FRESNO, Calif. — The UC Davis swim and dive team continues a busy fall slate at the two-day Gary Ota Memorial Invite hosted by Fresno State this Friday-Saturday, Oct. 16-17. The first two sessions are scheduled for Friday beginning at 11 am and 6 pm PT, followed by the third session Saturday starting at 10 am. The swimming events will be held at the Fresno State Aquatics Center, while the diving competition will take place at nearby Clovis High School.

In addition to UC Davis and host Fresno State, the five-team meet features Houston, San Diego State and San Jose State. 

The meet will consist of 22 swimming and diving events to take place according to the schedule listed below. UC Davis has a total of 28 individual entrants (24 swimmers, 4 divers).

MEET SCHEDULE/UC DAVIS ENTRANTS (TOP 2026-27 TIMES)
Friday, Oct. 16
(Session 1 - 11 am)

• 3 meter diving - Katherine Lim, Lauren Kudo, Ashley Johnson, Paulina Nguyen
• 200 medley relay - UC Davis "A" (1:42.00), UC Davis "B" (1:44.50), UC Davis "C" (1:46.00), UC Davis "D" (1:47.00)
• 500 free - Ella Ackerman (4:56.00), Illiana Foth (5:00.00), Angelina Komashko (5:02.34), Elsie Luisetti (5:03.98), Ayanna Thompson (5:04.24), Nalanie Marinel Cortez (5:04.50), Ezmee Jones (5:06.00)
• 200 IM - Gabrielle Kleman (2:03.45), Madison McCormick (2:04.00), Brynn Graham (2:04.50), Zoe Childers (2:05.00), Elise Ramsden (2:06.37), Kayla Gregory (2:08.00), Kate Stevenson (2:10.37)
• 50 free - Ciara Looney (23.37), Naomi Boegholm (23.37), Sophi MacKay (23.44), McKenna Valenta (23.67), Aileen Zheng (23.67), Leinaala Wong (23.87), Elsie Luisetti (24.00), Nalanie Marinel Cortez (24.40), Emily Scheberies (24.56), Sarah Hardin (24.60), Ella Palmer (25.23), Ellie Heit (25.37)
• 200 free relay - UC Davis "A" (1:33.60), UC Davis "B" (1:36.50), UC Davis "C" (1:38.00), UC Davis "D" (1:39.99), UC Davis "E" (1:41.00)

(Session 2 - 6 pm) 

• Team diving - UC Davis
• 100 fly - Naomi Boegholm (55.37), Ciara Looney (55.44), Sarah Hardin (55.50), Madison McCormick (56.00), Zoe Childers (56.00), Ellie Helt (56.37), Emily Scheberies (56.50), Brynn Graham (56.50)
• 400 IM - Ella Ackerman (4:21.00), Illiana Foth (4:25.00)
• 200 free - McKenna Valenta (1:50.37), Sophi McKay (1:51.37), Nalanie Marinel Cortez (1:52.00), Elsie Luisetti (1:52.05), Angelina Komashko (1:52.29), Sarah Hardin (1:53.00), Leinaala Wong (1:54.37), Ayanna Thompson (1:55.98), Emzee Jones (1:56.00)
• 100 breast - Kayla Gregory (1:03.50), Nalanie Marinel Cortez (1:04.00), Gabrielle Kleman (1:04.50), Aileen Zheng (1:05.37), Kate Stevenson (1:05.37)
• 100 back - Emily Scheberies (54.99), Elise Ramsden (56.37), Ella Palmer (56.60), Ellie Heit (58.37), Brynn Graham (1:00.00)
• 800 free relay - UC Davis "A" (7:32.00), UC Davis "B" (7:36.00), UC Davis "C" (7:42.00)

Saturday, Oct. 17
(Session 3 - 10 am)

• 1 meter - Katherine Lim, Lauren Kudo, Ashley Johnson, Paulina Nguyen
• 400 medley relay - UC Davis "A" (3:43.00), UC Davis "B" (3:45.60), UC Davis "C" (3:48.99), UC Davis "D" (3:51.89)
• 100 IM - Illiana Foth (59.00), Madison McCormick (59.00), Nalanie Marinel Cortez (59.00X), Gabrielle Kleman (59.25), Zoe Childers (59.40), Ella Ackerman (1:00.00), Kayla Gregory (1:01.50), Kate Stevenson (1:03.37)
• 200 back - Emily Scheberies (1:59.50), Ella Palmer (2:03.00), Brynn Graham (2:04.00), Angelina Komashko (2:05.50), Elise Ramsden (2:06.37), Ezmee Jones (2:09.00)
• 100 free - Naomi Boegholm (50.37), McKenna Valenta (50.37), Ciara Looney (50.44), Sophi MacKay (51.37), Elise Ramsden (51.44), Leinaala Wong (51.87), Sarah Hardin (52.00), Elsie Luisetti (52.45), Nalanie Marinel Cortez (52.50)
• 200 breast - Kayla Gregory (2:18.00), Gabrielle Kleman (2:19.00), Kate Stevenson (2:21.37), Aileen Zheng (2:21.37)
• 200 fly - Madison McCormick (2:01.50), Ella Ackerman (2:02.00), Zoe Chiders (2.02.00), Ellie Helt (2:06.37)
• 1650 free - Ayanna Thompson (10:25.00), Ezmee Jones (10:30.00)
• 400 free relay - UC Davis "A" (3:24.50), UC Davis "B" (3:28.50), UC Davis "C" (3:33.00), UC Davis "D" (3:37.00), UC Davis "E" (3:40.00) 

*All Times Pacific; Schedule Subject To Change; X = Exhibition 

FOLLOW

• Watch (Friday) 
• Watch (Saturday) 
• Event Info/Results

NOTES
2026-27 SEASON

• FOUR AGGIES WIN IN SEASON OPENER: Four different Aggies won individual events in the Oct. 9 regular-season home opener against Nevada, including Madison McCormick (200 fly, 2:03.67), Emily Scheberies (200 back, 2:05.09), Ella Ackerman (500 free, 5:07.14) and Katherine Lim (3 meter diving, 295.50). Nevada won the event, 193-107.
• MCCORMICK AND FOTH LEADING IMPRESSIVE GROUP OF NEWCOMERS: McCormick and Illiana Foth have led an impressive group of newcomers as freshmen with McCormick also recording a time of 59.51 in the 100 IM on Oct. 3 in the season-opening PAC Invite hosted by Pacific that ranks 10th on the Aggies' all-time list, while Foth had the highest individual finish by an Aggie swimmer in the same event with a third-place showing in the 200 breast (2:23.50). UC Davis participated on only the second day of the two-day PAC Invite.
• BLUE VS. GOLD INTRASQUAD: Four different Aggies - Naomi Boegholm (50 free, 50 fly), Kayla Gregory (50 breast, 150 breast), Madison McCormick (150 fly, 300 IM) and Emily Scheberies (50 back, 150 back) - won individual events on Sept. 26 in the Blue vs. Gold Intrasquad with Boegholm adding two wins as part of relays (200 medley, 200 free) and Gregory the backstroke swimming on the winning 200 medley relay 
• ALUMNI MEET/PHIL TONNE RETIREMENT PARTY: The Aggies hosted their Alumni Meet and celebrated the retirement of diving coach Phil Tonne on Sept. 19. Tonne spent 47 years as a diving coach including his final 22 campaigns at UC Davis before retirement following the 2025-26 campaign.  

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