SAN JOSE STATE VS CAL STATE EAST BAY
- January 9, 2026
- Hayward, Calif.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: SJSU Athletics
HAYWARD, Calif.—San José State won 11 races, two by Vilma Lindberg, as the San José State women’s swimming and diving team won a dual meet at Cal State East Bay, 169-87, Friday afternoon.
- Lindberg won the 100 breast and 200 breaststroke races.
- Winners of the freestyle races include Stephanie Sifferman (200), Lais e Silva (50) and Dalton Sickon (100).
- Hannah Ernst won the 100 back, while Genevieve George won the 200 backstroke race.
- Lillie Grover won the 100 butterfly, while Ela Freiman won the 200 IM.
- The Spartans went 1-2 in both relays – 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay.
“We had a solid meet today. Had a little rust to shake off.”
Hear from @sagehopkins after the meet at Cal State East Bay. #AllSpartans pic.twitter.com/JvK5zkfhM4
— SJSU Swimming&Diving (@SJSUSwim) January 9, 2026
UP NEXT – The Spartans go up the peninsula for a dual meet at Stanford on Saturday, January 24, at noon.
San José State 169
Cal State East Bay 87
200 Medley Relay
1. SJSU “A” (George, Lindberg, Grover, Sickon) 1:45.64
2. SJSU “B” (Ernst, Freiman, Bautista, e Silva) 1:47.44
200 Free
1. Stephanie Sifferman 1:54.88
2. Mya Azzopardi 1:55.66
3. Dalton Sickon 1:56.26
4. Nikki Lahey x1:58.68
8. Jayne Harcarufka x2:01.20
100 Back
1. Hannah Ernst 5817
4. Bethany Burga 1:01.21
100 Breast
1. Vilma Lindberg 1:04.16
3. Sahara Dalbik 1:10.21
200 Butterfly
2. Lillie Grover 2:04.45
4. Ela Freiman 2:06.61
50 Free
1. Lais e Silva 24.42
2. Keira Vail 25.05
3. Noemi Bravo-Guzman 25.10
4. Mya Azzopardi x25.26
6. Katerina Marghieri x25.67
100 Free
1. Dalton Sickon 53.37
2. Keira Vail 53.41
3. Nikki Lahey 53.53
4. Mya Azzopardi x53.89
5. Lais e Silva x54.10
6. Noemi Bravo-Guzman x54.27
200 Back
1. Genevieve George 2:04.66
2. Hannah Ernst 2:07.60
5. Bethany Burga 2:17.57
200 Breast
1. Vilma Lindberg 2:18.54
2. Ela Freiman 2:23.29
4. Sahara Dalbik 2:31.58
100 Butterfly
1. Lillie Grover 56.66
2. Ava Bautista 58.14
3. Stephanie Sifferman 58.22
4. Luna Balbuena x58.45
7. Andreea Dragoi x1:00.78
8. Katerina Marghieri x1:03.36
200 IM
1. Ela Freiman 2:07.32
2. Genevieve George 2:07.39
3. Luna Balbuena 2:11.98
4. Vilma Lindberg x2:12.49
6. Hannah Ernst x2:15.16
200 Freestyle Relay
1. SJSU “A” (e Sila, Lahey, Vail, Sickon) 1:36.59
2. SJSU “B” (Grover, Sifferman, Marghieri, Bravo-Guzman) 1:39.90
X – Exhibition Swim
Courtesy: East Bay Athletics
HAYWARD, Calif. – The final home meet of the 2025-26 season took place Friday for the Cal State East Bay women’s swimming team at Pioneer Pool. Although the Pioneers lost the dual meet to San Jose State, 169-87, a Senior Day ceremony took place prior to the meet.
A pair of four-year Pioneers were honored in the Senior Day ceremony – Kylie Beaudet and Miya French.
In the pool, San Jose State won a majority of the events, but there were definitely highlights of note for East Bay.
- The first individual event of the day included the 1,000 yard freestyle. Winning the distance event was Maggie Clemens, with a time of 10 minutes, 54.99 seconds. Following Clemens in order of finish were French and Sydney Prentice.
- Placing second and third respectively in the 100 yard backstroke were Taylor Kolsch (59.94 seconds) and Adalynn Ascher (1:01.05).
- Rae Ann Dressel finished second in the 100 yard breaststroke (1:07.62).
- Winning the 200 yard butterfly was Tehani Kong in 2:02.79. Just two places behind Kong was Alexia Fajardo (2:06.30).
- East Bay had the only entries in the 500 yard freestyle, led by Malana Kollath finishing first in 5:06.22.
- To finish Friday’s action, the Pioneers had a third place finish in the 200 yard freestyle relay in 1:40.16 with a team that included Kong, Kali Mull, Amaya Rocheleau and Alexia Fajardo.
One more regular season meet remains on the Pioneers’ schedule. On Saturday, January 24, East Bay will compete in a double dual meet at Pacific. The Pioneers also take on Simon Fraser in the meet at in Stockton. Start time for the double dual is set for noon from Chris Kjeldsen Pool at The Douglass M. Eberhardt Aquatics Center.
