UC Davis vs Cal Poly (Women)
- January 18, 2025
- Davis, Calif.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: UC Davis Athletics
DAVIS, Calif. – In their second conference matchup of the season, the Aggies hosted the Cal Poly Mustangs during Senior Day, honoring the seniors’ careers with an outstanding final score of 185-112 versus the Mustangs.
“Today’s meet was all about our seniors,” said head coach Matt Macedo. “We had a beautiful Davis day with family members and alumni in the stands and we were able to get a victory in our first meet of 2025.’
‘ I was proud of the way the team supported each other, especially our senior class and look forward to a tough meet against UCSB tomorrow.”
Senior Sam Rhodes closed out the day with three top three finishes, seniors Katie McLain and Christy Douglas each notched two, and Haley Hoefer added a top three finish into the mix.
Senior Taylor Schwarz also had a successful day and posted second in the 1-meter dive and third in the 3-meter dive in her senior meet.
Besides the seniors’ impressive performances today, several other Aggies scored high. Sophomore Brynn Graham took first place in both the 100 butterfly and 200 IM. Anagha Kondury had three top three finishes as well.
Katherine Lim, Leila Busch, and Lauren Kudo outperformed the Mustangs on the boards, Busch scoring top three in both diving events.
UP NEXT: Before Championships in February, the Ags will look to have conference competition one last time versus the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Sunday, January 19th starting at 11:00 AM at Schaal.
Courtesy: Cal Poly Athletics
DAVIS, Calif. — Cal Poly brought the 2024-25 regular season to a close with a 185-112 loss to conference opponent UC Davis. Highlighted by a decent number of individual victories, the Mustangs now look towards preparing for the championship slate.
Summer Cheng helped a pair of relays earn second-place finishes throughout the day, racing 1:44.89 in the 200 Medley Relay with Kristin Der, Melia Costa, and Mikaela Gomez as well as swimming 1:35.16 in the 200 Free Relay as Der and Costa remained but Brielle Vail participated in place of Gomez. Individually, Cal Poly’s reigning Queen of the Pool also finished third in the 50 Free (24.22).
The Mustangs put two teams in podium position for the 200 Medley Relay, the aforementioned Der-led team in second and another group in third (1:46.66) with Kiersten Weiler, Amalie Claus-Udarbe, Taylor Lyon, and Ella Bettencourt. Claus-Udarbe finished in third for the 200 Free (1:54.96) just ahead of teammates Keira Scott (4th, 1:55.18) and Olivia Sundgren (5th, 1:55.23).
For the second consecutive day, Sundgren highlighted the Mustang women with her efforts in the 500 (5:01.07) and 1000 Free (10:25.76) to sweep both for first place again.
Melia Costa, after narrowly missing out on a 100-Breast win yesterday, took first (1:04.57) in the event while also helping both relay teams to second-place finishes.
Placing no lower than second through a quartet of races, Kristin Der was part of those two relay teams while picking up a pair of individual wins, sweeping the backstroke events respectively (57.79, 2:03.84).
Rhian Neitzel enjoyed a successful day as well, individually, winning the 200 Breast (2:19.74) and finishing second in the 200 IM (2:08.85).
Finally, Kayla Wieckowski earned a pair of podium finishes, second in the 200 Back (2:03.84) behind teammate Kristin Der, and third in 200 Fly (2:06.17) while the best among Mustangs in the event.
With UC Davis only having a women’s team, Cal Poly’s men elected to stay fresh and participate in some light competition against each other. Despite there not being any program top-fives cracked or better NCAA-qualifying times than those already set, the men put up a solid, respectable effort considering yesterday’s strenuous winning performance.
Ava Lazovsky finished highest among all Mustangs in the springboard events, placing fourth overall in the 1-meter (250.94) and 3-meter (269.93).
