Oct. 25, 2007

SWIMMING: Lutes Open Season With Two Weekend Events

THIS WEEK: Pacific Lutheran at NWC Sprint Pentathlon, Walla Walla, Wash., Friday, 5 p.m.; PLU at NWC Relays, Walla Walla, Wash., Saturday, 11 a.m.

LUTES OPEN COMPETITIVE SEASON: The Pacific Lutheran swimming teams open their 2007-08 season this weekend in Walla Walla with a pair of events hosted by Whitman College. At 5 p.m. on Friday, the Lutes go against other Northwest Conference teams at the NWC Sprint Pentathlon. Swimmers compete in the “sprint” version of the freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and individual medley, and their combined times determine their place compared to other swimmers. For instance, current PLU sophomore Jessie Donovan placed third in the women’s division last year with a combined time of 3:00.83. Her time was 2.2 seconds behind the combined time of Whitworth’s Brittany Gresset. The following day, PLU and the other teams return to the Whitman College pool for the NWC Relays, a relay-only competition. That event gets underway at 11 a.m.

DUAL MEET SCHEDULE GETS UNDERWAY: The dual meet portion of Pacific Lutheran’s schedule gets underway in earnest during the first weekend of November when the Lutes take on the Puget Sound Loggers in a Northwest Conference dual. The meet is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start on Nov. 2 at the UPS pool, though there is a possibility that the meet could be moved to the PLU pool. The following weekend, the Lutes swim at Pacific on Friday and at Linfield on Saturday in conference events.

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