Pacific vs San Jose State (W)
- Saturday, October 30, 2021
- Stockton, Calif.
- Results
Courtesy: Pacific Athletics
STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific women’s swimming team picked up its second dual meet victory of the season, winning five events. The big win of the day was the Tigers’ victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay that secured the win.
“We haven’t beat San Jose State in over four years,” said Pacific head swimming coach Katelyne Herrington. “I was mostly pleased with the fact that they believed in themselves and each other that they could win the meet today. They all swam with purpose and a hunger to be competitive as a team. I couldn’t be more happy to see the smiles on their faces. They earned it! It was a great day for us.”
As the final relay came down to the last leg, it was Pacific freshman Ellie Macphail, who touched the wall just ahead of the Spartans’ Ela Freiman by 24 hundredths of a second. Ashtyne Topie put Pacific in the lead through the first leg with an opening 100-yard split of 51.80. Pacific remained in front after the second leg of Allie Emery. Then, SJSU went ahead on the third leg before Macphail entered the race for the winning leg.
“It was very exciting. Going last is really fun, we were really tight when we went in. It was great to win the relay and the win the meet for the team as a whole,” said an excited Macphail. “I just wanted to get the win for the team, and I am glad that I was able to do that.”
MEET SUMMARY
• Pacific started the day, taking the top two spots in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Jordyn Gonzales, Kelsey Lloyd, Caitlin Tan and Ashtyne Topie was victorious in a time of 1:47.15.
• San Jose State took home the top two spots in the 1000-yard freestyle. The first to the wall was Reka Kovacs, who won three events on the day, in 10:42.29.
• The first individual event winner on the day for Pacific came from freshman Paige Sondgeroth in the 100-yard breaststroke, who finished just ahead of the Trojans’ Emma Myburgh by one hundredth of a second.
• Another Tiger freshman was victorious in the 50-yard freestyle as Ashtyne Topie won in 23.77.
• The Tigers took home second-third-fourth in the 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard butterfly.
• Freshman Ellie Macphail of Pacific was the winner of the 500-yard freestyle by nearly five seconds as she finished in 5:05.84.
Courtesy: San Jose State Athletics
STOCKTON, Calif. – Réka Kovács won three individual events, while teammates Reagan Mathieson and Ellie Shorten each won two individual events to lead the San José State women’s swimming and diving team against Pacific on Saturday at Chris Kjeldsen Pool. The short-handed Spartans won 9-of-12 events, but dropped the final relay to fall to the Tigers, 134-128.
- Kovacs won the 1000-yard freestyle (10:42.29) and swam season-best times to win the 100-yard butterfly (57.06) and 200-yard butterfly (2:06.14)
- Mathieson posted season-best times in the 100 free (51.90) and 200 free (1:52.58); She finished runner-up in the 50 free with a season-best time of 23.85
- Shorten touched the wall first with a season-best time of 58.52 in the 100 backstroke, and finished first in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:06.33
- Emma Myburgh won the 200 breaststroke with a season-best time of 2:20.30, and finished second with a season-best mark of 1:05.71 in the 100 breaststroke
- Ela Freiman clocked a time of 2:08.00 to win the 200 individual medley, and finished runner-up in the 500 free with a time of 5:12.43
- Ally Chislett just missed her lifetime-best time of 53.21 in the 100 free with a mark of 53.27, finishing in second place
The Spartans will be back in the pool at the Mizzou Invitational on Nov. 17-19 in Columbia, Missouri.
