DAVIS, Calif. – The swimming and diving team blew the Spartans out of the water in today's dual meet matchup with a final of 208-84 in the non-conference faceoff.
Of the 16 swim events and two diving showcases performed in the meet, 12 of them resulted in a first-place finish for the Aggies.
For the divers, senior
Taylor Schwarz had a season best performance and topped the charts with an outstanding 262.20 in the three-meter dive. Junior
Priscilla Nguyen followed closely in second with a 243.30, and sophomore
Karina Giacomazza had a 230.48 to secure an Aggie sweep in the event.
In the one-meter event, Junior
Leila Busch locked in first with a stunning 261.98, her personal best wearing an Aggie cap. Freshman
Lauren Kudo was second with her impressive 248.48 finish.
The first Aggie win went to sophomore Nalanie Cortez for her performance in the long-haul 1,000 yard freestyle with a final time of 10:32.15. Junior
Elena Gingras was neck-and-neck with Cortez, a 10:32.97 time awarded to her second place finish.
Sophomore
Emily Scheberies clinched a crucial win in the 100 yard backstroke for the Ags with a time of 57.06, the second and third-place finishers being the opposing team. Senior
Sam Rhodes repeated the action in the 100 yard breaststroke with a 1:03.28, the Spartans right on her heels as well.
The Aggies swept 1st through 4th place in the 200 yard butterfly; with help from
Ellie Heit,
Sarah Hardin,
Summer Mitchell, and
Ema Klimauskas in that order.
Following the sweep train, our distance swimmers took the top three spots in the 500 freestyle. Gingras and Cortez popped out a second stellar event, Gingras with a 5:06.56 for the first place finish and Cortez with a 5:11.51, and sophomore
Elsie Luisetti sitting at third with a 5:11.80.
To round out an incredibly successful day, the Aggies took first in the 400 yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:27.10, less than a second shy of setting a Schaal record. Power squad
Katie McLain, Sophi Mackay,
Christy Douglas, and
Naomi Boegholm took care of business, a comfortable two seconds between them and the second place relay team.
That wasn't all for sophomore
Naomi Boegholm, she secured the third spot in our pool records in the 50 freestyle event with her incredible 23.56 first place finish in today's meet.
In total
Ellie Heit,
Sam Rhodes,
Katie McLain, Sophi Mackay, and
Naomi Boegholm all came away with a pair of first place finishes.
"I felt like this was a nice way to end our fall dual meet season as we had many season best times across all groups this afternoon," praises head coach
Matt Macedo. "Our team has focused on trying to make each meet better than the meet before and I feel our Aggies did just that today against San Jose State. I am excited to see what we can do in a couple weeks at our mid-season championship."
UP NEXT: The Aggies will part ways as the swimmers take on the Utah Tech Trailblazer Invite and the divers will travel off to the Lumberjack Diving Invite hosted by Northern Arizona University.
TOP THREE TIMES:
200 Yard Medley Relay
2. Boegholm, Rhodes, Hardin, Douglas, 1:44.18
1000 Yard Freestyle
- Nalanie Cortez, 10:32.15
- Elena Gingras, 10:32.97
200 Yard Freestyle
- Katie McLain, 1:53.89
- Elsie Luisetti, 1:55.03
- Jordan Bindseil, 1:55.16
100 Yard Backstroke
- Emily Scheberies, 57.06
100 Yard Breaststroke
- Sam Rhodes, 1:03.28
200 Yard Butterfly
- Ellie Heit, 2:04.61
- Sarah Hardin, 2:05.24
- Summer Mitchell, 2:07.70
50 Yard Freestyle
- Naomi Boegholm, 23.56
3. Sophi Mackay, 23.82
100 Yard Freestyle
1. Sophi Mackay, 51.95
3.
Christy Douglas, 52.78
200 Yard Backstroke
- Brynn Graham, 2:05.02
200
Yard Breaststroke
- Sam Rhodes, 2:18.35
- Haley Hoefer, 2:21.53
500 Yard Freestyle
- Elena Gingras, 5:06.56
- Nalanie Cortez, 5;11.51
- Elsie Luisetti, 5:11.80
100 Yard Butterfly
- Ellie Heit, 56.42
- Sarah Hardin, 56.70
200 Yard IM
- Sam Rhodes, 2:05.82
- Brynn Graham, 2:06.56
400 Yard Freestyle Relay
- McLain, MacKay, Douglas, Boegholm, 3:27.10
3. Valenta, Bindseil, Wong, Boyer, 3:30.89
