Beavers Finish Strong at Pac-12 Championships

Saturday, March 2

Federal Way, WA

6:30 PM

Oregon State

Pac-12 Championships

March 03, 2019 | Women's Swimming

By: Athletic Communications

FEDERAL WAY, WASH. – Oregon State finished the Pac-12 Championships strong with four swimmers either headed to the finals in their event or earning points and Arianna Letrari swimming a provisional time for the NCAA Championships in the 200 fly!

Felicia Anderson kicked off the day with a finals qualification in the 200 back! Lindsay Swail and Izzy Bishop both set new personal best times in the event. During the evening session Felicia Anderson earned six points for the Beavers with a time of 1:57.56, her best time of the season in the event.

In the 100 free Amanda Hoejberg, Erin Harvey, Kitty Schneider, Callan Jackman, and Connor Doran all set new season best times. To follow that event Cali Rowland nearly cracked the top 24 to advance to finals with a new season best time of 2:17.04 in the 200 breast.

Both Beavers in the 200 fly set season best times and advanced to the evening session for the finals in the event. Arianna Letrari swam a 1:59.68, followed closely by Jacquie Price swimming a 2:01.07, but neither was finished yet. In the finals Arianna Letrari met a provisional time for the NCAA Championships with a final time of 1:58.20. Again, Price was right on her tail finishing at 2:00.18.

The distance swimmers posted season-best and lifetime-best times, which allowed for freshman Chloe Bowman to finish with a top-24 finish and score in her first Pac-12 Championship.

The Beavers finished the meet with a final relay. The 400 freestyle relay team of Anderson, Hoejberg, Swail, and Letrari finished the event in 3:23.97.

"This has been a total team effort all year," said head coach Jennifer Buffin. "Our achievements have been a result of the hard work the swimmers put in the pool, but we wouldn't have gotten to this point where we have five individual scorers, a new school record and three NCAA provisional cuts without the commitment this team has to each other.

The team stayed focused throughout the weekend on being competitive and representing each other through each of their races. We finished with 47 season bests this weekend. Thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey. We thank you for all you do. Go Beavs!"

FULL DAY 4 RESULT
*=Season best
^=Qualified for Finals/Point Earning
#=Alternate for Finals
&=Provisional B Qualification for Nationals

PRELIMS

200 Back Prelims:
Felicia Anderson – 1:57.73^
Lindsay Swail – 2:01.35*
Brooke Hofmann – 2:05.62
Izzy Bishop – 2:06.49*
Maddie Rainey – 2:11.16
Chloe Bowman – 2:03.97

100 Free Prelims:
Amanda Hoejberg – 51.42*
Erin Harvey – 51.88*
Kitty Schneider – 51.90*
Callan Jackman – 52.06*
Connor Doran – 52.98*
Riley Neal – 53.33

200 Breast Prelims:
Cali Rowland – 2:17.04*#
Rachel Pride – 2:20.81
Lauren Yon – 2:21.51
Fernanda Rodriguez – 2:22.92*
Brooke Hofmann – 2:24.28

200 Fly Prelims:
Arianna Letrari – 1:59.68*^
Jacquie Price – 2:01.07*^

1650 Free:
Chloe Bowman – 17:21.89*^
Amina Bachir – 17:55.82*

200 Back Finals:
Felicia Anderson – 1:57.56*^

200 Fly Final:
Arianna Letrari – 1:58.20*&^
Jacquie Price – 2:00.18*^

400 Free Relay:
Anderson, Hoejberg, Swail, Letrari – 3:23.97^

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