WASHINGTON STATE VS IDAHO
- February 1, 2025
- Moscow, Idaho
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: WSU Athletics
MOSCOW, Idaho (February 1, 2025) – Washington State Swimming closed out their regular season with a program-record 8-0 dual meet record after posting a 162-100 win at Idaho Saturday morning.
The Cougars tied the program record for wins with eight (1978-79, 1979-80, 1996-97, 2001-02, 2015-16) and posted the first undefeated season in program history after the 1991-92 team went 5-0-1.
WSU, who beat the Vandals 205-57 in Pullman Friday, won 11 of the 14 events in Moscow and broke seven pool records at the UI Swim Center; freshman Darcy Revitt broke the 50 free and 100 free, junior Anna Rauchholz broke the 50 back, junior Emily Lundgren broke the 100 fly and 100 IM, and the 200 medley and 400 free relay teams each broke the pool records.
The 200 medley relay team of Anna Rauchholz, Emily Lundgren, Addyson Lewis and Darcy Revitt opened the meet with a win, just missing the school record. Sophomore Ariel Wang and freshman Jena Kistler finished second and third, respectively, in the 400 IM before Revitt and Lauren Wille went 1-2 in the 200 free.
Rauchholz and senior Emma Wright followed going first and second in the 100 back before freshman Ashlyn Hernandez claimed the 100 breast and junior Dori Hathazi won the 200 fly by six seconds. Revitt and Wright went first and second in the 100 free before Wang and freshman Wiktoria Palicka finished second and third, respectively, in the 200 back.
Hernandez notched her second win of the day with a victory in 200 breast before the Cougars led the top four spots in the 500 free led by Wille and Lundgren followed with a win in the 100 fly. Lundgren and Wang went first and second in the 100 IM before the 400 free relay team of Revitt, Wright, Angela Di Palo and Hathazi closed the meet with a win by nearly four seconds.
The Cougars will head to Houston for the Mountain West Conference Championships Feb. 19-22.
Courtesy: Idaho Athletics
On Friday and Saturday, the Vandals competed in a home-and-home meet with the rival just over the border, Washington State. Day 1 took place at Gibb Pool on the Cougars’ campus and the second was hosted in the UI Swim Center by the Vandals. The meet would go the way of the crimson and gray with a score of 205-57 on the first day and 162-100 on the second.
The story of the weekend was sophomore Ginger Kiefer, whose career outing made multiple impacts on the UI Record Books.
After a dynamic weekend, Kiefer became the holder of three school records on the year. Her time of 1:56.43 in the 200-Yard backstroke topped the old best mark by nearly a full 1.5 seconds. But that was just the beginning.
Already the record holder in the 400-Yard Individual Medley, Kiefer improved upon her Idaho-best time on Saturday, posting a 4:17.48 and beating her previous record by three-tenths of a second.
The sophomore would tally one more for good measure in the 100-Yard IM with a record time of 57.27 seconds, giving her three school records in one meet.
Senior Ella Haskins took home the top finish for the Vandals in the 50yd freestyle with a time of 23.70. Madelyn Butler rounded out the top-three in the event, clocked at 23.98. Courtney Crawford finished second overall in the 200yd breaststroke at 2:21.73, and Grace Ruble took home second in the 100yd butterfly with a time of 56.31.
The Vandals return to action for one more meet at home on Saturday, Feb. 8, against the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley. The meet will serve as senior day for five Idaho athletes competing in their final home competition.
