UC-Davis Splits With Denver

The UC Davis swimming and diving teams split against Denver Friday afternoon at Schaal Aquatics Center in Davis, Calif.  The men’s team defeated the Pioneers by a score of 160-135 while the women fell 191-109. 

The men now hold a 3-0 overall dual meet record while the Aggie women now stand at 2-2 overall.

The UC Davis men started out with a win in the 200 medley relay with Jimmy Fong, Scott Weltz, Daniel Donnelly and Russ Underwood combining for a time of 1:33.40. 

Adam Borchard, Alex Daneke, Fong and Weltz each had two individual wins on the day. 

Borchard took first in the 1000- and 500- freestyle events.  He clocked in with a season-best time of 9:29.79 in the 1000 free and finished with a time of 4:37.32 in the 500 free. 

Daneke placed first in the 100- and 200-freestyle events.  In the 200 free, Daneke recorded a time of 1:41.60 in the 200 free and turned in a season-best time of 46.81 in the 100 free.

In the backstroke events, Jimmy Fong finished with a season-best 52.30 in the 100 back for a first-place finish and had a second season-best time in the 200 back when he clocked in at 1:52.94. 

Weltz’s time of 57.53 in the 100 breast was a season-best for the senior. He recorded a time of 2:06.20 in the 200 breast to win that event.

The Aggie men finished 1-2 in five events. 

The men’s 400 free relay “A” team of Underwood, Daneke, Borchard and B.J. Scoggan were narrowly edged out by Denver.  After a 46.88 split time by Borchard, Scoggan was barely outtouched at the wall as the Pioneers clocked in at 3:07.11 to the Aggies’ 3:07.33.

For the women, Ashley Chandler led UC Davis with two individual wins while Bridget Bugbee was victorious in the 500 freestyle.  Chandler’s first victory came in the 50 free where she clocked in at a season-best time of 23.97.  She then went on to win the 100 free in a time of 52.10, another season best. 

Bugbee’s time of 5:05.38 in the 500 free was also a season-best.

Linda Hermann placed second in the 200 free with a time of 1:54.03 while Lisa Bender also was second in the 100 breast.  Her time of 1:08.21 was a season best.  Morgan Lee’s season-best time of 2:28.38 in the 200 breast was also good enough for second place.

The 400 free relay “A” squad picked up a win as Bugbee, Hermann, Chandler and Kayleigh Foley narrowly edged Denver by a time of 3:30.11 while the Pioneers finished second in the event with a time of 3:30.15.

Denver swept the diving events with Elizabeth Yovich placing first on both boards for the women and Cody Stambaugh doing the same for the men.

UC Davis’ Paul Navo was second on the 1-meter board with a score of 252.75 and finished third on the 3-meter board with a score of 256.10.  Jennifer Meyer was the Aggie women’s top scorer on the low board (206.03) while Hilary Brunner finished second in the 3-meter event with a score of 202.58.

The UC Davis men will host Fresno Pacific Friday, Nov. 13 at 2:00 p.m. at Schaal Aquatics Center.  The Aggie women will next compete at the Toshiba Classic Nov. 19-21 in Long Beach, Calif.

UC Davis vs. Denver
Friday, Nov. 13 - Schaal Aquatics Center
Davis, Calif.

Final Scores
Men: UC Davis 160, Denver 135
Women: Denver 191, UC Davis 109

Individual Results (Top finisher and UC Davis only)
Women’s 200 medley relay: 1. Denver “B” (Beins, Kittle, Greeves, Schmid), 1:46.89; 2. UC Davis “B” (Hermann, Bender, Dawson, Cadmus), 1:49.60; 4. UC Davis “A” (Chandler, Lee, Ajimura, Foley), 1:50.75; 5. UC Davis “C” (Pichay, Peri, Britt, Capozzo), 1:55.85x.

Men’s 200 medley relay: 1. UC Davis “A” (Fong, Weltz, Donnelly, Underwood), 1:33.40; 3. UC Davis “B” (Lager, Groot, Yen, Baldwin), 1:36.58.

Women’s 1000 freestyle: 1. Amanda McNally, Denver, 10:23.66; 3. Grace Benefield, 10:35.40; 5. Bridget Bugbee, 10:42.61; 6. Alex Wells, 11:23.63.

Men’s 1000 freestyle: 1. Adam Borchard, 9:29.79; 2. Matt Herman, 9:36.26; 5. Alex Rossbach, 9:57.58; 7. Jeremy Smith, 10:13.25x.

Women’s 200 freestyle: 1. Melissa Greeves, Denver, 1:52.81; 2. Linda Hermann, 1:54.03; 5. Katelyn Griffin, 1:57.19; 7. Buffy Ajimura, 2:01.87; 8. Kathryn Jovino, 2:08.41x.

Men’s 200 freestyle: 1. Alex Daneke, 1:41.60; 5. B.J. Scoggan, 1:45.90; 7. Jason Singh, 1:46.41.

Women’s 100 backstroke: 1. Kirsten Milberg, Denver, 58.09; 5. Victoria Pichay, 1:02.94; 6. Samantha Lougee, 1:05.04.

Men’s 100 backstroke: 1. Jimmy Fong, 52.30; 4. Jordan Lager, 53.15; 6. Reid Hartz, 58.01.

Women’s 100 breaststroke: 1. Grace Kittle, Denver, 1:06.11; 2. Lisa Bender, 1:08.21; 3. Morgan Lee, 1:09.19; 4. Alyssa Britt, 1:10.03; 6. Julie Peri, 1:12.23x.

Men’s 100 breaststroke: 1. Scott Weltz, 57.53; 2. Keegan Groot, 1:00.01; 4. Kyle Anderson, 1:00.11; 5. Zach Hansen, 1:00.40X.

Women’s 200 butterfly: 1. Olivia Dean, Denver, 2:06.20; 4. Jenah Dawson, 2:09.75; 5. Jodi Hanson, 2:14.38; 6. Buffy Ajimura, 2:17.11.

Men’s 200 butterfly: 1. Daniel Donnelly, 1:51.45; 5. Ed Morrison, 1:59.56; 6. Adam Yen, 1:59.82; 7. Jeremy Smith, 2:02.80x.

Women’s 50 freestyle: 1. Ashley Chandler, 23.97; 3. Jen Cadmus, 24.79; 5. Kayleigh Foley, 25.11.

Men’s 50 freestyle: 1. Russell Underwood, 21.42; 2. Josef Stitts, 21.73; 4. Alex Daneke, 21.77; 5. Derek Baldwin, 21.97x.

Women’s 100 freestyle: 1. Ashley Chandler, 52.10; 4. Katelyn Griffin, 54.40; 5. Kayleigh Foley, 54.49; 6. Samantha Capozzo, 54.87x.

Men’s 100 freestyle: 1. Alex Daneke, 46.81; 2. Russ Underwood, 47.37; 4. B.J. Scoggan, 48.02; 5. Josef Stitts, 48.47x.

Women’s 200 backstroke: 1. Kirsten Milberg, Denver, 2:02.12; 3. Linda Hermann, 2:10.22; 5. Victoria Pichay, 2:20.69.

Men’s 200 backstroke: 1. Jimmy Fong, 1:52.94; 5. Jordan Lager, 1:57.66; 6. Reid Hartz, 2:01.50.

Women’s 200 breaststroke: 1. Grace Kittle, Denver, 2:21.48; 2. Morgan Lee, 2:28.38; 4. Alyssa Britt, 2:30.10; 5. Julie Peri, 2:33.92; 6. Jodi Hanson, 2:34.05x.

Men’s 200 breaststroke: 1. Scott Weltz, 2:06.20; 3. Kyle Anderson, 2:10.56; 4. Zach Hansen, 2:10.63; 7. Keegan Groot, 2:11.85x

Women’s 500 freestyle: 1. Bridget Bugbee, 5:05.38; 5. Grace Benefield, 5:20.39; 7. Kathryn Jovino, 5:32.57; 8. Alex Wells, 5:36.15x.

Men’s 500 freestyle: 1. Adam Borchard, 4:37.32; 2. Matt Herman, 4:40.88; 7. Alex Rossbach, 4:55.23; 8. Jason Singh, 4:57.54x.

Women’s 100 butterfly: 1. Melissa Greeves, Denver, 57.50; 5. Jen Cadmus, 59.78; 6. Katelyn Griffin, 1:00.35; 7. Samantha Capozzo, 1:03.05.

Men’s 100 butterfly: 1. Garth Summers, Denver, 50.28; 3. Daniel Donnelly, 51.14; 4. Adam Yen, 53.10; 5. Ed Morrison, 54.67; 7. Jeremy Smith, 57.83x.

Women’s 200 IM: 1. Jackie Leung, Denver, 2:07.82; 4. Jenah Dawson, 2:11.72; 6. Alyssa Britt, 2:19.50; 7. Morgan Lee, 2:19.86; 8. Alex Wells, 2:29.09x.

Men’s 200 IM: 1. Clayton Myers, Denver, 1:54.50; --- Scott Weltz, 1:53.34X; --- Reid Hartz, 2:00.58X; --- Jordan Lager, 2:02.29X; --- Keegan Groot, 2:03.14X

Women’s 400 freestyle relay: 1. UC Davis “A” (Bugbee, Hermann, Chandler, Foley), 3:30.11; 4. UC Davis “B” (Cadmus, Capozzo, Bender, Pichay), 3:40.77.

Men’s 400 freestyle relay: 1. Denver (Cox, Madaras, Worsley, Summers), 3:07.11; --- UC Davis “A” (Underwood, Daneke, Borchard, Scoggan), 3:07.33X; --- UC Davis “B” (Singh, Fong, Anderson, Baldwin), 3:13.62X.

Women’s 1-meter diving: 1. Elizabeth Yovich, Denver, 214.13; 2. Jennifer Meyer, 206.03; 3. Shiree Segev, 192.83; 4. Erica Stricker, 181.50; 7. Hilary Brunner, 173.48x; 8. Nicole Bahbout, 169.73x; 9. Courtney King, 167.85x.

Men’s 1-meter diving: 1. Cody Stambaugh, Denver, 323.18; 2. Paul Navo, 252.75; 3. Jason Andrade, 247.50; 5. William LaBarge, 212.25; 6. Neil Favor, 156.68x; 7. Tristan Kaiser, 155.25x.

Women’s 3-meter diving: 1. Elizabeth Yovich, Denver, 209.03; 2. Hilary Brunner, 202.58; 3. Jennifer Meyer, 195.08; 4. Erica Stricker, 188.55; 5. Nicole Bahbout, 183.90x.

Men’s 3-meter diving: 1. Cody Stambaugh, Denver, 321.98; 3. Paul Navo, 256.10; 4. Jason Andrade, 231.30; 5. William LaBarge, 200.32; 6. Neil Favor, 191.78x.



The University of Denver swimming and diving teams turned in strong performances against UC Davis as the women defeated the Aggies 191-109 and the men fell 160-135 on Friday afternoon at the Schaal Aquatics Center in Davis, Calif.
 
Both teams are now 2-1 in dual meets as they head in to their meet against the University of the Pacific on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Pioneer women grabbed 10 first-place finishes, 10 second-place finishes and 10 third-place finishes, while the men finished with three first-place finishes, nine second-place finishes and 10 third-place finishes.
 
In the women’s 200-yard Medley Relay, the relay team of freshman Bailey Beins (Wichita, Kan.), junior Grace Kittle (Dallas, Texas), junior Melissa Greeves (Melbourne, Australia) and sophomore Kristin Schmid (Aurora, Colo.) finished well ahead of the pack with a time of 1:46.89.
 
Greeves secured two more wins for the Pioneers as she finished first in the 200-yard Freestyle with a time of 1:52.81 and first in the 100-yard Butterfly with a time of 57.50, while Kittle grabbed wins in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:06.11) and the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:21.48).
 
Also grabbing two big wins for Denver was freshman Kristen Milberg (Littleton, Colo.) as she finished first in the 100- and 200-yard with times of 58.09 and 2:02.12, respectively.
 
In the women’s 1000-yard Freestyle, senior Amanda McNally (Lone Tree, Colo.) finished with a time of 10:23.66 to grab nine points, while senior Olivia Dean (Aurora, Colo.) won the 200-yard Butterfly with a time of 2:06.20.
 
The final win for the women came in the 200-yard IM as Jackie Leung touched home with a time of 2:07.82.
 
On the men’s side, junior Garth Summers (Portland, Ore.) grabbed the first win for the Pioneers in the 100-yard Butterfly with a time of 50.28, while sophomore Clayton Myers (Aurora, Colo.) won the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:54.50. 
 
In the final event of the day for the men, the team of freshman Jeff Cox (Alpharetta, Ga.), junior Scott Madaras (Yorktown, Va.), freshman Cole Worsley (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) and Summers took first place with a time of 3:07.11.
 
In the diving events, both sophomore Elizabeth Yovich (Parker, Colo.) and senior Cody Stambaugh (Denver, Colo.) won both the 1 meter and the 3 meter events during the meet. Yovich posted scores of 214.13 on the 1M and 209.03 on the 3M, while Stambaugh finished with scores of 323.18 on the 1M and 321.98 on the 3M.
 
Denver remains on the road, traveling to the University of the Pacific to take part in a noon meet.