TACOMA, Wash. - The University of Redlands Women's Swimming & Diving team put together an amazing weekend winning the three-day UPS Logger Invite, posting a score of 724 points.  

This total was good enough to beat out the field that included Pacific Lutheran (2^nd – 682), Whitworth University (3^rd – 662), Uni. of Puget Sound (4^th – 661), Whitman College (5^th – 636), Southwestern Oregon CC (6^th – 526), College of Idaho (7^th – 171), and Soka University (8^th – 82).   

Day 1

The Maroon and Grey got off to a quick start bringing home 106 points on the first day sparked by the 200 Medley Relay Team of Sydney Nakagawa (Vancouver, WA), Hanna Parker (Seattle, WA), Madison Petschauer (Cary, NC), and Jacqueline Setlich (Laguna Niguel, CA) who won the event with a time of 1:47.25 giving UR 40 points.  The 'B' team wasn't too far behind in 9^th (1:53.64) adding another 18 points with a team composed of Abby Springer (Paso Robles, CA), Madison Southmayd, Makenna Parenti (Rocklin, CA), and Ashleigh Merrill (Anacortes, WA). 

The evening ended with the 800 Free Relay and the team of Gaby Hayon (Agoura Hills, CA), Petschauer, Setlich, and Nakagawa paced the Bulldogs finishing 6^th with a time of 8:03.52 giving UR another 26 points.  The 'B' team of Southmayd, Andrea Brenstrom (Shrewsbury, MA), Emily Heaston (Corona, CA), and Merrill tacked on another 22 points after taking 8^th with a time of 8:20.93.             

Day 2

It was a big second day for the University of Redlands adding another 339 points to their total as they maintained their advantage over the field.  Setlich, Nakagawa, Parenti, and Southmayd composed the 200 Free Relay team that finished 4^th with a 1:39.87.  The 'B' team of Lauren Kline (Parker, CO), Emma Jones (Atlanta, GA), Heaston, and Merrill placed as well taking 13^th with a time of 1:47.28.

The first individual event was the 200 Fly with Parenti, Sarah Szafranski (Houston, TX), and Verenice Tapia (Napa, CA) taking 7^th (2:19.34), 9^th (2:16.22), and 15^th (2:34.54), respectively.  The momentum carried over into the 50 Back where Nakagawa came up with a huge 1^st place finish with a time of 27.48.  Springer followed in 5^th (28.59), Kline in 10^th (29.56), and Hayon in 13^th (30.38).  Southmayd returned in her first individual race, the 200 Breast and finished 5^th with a 2:31.07, two seconds faster than her prelim time.  Parker followed in 9^th (2:35.87), and Felix in 10^th (2:37.34). 

Then came the 50 Fly and this is where the records fell with Petschauer winning the event with an impressive 25.47, which set the new Meet Record.  Parenti wasn't far off in 8^th (27.86), while Merrill took 15^th (28.50). 

Nakagawa returned in the 200 Back to place 6^th with a 2:13.21 with Kline (12^th – 2:14.85) and Springer (14^th – 2:16.55) following with strong finishes.  In the very next event, the 50 Breast the second Meet Record fell this time from Parker who won the race with a 30.49, followed by Felix who posted a 33.17 to finish 9^th.  Setlich was the lone Bulldog to place in the 100 Free going 12^th with a 55.87.  Petschauer returned for the 200 IM and continued with her dominating performances taking 2^nd with a 2:09.95, two second faster than her prelim.  Southmayd picked up more points for UR taking 8^th with a 2:24.26, while Kline and Szafranski finished 13^th (2:22.25) and 15^th (2:25.56), respectively. 

Brenstrom and Hayon paced the distance going 6^th-7^th in the 500 Free posting marks of 5:25.02 and 5:27.41.  Then to wrap up the day, the 'A' team in the 400 Medley Relay of Nakagawa, Parker, Petschauer, and Setlich would take the podium in 3^rd with a time of 4:02.39.  The 'B' team of Springer, Southmayd, Parenti, and Merrill added points to the total as well placing 7^th with a 4:11.67.   

Day 3

The Bulldogs were able to hold their lead on the final day putting up another 279 points.  The 1650 Free started things off and Brenstrom earned a podium finish taking 3^rd with an 18:14.09.  Hayon followed in 9^th with an 18:52.56.  Petschauer, Southmayd and Felix put together a trio of strong finishes in the 100 IM with Petschauer taking 2^nd with a 1:00.11, while Southmayd and Felix went 9^th (1:02.27) and 13^th (1:04.94). 

Setlich and Brenstrom were the two Bulldogs in the 200 Free taking 12^th (2:02.12) and 14^th (2:05.52).  Petschauer then grabbed her second 2^nd place finish on the day this time in the 100 Fly with a time of 57.46, again two seconds faster than her prelim time.  She was joined by Parenti (6^th – 1:00.32), Springer (7^th – 1:00.60), and Szafranski (12^th – 1:01.82).

Petschauer and Southmayd impressed going 1^st-2^nd in the 100 Breast with times of 1:06.76 and 1:07.28.  Parker took 5^th with a 1:07.85 and Felix wrapped up the quartet in 13^th with a 1:11.81.  Nakagawa returned in one of her top events the 100 Back and she again podiumed finishing 3^rd with a 1:00.02, while Kline (8^th – 1:02.30), Springer (11^th – 1:01.79) and Hayon (16^th – 1:04.71) followed.  Nakagawa had a short rest before taking part in the 50 free, where she finished 6^th with a 25.34.  Parenti was on her heels taking 8^th (25.82) and Setlich followed in 13^th (25.71). 

To cap off the three day event the 400 Free Relay created the fireworks with Petschauer, Setlich, Southmayd, and Nakagawa taking 4^th with a 3:39.48.  The 'B' team of Merrill, Anna O'Meara (Clovis, CA), Heaston, and Parenti would come in 8^th posting a mark of 3:47.43.          

Redlands returns to the pool in the new year for a non-conference match-up with the University of Puget Sound on Saturday, January 8 beginning at 11:00am.