As usual, men's and women's swimming in first place down home stretch

The Whitworth University men's and women's swimming teams remain unbeaten in Northwest Conference meets following clashes with Lewis & Clark and Willamette last weekend. The men's swim team (5-1 overall, 5-0 Northwest Conference) and the women's swim team (5-0, 5-1) host Whitman College next weekend in the last Whitworth Aquatic Center regular season meet of the season.

Highlights from the weekend featured a smattering of domination:

• Whitworth men go 1-2-3 in 200-butterfly (Justin Leyendekker, Kellen Pacheco, On Leung) and 200-yard breaststroke (Rory Buck, Quinton Darling, Kyle Homad) and 100-yard freestyle (Michael Woodward, Justin Brandler, Eric Patterson) against L&C
• Whitworth women sweep top three places in 200-yard freestyle (Jennifer Benson, Kara Fisher, Brenda Foster) against L&C
• Whitworth sweeps Willamette in men's 100-yard butterfly (Buck, Brandler, Patterson) and 400-yard individual medley (Darling, Pacheco, Dan Neal)
• Women's team takes top three slots in 50-yard freestyle (Benson, Foster, Allison Shigley)

Noel Sollom-Brotherton, who has the third best time in the NWC for the 200-yard backstroke, and Chris Bendix, third best in conference in the 400-yard individual medley, will lead the Missionaries into the meet in Spokane. Lauren Flynn holds the fifth best time in the NWC for the 50-yard freestyle and Linnea Scott is fifth best for the 400-yard individual medley on the women's side for Whitman.