Jan. 21, 2008

Complete Results

FAIRBANKS, AK-It was a new day but a similar story for the Alaska Nanook swimmers Sunday at the Patty Center Pool, as they were outdone by the visiting three-time NAIA National Champion California Baptist Lancers, 132-73.

Alaska's freshman Mariya Pavlovskya and sophomore All-American Kelly Becker turned in the fastest times in their signature events, the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly, respectively, for the Blue and Gold's only two wins of the day.

Despite the score almost mirroring the previous day's results, the races were much tighter than the margin of defeat indicated: CBU's sophomore Melissa Bowers out-touched Nanook freshman Kinsey Laine by .13 of a second in the 200 freestyle, Lancer Katelynn Butler finished .90 of a second ahead of Alaska's Jacqueline van Driessche in the 50 freestyle, Cal Baptist swimmer Krista Chacon got a fingertip on the wall ahead of Nanook senior Karin Wagner winning the 100 yd freestyle by .07 of a second, CBU Junior and defending National Champion Nicole Shipman out-touched Nanook freshman Mariya Pavlovskaya by .52 of a second in the 100 backstroke, and in the final event of the day, after leading in two legs of the 200 freestyle relay, Nanooks Laine, van Driessche, Tilicki and Wagner fell to the Lancers by .23 of a second.

The Nanooks will spend the next three weeks resting and tapering in preparation for the Pacific Coast Swim Coaches Conference Championships to be held in Long Beach, California, next month (Feb. 13-16).