@UNCOSwim_Dive Falls at Idaho 174-126

Friday, January 26

Moscow, ID

4 pm

University of Northern Colorado

126

174

University of Idaho

Photo by: Barry Lapoint

1/26/2018 9:32:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: By Kyle Markley

MEET RESULTS

MOSCOW, Idaho - Northern Colorado took first place in seven individual events, but it wasn't quite enough to top WAC rival Idaho on Friday night as the Bears fell 174-126.

Leading the way for Northern Colorado was freshman Ioanna Sacha who was a triple-winner as she turned in first place performances in the 100 back by touching in 56.74, 200 back finishing in 2:01.23 and the 200 IM with a time of 2:05.61. Fellow freshman Holli Johnson dominated the distance events scoring first place finishes in the 1000 free in 10:28.90 and 500 free in 5:07.56.

Freshman Petra Kis turned in a strong performance with a first place in the 200 fly (2:06.45), added a second place in the 200 IM (2:10.12) and a third place in the 200 breast (2:23.45). Sophomore Emily Hamel earned the top spot in the 50 free as she sprinted ahead of the field in a time of 24.29.

Northern Colorado suffered a pair of narrow second place finishes in the relays. The Bears finished just .59 seconds from the top spot in the 200 medley relay and .36 seconds shy of first in the 400 free relay.

In the 3-meter diving competition Allyson Wood was fifth and Sarah Parshall sixth, but both put forth season best performances. Wood scored a 258.22 and Parshall a 227.32. Wood and Parshall would again turn in their top performances of the season in the 1-meter competition. Wood would finish fourth by scoring 247.80 and Parshall was seventh with a score of 216.70.

In Their Words
Lisa Ebeling, Head Coach
"I'm extremely happy with the way our team raced tonight. We took our swims out with confidence and fought hard for every point. Last year we lost to Idaho by over 100 points, so this was a big step forward for us. We look better every time we step up on the blocks, so I'm excited to see what we will do at the WAC Championship in a few short weeks!"

What's Ahead?
The Bears have a quick turn around as they will be back in the pool Saturday afternoon at CSU-Pueblo at 3 p.m. It will be their final tune up before the WAC championships in Houston which begin on February 21.