The UC Irvine/Nike Cup has concluded day one at Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach .
The Stanford men and the UCLA women lead the meet following the first day of the meet. The Bruin women have 465 points to lead second place Brigham Young with 276 points. The Cardinal men have 597 points to lead second place BYU with 269 points.
The Stanford men's team broke the meet record in the 200 free relay with a NCAA 'B' cut time of 1: 19.71 to break the previous record of 1:19.78 set by UCLA in 1992. The Cardinal men dominated the 500 free with Danny Beal winning the event with a time of 4:21.41. David Mosko of Stanford took second with a 4:23.25. Beal and Mosko's times are each 'B' cuts. Nate Cass of Stanford won the 200 IM with a 'B' cut of 1: 47.47. Stanford again dominated the 50 free as Austin Staab won the event in a 'B' cut of 19.86. Jason Dunford (19.89) and David Dunford (20.44) took second and third in the event with Jason's time being another 'B' cut. The Cardinal men made it two for two in the relays as they won the 400 medley relay with a meet record and 'B' cut time of 3: 13.15.
On the women's side, UCLA got out to an early lead in the meet with a time of 1:34.13 in the 200 free relay. Brittany Massengale of Rice won the 500 free with a NCAA 'B' time of 4:53.69. Emily Bibb of UCLA took second in the 500 free, but had the fastest prelim time with a NCAA 'B' cut time of 4: 52.65. UC Irvine sophomore Lyndsay DePaul fell just two hundredths of a second shy of an 'A' cut with her winning time of 2:00.36 in the 200 IM. DePaul broke her own UCI record in the event. Ja-Neill Bragg of Pacific took second with a 'B' cut time of 2: 00.69. UC Irvine senior Chelsea Nagata won the 50 free (23.03) and was joined by Brie Marhenke of San Jose State (23.09), Jenny Lewis of Pacific (23.12) and Anna Poteete of UCLA (23.19) in earning 'B' cuts. Nagata also broke her own UCI record in the event. The Pacific women won the 400 medley relay with a time of 3: 46.46.
The UC Irvine/Nike Cup will continue Friday with prelims at 9:00 a.m. and finals at 6:00 p.m. at Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach.
Team Scores After Day One
Women
Team Points
1. UCLA 465
2. Brigham Young 276
3. Pacific 244
4. Rice 202
5. San Jose State 184
6. UC Irvine 176
7. UC San Diego 146
8. Pepperdine 99
9. New Mexico 95
10. Loyola Marymount 89
11. Air Force 78
12. San Diego 60
13. UC Santa Cruz 59
14. Cal Lutheran 50
15. Alaska 46
16. Cal State Northridge 30
17. Fresno Pacific 22
17. Grand Canyon 22
19. Soka 14
Men
Team Points
1. Stanford 597
2. Brigham Young 269
3. Air Force 212
4. Pacific 178
5. UC Irvine 151
5. UC Davis 151
7. UC San Diego 144
8. Cal Baptist 106
9. Cal State Northridge 91
10. UC Santa Cruz 83
11. Cal Lutheran 60
11. Fresno Pacific 60
13. Grand Canyon 54
14. Soka 7
