UCLA turned in a strong outing at its own Breast Cancer Awareness meet on Saturday.
UCLA Press Release
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Bruins posted nine first-place finishes in their home-opening Breast Cancer Awareness meet on Saturday afternoon. Seven swimmers recorded top times between the lane lines, while senior Annika Lenz swept the 1- and 3-meter diving events.
400 Medley Relay
UCLA recorded the top two times in the 400 Medley Relay to get things started on Saturday. The Bruin A squad—Emma Schanz, Sarah Kaunitz, Linnea Mack, and Kenisha Liu—swam a 3:45.06 to finish .20 seconds behind Florida Gulf Coast University's A team. Sabrina Kwok, Isabella Goldsmith, Katie Grover, and Caroline McTaggart posted a 3:48.55 to finish third.
1000 Freestyle
Redshirt senior Katy Campbell cruised to a comfortable victory in the 1000 Free. Her time of 10:13.52 was 11 seconds faster than the rest of the field. Junior Natalie Amberg placed third behind UCSB's Rachel Forbes with a 10:26.60.
200 Freestyle
Nabbing another Bruin victory, Mack swam the top time (1:49.43) in the 200 Free. Not far behind, freshman Cali Raukar finished third with a 1:51.68. Michaela Merlihan also placed in the top 10. The senior finished seventh with a 1:53.34.
50 Freestyle
The Bruins went 3-4-5 in the splash and dash, led by McTaggart's 23.80. Senior Madison White placed fourth with a 23.90, just .08 seconds ahead of Liu in fourth (23.98).
200 Individual Medley
Schanz nabbed the Bruins' third first-place finish of the day when she recorded the top time (2:03.39) in the 200 IM. Goldsmith and Sarah Kaunitz placed second and third, respectively. Goldsmith swam a 2:05.02 to finish just ahead of Kaunitz (2:05.20).
1-Meter Diving
Lenz and Kat Friese went 1-2 in the 1-meter final. Lenz posted the top score of 290.70, while Friese recorded a 279.00. Madeline Russell also finished in the top five. The sophomore placed fifth with a 235.90. Rounding out the Bruin divers, sophomore Traci Shiver posted a 232.25 to finish seventh.
200 Butterfly
Two Bruins hit the pool for the 200 Fly on Saturday. Freshman Amy Okada posted a 2:01.30 to finish second, while junior Marie-Pierre
Delisle placed fourth with a 2:02.62.
100 Freestyle
UCLA recorded three top-10 finishes in the 100 Free. Swimming the top time of 50.07, Mack bested the field by more than a second. Grover placed third with a 51.71 and Carly Reid finished 10th with a 52.44.
200 Backstroke
In her second first-place finish of the day, Schanz edged Oregon State's Felicia Anderson by .04 seconds to post the top time in the 200 Back (2:01.65).
500 Freestyle
Three Bruins finished in the top five in the 500 Free, led by Merlihan's top time of 4:57.84. White swam the second-best time in the event, clocking in at 5:01.07. Rounding out the Bruin swimmers, Verger Gourson tied for fourth with USD's Mackenna Briggs at 5:03.61.
3-Meter Diving
Lenz notched her second first-place finish on the boards when she scored a 277.10 in the 3-meter final. Russell scored a 228.20 to finish fourth, while Shiver placed ninth with a 205.55.
200 Breaststroke
Liu recorded her first win as a Bruin in the 200 Breast. The freshman swam a 2:17.81 to finish first. Also placing in the top 10, Kaunitz finished fifth (2:20.69) and Brigitte Winkler finished seventh (2:21.57).
200 Freestyle Relay
Wrapping up the day with another relay, the Bruin B squad—Mack, Nina Hayes, Amberg, Campbell—swam a 1:35.72. Reid, McTaggart, Delisle, and Raukar were close behind at 1:36.39, followed by Kwok, Savannah Steffen, Winkler, and Maisie Jameson at 1:37.17. The Bruin C team—Goldsmith, Maddy Burnham, Lisa Kaunitz, and Okada—swam a 1:37.24.
Next up, UCLA heads to Pullman, Wash. to take on Washington State. The Pac-12 showdown takes place Saturday, Oct. 29, and 11 a.m. PT.
Oregon State Press Release
WESTWOOD, Calif. — The Oregon State swimming team competed at the Pink Meet hosted by UCLA at Spieker Aquatics Center on Saturday afternoon.
OSU freshman Felicia Anderson highlighted the Beavers in the 200-yard backstroke with a second place finish and logging a time of 2:01.69, which is another career best.
Senior Anni Hecker returned to the pool after being sidelined last week with injury and finished ninth place in the 100-yard freestyle with a career-best mark of 52.35.
Junior Corrine Shigeta also placed high for the Beavers after recording a fifth place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:21.62.
Andrea Young, Hecker, Anderson and Sophia MacEwan made up the Oregon State 200-yard Freestyle Relay and finished second overall with a 1:35.77 touch.
Oregon State will return to Corvallis and host the Alumni Relays on Saturday, October 29 at Osborn Aquatic Center.
UC Davis Press Release
LOS ANGELES -- UC Davis junior Elise Roberts won the 200 breaststroke, and the 200 freestyle relay squad of Courtney Schultz, Mia Facey, Jamie Pincin, and Kirsten Brand, finished first to close out the meet, helping lift the Aggies to a trio of victories in a six-team meet on Saturday afternoon at the Spieker Aquatics Center on the campus of UCLA.
The Aggies defeated Oregon State, 184-52, and posted wins over Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rivals San Diego (179-63) and UC Santa Barbara (153-83), in the meet, while falling to No. 19 UCLA, 149-88, and Florida Gulf Coast, 133-109. UC Davis now stands at 4-2 overall in duals this season, 2-0 against MPSF opponents.
Roberts, who won the 200 breast in a dual meet win over Loyola Marymount on Friday, won the event for the second straight day in the next-to-last race of the meet, touching in a time of 2:18.42 to top second-place Heaven Quintana of UC Santa Barbara by just over a second, and shave better than three seconds off her winning time at LMU. The Aggies then followed with a win in the 200 free relay as freshman Jamie Pincin swam an anchor leg split of 22.96 to bring home the victory.
A pair of UC Davis swimmers also produced podium finishes on the day at senior Kirsten Brand finished second in the 50 free with a time of 23.60 to finish behind Florida Gulf Coast's Katie Latham (23.21), while senior Marissa Brown ended up third in the 500 free with a time of 5:01.79. On the boards, sophomore Shaifali Goyal finished third in the 3-meter competition with a score of 239.60, while senior Serena Yee was fourth on the 1-meter board with a score of 243.25.
A number of Aggies finished among the top five: Brown set up her third-place finish in the 500 free with a fourth-place finish in the 1000 free (10:29.42), Courtney Schultz followed up her two wins at LMU with a fourth-place finish in the 200 free (1:52.57), sophomore Mia Facey ended the day fourth in the 100 free (51.83), sophomore Solie Laughlin finished fourth in the 200 back (2:02.76), and sophomore Kristin Schumann touched in a time of 2:20.86 to finish fourth in the 200 breast.
UC Davis competes at home for the first time this season, hosting MPSF foe BYU at the Schaal Aquatics Center on Friday (Oct. 28) at 4 p.m. It will be the first of back-to-back home meets for the Aggies, who welcome Nevada on Nov. 4, before competing at the Phill Hansel Invitational in Houston Texas on Nov. 18-20, to close out the fall schedule.
