Whitworth dominated day two of the NWC Swimming championships, winning five of eight finals held Friday night at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center. Whitworth's Kai Hayashida (4:38.30) won the first of the Pirates five championships in the 500-yard free, edging teammate Parker Dangleis (4:41.02). 
 
Austin Elwyn, the freshman Pirate, would be the next to win a medal in the men's 200-yard medley (1:52.76) beating Blues senior Andrew Hanson (1:53.56). Isabella Hoopes (2:07.26) would complete the sweep in the 200 -ard IM by 35 hundredths of a second over Puget Sound's Madeline Brennan (2:07.61).  
 
In the fastest race of the championship weekend, Zachary Washburn (20.43) would kick his ship to a win over Puget Sound's Emory Burden (20.75). 
 
Whitworth's (3:23.49) final medal came seemingly from nowhere as Washburn passed four competitors to win the 400-yard IM for the Pirates. Puget Sound led the first three legs, but would end up finishing second by just 15 hundredths of a second.
 
Kristi Keppo (5:03.69) from Linfield broke Whitworth's attempt for six medals by shocking qualifying favorite Makhaela Parrish (5:05.93) in the women's 500-yard freestyle. Parrish placed third with Puget Sound's Sara Guillen (5:05.39) finishing in between Keppo and Parrish.  
 
Whitman's Shaye Agnew (23.77) gave her competitors the blues by being the only woman in 50-yard free to swim in the 23's when she won the event. 
 
The final championship went the way of the Lutes from PLU (3:53.24) in the women's 400-yard medley relay. Puget Sound and Linfield were able to keep up with PLU through the first half of the relay but Jessic ORdaz and Emma Gassman quickly built a lead, and never looked back, securing the win for the Lutes almost four seconds ahead of Puget Sound (3:57.02).
 
Prelims for Day 3 start at 9:30 am, and finals will be broadcast at 5pm. All events at the NWC Swimming Championships can be streamed at https://nwcnetwork.tv/.
 
Team Standings After Day 2

Men
Whitworth - 293
Puget Sound - 176
Whitman - 173.5
Linfield - 141.5
Willamette - 119
Pacific Lutheran - 95
Lewis & Clark - 89
George Fox - 86
Pacific - 54 
 
Women
Linfield - 204
Whitman - 200.5
Puget Sound - 154
Pacific Lutheran - 128
George Fox - 125
Whitworth - 125
Willamette - 116
Lewis & Clark - 93
Pacific - 63.5