Swimming

Swimming Yote Notes - Edition 2

11.16.2009

LAST WEEK: Idle

COMING UP: at Northwest Invitational, Friday-Saturday, Portland, Ore.

BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS: After a month away from competition, The College of Idaho swim team will return to the pool this weekend, competing in the Northwest Invitational, hosted by Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore.  The two-day meet will give the Coyotes an opportunity to swim both long and short-course races against some of the best small-college competition in the Northwest.

YOTES HISTORY AT NWI: It marks the sixth-straight season that the Coyotes have competed in the Northwest Invitational – with the meet being held twice for the second time in Portland (The C of I has also traveled to Parkland, Wash., McMinnville, Ore., and Spokane, Wash., for the event).  Last season, the Coyote men finished sixth out of eight teams, with the Lady Yotes placing ninth of nine teams.  The best finishes by The C of I contingent was during the 2007-08 season – when the men placed fourth and the ladies fifth.  No C of I women’s swimmer has won an event at the NWI, however, the Coyote men have claimed five individual titles (Matt Barclay in the 50-free in 2005-06, John Green in the 50-free and 100-free in 2006-07 and 2008-09) and two relay crowns (200-free relay in 2005-06 and 2006-07).

WHO WILL BE THERE: It will be an exclusive group of NCAA Division III competition at the NWI – as the Yotes will meet Northwest Conference teams in Lewis & Clark, Linfield, Pacific, Pacific Lutheran, Puget Sound, Whitman, Whitworth, and Willamette, along with Cal State-East Bay out of Hayward, Calif.  The event will have four sessions – morning qualifying rounds, with evening championship and consolation finals.

BACK TO HER STOMPING GROUNDS: It will mark a homecoming for head coach Mary Parsons, who was an NAIA All-American in her collegiate days at Lewis & Clark.  Last year, the Coyote skipper was inducted, along with her 1983 L&C women’s team, into the L&C Athletic Hall of Fame.

NATIONAL MARKS: NAIA “A” (Automatic) – Casey Walker (100-back), Men’s Relay (200-medley), Women’s Relay (200-free, 200-medley); NAIA “B” (Bonus Cut) – Lucas Hill (500-free), Nikolai Vidin (50-free, 100-free), Walker (100-breast), Annie Younggren (200-free), Chrissie Younggren (100-back, 200-IM).

FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information on The C of I swim program, head to the official homepage of the Coyotes, www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/swim.asp.

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