Gymnastics

Before Saturday, the Washington gymnastics team had a 12-meet losing streak against Oregon State. The streak was snapped when the Huskies defeated No. 9 Oregon State, No. 14 Illinois and unranked Eastern Michigan by scoring a season-high 196.

The night started on vault, when four Huskies set or tied career-best marks. Senior Ashley Houghting tied for second in the event with a team-high 9.875 and teammates Ruby Engreitz, Amanda Cline, Hatsune Akaogi and Haley Bogart each contributed to a 49.100 on the apparatus, placing them just 0.200 behind the Beavers.

The Huskies continued to set high scores, and after the second rotation on the uneven bars, found themselves tied for first with Illinois.

But it was on the beam where Washington pushed itself into first place.

Houghting also won her sixth title of the season on floor, scoring a near-perfect 9.900 and leading the Huskies to a team score of 48.900.

Washington secured the meet win by just 0.100 over the Illini and will head south to face Arizona State this weekend.

Women’s swimming

Several of the nation’s best swimmers will race to earn Pac-10 titles and a spot at the NCAA Championship in March, when the Pac-10 Championships start today.

The No. 25 Washington women’s team will battle against several swimmers who competed in the Beijing Olympics.

But third-year coach Whitney Hite has showcased a team that set two school records this season, nine individual NCAA “B” times and has seven All-Americans.

The women finished a program-best 12th place at the NCAA Championship last year, but before they reach the national competition, they have to compete in one of the nation’s most competitive conference championships. The Pac-10 meet includes No. 2 Stanford, defending champion No. 4 Arizona, No. 8 California, No. 11 USC and No. 20 UCLA.

Track

Washington track will head into this weekend’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships ranked in the top 25 following strong performances at the Husky Classic Saturday — the men will enter the meet at No. 20, the women at No. 22.

Senior Jordan Boase set this season’s world-fastest 400-meter dash time with 46.15 seconds at the Husky Classic.

Austin Abbott ran a 1:48.56 in the 800-meter dash to put him at fourth in the nation.

Three competitors on the women’s side contributed to the bulk of the team’s total points. Freshman Christine Babcock not only ran the second-fastest mile in school history, but also recorded an automatic NCAA mark of 4:38.00.

Golf

The Washington women’s golf team finished 14th at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational this week, placing behind all Pac-10 rivals in the tournament.

The Huskies shot a 307 Monday, improving from the previous day’s performance by eight strokes. Anya Alvarez led the Dawgs with a three-round 229, while Sadena Parks and Molly Aronsson tied for 50th place overall. Karinn Dickinson and Katie Saucier placed behind them to round out the UW’s corps of golfers.

The Washington men’s golf team was in sixth place after two rounds at the USC Collegiate Invitational, but the team fell to 10th in the final round, placing just behind UC-Irvine, Fresno State and San Diego State.

The Huskies’ Tze Huang Choo finished 13th overall with a three-round score of 214. Darren Wallace and Richard Lee didn’t finish far behind in 18th and 23rd place, respectively. No other Huskies in the tournament finished higher than 51st.

Reach reporter Nari Kalafian at sports@dailyuw.com.