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The Valley Invitational
Dogs Grab Second in Valley Invite
1/22/2011 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State's Britney Vogel and Dani Yoho both broke individual meet records to help push the Bulldogs to a second-place finish at the 2011 Valley Invitational for its best finish in the three years of the event.
Loyola Marymount captured its second all-time crown in the annual event that also includes San Diego. LMU won with 354 points, followed by Fresno State (268) and San Diego (257).
Vogel set the meet record in the 100 yard breast stroke with a time of 1:05.11, besting San Diego's Melissa Andruzzi time of 1:06.34 in the 2010 Beach Cup.
Yoho added another record to her books as she clipped the meet record for the 100 yard freestyle after earning a time of 51.97. The record was 52.21 set by A. Scott from Loyola Marymount in 2010.
Hannah Prigge recorded her second straight day with a career-best on the diving boards to lead Fresno State's sweep in the 3-meter diving competition.
Prigge scored 283.75 for a 42.45 point improvement from her previous top showing of 241.30 a week ago at the Bakersfield Quad.
Stacey Luke finished second with a tally of 264.00 and senior Kendra Weeks earned third with a 246.15 to complete the Bulldogs' 1-2-3 showing.
One of the honored seniors, Lacey Payne improved her season best time in the 400 IM to 4:49.69. Her original time was 5:00.02 when she swam at the UOP Invite in October 2010.
The annual invitational is slated to return to San Diego in 2012 as the Beach Cup.
2011 Valley Invitational (Hosted by Fresno State)
1. Loyola Marymount - 354
2. Fresno State - 268
3. San Diego - 257
2010 Beach Cup (Hosted by Loyola Marymount)
1. San Diego - 279
2. Loyola Marymount - 275
3. Fresno State - 270
2009 Beach Cup (Hosted by San Diego)
1. Loyola Marymount - 795
2. San Diego - 773
3. Fresno State - 318
"We Are Your Team!" --- Fresno State will visit San Jose State on Feb. 5 in the Dogs' final dual meet of the season. The Bulldogs can then turn their complete focus on the 2011 WAC Championships in San Antonio, Texas from Feb. 21-24. For complete Bulldog swimming and diving coverage, make sure to continue visiting www.gobulldogs.com.
Note: Events 1-6 were on Friday. Events 7-20 were on Saturday.
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