FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – On day one of the Northwest Conference Swimming Championships the Puget Sound men's swimming relay team comprised of Will Cabana, Lance Mielke, Cam Aaselund, and Emory Burden swam to a first place finish in the 200-yard medley relay coming in at 1:32.79 on Thursday evening to start the meet strong.

Whitworth University was just .18 seconds behind the Loggers in the win. The men's team took fourth place in the 800-freestyle relay, while Whitworth University took first place. 

The women's team were able to grab two third-place finishes on the first day. In the 200-medley relay, with a team of Amy Madsen, Elinor Glass, Maddy Brennan, and Holly Zipay the quartet finished in a time of 1:48.75, just .83 seconds behind Linfield Universities first place finish. The women of Brennan, Annie Sullivan, Zipay, and Sara Guillen brought endurance in the lengthy 800-free relay race finishing with a season best time of 7:53.51. 

Session 2 on Friday, Feb. 9 will start with the preliminaries at 9:30 a.m. and then the nine NWC men's teams will kick off at 5 p.m. with the 500-free finals followed by the eight women's teams, then both the men's and women's teams will compete in the 200-individual medley, after will be the 50-free and finally the 400-medley relay to finish off the night. With sessions three and four to follow on Feb. 10 and 11, watch the meet here. Get live updates on the meet and program here.