LONG BEACH, Calif. - A sunny and clear Saturday morning in Long Beach, Fresno state swim team took on the open water at Marine Stadium.
HOW IT HAPPENED
In a field of 42 swimmers for the women's 5k, Madison Caserio and Riley Baldwin surged to the finish line for a top 20 finish. Caserio finished in 14th place with a time of 01:03.40 and Baldwin finished 19th place with a time of 01:05.31.
The Bulldogs all earned personal bests in their first open water competition and in the first open water competition in MPSF conference history. Four other Mountain West opponents placed above Caserio in the women's 5k.
'Dogs continued to make a strong first impression at the MPSF open water championship in the women's 2k relay.
Keeping the Bulldog spirit going, the 'Dogs swam fast finishing in third and fourth place out of 11 relay teams, with only seconds separating the A and B relays.
RESULTS
Women's 5k
14. Madison Caserio (01:03.40)
19. Riley Baldwin (01:05:31)
22. Sera Hanagan (01:06:09)
24. Ava Elliott (01:06.20)
27. Abigail Rousseau (01:06.52)
Women's 2k Relay
3. Fresno State A - 27:14 (Marija Rutkauskatie, Sam Arredondo, Madison Caserio, Samarah Melia)
4. Fresno State B - 27:18 (Sera Hanagan, Riley Baldwin, Ava Elliot, Abigail Rousseau)
UP NEXT:
Fresno State is back home next weekend to host Nevada in a dual meet on Saturday, October 27th 10 a.m. at the Aquatics Center.