SPOKANE, Wash. – Emma Thompson set a Megan Thompson Aquatic Center record in the 100-yard backstroke to lead the Whitworth women's swimming team to a 113-64 win over visiting Seattle University on Friday night.  The Seattle U men edged the Pirates 106-97.

Whitworth's women defeated the NCAA Division I Redhawks for the second season in a row, however  Seattle U only brought four women to this meet.

Thompson went 57.67 to win the backstroke by two seconds.  Seattle's Lydia Genson went 59.70, which was also under the previous pool record of 59.83 set by Blaise Wittenauer-Lee of Seattle U in 2016.

Ryan Reid won the 1,650-yard freestyle (19:09.02), the 500-yard freestyle (5:37.60) and the 400-yard I.M. (4:57.95) unopposed for the Pirates. 

Thompson led off the winning 200-yard freestyle relay for Whitworth, which posted a time of 1:43.16.

Samantha Mosier set a second pool record of the night while winning the 50-yard freestyle in 23.98.  Her time broke the previous mark of 24.14 set by Carla Fellezs of Puget Sound in 2002.

Genson also won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:54.44 for the Redhawks.

The Pirate opened the meet with an upset win in the 200-yard medley relay.  Ryan Grady, Andrew Lambert, Isaiah Ross and Zachary Washburn posted a time of 1:33.71 to edge the Redhawks by .71 seconds.

Jacob Goguen, who competed for Seattle U for four seasons before transferring to Whitworth for a Master's degree, won the 100-yard freestyle for the Pirates in 46.93. 

Ryan Grady led a 1-2-3 finish for the Whitworth men in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 57.21. 

Goguen, Grady, Camren Langdon and Finn McClone closed the meet for the Pirates with a win in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:24.58.

Whitworth will conclude the dual meet season on Saturday by hosting Whitman College at 1:00 pm.