The WSU women’s swimming team now heads into the Pac-12 Championships with momentum from a 151-111 victory over Utah on Saturday.

The Cougars (4-3) also sent off eight seniors with one final win in Gibb Pool and are winners of four-consecutive dual meets.

WSU started the event with a win in the 200-yard medley relay (1:43.21). Senior Addisynn Bursch anchored the relay team and touched the wall one-hundredth of a second before Utah’s relay team (1:43.22).

The Cougars’ success carried into the second event, as WSU finished with the three-fastest times in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Senior Kendra Griffin took first place in a time of 10:23.07 and was followed by freshman Ryan Falk (10:26.32) and senior Jessica Marston (10:36.23).

After a rest during 1,000-yard freestyle, Bursch was back in the pool for the 200-yard freestyle. Bursch added nine more points to the WSU’s team total by edging out a win (1:51.83) over Utes freshman Sarah Lott (1:51.90)

WSU sophomore Jasmine Margetts won three events and led the meet in scoring with 27 points. Margetts started her day with a win in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 55.88.

Utah picked up some momentum midway through the meet when sophomore Jordan Anderson took first place in the 200-yard butterfly (2:01.52).

However, the Cougars regained control of the meet when WSU sophomore and Wenatchee native Hannah Bruggman took first place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.87. Although a WSU swimmer won the event, Utah claimed second through fourth place in the event.

Utah sophomore Julienne Tadena, who finished in third place (24.04) in the 50-yard freestyle, got her revenge in the next event, edging out Bruggman by less than half a second in the 100-yard freestyle.

After Tadena’s win, Margetts again turned things around for the Cougars with victories in the 200-yard backstroke (2:00.30), and 400-yard individual medley (IM) (4:19.05).

The Cougars capped the afternoon with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Bursch and senior Haley Rose Love anchored the final two legs of the relay, a fitting ending to a meet that honored eight seniors.

WSU will compete in the Pac-12 Championships Feb. 22 – 25 at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Reporting by Frazier Myer