CSU Bakersfield vs UC Santa Cruz
- January 11, 2020
- Bakersfield, California
Courtesy: CSU Bakersfield Athletics
Bakersfield, Calif. – The CSUB Swimming and Diving teams celebrated senior day in style, rolling past visiting UC Santa Cruz in dual meet competition. The Roadrunners swept all 32 swimming events and won all four diving events as the CSUB men and women each topped 200 points for the meet.
“We moved a number of our swimmers around today and everyone delivered,” said CSUB Director of Swimming Chris Hansen. “We had a great meet and it was a great way to send off our senior swimmers.”
Three seniors posted individual victories in their Hillman Aquatic Center finales. Noah Hultner and Richie Campbell nabbed wins for the `Runner men in the 1000 Free and the 100 Free, respectively, while Maddie Cosgrove took the 200 Fly for the CSUB women.
Hultner out lasted the field in a time of 9:50.19 to earn his second win in the event this season and the ninth of his career. Alex Rodriguez posted a 9:53.76 to give CSUB dominating one-two finish in the event.
Campbell posted a 47.48 to take the 100 Free, leading the `Runners to a sweep of the top-four places in the event. Noah Hickman finished second in 47.93, while senior Michael Hart took third with a time of 48.80.
Cosgrove’s first in the 100 Fly gave the senior her fifth individual win of the season. She hit the wall in a time of 59.18 to finish just ahead of teammate Popham (59.23).
All told 17 different Roadrunners won individual events in the meet. Autumn D’Arcy led the way with three victories, while Alex Dragan, Benji Duenas, Loren Gillilan, Mikayla Popham and Ariane Skeggs each clocked two first-place finishes.
D’Arcy opened her meet posting a time of 2:06.27 in the 200 Fly to win the event for the second time this season. Her win in the 100 Free (52.58) was her sixth straight victory in the event, while her win in the 200 IM (2:09.84) was her first of the season. D’Arcy’s three wins give her 20 for the season, matching her freshman total from a season ago.
Popham swam both the 100 and 200 Backstrokes for just the second time in her career and won both events in 1:00.07 and 2:07.62, respectively. The freshman from Australia now boasts wins in 11 individual events this year.
Normally a distance freestyler for CSUB, Skeggs posted a 1:55.88 to take the 200 Free despite swimming the event for the first time since November. In more familiar territory she easily out paced the field to win the 500 Free (5:09.38) by almost seven seconds.
Dragan won both breaststroke disciplines for the Roadrunner men. The junior captured the 100 Breast in a time of 58.38 before double-dipping in the 200 Breast with a time of 2:08.62.
Duenas matched his classmate with a pair of first-place touches of his own. He won the 200 Fly in a time of 1:55.95 and the 100 Fly when he got home in 53.15.
Gillilan continued his excellent season winning the 200 Free (1:44.14) and the 200 IM (1:56.87). He added a second-place finish in the 500 Free finishing just behind Rogic in a time of 4:44.82, despite swimming the race for the first time in his career.
Lucy Peltz (1000 Free, 10:41.87), Maya Valdoria (100 Breast, 1:08.58), Tabea Mose (50 Free, 24.84) and Alex Neilan (200 Breast, 2:27.35) also won individual events for the CSUB women, who breezed past their Banana Slug counterparts en route to a 209-77 team victory. Peltz’ 1000 Free swim was her personal best of the season.
Julio Alcantar (100 Back, 52.44), Noah Hickman (50 Free, 21.62), James Skuse (200 Back, 1:55.36) and Kristofer Rogic (500 Free, 4:37.81) added event titles for the `Runner men who bested UCSC by a 212.5-77.5 total.
Rogic was competing in the 500 Free for the first time in his career. He added a blistering freestyle split in the 200 Free Relay leading his team to a second-place finish in the event.
The `Runners won all four relays in today’s dual meet.
Senior Alisa Cooke swam the opening leg of the 200 Free, leading the `Runner women to victory in a time of 1:40.61. She also placed 5th in the 100 Free with a time of 55.11.
Classmate Alyssa Madero swam legs on second-place relay teams in both the 200 Free Relay and the 400 Medley Relay. She added a runner-up performance in the 200 Back in 2:08.10 for her third fastest time of the season.
Lea Salcido posted a third-place finish in the 100 Back (1:03.59). The senior added a second-place finish as part of the 200 Free Relay
Jayssie Haynes will finish her career as one of the most decorated swimmers in the history of CSUB, holding four school records and winning 34 individual titles to date. Her final swims on campus included a pair of top-3 finishes. Haynes was second in the 200 Fly (2:09.11) and third in the 200 Back (2:11.10).
Adam Estrella and Lauren Carson swept the Diving events for the `Runners.
Estrella picked up his second and third victories in the past seven days posting personal best scores of 288.97 and 278.55 on the 1m and 3m boards, respectively.
For Carson, the results represented her first individual titles of the season. She posted a 188.10 on the 1m board before following up with a 201.22 in winning the 3m event.
The Roadrunners are back in action next Saturday when they travel to Fresno Pacific for the final dual meet of the season. Bakersfield will take the next month plus off from competition as they ramp up for the WAC Championships which begin on Feb. 26.
Courtesy: UC Santa Cruz Athletics
BAKERSFIELD (1-11) – The Banana Slugs participated in their first dual match of the 2019-20 season as they travelled to NCAA Division I member CSU Bakersfield. The Banana Slugs fell 421.5-154.5 to the Roadrunners.
CSU Bakersfield won the men’s competition 212.5-77.5 and the women’s competition 209-77.
In the men’s competition, the Banana Slugs won one of the sixteen events that took place: Akita Morita won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:03.51. As a team, the Banana Slugs’ best finish was in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team of Matt Minshall, Paul Ogle-Sporer, Marc Pugeda and Victor Sowa finished second with a time of 1:30.85.
The UCSC women won one event in the sixteen events that they took part in. Individually, Meg Carrington had the best finish of the day as she won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:26.29. Izzy Blue was second in the 50 free by .14 seconds in 25.03, one second from the school record. The Banana Slugs’ best finish team was second in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team of Blue, Emma Brown, Ocelli Rivers-Altieri and Kaylie Walker finished in 1:44.54.
The next event for the Banana Slugs will be Senior Day on Saturday the 18th as they will host NAIA members Simpson University and Westmont College.
