WALLA WALLA, Wash. --- The George Fox swim program returned to the pool for their second dual meet of the season, this time against the Whitman Blues. Despite picking up wins in seven races, both programs fell short with the women losing, 70-134, and the men falling 65-134.

Top Performances
The meet opened with the 400 yard medley relay, where the men picked up a third place finish and the women's team of Jesse Urbanl, Riley Parker, Britney Muralt and Mia Smith finished second with their mark of 4:22.05.

Urbank continued her early season dominance with a victory in the women's 1000 yard freestyle, taking the title in 11:10.23 to secure Fox's first win of the day and the first of three records set for the Bruins.

Laurel Knox and Britney Muralt were the next to secure podium finishes, taking second and third place respectively in the women's 200 yard freestyle.

Levi Gibson was the second Bruin to find victory at the meet, with a blistering time of 22:11 in the men's 50 yard freestyle. Gibson also dominated the 100 yard freestyle – his time of 49.29 giving him a two-second victory.

Fox's freshman swimmers impressed in the 200 yard individual medley. Wyatt Greene finished second in the men's race with his time of 2:07.77, while Riley Parker won the women's division with her mark of 2:15.73, this was Parker's first record setting race of the day. 

Greene picked up his first win of the meet in the men's 500 yard freestyle, finishing nine seconds ahead of the nearest competitor with his time of 5:10.69. Fox also claimed victory in the women's event, as sophomore Laurel Knox took the win in 5:25.54. 

Parker picked up the Bruins' final win of the meet in the 200 breaststroke with her time of 2:32.25, which was a record time for the Bruins, her second of the day, continuing to display blistering form across a wide range of events.

Fox rounded out their day with a second-place finish in the men's 400 freestyle relay. The team of Strom Nordeng, Cameron Alexander, Aries Valenzuela, and Levi Gibson finished with a time of 3:31.07 to conclude the day.

Coach's Thoughts
"Whitman closed out a great opening weekend for us," said Bruin head coach Natalie Turner, "Today our women's team broke 3 team records. This has been the best start to a season our team has had so I'm looking forward to see what this team can do. Over the next two weeks we have a great chance to tighten up some of our racing before we race again at Lewis and Clark."

Up Next
The Bruins will have a weekend off before they travel to Portland for their next dual meet against Lewis and Clark on November 17th. The races are scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m.