Grand Canyon vs Arizona Christian vs Ottawa (AZ)
- December 7, 2024
- Monterey Bay, Calif.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: GCU Athletics
The Grand Canyon swimming and diving team won all four dual meets Saturday at home to close the 2024 portion of its schedule.
The Lopes women defeated Ottawa (Arizona) 160-21 and Arizona Christian 150-73 while the men won 208-50 against Ottawa and 207-22 against Arizona Christian.
The women’s 200 yard medley relay opened the meet with a time of 1 minute, 45.69 seconds. The squad included sophomore Bailey Gott, junior Hailey Sears, junior Kailee Patters and freshman Kaitlyn Logue.
Gott also took first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:56.02.
Patters took first place in the 100 butterfly with a time of 56.91 seconds.
The men’s team has seen continued success from freshman Batu Servi, who touched first in the 200 freestyle at 1:40.34. Junior John Warriner took second at 1:41.41.
Mohamed Mohamady went 49.28 seconds for first place, along with junior Gregroz Wanat taking second at 49.57 seconds in the men’s 100 backstroke.
Sophomore Ian Hirota took first place with a time of 1:53.01 in the men;s 200 butterfly.
Senior Lauren Hicks touched first at 52.11 seconds in the women’s 100 freestyle.
Junior Eli Cohen went 44.20 seconds (first) with junior Tim Koza going 48.36 seconds (second) and sophomore Dakota Kinder going 48.85 seconds (third) in the men’s 100 freestyle.
Junior Alex Volkov (47.87) and Alex Edquid (49.71) went one-two in the 100 butterfly.
Senior Fruzsi Macsok placed first in the 100 individual medley with a time of 57.90 seconds, qualifying her for the CSCAA National Invitational Championships.
Cohen (49.77), Harper Houk (49.85) and Edquid (51.70) each qualified for the NIC with the 100 individual medley.
The men closed the meet with a 1:24.62 relay. The 200 freestyle relay included Wanat, Asher Havenhill, Kinder and Hirota.
Courtesy: ACU Athletics
Monterey Bay, Calif.- Sophomore Callie Drefs broke her own school record while moving up to #16 nationally, and the 200 Medley Relay of Drefs, Claire Eilers, Eva Garraux, and Elle Moir raced up to #7 in the nation, and the women’s swim team will head into Christmas break with confident eyes set on the upcoming championship season.
“Our final 2024 meet against GCU and Ottawa was exciting with a new school record and many new National “B” cuts and best times. Callie Drefs broke her own school record, and our 200 Medley are now ranked 7th Nationally!! The biggest victory in my opinion is the unity and the character of our team! So many good swims but mostly a Christian Love, especially demonstrated at the senior awards after the meet!! Roll Storm!!”
The team also received strong performances from Callie Drefs (1:57.03, 2nd overall) and Abby Lair (2:00.55, 3rd overall) in the 200 Freestyle. Also, in addition to Eilers school record, Audrey Washburn placed 3rd overall in the 100 breastroke with a time of 1:09.35. Lastly, long-distance specialists Robin Abrams competed in the 400 IM and Kateryna Kashyrina in the 500 Freestyle, both placing 1st overall with Abrams racing a 4:56.58, and Kashyrina a 5:29.11.
Event Details
? Teams Scores:
Grand Canyon University – 160
Arizona Christian University – 160
Ottawa University (AZ) – 26
? Location: Brophy High School (Phoenix, AZ)
Top 3 Finishes/ Top 3 Relay/ NAIA Cuts/ Team Records
? 200 Medley Relay- Drefs, Eiler, Garraux, Moir 1:48.59 (7th NAIA)
? 200 Freestyle – Callie Drefs – 1:57.03 (2nd)
? 200 Freestyle – Abby Lair – 2:00.55 (3rd)
? 100 Breaststroke – Claire Eilers – 1:06.90 (#16 NAIA)
? 100 Breaststroke – Audrey Washburn – 1:09.35 (3rd)
? 200 Butterfly – Eva Garraux – 2:14.90 (2nd Place)
? 500 Freestyle – Kateryna Kashyrina – 5:29.11 (1st Place)
? 100 Butterfly – Eva Garraux – 58.05 (2nd Place)
? 400 IM – Robin Abrams – 4:56.58 (1st Place)
? 1650 Freestyle – Robin Abrams – 19:03.63 (3rd)
Next On The Schedule
Friday and Saturday January 17th and 18th the team will return to the Southwest Valley YMCA for another matchup against OUAZ. Competition begins at 9:00am.
