Feb. 25, 2009
Complete Results
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Senior Alex Arbios won the 1,000-yard freestyle and UC Davis won both men's and women's 800 free relays to highlight the first day of the 2009 Big West Conference Swimming and Diving Championships at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool Wednesday night. Both UC Davis squads sit third overall.
Pacific leads the men's competition with 114 while the Aggies are third with 81 points. The UC Davis women own 91 points and sit third behind UC Santa Barbara and Pacific.
Arbios shattered the school, meet and conference record with his time of 9:01.78 in the 1,000 free. He lowered the conference record by over six seconds and the UC Davis mark, which was also a meet record, by nearly seven seconds. Arbios had finished in the second and third in the 1,000 free during the last two championships.
The Aggie men returned later in the night to claim their first conference championship in a relay event with a time of 6:28.80 in the 800 free. That time also shattered school, meet and conference records and gave the team of Trent Richardson, Alex Daneke, B.J. Scoggan and Scott Weltz another NCAA B-cut time.
The UC Davis women also claimed their first conference relay title in the 800 free with their school-record time of 7:20.23. The team consisted of Heidi Kucera, Linda Hermann, Katelyn Griffin, Kayleigh Foley.
The Aggie women started the night off with a solid second-place finish in the 200 medley relay in a school-record time of 1:42.34. That team was Kucera, Emily Medved, Mary Struempf and Amanda Holman. The Aggie men were disqualified from their 200 medley with a false start.
In the women's 1,000 free, Kathryn Jovino was the top finisher with a sixth-place mark of 10:19.18.
The conference championships continue tomorrow four more events. Preliminary swims begin at 10:30 a.m. with finals at 6 p.m.
2009 Big West Championships
Day 1 of 4
Team Scores: Men - 1. Pacific, 114; 2. UC Santa Barbara, 101; 3. UC Davis, 81; 4. Cal Poly, 80; 5. UC Irvine, 76; 6. Cal State Northridge, 56.
Women - 1. UC Santa Barbara, 117; 2. Pacific, 105; 3. UC Davis, 98; 4. Cal Poly, 91; 5. UC IRvine, 70; 6. Cal State Northridge, 54.
Individual Results (Top finisher and UC Davis scorers only):
Women's 200 Medley Relay: 1. UCSB (Javanifard, Freeman, Yamamota, May), 1:38.40; 2. UC Davis (Emily Medved, Heidi Kucera, Mary Struempf, Amanda Holman), 1:42.34.
Men's 200 Medley Relay: 1. UCSB (Ferguson, Sudbury, McClary, Matsumoto), 1:27.67... UC Davis, DQ'd.
Women's 1000 Freestyle: 1. Lacey Buck, Cal Poly, 9:55.82... 6. Kathryn Jovino, 10:19.18; 10. Tyler Ring, 10:33.36; 13. Jodi Hanson, 10:36.14.
Men's 1000 Freestyle: 1. Alex Arbios, UC Davis, 9:01.78; 5. Adam Borchard, 9:15.97; 10. Ed Morrison, 9:35.78.
Women's 800 Freestyle Relay: 1. UC Davis (Heidi Kucera, Linda Hermann, Katelyn Griffin, Kayleigh Foley), 7:20.23.
Men's 800 Freestyle Relay: 1. UC Davis (Trent Richardson, Alex Daneke, B.J. Scoggan, Scott Weltz), 6:28.80.
