Beaver Swimming Resumes Action at Husky Invite

CORVALLIS, Ore. — After being idle for nearly a month, the Oregon State women's swimming team will return to action at the 68th annual Husky Invite at Weyerhauser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash., on Friday – Sunday.

The Beavers will travel 19 athletes competing in a total of 67 individual events and nine relays over the three-day competition.

"It has been an exciting fall for the program," said head coach Jennifer Buffin. "The team has embraced new expectations and have worked hard toward achieving their individual goals. This meet will gage where we are as a team, as the focus continues to be about the process, learning from each race and how we can be better. We still have a lot of opportunities to swim fast against both collegiate and club swimmers and it will be fun weekend of racing."

The Husky Invite, hosted by the Husky Swimming Foundation, invites all USA Swimming and Collegiate clubs and will include eight collegiate programs from the pacific northwest, Idaho, Utah and California. See the team list HERE.

College teams will score only against other college teams and will score in the following:
- Top 24 in each event score
- Top 40 in 50-Free advance to finals
- Top 32 in 100 and 200 events advance to finals
- Top 24 in 400 and up events advance to finals

Oregon State will compete at the Husky Invite for the first time since the 2012-13 season when it recorded 16 top-five finishes in relays and individual events.

The last time the Beavers were in the pool, they recorded a split against San Diego State and Southwestern Oregon CC on November 5, 2016. OSU fell to SDSU 109-89, but picked up a victory against SWOCC, 163-35.

Senior Sophie MacEwan continued her successful weekend, finishing first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.39. Senior Andrea Young picked up a second place time in the 200-yard IM with a mark of 2:10.14. The Beavers finished second, third and fourth in the 100-yard butterfly as Brooke Meyer, Jesikah Cavanaugh and Megan Lam finished, respectfully. Senior Anni Hecker edged out San Diego State in the 100-yard freestyle by a hundredth of a second, to take first place. Freshman Felicia Anderson built off her pair of victories yesterday and completed the weekend sweep in the 100-yard backstroke finishing first place.

Oregon State will head for Hawai'I following the Invite for its training trip from December 11-21 where it will face Hawai'I on Dec. 18.

For more information on the Oregon State swim team, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram at @BeaverSwim or its Facebook page at /BeaverSwimming.

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Players Mentioned

Felicia Anderson

Jesikah Cavanaugh

Anni Hecker

Megan Lam

Sophie MacEwan

Brooke Meyer

Andrea Young

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