The Pacific University Swimming program suited up for the final time on Saturday in a dual versus George Fox in Forest Grove.
 
Prior to the meet, Pacific took the opportunity to honor their two senior swimmers, Joelle Otterstedt and Avery Beckius.
 
Pacific picked up their first victorious swim of the event in the women's 200 yard freestyle with a swim from freshman Madelyn Russell at a time of 2:05.32. Russell was able to pull away from her competitors with the nearest swimmer finishing 6 seconds behind her. In the men's 200 yard freestyle Pacific picked up a win with a swim in 1:52.76 from Josh Joireman. In a tight 100 yard backstroke, Hung Huynh came out victorious in 1:02.96, which was 11 hundredths of a second faster than Chris Mourich from George Fox. Benjamin Jones was the only competitor in the 200 yard butterfly and finished with a time of 3:14.83. Madelyn Russell picked up another win in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 26.57. Juile Abrigonde took first in the 100 yard freestyle with a swim of 57.78. At 2:18.64 in the 200 yard backstroke Hannah Brandow collected the win with her nearest competitor finishing 16 seconds behind her. Hung Huynh and Josh Joireman collected their second wins of the meet in the 200 yard backstroke for Huynh and the 500 yard freestyle for Joireman. Huynh picked up a third win in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 55.44. The final event of the dual was the 200 yard freestyle relay with the Boxers coming out victorious for the last time in the 2021 spring season.

An elated coach Beth Whittle had this to say following the final meet of the season today, "What a great day for our Boxer swimmers! Today we celebrated our seniors, Joelle Otterstedt and Avery Beckius, in their final collegiate meet. The cheering was non-stop and the energy on deck was palpable. Despite a fragmented swimming season due to Covid-19 challenges, the team swam really amazing today and impressed the coaches with nearly all season best times.  In addition, four swimmers swam to personal bests!  Our men's team won a very close meet, with the team rallying and cheering through the last relay.  A home meet and win for our men's team made for a fun day. I am incredibly proud of the way our team came together to take full advantage of the opportunity to train, race and compete this year. This season our men and women demonstrated their resiliency, tenaciousness, love for their team, and commitment to their sport.  I am already looking forward to the 2021-2022 season.​"