Gymnastics

Senior Ashley Houghting gave another strong performance on vault for the Huskies in meet this weekend at Utah, where Washington finished second behind the No. 3 Utes. UW fell to 3-2 overall.

Hatsune Akaogi notched the team’s best score of the evening on bars with a 9.800, tying for fifth overall in the event. Samantha Walior and Amanda Cline followed closely, recording a 9.775 and 9.700, respectively.

The Huskies faltered a bit in the third rotation on floor. Sophomore Kristen Linton led the Dawgs with a 9.725, followed by teammates Akaogi and Haley Bogart.

Closing on the beam, UW’s Bogart, Akaogi and Walior tied for fourth with a 9.775. Washington concluded with another high team score of 48.600.

Akaogi was the top performer in the all-around, putting together a career-high 38.925 for the night.

Washington will be back in action Sunday, when they take on Pac-10 rival California in the Bay Area.

Swimming

The Washington women’s swim team defeated No. 16 UCLA Saturday, 134-128, scoring their largest dual-meet victory of the season. The women improved to 10-8 overall and 4-4 in the Pac-10.

The men competed against USC for the second consecutive day in a non-scoring meet, winning four races against the Trojans.

Hannah Ross, Genevieve Patterson, Erin Campbell and Lindsey Sharp got the women’s team off to a fast start, winning the 4X100 relay with a time of 3:46:39. Ross then earned the first individual win for the Huskies with a time of 56.07 in the 100 backstroke.

Washington went on to win four other individual races, two each by Patterson and Campbell. Patterson won the 100 and 200 breaststroke, while Campbell captured the 200 back and 100 butterfly.

On the men’s side, Evan Bernier, Russ Mahan, Erez Fern and David Bai made up the quartet that won the 4X50 relay. Bernier, Scott Spansail and John Banker each earned additional victories for the men’s team.

Reach reporter Nari Kalafian at sports@dailyuw.com.