SAN DIEGO vs. UC SAN DIEGO
- February 8, 2020
- Hosted by UC San Diego
- Short Course Yards
- Full Results
TEAM SCORES
- UC SAN DIEGO 165
- SAN DIEGO 107
While the UC San Diego men remained at home on Saturday to battle Cal in long course, the women’s team traveled for a rivalry dual meet with town rival University of San Diego.
Sophie Francis put up a pair of wins for UCSD. She delivered her first win in the 200 free, narrowly edging out teammate Juli Arzave. At the halfway flip, Arzave had a slight lead, and she extended it to half a second with a 50 to go. Francis came back to get her hand to the wall first, 1:53.09 to 1:53.25. She came back to dominate the 100 free in 52.64.
Callie Johnson put up one of the highlight swim for USD in the 200 IM. UCSD’s Valerie Yue (2:12.56) was nearly 3 seconds ahead of her through the back split, but Johnson surged ahead on the breast leg to take the lead. UCSD’s Miranda Renner made a move with her closing speed, but Johnson was too far ahead as she won in 2:11.96 to Renner’s 2:12.40.
PRESS RELEASE – UC SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO, Calif – The No. 1 University of California, San Diego men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams completed their final competition before championship season. The women picked up a duel meet win over University of San Diego 165-107 while the men wrapped up competition against Cal.
MEN
The men swam long course against Cal and other top ranked swimmers at Southwestern College.
Spencer Daily built off a strong performance yesterday and broke the 50-meter school record with an Olympic Trial time of 22.93. Ivan Kurakin tied the 100-meter freestyle school record but minutes later, Dailey broke it with a time of 51.80.
Hayden Johnson broke a third school record for the Tritons in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 4:00.81.
Edgar Chin had another strong day at the breaststroke and finished second in the 100-meter with a time of 1:03.70.
WOMEN
The Tritons won nine out of the fifteen events on the day. UC San Diego opened competition with wins from Valerie Yue in the 100-yard backstroke (57.24) and Miranda Renner in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.65). They got their first sweep of the day when Lindsay Clark, Jordan Phillips and Cody Hargadon went 1-2-3 in 100-yard butterfly.
Sophie Francis had a pair of wins on the day. She placed first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.64 and first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:53.09. Julissa Arzave finished right behind Francis in the 200-yard freestyle and won the 200 yard butterfly with a time of 2:09.97.
Grace Murphy earned her first win in the 50-yard freestyle this season with a time of 24.95. Kaitlyn Ritchey added a top finish in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:32.25.
Jasmyn Cheng won both the 1- and 3-meter events on the boards as divers took the top three spots.
UP NEXT
The Tritons will rest before competing at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship from February 19-22.
PRESS RELEASE – SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO – Despite 18 top-three finishes, San Diego swimming and diving fell 165-107 to UCSD in a dual meet against the crosstown rivals at the USD Sports Center.
Prior to the meet, USD honored its two graduating seniors, Sam Terranova and Nicole Saladino, with a ceremony led by underclassmen.
“It was a nice send-off for our seniors, they’ve done a great job this year,” said USD head coach Mike Keeler. “It was nice to see such great support for them from our alumni and team.”
On a day dedicated to the seniors, Terranova proved useful for the Toreros, finishing second in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:46.65) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:14.42), the latter of which is a personal season best time.
Other top finishes and season best times by the Toreros included sophomore Sabrina Firnett in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:27.00) and freshman Callie Johnson in the 200-yard IM (2:11.96).
Despite the celebration of the seniors and the improvement in the pool, the team knows there is still work that needs to be done.
“We still have a ways to go,” said Keeler, “but we are in a pretty good spot heading into the championships in the next few weeks.”
The Toreros return to action next weekend for a three-day competition at the SD Imperial Senior Classic, starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday. After that meet, the Toreros head to their conference championships.
