TACOMA, Wash. – Linfield won 19 of 22 events, including all four relays, on the way to dominating Northwest Conference dual meet sweep of the Puget Sound Loggers Saturday at Wallace Pool.
 
Kalea Mullins won two individual events, and Avery Campbell and Sarah Arpag were victorious in two relays and an individual race, spurring the Wildcat women to a 135-70 victory over the Loggers. Ben Simpson and Rocco Velie each took top honors in a pair of individual races, plus contributed to winning relay efforts, boosting the Linfield men to a 151-51 rout of Puget Sound.
 
WOMEN
Mullins clocked a season-best time of 2:12.64 in the 200 individual medley, outpacing teammates Kate Walkup (2:15.25, season best) and Whitney Averill (2:16.79, season best). The trio contributed 16 team points with the sweep of the top three places. Mullins was impressive in the 500 freestyle as well, recording a season-best time while taking top honors by more than six seconds (5:23.79).
 
Sprinters Avery Campbell (25.21), Sarah Arpag (25.27) and Maggie Kelley (25.76) led a 1-2-3 finish in the 50 freestyle.
 
Arpag was the clear-cut winner in the 200 butterfly (2:10.99), winning by a four-second margin. Lauren Bobo-Shisler was the leading competitor in the 100 freestyle (55.52) while Kate Walkup prevailed in the 200 backstroke, finishing with a comfortable seven-second victory (2:10.90).
 
Averill claimed a tight win in the 200 breaststroke, topping the Loggers' Elinor Glass with a season-best effort, 2:30.45 to 2:32.61. Mullins was third in 2:34.27 (season best).
 
The foursome of Campbell, Averill, Walkup and Bobo-Shisler blazed to a five-second victory in the 400 medley relay (4:04.58).
 
The Linfield quartet of Arpag, Bobo-Shisler, Kelley and Campbell teamed up for a nine-second win in the 400 freestyle relay (3:45.21).
 
MEN
Velie raced to a 1:59.85 finish in the 200 IM, winning the event by nearly seven seconds and later led a 1-2-3-4 result in the 500 freestyle. Velie placed first in a season-best time of 4:58.79, followed by Gallo (5:00.89), Gavin Smith (5:04.78) and Levi Buker (5:28.22).
 
Simpson prevailed in the 200 freestyle (1:45.30) and touched the wall first in the 200 butterfly (1:58.21). Fellow Wildcats Jack Gallo (1:59.05) and Andrew Lee (2:06.55) were second and third, respectively.
 
Edan Donaldon earned as season best while holding off Puget Sound's Calvin Werts in the 200 backstroke, winning by a scant two seconds (1:57.52 to 1:59.94).
 
Daniel Olson was the top placer in the 50 freestyle (22.02), followed closely by teammates Garrett Sutton (22.24) and Andrew Lee (23.46).
 
Alex Landry secured a comfortable win in the 200 breaststroke, winning in 2:13.78.
 
In the day's opening relay, Edan Donaldson, Alex Landry, Velie and Garrett Sutton outdistanced the Puget Sound grouping by more than 21 seconds (3:33.75).
 
Sutton, Donaldson, Simpson and Carson Washburn combined for a winning time in the 400 freestyle relay (3:10.89). 
 
NEXT
Linfield hosts a pair of NWC duals during the coming weekend. The 'Cats start it off by challenging the Whitman Blues Friday at 6 p.m. On Saturday, the Wildcats will recognize 10 graduating seniors plus two matriculating graduate students prior to battling longtime nemisis Whitworth at 1 p.m.