Fresno State v. CSU Bakersfield (W)
- December 14, 2019
- Fresno, CA
- RESULTS (DOCX)
Courtesy: Fresno State Athletics
FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno State swimming and diving team won its third consecutive dual with a 192-104 victory over CSU Bakersfield in the Aquatics Center, Saturday afternoon.
The Bulldogs posted a convincing victory over the Roadrunners after taking the top spot in nine out of 14 swimming events, and taking first place on both boards.
Fresno State improves to 3-1 (0-1 MW) on the season.
SWIMMING HIGHLIGHTS:
- In the 200-yard medley relay, Fresno State placed in two of the top three spots, a first place finish (Moers, Mendolicchio, Harbert, Bowen) with a time of 1:45.80, and 3rd place (Cutler, Ridenour, Hutler, Guryeva) with a time of 1:49.34.
- In the 1000-yard freestyle, Darina Khisiamova took first place with a time of 10:13.07.
- In the 200-yard freestyle, Fresno State took two of the top three spots, with Megan Bowen in second place with a time of 1:53.66, and Emily Cutler in third place with a time of 1:56.57.
- In the 100-yard backstroke, the ‘Dogs finished in two of the top three spots, in first place was Athena Clayson with a time of 56.44 and in third place was Anna Moers with a time of 59.67.
- In the 100-yard breaststroke, Fresno State swept the event with Manuela Mendolicchio in first place with a time of 1:04.42, Megan Ridenour in second place with a time of 1.05.79, and Lucy Davies in third with a time of 1:07.79.
- In the 200-yard butterfly, Fresno State took two of the top three, Kim Harbert in first place with a time of 2:04.74 and Mackenzie Hutler in 3rd place in with a time of 2:10.72.
- In the 50-yard freestyle, Fresno State finished two of the top three, in second place was Clayson with a time of 23.84 and in 3rd place was Tonya Guryeva with a time of 24.93.
- In the 100-yard freestyle, the ‘Dogs placed in two of the top three spots, in second place was Bowen with a time of 52.51 and in third place was Tonya Guryeva with a time of 54.30.
- In the 200-yard backstroke, Fresno State swept the event, in first place was Clayson with a time of 2:03.51, in second place Marissa Johnson with a time of 2:07.94, and in third place Emily Cutler with a time of 2:09.05.
- In the 200-yard breaststroke, Fresno State placed in the top two, Manuela Mendolicchio took first place with a time of 2:17.79 and Lucy Davies in second place with a time of 2:22.41.
- In the 500-yard freestyle, Khisiamova took first place with a time of 5:00.29.
- In the 100-yard butterfly, the ‘Dogs took two of the top three, in second place was Harbert with a time of 57.41 and in third place was Hutler with a time of 59.92.
- In the 200-yard IM, Fresno State placed two of the top three, Darina Khisiamova took first place with a time of 2:05.61 and Manuela Mendolicchio took third place with a time of 2:08.01.
- In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Fresno State took the top two spots, in first place (Clayson, Bowen Cutler, Harbert) with a time of 3:31.59 and in second place (Johnson, Guryeva, Gulvady, Brooks) with a time of 3:37.64.
“I’m really happy with today’s meet,” said head coach Jeanne Fleck. “We had a lot of success at the SMU Invitational and sometimes its hard to come back and compete to that level in dual. I thought we competed really well today. CSU Bakersfield is building its program and they have some really good young student-athletes. We knew there were events we needed to get up and win, and we did that.”
DIVING HIGHLIGHTS
- On the 1-meter, Yuliya Tykha took 1st place with a score of 278.25.
- In the 3-meter diving, Fresno State placed in the top two, with Irina Nikolaeva in first place with a score of 259.35 and Yuliya Tykha in second place with a score of 220.27.
“We had a good day today on the boards,” head coach Taryn Patrick said. “We went one and two on the 3-meter. Yuliya (Tykha) scored a new career-best on the 1-meter. It was a great meet to end 2019 with.”
WHAT’S NEXT
Fresno State will be on the road to face Cal Poly on Saturday, Jan. 11 at 11 a.m. PT.
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Courtesy: CSU Bakersfield Athletics
Bakersfield, Calif. – The CSU Bakersfield Women’s Swimming and Diving team fell in dual meet action at Fresno State, Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs won the meet’s opening event, the 200 Medley Relay, and never trailed en route to their 192-104 victory over the visiting Roadrunners. With the loss CSUB falls to 2-2 in dual meet action this season.
“Fresno State has a great team and they swam very well,” said CSUB Director of Swimming Chris Hansen. “Still, I’m also very happy with the way our young team swam and competed in today’s events.”
Sophomore Autumn D’Arcy paced the `Runners, collecting three individual victories. Her first win came in the 50 Free when she blitzed the competition to win by more than half second, posting a time of 23.84.
D’Arcy followed up her win in the 50 Free with the only sub-52-second effort in the 100 Free, touching the wall in 51.78. The Redlands, Calif., native picked up her third victory in the 100 Fly, clocking a 55.50 and finishing the race nearly two seconds faster than her closest competitor.
“Autumn was excellent today. Mikayla Popham and Jaysiee Haynes were terrific as well,” said Hansen. “Those three are tough as nails.”
Popham’s time of 1:52.20 gave Bakersfield its fourth win of the meet. She added second-place finishes in both the 500 Free (5:04.60) and the 200 IM (2:07.79).
Haynes grabbed a pair of podium finishes, placing second in the 1000 Free (10:27.84) and third in the 200 Breaststroke (2:23.89).
Tabea Mose placed second in the 100 Back with a time of 58.65. The sophomore also joined Popham, D’Arcy and freshman Lindsey Sohoel-Smith in finishing second in the 200 Medley Relay (1:47.63).
Ariane Skeggs and Maddie Cosgrove added strong swims for the `Runners. Skeggs was third in both the 1000 Free (10:35.80) and the 500 Free (5:11.93), while Cosgrove placed second in the 200 Fly (2:10.14) and fourth in the 100 Fly (1:00.05).
In the diving well, Lauren Carson (189.07) and Madison Gray (142.42) finished second and third, respectively, in the 1m discipline.
“Today is a great meet to build off of moving forward,” Hansen added. “We put up a number of great swims, but we also learned some important lessons as we head into training camp and future meets.”
The `Runner women are back in action on Dec. 31, when they host a New Year’s Eve dual with San Jose State at the Hillman Aquatic Center at 10:30 a.m.
