BOISE, Idaho. (January 25, 2019) – Northern Arizona's Swimming and Diving team kicked off day one of a two day meet against Boise State on Friday, Jan. 25 in Boise, Idaho. The Lumberjacks currently trail the Broncos by a score of 126-74. Day one of the two day meet consisted of 11 different events with ten of them being swimming and one being diving.
Between the lanes, the Lumberjacks were able to pick up three first-place finishes and five second-place finishes. The 'Jacks first win of the meet came in the 500 freestyle from
Monique King. King was able to win the event with a time of 4:58.17, which was almost three seconds faster than the second place finisher. Northern Arizona's second win of the meet came from
Maddie Seidl in the 200 butterfly, where she was able to beat out the fellow Lumberjack
Niamh McDonagh. The final first-place finish for NAU came in the final event of the day, the 200 freestyle relay where NAU was able to take the top three places in the event. The winning team for Northern Arizona consisted of
Elisa Rodriguez,
Katy Smith,
Alice Hick, and
Sam Seiber.
"Elisa and Monique had excellent days today, as well as our swimmers that competed in the 'fly," NAU head coach
Andy Johns said. "This meet isn't about facing Boise State, but instead just competing against ourselves and getting better every meet."
On the boards, NAU's
Jenny Cheetham had the highest finish for the team as she placed third overall in the 3-meter event with a score of 269.85. Cheetham has been able to put together a great January, as this is the second meet in a row where she was the highest scoring Lumberjack. The other two 'Jacks
Tatiana Kurach and
Alyssa Jones finished fifth and sixth overall.
"All three of the diver fought hard on every dive and competed," NAU associate head coach
Nikki Huffman said. "I knew coming in that we would be battling through some aches, and the travel today didn't help either."
Northern Arizona will be back in action tomorrow as they will finish up day two of the meet against Boise State.
