Western Athletic Conference foes Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado clashed Wednesday night, with the NAU Lumberjacks pulling out a 142-93 win.
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The meet was conducted in short course meters, with only the 200-meter distance of each non-free stroke along with a 200 IM. The freestyle events included the 50, 100, 200, 400 and 800.
Disregarding exhibitioned events, Northern Arizona swept all of the swimming races, while Northern Colorado took both diving contests.
The Lumberjacks were led by senior Caitlin Wright and freshman Claire Hammond, who won two individual events apiece.
Wright dominated distance, sweeping the 400- and 800-meter freestyles. She trailed teammate Kimmy Richter 200 meters into the 800 free, but came from behind in a big way to ultimately dominate the race, going 9:19.75, a full ten seconds ahead of the field at the finish.
Wright also won the 400 free in 4:32.10 late in the meet.
The young Hammond, meanwhile, took the very next event after Wright’s 800 free win, going 2:10.40 to take the 200 free. Hammond would come back to pace the 200 back in 2:24.12.
Northern Colorado’s Savanna Meadows won twice, sweeping diving. Her 285.37 points topped 1-meter, and the sophomore came back to score 270.07 to complete her sweep on the 3-meter board. Both wins were tight contests with NAU’s Chelsea Jackson.
In the pool, Northern Colorado was led by Canadian freshman Sydney Kovar, who came up with a pair of runner-up finishes. Kovar was second to Hammond in the 200 free and finished just behind NAU’s Alina Staffeldt in the 100 of the same stroke.
Other winners for NAU: Roni Houck in the 50 free (26.83), Kendall Brown in the 200 IM (2:25.36), Alexis Juergens in the 200 fly (2:22.03) and Melanie Harris in the 200 breast (2:37.56).
