CSU Bakersfield vs Pacific
- Saturday, November 6, 2021
- Bakersfield, Calif.
- Results
Courtesy: CSU Bakersfield Athletics
Bakersfield, Calif. – Autumn D’Arcy, Mikayla Popham and Kris Rogic each won three individual swimming events, and Maya Stefanski and Dyson Modica swept the diving boards, as CSU Bakersfield swept a dual meet with visiting Pacific, Saturday afternoon, at the John S. Hillman Aquatic Center.
The Roadrunner women outscored the Tigers 184-110, while the men won by a 180.5-97.5 margin. Both teams improved to 2-0 in dual meet competition this season.
“We continue to handle pressure and adversity well,” said CSUB Director of Swimming Chris Hansen. “With a smaller roster we must find depth scoring, and several our student-athletes have stepped up with second, third and fourth-place swims. The longer that list becomes, the more success we’ll have this season.”
Twenty-four different `Runners grabbed at least one top-three finish, and CSUB won 26 of 32 events in a meet that was never in doubt for either side.
Up Next –
The Roadrunners will travel for the first-time this season, when they make the trek to St. George, Utah, for the Dixie State Invitational on Nov. 18-20. CSUB will be joined at the meet by the host Trailblazers, former WAC rival New Mexico State and a trio of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opponents, including BYU, UC Davis, and UC Santa Barbara.
The competition will be held at the Human Performance Center on the Dixie State University campus.
Female Top Performers –
* Autumn D’Arcy won individual races in the 100 Backstroke, the 100 Freestyle and the 200 IM, raising her career win total to 54. The Redlands, Calif., native is now just six victories shy of matching the school record held by Paola Hernandez.
* Sophomore Mikayla Popham also won three individual races, touching first in the 50, 200 and 500 Freestyles. Popham remains undefeated on the year with a first-place finish in all nine of her individual swims this season.
* Lorena Jerebic won both the 100 and 200 Butterfly events and added a third-place finish in the 100 Freestyle. For the first time in her CSUB career, the highly touted freshman from Zagreb, Croatia won multiple events in a single meet.
* Freshman breaststroker Danielle Albright earned a trio of top-three finishes, placing second in each of the 100 and 200 Breaststrokes and adding a third-place performance in the 200 IM. All three times were new personal bests.
* Tabea Mose picked up her second victory of the season and her first in the 200 Backstroke, improving her season-best time by more than three seconds. She added a second-place effort in the 100 Backstroke.
* Ariane Skeggs won the 1000 Freestyle for the second-straight week.
* D’Arcy, Albright, Jerebic and Popham combined for a 3:51.96 effort in the 400 Medley Relay to finish in first place. It was CSUB’s second-best time in the event this season.
* Diver Maya Stefanski swept the 1-Meter and 3-Meter diving competitions, including a new personal best of 232.80 on the 1-Meter board.
* Danica Aguilar, Hannah Marsh, Melinda Johnson, and Maria Wold all earned at least one top-three finish in this afternoon’s dual.
Male Top Performers –
* Kris Rogic posted top times in the 100 and 200 Backstrokes and the 200 IM, winning for the fifth, sixth and seventh times this season. He saved arguably his best swim of the day for the lead-off leg on Bakersfield’s 400 Medley Relay when he posted a 49.60 in the lead-off hundred, his best time in his best event this year.
* Freshman Kadin Denner continues to make an impact. The rookie from Aurora, Colo., won the 1000 Freestyle for the second-straight week and won the 500 Freestyle for the first time in his career.
* Senior breaststroker Antonio Milin won both the 100 and 200 Breaststrokes, and now boasts five individual wins in his breakout campaign.
* Loren Gillilan sandwiched wins in the 200 and 100 Butterfly events around a third-place finish in the 100 Freestyle.
* Ryan Brimer captured a first-place finish in the 200 Freestyle and placed second in the 100 Freestyle.
* Freshman diver Dyson Modica won both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter events, including a personal best on the 3-Meter board by more than 50 points.
* Julio Alcantar, Skyler Carmelich, Nick Dobusch, Lars Hanna, Adrian Paseta, Alex Rodriguez, and Carter Walles combined for ten second- and third-place swims.
Follow the Runners –
Fans can keep up with the `Runners on a variety of platforms, including right here on GoRunners.com. CSUB Swimming can also be followed on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, while the Bakersfield dive team can be tracked on Instagram.
Courtesy: Pacific Athletics
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The Pacific men’s and women’s swimming teams traveled to the John L. Hillman Memorial Aquatic Center to face CSU Bakersfield on Saturday.
CSU-Bakersfield women won the dual meet by a 184-110 margin with the Roadrunners’ Mikayla Popham and Autumn D’Arcy each victorious in three events.
The women had seven season-best performances with the Tigers’ Kelsey Lloyd picking up wins in the 100-yard (1:05.32) and 200-yard (2:22.57) breaststroke to lead Pacific.
Ashtyne Topie and Ellie Macphail picked up a pair of second-place finishes. Topie was second in the 50-yard freestyle (24.35) and the 100-yard freestyle (53.37). Macphail was second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.18) and 500-yard freestyle (5:09.47).
Also for Pacific, Paige Sondgeroth and Jordyn Gonzales were each able to secure a runner-up and third-place finish. Sondgeroth took second in the 200-yard individual medley (2:10.30) and third in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.11). Gonzales was second in the 200-yard backstroke (2:08.33) and third in the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.48).
In the relay events, the Tigers’ 400-yard medley relay was second and third to start the meet. To wrap up the meet, Pacific swept the top two spots in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Next, Pacific will resume its training before returning to the pool for the UNLV Invite on Dec. 17-19.
