Meet Results
- October 28, 2017
- Meet Results
- Score
- MEN: UC Santa Barbara 150, Cal Poly 144
- WOMEN: UC Santa Barbara 160.5, Cal Poly 133.5
Press Release
Courtesy of UC Santa Barbara Athletics
MEN:
UCSB struggled to hold the lead against Cal Poly in today’s meet but were able to pull through in the last race of the day. After fighting back and forth for first place throughout the whole meet, the Gaucho men’s “A” relay won first place in the 200 freestyle relay (the last event) with a time of 1:22.75, securing the meet win. The final score of today’s battle was 150-144.
Head coach Matt Macedo was thrilled with the mens’ performance stating, “This was a hard fought win on the men’s side. We were down at the first diving break and had a slim lead at the second break. We knew what we had to do to secure the victory and the men came through with some big swims. Eric VanBrocklin had in-season bests in the 200 (2nd place) and 500 freestyle (1st place), Mason Tittle won the 50 and 100 free and was a part of both winning relays, Billy Mullis won both backstrokes and Yoessef Tibazi had a big win in the 100 fly. I am very proud of the way the men won this meet.”
Gaucho men started out the meet by blowing Cal Poly out of the water in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:30.98. However Cal Poly came back for revenge in the 1000 freestyle placing first, second, and third.
Juniors Eric Vanbrocklin (1:39.43) and Logan Hotchkiss (1:42.33) earned their team a few more points in the 200 yard freestyle placing second and fourth.
Guacho men destroyed Cal Poly in the 100 backstroke; taking first, second, third, and fourth places. Leading the pack was senior Billy Mullis with a time of 49.29. Followed by teammates Douglas Nogueira (51.61), Ethan Archer(51.73), and Calvin Kirkpatrick (53.97).
Gauchos pulled another strong swim in the 100 breaststroke placing second, third, and fourth places. These men included Marcello Quarante (57.73), Michael Wang (1:00.06), and Joe Kmak (1:00.44).
Senior Kevin Mendoza fought Cal Poly for first in the 200 butterfly but in the end was out-touched, placing second (1:49.99). Following close behind was teammate Chris Nolan (1:50.35).
Gauchos Mason Tittle (20.42) and Ryan Levy (21.33) lead the short race of the 50 freestyle pacing first and second. Close behind was teammate Michael Forbes (21.58) getting fourth.
Junior Mason Tittle had an extremely close race with Cal Poly in the 100 freestyle. They fought back and forth for first but in the end Mason snatched the first place win with a time of 45.25. Less than one second behind the first two men were Gauchos Yoessef Tibazi (46.44) and Kian Brouwer (46.53), placing third and fourth.
Senior Billy Mullis achieved his second individual win of the day with ease. He went a 1:50.27 in the 200 backstroke, touching the wall two whole seconds before anyone else. Teammates Ethan Archer (1:52.49) and Nick DeVito(1:56.13) contributed to the team’s score by getting third and fourth.
Marcello Quarante (2:06.10) and Joe Kmak (2:09.25) earned the team points by placing second and third in the 200 breaststroke.
Eric Vanbrocklin battled for first place in the 500 freestyle, winning with a time of 4:33.82. Joseph Lastelic (4:37.52) and Logan Hotchkiss (4:39.66) followed with the third and fourth places.
Seniors Yoessef Tibazi (48.08) and Kevin Mendoza (49.12) had a friendly competition in the 100 butterfly, with Yoessef pulling ahead on the final 25 yards, finishing first.
Junior Douglas Nogueira battled Cal Poly for a point-earning place in the 400 individual medley. He was able to pull a second place with a time of 4:04.54 surrounded by Cal Poly men getting first, third, and fourth.
Going into the final race of the day, the Gaucho men were behind Cal Poly overall. However they were not about to give up the fight. UCSB “A” relay kept ahead by an arms-distance the entire time and were able to keep the lead, finishing first in the 200 freestyle relay (1:22.75). The outstanding relay team consisted of Yoessef Tibazi, Mason Tittle, Kian Brouwer, and Eric Vanbrocklin.
With this final win of the day, UCSB pulled ahead in points and won the meet! The final score of today’s meet was 150-144.
Join the Gauchos tomorrow at UCSB’s Campus Pool as they compete against Hawaii at 11am.
WOMEN:
UCSB women won twelve events today against Cal Poly, securing an easy win for the Gauchos. Underclassmen Emily Boggess, Heaven Quintana, Jacquelyn Harris, and Elena England led their team to victory by each placing first in two individual events. The final score of today’s competition was 160.5-133.5.
Head coach Matt Macedo was very proud of the determined women stating, “Following a historic win against UCLA last Saturday, I am happy to see our women continue to race with purpose. We won 12 of 16 events today against a tough Cal Poly team. I hope we keep this momentum going against the current conference champion, Hawaii, on Sunday.”
The highlights of today’s meet include the following swims: Emily Boggess winning the 200 freestyle (1:53.46) and 500 freestyle (5:00.45); Heaven Quintana winning the 100 breaststroke (1:04.14) and 100 butterfly; Jacquelyn Harriswinning the 50 freestyle (24.02) and 100 freestyle (51.97); and Elena England winning the 100 backstroke (57.58) and 200 backstroke (2:02.55).
The Gaucho women started off the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay. The UCSB “B” team achieved first with a time of 1:45.73.
Sophomore Rachel Forbes was another underclassmen that had a great day and came out with a win in the 1000 freestyle (10:16.7).
In the 200 freestyle, Emily Ward (1:54.55) and Haley Herzberg (1:54.77) followed teammate Emily Boggess‘s lead by placing third and fourth.
Tara Middleton (57.73) and Allison Stevens (58.27) achieved second and fourth in the 100 backstroke after Elena England.
Sophomore Niki Churchill came in third in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.66 contributing to her team’s success.
The 200 butterfly was one of the few races the women did not get first, but to make up for it they placed second, third, and fourth. This incredible race was swam by Maddie Johnson (2:08.80), Julee Keenan-Rivers (2:09.02), and Rachel Forbes (2:10.65).
The Gaucho women also destroyed in the 50 freestyle with: a tie for first place from Jacquelyn Harris as mentioned earlier, a third place from Emily Ward (24.17), a fourth place from Leanne Sun (24.57), and a fifth place from Bryn McGowan (24.70).
Emily Ward (52.10) and Leanne Sun (53.26) had great swims in the 100 freestyle placing second and fourth after teammate Jacquelyn Harris.
Freshman Micah Toetter (2:08.30) came in third place in the 200 backstroke after Elena England, contributing towards the team’s points.
Brittney Straw (2:22.23) and An Nguyen (2:24. 04) got on the score board for the 200 breaststroke with second and third places.
There was a bit of a friendly competition between Haley Herzberg and teammate Emily Boggess in the 500 freestyle. Resulting in Boggess (5:00.45) beating Herzberg (5:01.55) by only one second.
Rachel Kulik (56.57) and Allison Stevens (57.64) scored second and fourth places after teammate Heaven Quintanain the 100 butterfly.
Catherine Boles (4:32.27), Maddie Johnson (4:39.02), and An Nguyen (4:39.39) went third, fourth, and fifth in the 400 individual medley.
In the final race of the day, the UCSB “A” relay (1:36.79) was barely out-touched by Cal Poly in the 200 freestyle relay. Followed very close by the UCSB “B” relay (1:36.95) placing third.
Join the Gaucho women tomorrow at the UCSB’s Campus Pool for their rivalry meet against last year’s MPSF Champion team, Hawaii. The battle will begin at 11am, don’t miss out!
