#7 Arizona Women Upset #4 Cal in Sweep

The Arizona swimming and diving teams received strong efforts from freshman A.J. Tipton and senior Lara Jackson as well as divers Ainsley Oliver and Ben Grado in routing the California Golden Bears today at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center. The men won by the score of 171.5-128.5 while the women topped Cal, 178-120.

Tipton, a freshman out of Knoxville, Tenn., won both the 100 and 200 butterfly with impressive times of 48.86 and 1:46.67, respectively. 

"We definitely were a little rusty today," said Cal head coach Teri McKeever. "There were however some really good individual performances from Dana, winning three races, to Erica, Lauren [Boyle], Madison and Emily. As a team, we're looking forward to this next month and a half to get back into that racing mode and sharpen up certain areas heading into the Pac-10 Championships."

The Wildcats started the meet with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay as the foursome of Hailey DeGolia, Ann Chandler, Lara Jackson and Anna Turner posted a time of 1:39.73. Cal's quartet of Lauren Rogers, Alexandra Ellis, Hannah Wilson and Liv Jensen placed third with a time of 1:42.55.

Jackson proved dominant in the women’s 50 and 100 free, winning both events and posting times of 22.40 and 50.02.

At the Kasser Family Pool, Ainsley Oliver and Ben Grado swept both the one and three meter dives. Oliver recorded scores of 255.30 and 299.25 while Grado won with scores of 339.38 and 380.40.

The Arizona women won both relay events, taking the 200 medley relay to begin the meet and winning the 400 free relay to close. Justine Schluntz, Jackson, Anna Turner and Taylor Baughman put the exclamation mark on the win with a time of 3:20.08 in the 400 free relay.

Other standouts included Olympian Jean Basson, who won the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:26.73 and 1000 freestyle with a mark of 9:13.40 and Tom Cole, who won a thrilling 200 breaststroke event over teammates Josh Arreguin and Marcus Titus.

Nathan Adrian was arguably Cal’s top swimmer today, winning three events (50, 100 and 200 free) and proving to be the difference in Cal’s 400 free relay with his leadoff time of 42.29.

Lauren Boyle helped Cal in the third event of the afternoon after earning a thrilling victory over Arizona's Susana Helms in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:53.61. Helms touched the wall at 9:65.63. Blake Hayter claimed a fifth-place time of 10:08.12.
 
Boyle grabbed another victory later in the meet in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:53.92, followed by Hayter's second-place mark of 4:56.69.

It was a close battle in the 200-yard freestyle as Vollmer touched the wall with a winning time of 1:46.90, almost two seconds faster than Kennedy, who placed second with a season-best 1:48.02. Hannah Wilson (1:50.27) and Boyle (1:51.14) finished 7-8 as well. Vollmer owns the second-fastest time in the 200 free in the country (1:43.66).

Lauren Rogers held off Andrea Boritzke for second place in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 55.49. Dagg nabbed a sixth-place finish with a time of 56.60 - her best of the season.

Vollmer claimed her second victory of the meet with a winning time of 1:59.09 in the 200-yard butterfly, while teammate Amanda Sims touched the wall in third with a time of 2:00.29.

Vollmer's final individual victory came in the 100-yard butterfly after she clocked a 54.42. Sims nearly took second (Ana Agy, 55.00), but had to settle for third with a time of 55.02.