The Torero swim and dive team was edged by UCSD 189.5-108.5 in their regular season finale Saturday afternoon at the USD Sports Center Pool. Keenan Lineback (1000-yard freestyle and 200-yard butterfly), Jackie Taylor (100-yard freestyle), and diver Morgan White (three-meter) earned first place finishes, while numerous other Toreros registered top-three finishes.
Sammi Cohn had a strong day against the Tritons earning second in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke with times of 1:07.38 and 2:34.36.
Taylor Noonan finished in the top-three in three events. She finished second in the 100-yard butterfly with a season-best finish of 58.63. She also finished third in the 100 (53.39) and 200-yard freestyle (1:54.39).
Gwen Walter finished behind Lineback in the 1000-yard freestyle to earn second with a time of 10:35.23. She also earned third in the 500-yard freestyle (5:08.91).
Christina Jonsson earned a couple of third place finishes. She swam a 2:24.63 in the 200-yard breaststroke and a 2:14.63 in the 200-yard IM.
Other Toreros to finish in the top-three were Lexie Franz (2nd; 100-yard backstroke, 58.89), Morgan Scarth (2nd; 200-yard backstroke, 2:12.39), and Eleanor Phillips (3rd; 200-yard butterfly, 2:10.50).
In addition to finishing first in the 1000-yard freestyle and 200-yard butterfly, Lineback finished second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:03.81). Taylor finished second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.54) and third in the 50-yard freestyle (24.64).
The Toreros A Relay earned third in both relay events. Franz, Reierson, Beall, and Jones finished the 200-yard medley in 1:49.89, and Noonan, Taylor, Walter, and Jones finished the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:39.52.
The Toreros will return to action February 19 in Los Angeles, Calif. for the MPSF Championships.
The UC San Diego women’s swimming and diving team breezed past crosstown rival University of San Diego, 189.5-108.5, in the 2013-14 regular-season finale for both sides at USD’s Sports Center Pool on Saturday afternoon.
The Tritons, who moved up from No. 6 to No. 5 in Friday’s third and final College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division II national poll, completed their dual-meet schedule at 8-6. USD dropped to 1-6.
UCSD, now 11-1-1 over its last 13 annual meetings with the Toreros with back-to-back wins, posted the top mark in 12 of 16 events.
Senior co-captain Anji Shakya and true freshman Jaimie Bryan were the stars for the Tritons, each with three individual victories. Shakya touched the wall first in the 200 free (1:51.95), 200 back (2:07.96) and 500 free (5:02.09), winning all three handily by at least a second and a half.
Shakya also anchored the meet-ending 200 free relay to a first-place finish (1:36.53) behind sophomore Colleen Daley, freshman Austine Lee and junior Sierra Robbins.
Bryan swept the breaststroke events, timing 1:06.62 in the 100 and 2:23.01 in the 200 before also taking the 200 individual medley (2:11.24).
Daley sprinted to victory in the 50 free (23.87) ahead of junior teammate Jaclyn Amog (24.57) and was second in the 100 (53.04). Fellow sophomore Naomi Thomas won the 100 fly (57.83) before placing second behind Bryan minutes later in the 200 IM (2:14.31). She was second earlier in her best event, the 200 fly (2:06.69).
Sandy Hon went a season-best 58.63 to earn top honors in the 100 back by more than a full second over the field. Another fourth-year senior, Natalie Mouzooni, scored a 208.95 on the one-meter springboard, the highest total among four competitors. The two diving events were held at UCSD’s Canyonview Aquatic Center.
UCSD began the swimming portion of the meet with a triumph in the 200 medley relay Hon, Bryan, Lee and anchor Daley went 1:46.96, two seconds faster than the Tritons’ ‘B’ foursome in second (1:48.98).
Keenan Lineback was a double winner for the Toreros in the 1000 free (10:18.28) and 200 fly (2:04.54). The junior was second after Shakya in the 500 free (5:03.81).
The Triton women now join the men in focusing their attention toward the 2014 Pacific Collegiate Swimming & Diving Conference (PCSC) Championships, to be held again in La Mirada, Feb. 12-15.
