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Bronco swimmers cut down Lumberjacks
Benjamin Mack, Journalist
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NIK BJURSTROM /THE ARBITER Boise State swimmer does butterfly during Fridays meet at the West YMCA Aquatic Center
The Boise State swimming and diving team continued to flex its muscles among the Western Athletic Conference’s top programs as they downed the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 185.5 to 114.5 at the Boise West YMCA Nov. 13. The Broncos pushed past the Lumberjacks, winning 10 of 16 events to improve their record to 11-3 overall and 5-1 against WAC teams.
“We definitely had some strengths,” head coach Kristin Hill said of her team’s performance. “We had some good runs.”
Jennifer Cahill, Emily Irvin, Amber Boucher and Stephanie North each took home a pair of first-place finishes to lead the Broncos to victory. Cahill continued her dominance in distance events, winning both the 1000 and 500 freestyle. North was unstoppable in sprints, winning both the 50 and 100 freestyle. Irvin took home the titles in the 100 and 200 breast stroke while Boucher beat out the competition in 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle.
Cahill’ times of 10:27.31 and 5:07.13 led a trio of Broncos as they went 1-2-3 in both the 1000 and 500 free. Katelyn Lofland and Rachael Meisner rounded out the sweep in both events.
“We were pumped,” Cahill, a freshman, said of BSU’s win. “We were ready (for Northern Arizona).”
The Broncos also reeled in a 1-2-3 sweep in the 200 breast stroke with Irvin, Erin Stotts and Lauren Keele demolishing the hapless Lumberjacks. The feat was repeated for a fourth time in the 100 free behind the swimming of North, Chelse Lopus and Stevie Hughey.
Lopus was the only other individual winner for the Broncos, bringing home first in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:05.35. The Broncos earned their final victory of the meet with an eight second win in the 4×400 free relay.
Erin Lionberger led the Bronco divers in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events with scores of 213.95 and 207.75, respectively.
Cahill said she believes the win should be a message to opponents. “We’re ready for anyone that comes our way,” Cahill said.
Hill said she was proud of her team’s effort, especially considering it was their third meet in a week. “Our focus is racing fast no matter how tired we are,” Hill said.
The Broncos will train for almost a month before competing again at the Missouri Invitational, to be held Dec. 4-6 in Columbia, Mo.
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