Dec. 4, 2008
Complete Results
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Junior Heidi Kucera and sophomore Amanda Holman earned "B" final swims and raced on top-finishing UC Davis relay teams against some of the best competition in the country to lead the Aggies during the first day of the Husky Invitational at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center Thursday.
UC Davis scored 119 points on the first day of the three-day invite and sits 11th in the 13-team field. Nationally-ranked USC leads the overall standings with 740 points.
Kucera qualified for the "B" finals in the 200-yard individual medley with a prelim time of 2:05.77. She improved her time by over a second to 2:04.71 in the final swim to earn the best Aggie individual finish of 12th. She also earned a second swim in the 50 freestyle. Kucera then teamed with Holman, senior Mary Struempf and freshman Katelyn Griffin to place seventh in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:57.49.
Individually, Holman qualified for the 50 free "B" final with her prelim mark of 23.85. She grabbed a 15th-place showing in the second swim by bettering her time by .01 seconds. Later, she competed on both 400 medley and 200 free relay teams. The free relay team of Holman, freshman Kayleigh Foley, sophomore Samantha Capozzo and senior Emily Medved finished seventh in 1:36.96.
UC Davis returns for the second day of the invite tomorrow morning with prelims.
Husky Invite - Day 1
Federal Way, Wash. (Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center)
Dec. 4, 2008
Team Standings: 1. USC, 740; 2. UC Santa Barbara, 621.5; 3. Washington, 608; 4. Cal, 333; 5. Oregon State, 254; 6. Hawaii, 242; 7. Seattle, 136; 8. Boise State, 124.5; 9. Puget Sound, 124; 9. Whitworth, 124; 11. UC Davis, 119; 112. North Carolina State, 102; 13. UBC Dolphins, 33.
Individual Results (Top finisher and UC Davis only):
500 Freestyle: 1. Petra Radovic, Washington, 4:45.15... Linda Hermann (5:09.38); Kathryn Jovino (5:10.88); Tyler Ring (5:14.93); Buffy Ajimura (5:19.15); Jodi Hanson (5:19.24); Alex Wells (5:22.29); Amber Bonds (5:23.45); Samantha Capozzo (5:29.31).
200 Individual Mediey: 1. Katinka Hosszu, USC, 1:59.44... 12. Heidi Kucera, 2:04.71 (2:05.77); 29. Katelyn Griffin, 2:10.63 (2:09.93); Jenah Dawson (2:11.27); Mary Struempf (2:12.31); Jodi Hanson (2:13.77); Lisa Bender (2:17.38); Julie Peri (2:19.92); Alyssa Britt (2:20.36); Sheeva Ghanbari (2:23.00).
50 Freestyle: 1. Anne Marie May, UCSB, 21.96... 15. Amanda Holman, 23.84 (23.85); 26. Kayleigh Foley, 24.27 (24.17); 37. Katelyn Griffin, 24.86 (24.80); 38. Emily Medved, 24.99 (24.76); 39. Heidi Kucera, 25.05 (24.87); Samantha Capozzo (24.92); Linda Hermann (24.95); Buffy Ajimura (25.02); Jen Cadmus (25.04); Amber Bonds (25.07); Lisa Bender (25.08); Carolyne Charvoz (25.09); Tyler Ring (25.11); Mary Struempf (25.56); Jenah Dawson (25.61); Sheeva Ghanbari (25.80); Rebecca Koch (26.58); Kathryn Jovino (26.62); Janice Leung (27.01); Julie Peri (27.06); Alex Wells (28.58).
200 Free Relay: 1. UC Santa Barbara (Naomi Javanifard, Nadia Dwidar, Courtney Bauer, Ann Marie May), 1:30.71... 7. UC Davis (Kayleigh Foley, Samantha Capozzo, Emily Medved, Amanda Holman), 1:36.96; 14. UC Davis (Sheeva Ghanbari, Jen Cadmus, Tyler Ring, Buffy Ajimura), 1:40.73.
400 Medley Relay: 1. UC Santa Barbara (Naomi Javanifard, Katy Freeman, Erin Yamamoto, Anne Marie May), 3:37.87... 7. UC Davis (Katelyn Griffin, Heidi Kucera, Mary Struempf, Amanda Holman), 3:57.49; Exh. UC Davis (Emily Medved, Alyssa Britt, Rebecca Koch, Carolyne Charvoz), 4:06.47.
