Letrari Paces Oregon State in Pac-12 Dual

Friday, January 26

Pullman, Wash.

5:00 PM

Oregon State

Washington State

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

January 26, 2018 | Women's Swimming

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Junior posts two personal bests in meet against Washington State

By: Athletic Communications

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Oregon State University swimming program faced Washington State on Friday night to continue the Pac-12 schedule and were led by junior transfer Arianna Letrari (Bolzano, Italy), who set two personal bests in the 163-74 loss.

"I saw us as a team take advantage of opportunities to work on race strategies and to prepare for individual races," said head coach Jennifer Buffin. "Tomorrow, we will test how we move from one meet to the next.

"We did a good job earlier in the season against Stanford and Cal and it's been a few months since we've had this double weekend. It will be good preparation for the Pac-12 Championships when we have to preform over a multi-day meet."

Letrari posted her first personal best in the 200 free at 1:54.29 en route to a second-place finish. The Bolzano, Italy, native added a PR time of 5:04.34 in the 500 free to for another second-place finish to wrap up her individual events.

Freshman Riley Neal (Hillsboro, Ore.) wasn't far behind Letrari in the 500 free as she clocked a 5:16.00 to finish third in scoring and was less than four seconds off her season best time set at the 69th Husky Invitational.

Sophomore Felicia Anderson (Portland, Ore.) led Oregon State in the 100 back with a time of 56.52 to finish in second, improving on her time from the dual against UCLA and inching closer to her NCAA B Standard set at the 69th Husky Invite. Anderson also touched the wall in 57.83 in the 100 fly for a second-place finish in scoring and shaved nearly a second off her time set in the same event at the dual against San Diego State.

The Beavers will close out the road portion of their 2018 schedule on Saturday, January 27, against Idaho at the UI Swim Center in Moscow, Idaho. The dual is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. PT.

For more information on the Oregon State swimming team, visit OSUBeavers.com or follow the club @BeaverSwim on Twitter

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