Nov. 30, 2007

Lutes Hold Slim Lead After First Day at Northwest Invitational

First Day Results

Jay Jones - wins two events

McMINNVILLE, Ore. - Jay Jones won two events to lead the Pacific Lutheran men to a slim lead after Friday's first day of the Northwest Invitational swimming meet hosted by Linfield College.

The Lutes scored 310 points to lead Linfield by six points. Whitman is in third with 272, followed by College of Idaho with 193, Pacific with 164, Puget Sound with 127, Willamette with 122 and Lewis & Clark with 121. The PLU women are not competing in the women's portion of the Northwest Invitational.

Jones, a freshman from Vancouver's Mt. View High School, led the Lutes in the 200 individual medley and the 200 butterfly. Jones won the IM in a time of 1:59.30 and the fly with a time of 1:59.93, followed by Luke Thomas in fourth (2:12.89) and Kyle Maxwell in fifth (2:17.25).

Andy Stetzler finished second in the 500 freestyle (4:50.42), followed by teammates Ben Lilley in fourth (5:03.03), Thomas in fifth (5:06.33) and Maxwell in sixth (5:13.34). Alex Limoges finished second in the 200 backstroke (2:01.55) and Trevor Olson placed fifth in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.38) and seventh in the 100 freestyle (51.50). The Lutes closed out the evening with a second-place performance in the 400 medley relay (3:42.67).

The meet concludes on Saturday with prelims starting at 9:30 a.m. and finals at 5:30 p.m.

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