Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
Mountain West Championships
'Dogs Finish 8th at MW Championships
2/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
By: Andrew Rich
arich1221@mail.fresnostate.edu
GoBulldogs.com
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Fresno State swimming and diving finished their time at the 2015 Mountain West Championships on Saturday and are coming home with an eighth place team finish.
"We improved our place from last year and the girls swam so well this weekend," Bulldogs head coach Jeanne Fleck said.
The day started when head coach Jeanne Fleck's protest of her 400 Medley Relay team's disqualification was overturned. The Mountain West and the judges reversed the DQ this morning, giving the Bulldogs a new school record time of 3:43.22. Esme Gullick, Brooke Rodriguez, Tarryn Rennie and Leah Hatayama teamed to smash the old school record by six seconds.
"That gave us a big boost, everyone's swims got better after that and it was just gave us new life," Fleck said.
In the 1650 Freestyle, Courtney Sheehan got 11 points for the team score by finishing eighth with a time 16:48.21. Junior Kelly Simmons got six points for her 11th place finish (16:57.82). Danielle Powers swam a 17:30.65 and Vanessa Dugan posted a 17:32.99. All four Bulldog mile swimmers posted lifetime best times.
Sophomore Hailee Baldwin finished 13th in the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 2:17.49. She scored four points with her performance.
In the final event of the evening, the Bulldogs' 400 Freestyle Relay team swam a 3:23.15 to finish eighth. They beat New Mexico and Colorado State by less than a second to secure the eighth place team finish.
On the platform, sophomore diver Shelbie Holden scored a collegiate-best 227.90 to finish ninth. After finishing 10th in the prelims, she won the B-final in the evening. Holden is now qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving Meet in March in the 1-meter, 3-meter and the platform.
The swimming season is over for the Bulldogs, but divers Holden and Lacie Ruth will be in action in Colorado Springs, Colo., on March 9-11 for the NCAA Zones.
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