra Phillips... 28.81 (Exh.) Event 8 - Men 50 Free Jackson Kowalski...23.07 (1st) Christopher Daly... 23.42 (2nd) Travis Mendel... 26.96 (7th) Daniel Anderson... 33.23 (Exh.) Event 9 - Women 400 IM Shannon Bradley... 5:04.97 (2nd) Caitlin Farry...5:05.93 (3rd) Maggie Smith...5:14.91 (4th) Alycia Corey... 5:30.94 (Exh.) Event 10 - Men 400 IM Jack Zaharchuk... 4:32.27 (1st) Zachary Korte... 4:44.14 (2nd) Event 11 - Women 200 Fly Kelsey Elizondo... 2:15.21 (1st) Sarah Wilson...2:34.79 (3rd) Rachel Mendelsohn...2:34.92 (4th) MacKenzie Giusti... 2:51.64 (Exh.) Event 12 - Men 200 Fly Jake Rifkin... 2:13.27 (1st) Event 13 - Women 100 Free Hally Roberts... 56.47 (2nd) Katie Barton...58.01 (3rd) Celeste Bower... 59.24 (5th) Kelley O Dell... 1:00.06 (Exh.) Event 14 - Men 100 Free Christopher Daly...51.74 (1st) Travis Mendel...1:03.13 (5th) Daniel Anderson...1:13.70 (6th) Event 15 - Women 200 Back Kenzie Kitson... 2:18.52 (2nd) Caitlin Farry...2:18.91 (3rd) Jessie Kuwada...2:23.68 (5th) Maggie Smith... 2:27.49 (Exh.) Event 16 - Men 200 Back Jackson Kowalski... 1:56.33 (1st) Casey Archer... 2:21.38 (2nd) Event 17 - Women 500 Free Mac MacAfee... 5:24.97 (1st) Shannon Bradley...5:36.58 (3rd) Hannah Vernon...5:47.19 (4th) Whitney Ulvestad... 6:14.56 (Exh.) Event 18 - Men 500 Free Erik Doran... 5:24.26 (1st)
Recap - January 30, 2009 LOGGERS CRUISE PAST WHITMAN TACOMA, Wash. - Securing the victory in the first 18 of 22 events, the Puget Sound Loggers swam past the Whitman Missionaries in a Northwest Conference dual meet on Friday evening at Wallace Pool in Tacoma, Wash. The Logger men defeated the Missionaries, 111-89, while the women defeated Whitman, 109-90. The Loggers started the meet out by winning the Men and Women s 200 Meter Medley Relays by about five seconds each. After Whitman collected individual wins in the 1500m Free, the Loggers began to pull away. Four Loggers were two-event winners on the evening. Kelsey Elizondo (Salt Lake City, Utah/Judge Memorial) collected victories in the 200m Individual Medley (2:37.43) and the 400m Free (4:51.74). Elizabeth Mac MacAfee (Los Gatos, Calif.) also won a pair of events, taking the 200m Free (2:16.22) and the 100m Fly (1:10.85). On the men s side, Jackson Kowalski (Keizer, Ore./McNary) won the 200m IM (2:15.39) and 100m Back (59.77). Bret Schluederbeg (Chapel Hill, N.C.) was victorious in the 50m Free (24.48) and the 100m Free (54.62). Event 1 - Women 200 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 2:08.93 (1st) Puget Sound B... 2:13.78 (2nd) Puget Sound C...2:17.31 (4th) Event 2 - Men 200 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 1:50.64 (1st) Puget Sound B... 1:56.52 Event 3 - Women 1500 Free Whitney Ulvestad...20:44.42 (2nd) Catherine Buckley... 20:59.33 (3rd) Event 4 - Men 1500 Free Kevin Curlett...18:20.80 (2nd) Erik Doran... 18:30.69 (3rd) Will Eberle...18:35.76 (4th) Event 5 - Women 200 Free Mac Macafee... 2:16.22 (1st) Katie Barton...2:20.92 (3rd) Kelley O Dell...2:21.69 (4th) Event 6 - Men 200 Free Jack Zaharchuk... 2:00.81 (2nd) Aaron Hughes...2:06.09 (4th) Adam Ganz...2:10.54 (5th) Event 7 - Women 50 Free Kenzie Kitson... 30.03 (2nd) Celeste Bower...30.06 (3rd) Hannah Vernon... 30.38 (4th) Event 8 - Men 50 Free Bret Schluderberg...24.48 (1st) Christopher Daly... 25.38 (2nd) Maxwell Vincent...26.54 (3rd) Event 9 - Women 200 IM Kelsey Elizondo... 2:37.43 (1st) Shannon Bradley...2:42.81 (3rd) Caitlin Farry...2:44.66 (4th) Event 10 - Men 200 IM Jackson Kowalski... 2:15.39 (1st) Jake Rifkin... 2:20.29 (2nd) Garrett Gentling...2:22.06 (3rd) Event 11 - Women 100 Fly Mac MacAfee... 1:10.85 (1st) Sarah Wilson...1:15.96 (3rd) Jessie Kuwada...1:16.77 (4th) Event 12 - Men 100 Fly Paul Hughes... 1:01.98 (1st) Jake Rifkin...1:03.51 (3rd) Zachary Korte...1:05.80 (5th) Event 13 - Women 100 Free Katie Barton... 1:03.38 (2nd) Kelley O Dell...1:06.00 (3rd) Hannah Vernon...1:06.09 (4th) Event 14 - Men 100 Free Bret Schluderberg...54.62 (1st) Christopher Daly...56.67 (3rd) Adam Ganz... 59.14 (5th) Event 15 - Women 100 Back Kenzie Kitson... 1:09.90 (1st) Hally Roberts... 1:12.55 (2nd) Event 16 - Men 100 Back Jackson Kowalski...59.77 (1st) Garrett Gentling... 1:02.27 (2nd) Event 17 - Women 400 Free Kelsey Elizondo... 4:51.74 (1st) Shannon Bradley... 4:52.27 (2nd) Caitlin Farry...5:05.57 (5th) Event 18 - Men 400 Free Jack Zaharchuk... 4:20.93 (1st) Kevin Curlett...4:45.57 (4th) Chris Hauser...5:15.61 (6th) Event 19 - Women 100 Breast Sierra Phillips... 1:20.33 (Exh.) Maggie Smith... 1:24.95 (Exh.) Alycia Corey... 1:27.25 (Exh.) Event 20 - Men 100 Breast Aaron Hughes... 1:08.01 (Exh.) Paul Hughes... 1:10.30 (Exh.) Zachary Korte... 1:15.29 (Exh.) Event 21 - Women 200 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 1:58.30 (Exh.) Puget Sound B... 2:02.36 (Exh.) Puget Sound C... 2:07.51 (Exh.) Event 22 - Men 200 Free Relay Puget Sound A... 1:41.29 (Exh.) Puget Sound B... 1:47.76 (Exh.)
Recap - January 31, 2009 LOGGERS FALL TO BUCS TO CONCLUDE NWC DUAL SEASON TACOMA, Wash. - If anything was learned on Saturday, it will be that the 2009 Northwest Conference Championships will be an exciting three-days as the Whitworth Pirates pulled past the Puget Sound Loggers in the final NWC dual of the season for both squads. The Pirate men defeated the Loggers, 116-89, while the Whitworth women collected a 130-75 victory. The Loggers started the meet off by taking both of the 200m Medley Relays but the Pirates quickly recovered, sweeping the 800m Freestyle events to pull ahead in the points. Whitworth junior Natalie Turner won her first of two events in the 200m Freestyle with a time of 2:07.75 as did Michael Woodward with a time of 1:59.72. The Loggers got their first individual win in the 200m Individual Medley as Jackson Kowalski (Keizer, Ore.) collected the win with a time of 2:14.56. Kowalski also won the next men s event, taking the 100 Fly with a time of 1:00.41. Kowalski nearly won his third event in the 100m Backstroke, though he was edged out by teammate Garret Gentling (Shoreline, Wash.), who won the event with a time of 1:01.80. Logger freshman Sierra Phillips (Cottonwood Heights, Utah) collected her only win of the afternoon in the 100m Breast, posting a winning time of 1:18.56. The Loggers ended the meet on a high note, collecting a thrilling win in the men s 200M Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:39.02, just 0.12 seconds ahead of Whitworth. Event 1 - Women 200 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 2:07.93 (1st) Puget Sound B... 2:11.50 (2nd) Puget Sound C...2:18.80 (4th) Event 2 - Men 200 Medley Relay Puget Sound A... 1:52.32 (1st) Puget Sound B...1:58.41 (4th) Event 3 - Women 800 Free Shannon Bradley...10:03.69 (4th) Whitney Ulvestad...10:53.29 (5th) Catherine Buckley...11:12.84 (6th) Event 4 - Men 800 Free Kevin Curlett...9:33.64 (4th) Erik Doran...9:40.09 (5th) Will Eberle...9:47.33 (6th) Event 5 - Women 200 Free Kelsey Elizondo...2:19.82 (3rd) Caitlin Farry...2:22.39 (4th) Hannah Vernon...2:23.78 (5th) Event 6 - Men 200 Free Jack Zaharchuk... 2:01.76 (2nd) Christopher Daly...2:07.45 (5th) Adam Ganz...2:10.20 (6th) Event 7 - Women 50 Free Katie Barton...28.62 (3rd) Hally Roberts... 29.16 (4th) Celeste Bower... 30.10 (5th) Event 8 - Men 50 Free Bret Schluederberg... 24.56 (2nd) Aaron Hughes...25.27 (3rd) Maxwell Vincent... 26.68 (6th) Event 9 - Women 200 IM Sierra Phillips...2:38.71 (4th) Kelley O Dell...2:43.57 (5th) Alycia Corey...2:48.99 (6th) Event 10 - Men 200 IM Jackson Kowalski... 2:14.56 (1st) Jake Rifkin...2:19.25 (4th) Paul Hughes...2:22.50 (6th) Event 11 - Women 100 Fly Mac MacAfee... 1:08.58 (2nd) Kelsey Elizondo...1:10.11 (3rd) Ali Vance...1:13.66 (5th) Event 12 - Men 100 Fly Jackson Kowalski... 1:00.41 (1st) Zachary Korte...1:05.14 (5th) Christopher Daly...1:05.38 (6th) Event 13 - Women 100 Free Katie Barton...1:03.98 (3rd) Celeste Bower...1:06.50 (4th) MacKenzie Giusti...1:08.75 (6th) Event 14 - Men 100 Free Bret Schluederberg... 54.66 (2nd) Aaron Hughes...55.80 (3rd) Jake Rifkin... 56.79 (5th) Event 15 - Women 100 Back Kenzie Kitson... 1:10.62 (2nd) Jessie Kuwada...1:11.81 (3rd) Caitlin Farry...1:15.23 (5th) Event 16 - Men 100 Back Garrett Gentling... 1:01.18 (1st) Jackson Kowalski... 1:03.00 (2nd) Kevin Curlett...1:09.54 (6th) Event 17 - Women 400 Free Shannon Bradley...5:00.23 (4th) Hannah Vernon...5:00.99 (5th) Whitney Ulvestad...5:37.67 (6th) Event 18 - Men 400 Free Jack Zaharchuk... 4:17.01 (2nd) Zachary Korte...4:41.16 (5th) Erik Doran...4:53.15 (6th) Event 19 - Women 100 Breast Sierra Phillips... 1:18.56 (1st) Kelley O Dell...1:21.59 (3rd) Miranda Kent...1:23.82 (6th) Event 20 - Men 100 Breast Aaron Hughes... 1:07.49 (2nd) Jack Zaharchuk...1:11.98 (5th) Erik Doran...1:21.39 (6th) Event 21 - Women 200 Free Puget Sound A... 1:56.11 (2nd) Puget Sound B...2:03.39 (3rd) Puget Sound C... DQ Event 22 - Men 200 Free Puget Sound A... 1:39.02 (1st) Puget Sound B...1:45.98 (4th)
Recap - February 13, 2009 LOGGERS BREAK RECORDS ON DAY ONE OF NWC CHAMPIONSHIPS FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - On the first day of perhaps the fastest Northwest Conference Championships in history, the Puget Sound Loggers broke three NWC and school records as they moved into second place in the standings with two days left to swim on Friday at the NWC Championships at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. The evening session began with a close race in the women s 200 Freestyle Relay. Though Whitworth collected the win with a NWC-record time of 1:36.84, the Loggers met the B-cut qualifying mark with a second-place time of 1:37.22. The Loggers first win and broken record came in the men s 200 Freestyle Relay as the team of Bret Schluderberg (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Paul Hughes (Ruston, Wash./ Curtis), Christopher Daly (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly) and Aaron Hughes (Ruston, Wash./Curtis) swam a time of 1:22.63 to break the nearly-nine year old NWC and UPS record of 1:23.88 which was set in 1999. In the men s 50 Freestyle, Schluederberg was out-touched by Dominic Rieniets of Linfield in the finals but still collected a B-cut qualifying time of 20.89 in prelims. In the women s 400 Medley Relay, the Loggers broke another record as the team of Kenzie Kitson (Durango, Colo.), Sierra Phillips (Cottonwood Heights, Utah/ Brighton), Kelsey Elizondo (Salt Lake City, Utah/Judge Memorial) and Hally Roberts (Boulder, Colo./Kenyon College) finished first with a NWC-record time of 3:56.67, which was over three-seconds quicker than the NCAA DIII B-Cut. The final event of the night was the men s 400 medley relay and the team of Garrett Gentling (Shoreline, Wash./Shorewood), Paul Hughes, Jackson Kowalski (Keizer, Ore./McNary) and Schluederberg put up a B-Cut and NWC-record time of 3:24.63 to win by over eight seconds. Event 1- Women 200 Free Relay Puget Sound A...1:37.22 (F-2nd) Event 2 - Men 200 Free Relay Puget Sound A...1:22.63 (F-1st) Event 3 - Women 500 Free Mac MacAfee...5:10.59 (F-3rd) Kelsey Elizondo... 5:16.95 (F-6th) Shannon Bradley... 5:23.32 (F-7th) Hannah Vernon... 5:26.20 (F-8th) Event 4 - Men 500 Free Jack Zaharchuk... 4:49.11 (F-6th) Erik Doran...4:55.69 (F-11th) Kevin Curlett...5:19.64 (F-16th) Event 8 - Men 500 Free Bret Schluederberg...20.90 (F-2nd) Christopher Daly...21.32 (F-4th) Aaron Hughes...21.71 (F-6th) Jeremiah Root... 22.34 (F-12th) Maxwell Vincent... 22.79 (F-16th) Event 9 - Women 400 Medley Relay Puget Sound A...3:56.67 (F-1st) Event 10 - Men 400 Medley Relay Puget Sound A...3:24.63 (F-1st) Event 5 - Women 200 IM Sierra Phillips... 2:14.07 (F-6th) MacKenzie Giusti... 2:16.26 (F-7th) Maggie Smith... 2:16.91 (F-8th) Kelley O Dell...2:17.50 (F-10th) Caitlin Farry...2:21.27 (F-16th) Event 6 - Men 200 IM Jake Rifkin... 1:58.71 (F-4th) Garrett Gentling... 1:59.40 (F-6th) Paul Hughes... 1:59.43 (F-7th) Event 7 - Women 50 Free Katie Barton... 24.50 (F-3rd) Hally Roberts...24.77 (F-4th) Kenzie Kitson...25.51 (F-9th) Celeste Bower... 26.06 (F-11th)