FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – The Washington State swim team had an outstanding showing at the final day of the 2019 Pac-12 Championships. The Cougars posted seven WSU Top-10 Times and garnered an NCAA qualifier.
Sophomore Mackenzie Duarte dominated in the preliminary round of the 200 breast, earning a spot at the NCAA Championships and breaking the previous school record set in 2015 by two seconds. Duarte, a Walnut Creek, Calif. native, won her heat with a time of 2:09.47, seeding her second in the A-final. The sophomore breaststroker finished the championships in seventh place – the highest placing for a Cougar at the Pac-12 Championships.