Fresno State Athletics
'Dogs Open 2012 At Home
1/11/2012 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
Jan. 11, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. - The Bulldogs are kicking off the new year with a triple-dual meet against three California State University opponents: Bakersfield, East Bay and San Diego State on Saturday, Jan. 14 at noon. The 'Dogs (2-4) have trained hard during the winter break and are preparing to make a splash in the Fresno State Aquatics Center with their first home meet of 2012. Sophomore diver Hannah Prigge will travel to Palo Alto Saturday evening to compete in the Stanford Diving Invitational women's platform dive Sunday, Jan. 15 at 11 a.m.
A Look At The Competition:
CSU Bakersfield: The Roadrunners are 1-4 on the season with a win against UC Santa Cruz.
CSU East Bay: The Pioneers are 2-2 on the season and most recently placed third out of four teams in the Finis Invitational.
San Diego State: The Aztecs are 12-0 on the season with some of the wins coming against UC Davis, Rice, Cal Poly and UCSD.
Luke Sets Career Best, Nguyen Wins Two
In the final home match of 2011, the 'Dogs fell to the Idaho Vandals 165-135 at the Fresno State Aquatics Center, despite great performances by juniors Stacey Luke and Rayanne Nguyen. For the second time this season, Luke (Kenmore, Wash.) set a new career best dive in the 1 meter event scoring a 278.78. She set a new pool record and broke her previous record by more than three points. Nguyen, a junior from Santa Barbara, Calif., won the 100 Butterfly with a speedy time of 59.60 and won the 200 Butterfly with a 2:08.66.
Yoho Gains Great Experience
Fresno State's Dani Yoho competed at the AT&T Winter Nationals in Atlanta, Ga. and raced against some of the fastest swimmers in the world. Yoho swam a 27.04 in the 50 Meter Freestyle and finished 83rd out of 110 swimmers. Overall there were more than 1,000 athletes at the AT&T Winter Nationals with almost 650 of them being females.
Two School Records Set At Arena Invitational
Junior Dani Yoho and sophomore Brittany Buna each broke a Fresno State school record at the Arena Invitational in Long Beach, Calif. Yoho swam a 23.04 in the 50 Free slashing one hundredth of a second off her previous school record set last season. Buna set a new school record in the 400 IM swimming in at 4:24.73 clipped the previous-top mark of 4:25.27. The Bulldogs set season best times every event and finsihed fourteenth out of 21 teams in a very competitive setting.
Sheehan Named Verizon WAC Swimmer Of The Week
Fresno State's Courtney Sheehan was named the Verizon WAC Swimmer of the week, respectively, for Oct. 31-Nov. 6. Her times in the 1650 and 500 were the fastest times recorded in the WAC this season. Sheehan, a freshman from Waukesha, Wis.( Waukesha South HS), delivered a dynamic performance, winning the 1650-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle, and finishing a close third in the 200-yard freestyle, as the 'Dogs went 1-1 in a double-dual meet at the University of the Pacific.
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