Maya Okamura

Women's Swimming

Okamura wins 400-IM; Boxers fall at Whitman

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Pacific junior Maya Okamura pulled off the Boxers' lone victory on Friday evening as Pacific fell 157-41 to the host Whitman Blues.

The Boxers opened the night with a third place finish in the 200-yard medley relay, with the team made up of: freshman Joelle Otterstedt (Springfield, Ore.), senior Kayla Knock (Colorado Springs, Colo.), sophomore Callie Hinson (Salem, Ore.) and senior Colleen Murphy (Valdez, Alaska), finishing with a time of 1:59.29.

Murphy picked up an individual third place finish in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing at 27.19.

Okamura (Pukalani, Hawaii) cruised to victory in the 400-yard individual medley, touching the wall with a time of 4:57.09, while the second place finisher glided in at 5:01.57.

Otterstedt earned a second place finish in the 100-yard backstroke at 1:06.46, while freshman Grace Connelly (Grants Pass, Ore.) was third in the 500-yard freestyle at 5:47.87.

Knock delivered the Boxers second place points in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:11.76.

The Pacific women wrapped the evening with a third place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay with the team of: sophomore Lauren McWilliams (Gilbert, Ariz.), freshman Kimberly Garcia (Hacienda Heights, Calif.), Murphy and Hinson finishing at 1:47.72.

The Boxers are back in action on Saturday with a 1 p.m. start in Spokane, Wash. against Whitworth.

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Players Mentioned

Callie Hinson

Callie Hinson

Sprint Free
Sophomore
So./So.
Kayla Knock

Kayla Knock

IM/Breast
5' 8"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Lauren McWilliams

Lauren McWilliams

IM/Free
Sophomore
So./So.
Colleen Murphy

Colleen Murphy

Sprint Free
5' 6"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Maya Okamura

Maya Okamura

IM/Fly
4' 11"
Junior
Jr./Jr.
Kimberly Garcia

Kimberly Garcia

Free
Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Joelle Otterstedt

Joelle Otterstedt

Back/IM
Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Grace Connelly

Grace Connelly

Free
Freshman
Fr./Fr.

Players Mentioned

Callie Hinson

Callie Hinson

Sophomore
So./So.
Sprint Free
Kayla Knock

Kayla Knock

5' 8"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
IM/Breast
Lauren McWilliams

Lauren McWilliams

Sophomore
So./So.
IM/Free
Colleen Murphy

Colleen Murphy

5' 6"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Sprint Free
Maya Okamura

Maya Okamura

4' 11"
Junior
Jr./Jr.
IM/Fly
Kimberly Garcia

Kimberly Garcia

Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Free
Joelle Otterstedt

Joelle Otterstedt

Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Back/IM
Grace Connelly

Grace Connelly

Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Free