Beavers Knock Off San Jose State
November 06, 2004 | Women's Swimming
Nov. 6, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Oregon State got two wins each from Kristin Huston, Erika Wirth, Felicia Castaneda and Courtney Eads as the Beavers beat San Jose State 162.5-94.5 in non-conference women's swimming Saturday afternoon at the San Jose State Aquatics Center. OSU (2-2 overall, 0-2 Pacific-10) earned a split on its trip to the Bay Area after being beaten at No. 8 California on Friday.
"Our team was more comfortable and more aggressive in our races," OSU head coach Larry Liebowitz said of the Beavers' win on Saturday. "Overall, we had a very nice day."
Huston won the 100-yard backstroke (59.21 seconds) and 100 freestyle (52.03); Wirth won the 200 freestyle (1:54.61) and 50 freestyle (24.32); Castaneda won the 100 breaststroke (1:05.95) and 200 breaststroke (2:21.90); and Eads won the 1,000 freestyle (10:09.17) and 100 butterfly (58.19). Eads also finished first in the 200 individual medley (2:07.16) swimming as an exhibition competitor.
Other event winners for OSU were Monika Miroslaw in the 200 butterfly (2:04.21), Ausra Pacebutaite in the 200 backstroke (2:05.60) and the 200 medley relay team of Pacebutaite, Castaneda, Christina Kinney and Huston (1:47.08). OSU's 200 freestyle relay of Huston, Wirth, Pacebutaite and Brie Marhenke finished first as an exhibition entrant (1:36.42).
OSU next swims at the Speedo Cup on Nov. 18-20 at Long Beach, Calif.
OREGON STATE 162.5, SAN JOSE STATE 94.5
(Scorers and Oregon State finishers; "ex." denotes non-scorer)
200 MEDLEY RELAY - 1. Oregon State (Pacebutaite, Castaneda, C. Kinney, Huston), 1:47.03; 2. Oregon State (Thomas, Embertson, Miroslaw, Marhenke), 1:50.27; 3. San Jose State (Vrieze, Adams, Cho, Lella), 1:50.45; Oregon State (Storie, Ringquist, Keown, Lemons), 1:54.52 (ex.). 1,000 FREESTYLE - 1. Courtney Eads, OSU, 10:09.19; 2. Amanda Carr, SJSU, 10:42.31; 3. Danielle Kinney, OSU, 10:49.77. 4. Brooke Wells, SJSU, 10:59.99; 5. Katie Dukes, SJSU, 11:45.13. 200 FREESTYLE - 1. Erika Wirth, OSU, 1:54.61; 2. Chyna Cho, SJSU, 1:54.85; 3. Sandy Hong, OSU, 1:55.00; 4. Christina Kinney, OSU, 1:55.19; 5. Morgan Piggott, SJSU, 1:55.74; Brie Marhenke, OSU, 2:50.19 (ex.). 100 BACKSTROKE - 1. Kristin Huston, OSU, 59.21; 2. Alana Leila, SJSU, 59.38; 3. Ashley Vrieze, SJSU, 1:00.57; 4. Malia Storie, OSU, 1:01.76; 5. Jessie Hong, OSU, 1:04.25; Jenna Santelli, OSU, 1:06.43 (ex.). 100 BREASTSTROKE - 1. Felicia Castaneda, OSU, 12:05.95; 2. Mari Embertson, OSU, 1:07.17; 3. Alli Adams, SJSU, 1:07.70; 4. Rachel Hill, SJSU, 1:07.85; 5. Leah Schaab, OSU, 1:08.94; Kaitlin Ringquist, OSU, 1:12.49 (ex.). 200 BUTTERFLY - 1. Monika Miroslaw, OSU, 2:04.21; 2. Brittany McGrorty, SJSU, 2:12.06; 3. Jilene Galez, SJSU, 2:13.10; 4. Ashley Gruda, OSU, 2:18.69; 5. Erin Postma, OSU, 2:29.82. 50 FREESTYLE - 1. Erika Wirth, OSU, 24.32; 2. Brie Marhenke, OSU, 24.39; 3. Ausra Pacebutaite, OSU, 24.71; 4. Rose Henry, SJSU, 25.26; 5. (tie) Janelle Lemons, OSU, and Sheena Wellman, SJSU, 25.51. 100 FREESTYLE - 1. Kristin Huston, OSU, 52.83; 2. Erika Wirth, OSU, 53.25; 3. Lisa Covey, SJSU, 54.16; 4. Alana Leila, SJSU, 54.49; 5. Sandy Hong, OSU, 54.69; Janelle Lemons, OSU, 56.00 (ex.). 200 BACKSTROKE - 1. Ausra Pacebutaite, OSU, 2:05.60; 2. Morgan Piggott, SJSU, 2:08.88; 3. Monika Miroslaw, OSU, 2:10.46; 4. Ashley Vrieze, SJSU, 2:12.00; 5. Danielle Kinney, OSU, 2:14.01; Jessie Hong, OSU, 2:14.38 (ex.). 200 BREASTSTROKE - 1. Felicia Castaneda, OSU, 2:21.90; 2. Mari Embertson, OSU, 2:22.65; 3. Rachel Hill, SJSU, 2:25.25; 4. Amanda Collier, SJSU, 2:27.16; 5. Annette Halloran, SJSU, 2:36.05; Kaitlin Ringquist, OSU, 2:36.09 (ex.). 500 FREESTYLE - 1. Sandy Hong, OSU, 5:03.15; 2. Melissa Logan, SJSU, 5:07.64; 3. Leah Schaab, OSU, 5:11.87; 4. Mandy Carr, SJSU, 5:19.55; 5. Chelsea Keown, OSU, 5:29.72. 100 BUTTERFLY - 1. Courtney Eads, OSU, 58.19; 2. Monika Miroslaw, OSU, 358.83; 3. Chyna Cho, SJSU, 59.53; 4. Alli Adams, SJSU, 1:00.32; 5. Ashley Gruda, OSU, 1:00.58; Danielle Kinney, OSU, 1:00.79 (ex.). 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY - 1. Alli Adams, SJSU, 2:12.35; 2. Melissa Logan, SJSU, 2:20.24; Courtney Eads, OSU, 2:07.16 (ex.); Mari Embertson, OSU, 2:09.01 (ex.); Christina Kinney, OSU, 2:11.19 (ex.); Felicia Castaneda, OSU, 2:12.72. 400 FREESTYLE RELAY - 1. San Jose State (Cho, Henry, Covey, Lella), 1:37.82; 2. San Jose State (Wellman, Pittott, Collier, Bean), 1:41.45); Oregon State (Huston, Wirth, Pacebutaite, Marhenke), 1:36.42; Oregon State (Eads, C. Kinney, S. Hong, D. Kinney), 1:40.15; Oregon State (Lemons, Gruda, Schaab, Ringquist), 1:43.97; Oregon State (Storie, Postma, Santelli, J. Hong), 1:47.60.