Saturday, February 1
Boise, Idaho
10 a.m. (MT)
Boise State
vs
Washington State
Photo by: Patrick Sweeney
Broncos Host Washington State for Senior Day
1/29/2020 1:41:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Five Broncos will swim for the final time this Saturday at the West Boise YMCA and Boise City Aquatic Center.
THIS WEEK
Meet 8: Washington State at Boise StateLocation: Boise, Idaho (West Boise YMCA & Boise City Aquatic Center)
Date: Feb. 1 (Saturday)
Senior Day Ceremony: 9:45 a.m.
Meet Time: 10 a.m. (Mountain)
Admission: Free
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Boise State swimming and diving will close the regular season this coming Saturday at home when the Broncos host the Washington State Cougars out of the Pacific-12 Conference. The meet will be held at the West Boise YMCA and Boise City Aquatic Center starting at 10 a.m.
- RECORDS: The Broncos are 5-2 in duals meets this season, while Washington State enters the weekend at 3-6.
- SERIES: This will be the seventh meeting in all forms of competition between the two programs with Boise State leading the overall series 4-2, 3-2 in duals and 1-0 in Boise.
- THE FORMAT: Washington State does not sponsor diving, so this meet will be swimming only with the Boise State divers performing a few exhibition dives.
BOISE STATE STORYLINES
SENIOR DAY
- Saturday's meet versus WSU will be Senior Day for the five seniors on this year's squad: Emmie Jennings, Jamie Nats, Robin Pinger, Alyssa Schultz and Georgia Zacest.
- The five will be honored by the swimming and diving team prior to the start of this week's meet.
- Collectively, the group has been apart of two Mountain West Conference championships and one third-place finish.
- The five-member class has combined for 24 all-conference, 15 Academic All-Mountain West and 14 MW Scholar-Athlete honors (scholar-athlete is awarded for maintaining a 3.5 or better cumulative GPA).
ABOUT THE BRONCOS
- The Broncos enter the week at 5-2 overall and are coming off a pair of dual meet victories over Northern Arizona last weekend in Flagstaff, Ariz. Boise State defeated NAU 73-56 on Friday (Jan. 24), then followed with a 157-143 victory on Saturday (Jan. 25).
- Prior to that, their last dual was a 187-113 loss at Mountain West rival Nevada on Nov. 2nd.
COACH MABILE
- Boise State is in its second season under the direction of head coach Christine Mabile who has guided the Blue and Orange to a 21-7 record in all competitions, including 5-2 in duals this season.
- Christine Mabile returned to her alma mater (2010) during the summer of 2018 to become the third head coach in program history, which is entering its 14th season in 2019-20.
- She did not swim for the Broncos as an undergraduate, instead she spent the four years as a volunteer assistant coach working with the team from the deck.
- Mabile returned to Boise State after two years as an assistant at Missouri, preceded by five years as head coach at the College of Idaho.
- Joining Mabile on her first coaching staff are Jordan Lieberman who was an assistant at Cornell, as well as Brandon Blaisdell who returns for his fifth season as the Bronco diving coach.
BRONCO DIVING HIGHLIGHTS
- Sophomore Marti Erlam opened the campaign solid having qualified for the NCAA Zone E Championships in March on both springboards during the month of October ... she has recorded two of the top-10 scores in the Mountain West Conference on the 1-meter springboard with her top score being a career-high 307.20 against Wyoming (Oct. 11), the dive is ranked sixth in conference ... on the 3-meter springboard her top score is 316.80 (12th MW) also accomplished against Wyoming.
- Junior Tatum Thompkins has also qualified early in the year for the NCAA Zone Championships in March on both springboards with career-highs on the 1-meter (267.15) and 3-meter (306.08), both versus Wyoming.
- Taylor Clark joined her teammates as a NCAA Diving Zone E qualifier last weekend when she scored a career-high 225 on the platform at Northern Arizona to reach the zone meet in March.
- This marks the first time under coach Blaisdell — five years — that the entire dive team has qualified for zones.
BRONCO SWIMMING HIGHLIGHTS
- Senior Robin Pinger has won six races this fall including the 50-yard freestyle twice with her top time coming against Idaho (Oct. 12) with a 23.77 ... she also won the 100-yard breaststroke twice including with a season-best time of 1:04.54 at NAU (Jan. 25) ... won the 200-yard IM with a 2:06.93 against Wyoming ... Pinger also won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:21.21) against Idaho.
- Junior Hayley Hill has been dominant in the 1,000-yard freestyle winning all three races she has swam with a season-best 10:17.08 at the San Diego State Tri-Meet (Oct. 18), ranked seventh in the MW this year ... she is coming off a pair of wins at NAU (Jan. 25) taking the 200 free (1:52.84, altitude adjusted) and 500 free (4:59.03 aa).
- Sophomore Katie McCoy has been impressive in the individual medleys for Boise State winning four of the seven races she has competed in ... McCoy won the 200 IM at the San Diego State Tri-Meet with a 2:03.58, then swam a carer-best 2:00.43 at the Mizzou Invite (Nov. 20) ... in the 400 IM she has won twice in three races with a career-best time of 4:20.39 at the Mizzou Invite (Nov. 20).
- Junior Molly Hogg has been solid in the backstrokes winning four races combined between the 100-yard and 200-yard back ... in the 100 back she has a top time of 55.17 swam at the Mizzou Invite (Nov. 21), eighth in the MW ... in the 200 back she has a top time of 1:57.56 also at the Mizzou Invite, tied for third-best in the league.
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