Thursday, December 3, 1998
Swimming Briefs
The UCLA women’s swimming team competes today through Sunday at
the Husky Invitational in Federal Way, Wash.
The Husky Invitational is a swimming only competition, so the
diving squad of the Bruin team will take a bye this weekend. Unlike
conference regulated meets, all team members are allowed to take
part, and UCLA head coach Cyndi Gallagher plans to race every
swimmer.
The Bruins will swim four days in Washington against the Husky
hosts as well as various local club teams. With the facility being
the site of this year’s Pac-10 championship, the Bruins get an
added advantage of getting the feel of the pool and atmosphere this
weekend.
Although this is not a conference meet, the UCLA swimming team
has outperformed that of Washington in previous competitions. For
example, UCLA placed fifth in the Pac-10 championships, while
Washington placed seventh. The Bruins also bettered the Huskies in
the NCAA’s last year.
With the security of the team’s well-being in mind, the Bruins
will concentrate on individual efforts, aiming to better their
previous meet times as the season advances.
A major objective at the invitational is for swimmers to make
the NCAA championship qualifying times.
Gallagher says some have already swam fast enough to
qualify.
"Right now, it looks like Keiko Price made it in the 50 and the
100 yard free," she said. "Beth Goodwin made the 100 fly and Katie
Younglove made the 200 fly.
"I hope we can come up with some more qualifiers this weekend,"
she added.
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