Cal State East Bay vs Pacific (Women)
- September 30, 2023
- Hayward, Calif.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Score: Cal State East Bay 149, Pacific 113
Courtesy: Cal State East Bay Athletics
HAYWARD, Calif. – The 2023-24 season started off in victorious fashion for the Cal State East Bay women’s swim team, who won a dual meet with Pacific, 149-113 at Pioneer Pool on Saturday. The Pioneers had eight first place finishes among 14 events.
Below are some of the notable performances on Saturday for Cal State East Bay:
- The 200 yard medley relay team that included Lily Caraway, Delaney Carlson, Tehani Kong and Brooklyn Dressel, won the event in one minute, 48.24 seconds.
- In just 59.14 seconds, Hannah Sharp won the 100 yard backstroke.
- Dressel placed first in the 50 yard freestyle (24.21) and 100 yard freestyle (52.24).
- Sharp also took first in the 200 yard backstroke in 2:05.51.
- Kong was the winner of the 100 yard butterfly with a finish of 57.77 seconds.
- Kylie Beaudet won the 200 yard individual medley in 2:10.74.
- To cap off the meet, the team of Dressel, Carlson, Olivia Parham and Kong won the 400 yard freestyle relay (3:36.87). Dressel’s 52.09 leadoff leg of the relay met an NCAA Division II B standard.
The Pioneers return to action on Friday, October 13 at 3 p.m. in the first Slug Shootout of two. The back-to-back meets take place on the campus of UC Santa Cruz.
Courtesy: Pacific Athletics
HAYWARD, Calif.- The Pacific women’s swimming team battled tough in its season debut on the road against Cal State East Bay. While the Tigers fought valiantly, it was the Pioneers that had the edge in their home pool, 149-113.
The women earned six first place finishes of the 14 events hosted on Saturday afternoon. Pacific first found the top of the podium in the 1000 free with a one-two punch. Sophomore Diana Chan earned the top finish with a time of 10:57.93, where she bested the nearest Pioneer by nearly seven seconds. Junior Jordyn Gonzales followed suit, with a time of 11:00.93.
Junior Jadyn Phillips added another nine points to Pacific’s total, edging out CSU East Bay by nearly half a second in the 200 free with a time of 1:57.99. She later claimed the top spot in the 500 free by nearly four seconds, coming in at 5:19.92.
Junior Paige Sondgeroth stormed to a first-place finish for the Tigers in the 100 breast, swimming a 1:07.30 to beat the next best by 3.5 seconds. Sondgeroth returned later for the 200 breast and pulled off the same feat, besting a Pioneer by 3.5 seconds. She finished with a 2:28.01
Junior Noemi Melendez took the 200 fly final by nearly half a second en route to a first place finish with a time of 2:13.68.
“This year, this meet is going to be more of a challenge,” head coach Katelyne Herrington shared earlier this week, “but the girls raced and gave their best effort today with our limited roster going into the meet.” She added, “We had some stand out swims today, but fell short with some gaps due to injuries and illness. This next month, we need to focus on doing what we can to stay healthy.” The difference fell in the remaining finishes, as East Bay’s’ score total was built on 24 total top-three finishes. Pacific came away with 18.
The women got off to an early start and now have some time until their next dual at the end of October. The first home dual comes on Friday, October 27 at 3 p.m. against UC Santa Cruz.
