Swimming

It wasn’t the best way to end their final home meet, but 11 Washington seniors on the men’s and women’s teams faced off against No. 9 Minnesota this weekend and lost, 161-101 on the men’s side and 164.5-97.5 on the women’s side.

Two of the UW’s seniors, Scott Spansail and Jon Banker, placed first in both of their races. Spansail won the 500 and 1,000 free, defeating the closest UM opponent in the 500 by more than seven seconds. Banker won the 100 and 200 back, sailing to the finish of the 200 almost four seconds ahead of UM’s second place finisher Josh Griffey. Another senior, Evan Bernier, finished second in both the 100 and 200 free.

On the women’s side, it was a freshman who stood out among five seniors. Hannah Ross won two of the four races the UW women took honors in: the 100 and 200 back.

Junior Erin Campbell and senior Lindsey Sharp won the other two races, finishing first in the 200 fly and 50 free.

Campbell finished second in the 100 fly while senior Genevieve Patterson finished second in the 100 breast.

Both teams will travel to USC and UCLA over the weekend for a Pac-10 showdown that will set them up for the Pac-10 Championships in late February.

Gymnastics

The Washington gymnastics team finished second behind No. 7 Stanford in a meet Friday against the Cardinal, Sacramento State and SPU.

The Huskies scored 194.250, just two points behind the Cardinal.

Ashley Houghting and Amanda Cline anchored the Huskies on vault with a score of 48.825.

Houghting won her first event title of the night, posting a 9.925, while Cline marked a career best 9.850 to take third.

On bars, Kristen Linton was Washington’s top finisher, scoring a 9.800. Samantha Walior and Karen Cain each followed with a 9.75.

Despite success on bars and the vault, the Huskies faltered on the beam, scoring 48.300 as a team and taking just third overall in the event. But Walior shone and posted a career-high score of 9.875, putting her in a tie for first place.

In the final rotation of the evening, Houghting earned a second win on the floor.

Recording a 9.875, the senior led the Huskies to an edge over Sacramento State, which scored 193.550, and SPU, which scored 188.25, but it was not enough for Washington to pass up Stanford.

Reach reporter Nari Kalafian at sports@dailyuw.com.