Oct. 26, 2007

Newcomers Lead PLU Performance at NWC Sprint Pentathlon

Meet Results

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – A pair of newcomers recorded the top performances for Pacific Lutheran on Friday night at the Northwest Conference Sprint Pentathlon hosted by Whitman College.

Jessie Klauder, a freshman from Mazama High School in Klamath Falls, Ore., finished fourth in the women’s division with a combined time of 3:02.52. Another Jessie, PLU’s outstanding sophomore Jessie Donovan from Mount Vernon, placed sixth with a combined time of 3:03.41. Brittany Gressett of Whitworth took first with a 2:56.93.

In the men’s division, Pacific Lutheran’s top performance came from Jay Jones, a freshman from Mountain View High School in Vancouver. Jones had a combined time of 2:39.59, with the victory going to Whitworth’s Michael Woodward with a 2:35.83.

Each of the swimmers compete in the 100 individual medley and the 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke and 50 freestyle, with their times in each event combined for a total time.

Pacific Lutheran joins the other Northwest Conference teams in the second part of the season kickoff, the Northwest Conference Relays, on Saturday. That event is also hosted by Whitman College and will get underway at 11 a.m.

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