FOREST GROVE, Ore. – Linfield swimming made program history on Saturday in Forest Grove as both the men's and women's teams took down Pacific to complete perfect 8-0 seasons in Northwest Conference dual meets.
 
The wins over the Boxers marked the first time that either squad finished with an 8-0 record against NWC competition. The fact that both accomplished the feat simultaneously capped a strong regular season campaign for head coach Kyle Kimball and company.
 
The women fended off Pacific with a 143-104 triumph while the men claimed 10 events on the way to a dominating 149-58 victory.
 
WOMEN
Lauren Bobo-Shisler, Sarah Arpag and Avery Campbell all won two individual events for the Wildcats. Campbell and Arpag were also a part of the winning 200-yard medley relay team that included Whitney Averill and Kate Walkup.
 
Bobo-Shisler opened her afternoon with a win in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing more than three seconds ahead of teammate Kaylee Elsom with a time of 2:03.06. She also won the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:16.31.
 
Arpag took top honors in the 100-yard backstroke with a mark of 1:00.75. She crushed the 200-yard breaststroke later in the meet, clocking a time of 2:37.57, more than 23 seconds ahead of the runner-up.
 
Campbell's 2:16.86 in the 200-yard backstroke gave her her first individual win of the day. She returned to the pool to win the 100-yard butterfly at 1:02.44, edging out Pacific's Julianne Abrigonde by 35-hundredths of a second.
 
Walkup took home a win in the 400-yard IM in 4:50.72, blowing away the rest of the field by more than 14 seconds. Kirsti Keppo also left Forest Grove with a win, taking the 500-yard freestyle in 5:32.63.
 
MEN
Rocco Velie won a pair of individual events while seven others were also victors in a wipeout of the Boxers on the men's side. Velie clocked 1:54.09 in a winning effort in the 200-yard freestyle before taking the 200-yard backstroke in 2:06.76, more than 21 seconds ahead of Pacific's Ben Jones.
 
Alex Landry was the first finisher in the 200-yard breaststroke, winning in 2:19.06. Ben Simpson left with a win in the 400-yard IM at 4:26.85. The duo was also on Linfield's winning 200-yard medley relay squad that placed first at 1:45.04. Other members of the foursome included Elijah Ng and Cadogan Wheat.
 
Carson Washburn (100-yard backstroke), Sasha Moore (100-yard breaststroke), Levi Buker (200-yard butterfly), Gavin Smith (100-yard freestyle) and Edan Donaldson (500-yard freestyle) also turned in winning performances for the 'Cats.
 
NEXT
Linfield wrapped up NWC duals with a target on its back as the NWC Championships approach. The big meet is set to take place on Feb. 9-12 in Federal Way, Washington, and the 'Cats are poised to bring some hardware back home to McMinnville.