UC San Diego vs Cal Baptist
- Saturday, January 29, 2022
- La Jolla, California
- Results
- Scores
- Women: UCSD 167, CBU 128
- Men: UCSD 172, CBU 117
Courtesy: UC San Diego Athletics
LA JOLLA, Calif. – The UC San Diego men’s and women’s swim teams came out on top at the dual meet versus California Baptist on Saturday, Jan. 29th. The men won with a score of 172-117 while the Triton women won with a score of 167-128. Before the meet began, the Triton seniors on both squads were celebrated and honored. Watch the celebration on demand here.
The Tritons women’s team is now 5-2 in dual meets and the men are 4-1.
HOW IT HAPPENED
After winning in 10 events last weekend, the Triton men’s squad took 11 events today; a relay and 10 individual events. For the 400 yard medley relay: Tyler James, Aidan Simpson, Spencer Daily, and Nate Cunnan, took first with a time of 3:19.26. This squad was 1.72 seconds away from the pool record.
In addition, Jackson Bernstein posted a 9:46.16 to take first in the 1000 yard freestyle. Ivan Kurakin placed first in the 200 yard freestyle with a swim time of 1:37.81, beating the pool record by a hundredth of a second. Taking first in the 100 yard backstroke, Tyler James posted a 50.40 swim. In the 200 yard butterfly, the Triton men took the top four slots with Chad Morrison taking first with a swim time of 1:54.28. Spencer Daily and Nate Cunnan took first and second place respectively in the 50 yard freestyle swimming a 20.33 and 21.02. Andrija Petkovic took first in the 100 yard freestyle, swimming a 46.19. Swimming a 1:51.81, Nathan Lee took first in the 200 yard backstroke. Aidan Simpson finished first in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:02.64. Similar to the 200 yard butterfly, the Triton men took the top four slots again in the 500 yard freestyle led by seniors Ivan Kurakin and Hayden Johnson; posting a 4:30.04 and 4:36.37. Spencer Daily placed first in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 49.34.
The Triton women took 10 first place finishes; one relay and nine individual events. Jordan Phillips, Katja Pavicevic, Valerie Yue, and Brittney Miles finished first in the 400 yard medley relay with a time of 3:48.00; 0.5 seconds from beating the pool record.
In the individual events, Sophie Francis took first in the 200 yard freestyle with a swim time of 1:53.58. In the 100 yard backstroke, the Triton women took the top three spots with Alana Barthel finishing first posting a 57.67. Barthel also finished first in the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 2:05.06. Katja Pavicevic swam a 1:03.56 in the 100 yard breaststroke to finish first. Pavicevic also finished first in the 200 yard breaststroke, finishing with the time of 2:17.96. Katie Cho swam a 2:05.56 to win the 200 yard butterfly. Jordan Phillips took the 50 yard freestyle with a swim time of 23.88. Tina Reuter swam a 52.40 in the 100 yard freestyle to finish first. Taking the top five spots in the 100 yard butterfly, the Triton women were led by Jordan Phillips, who swam a 55.67 for a first place finish.
Diver Kyland Parenti placed second in the men’s one-meter diving.
UP NEXT
The Triton men will be back home next Friday, Feb. 4th at Canyonview Aquatic Center to host Cal beginning at 2:00 pm.
Courtesy: CBU Athletics
LA JOLLA – The California Baptist University swim and dive teams competed in their final combined event of the regular season on Saturday, traveling south to challenge UC San Diego in La Jolla. The Lancers men competed hard, but the men fell to UCSD 172-117 while the women could not overcome senior day energy from the Tritons, falling by a score of 167-128.
SWIM
The Lancers grabbed a handful of victories between the lanes, including both 200-meter freestyle relay races. Estevao Hornos, Josh Walters, Matthew Niculae, Jacob Leahy took the top time for the men, finishing in one minute and 23.66 seconds, while Mia Maspers, Lauren McKenna, Vianka Hoyer, Hannah Houlton touched first for the women in 1:40.52.
Robert Moseley earned one of the two individual first-place finishes on the men’s side, claiming victory in the 200 individual medley in 1:57.78. Patricia Van Law matched Mosely’s accomplishment in the same race, taking first in her 200 IM event in a time of 2:13.03. Jonathan Reiter won the second, touching first in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 56.75.
Freshman Giulia Decataldo again swept the distance events, taking first in the 500 free in 5:02.92, and the 1,000 in 10:16.26.
DIVE
Lancer diving swept top-honors in La Jolla as Jacob Penman– and Paula De Moya Alvarez collected all four first-place finishes between them. Penman took the 1-meter crown with a score of 263.35 and took it to the next level with a personal-best score of 307.85 in the 3m event. De Moya cleared the field by at least 25 points in both of her efforts, winning the 3m event with a 257.01 before winning the 1m with a tally of 273.35.
UP NEXT
The Lancers dive teams will travel to Colorado Springs to take part in the final regular-season competition of the season; the USAFA Diving Invite from February 3-5. After that, both teams will lock in for four days of madness at the WAC Championships, which is making its return to its normal host site, the University of Houston, from February 23-26.
