Cal State Bakersfield Sprint Classic
- Oct. 18, 2019
- Bakersfield, California
- Men: UC Santa Barbara 597.3, Cal State Bakersfield 589.2, Cal Baptist 547.1
- Women: UC Santa Barbara 597.4, CSU Bakersfield 562.7, Cal Baptist 541.5, San Jose State 544.8, Dixie State 517.6
- Results
Courtesy: UC Santa Barbara Athletics
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara men’s and women’s swim teams both collected wins this afternoon at CSU Bakersfield, dominating the field which included CSU Bakersfield, Cal Baptist, San Jose State, and Dixie.
The men won with 569 points and the women racked up 588, more than double the points compiled by the second-place team. Santa Barbara’s men had four first place, three second place, and five first place wins, and the women had seven first place, three second place, and five third place victories.
Gaucho head coach Matt Macedo praised his team for their strong performance despite having so many races in such a short amount of time. “The coaching staff asked a lot of the team today as everyone had three to four swims in a two-and-a-half-hour time span and the team responded with some strong swims. We could see the team starting to wear down as the meet went on, but we wanted to see what we could do while tired and we saw some fast swimming which was our goa. Our depth really came through today,” said Macedo.
This depth was seen in the men’s 400 IM, in which Gauchos won first, second, and third place. In both the women’s 50 Fly and 50 Free, four Gauchos finished in the top five, and in the 50 Back, the top five finishers were all Gauchos.
Senior Doug Nogueira, fresh off of his selection as the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Athlete of the Week, had another standout performance. Nogueira won first place in the 100 IM with a time of 51.13 and second place in the 400 IM with a time of 4:00.15.
Jolen Griffin, a junior, also had a successful day, finishing second in the 50 Back (23.45) and third in the 50 Fly (22.54).
Dominic Falcon and Marcello Quarante also collected first place victories, Falcon in the 400 IM (3:59.05) and Quarante in the 50 Breast (26.33). Daniel Marella earned 37 points, the third most on the team, by getting third place in the 400 IM with a time of 4:05.10 and fifth in the 100 IM (53.37).
The Gauchos also had success in the relays, as Santa Barbara’s “A” team took home a win in the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:23.66.
For the women, Zoe Cosgrove had an impressive performance, winning first in the 50 Back (25.95) and the 100 IM (57.51), in which she finished more than two seconds before than the second-place finisher.
Senior Emily Ward finished first in the 50 Free (24.29) and second in the 50 Back (26.21).
Gauchos Brittney Straw, Bryn McGowan, Tara Middleton, and Leah Coffin each had third place finishes as well.
Santa Barbara’s women dominated the relays, taking first place and three of the top four spots in the 200 Medley Relay, as well as two of the top four spots, including first place, in both the 200 and 800 Free Relay.
Macedo has high hopes as the Gauchos return to action tomorrow at the Roadrunner Invitational. “We have a very different meet lineup so we hope to see the group step up again tomorrow,” he said.
The Roadrunner Invitational begins at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow at CSU Bakersfield.
Courtesy: Cal State Bakersfield Athletics
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – CSU Bakersfield’s swimming teams kicked off their home schedule with an afternoon of sprint action on Friday. The Roadrunners hosted the CSUB Sprint Classic at the Hillman Aquatic Center while both the men’s and women’s squads finished second of five teams.
“Sometimes when you have such a high in the very beginning of the season,” said Chris Hansen, CSUB’s Director of Swimming, “then the hard work comes and you get tired and break down. We’re not sure how they will handle it, but I have been pleasantly surprised!”
Men
Hansen highlighted the top performers for Bakersfield’s men: “Kris Rogic won the 50 back and his leadoff in the 800 free relay is bigger than I ever expected. He’s definitely going to be first in the WAC with that time.” Hansen went on to say that Rogic’s mark is the lowest dual-meet time for a `Runner since Bakersfield’s last All-American, Mitchell Huxhold.
In the 50 back, Rogic out-touched UCSB’s Jolen Griffin by three hundredths of a second with a winning time of 23.42. Leading off the 800 free relay team, the junior swam his leg in 1:39.18 while guiding the `Runner men to a time of 6:44.26, best in the field by almost a second and a half.
Hansen continued on to discuss the relay team’s success: “Kris, Linus Richter, Loren Gillilan, and Ryan Brimer really swam a good in-season time for us. It’s good to see people like Linus step up and want that fourth spot. It’s a wide open spot right now and Linus made a pretty big jump today after not making the conference team last year.”
Gillilan also posted a time of 22.02 in the 50 fly, earning CSUB’s second individual victory of the Sprint Classic.
Women
“Jayssie Haynes won the 400 IM and Autumn D’Arcy won the 50 fly,” Hansen said of his top female performers. “Those were our biggest swims, but everywhere I look, I keep seeing Maya Valdoria‘s name popping up. She’s winning her heats and doing so well; this is her year for sure. I’m pretty pumped. As a whole, I’m excited for our women’s team.”
In the 400 IM, Haynes swam a season-best 4:27.73 to win the event. Freshman Mikayla Popham was just a couple seconds behind at 4:30.97 to place fourth. Popham, a native of Sunshine Coast, Australia, also swam a strong leadoff time of 1:52.67 in the 800 free relay, impressing her coach on Friday.
Valdoria, a junior from Cerritos, Calif., posted times of 1:01.76 in the 100 IM and 27.06 in the 50 fly. Hansen also complimented the efforts of sophomore Tabea Mose. The native of Germany went 24.75 in the 50 free and 27.21 in the 50 back while helping the 200 free relay team finish second with a time of 1:46.77.
Tomorrow
The `Runners will return to the pool at the Hillman Aquatic Center on Saturday for Day 2 of CSUB’s home meet, known as the Roadrunner Invite. The first race of the day begins at 10 a.m. here in Bakersfield. Admission is free to all fans.
Courtesy: Cal Baptist Athletics
BAKERSFIELD – Twelve top-five swims highlighted California Baptist University’s second meet of the season at the CSU Bakersfield Sprint Classic on Friday afternoon.
Jacob Leahy, Sean Foster, Josh Walters, and Robert Moseley led the Lancers at CSU Bakersfield’s John S. Hillman Memorial Aquatic Center. CBU totaled 547.1 points, while UC Santa Barbara finished first (597.3), and host CSUB took second (589.2).
CBU will take part in the Roadrunner Invite at CSU Bakersfield, while its divers will make their season debut at the Lancer Diving Invite at the Lancer Aquatics Center on Saturday. Both events begin at 10 a.m.
Leahy, Foster, Walters, and Matthew Niculae won the 200-yard medley relay in one minute, 31.39 seconds. It helped continue a hot start to the season for Leahy, who added a win in the 50 free and a runner-up finish in the 50 butterfly before the day was done.
Leahy took second in the 50 fly in 22.19 seconds and won the 50 free in 21.02. He actually swam the 50 free faster at 20.68 on the leadoff leg of the 200-free relay. It was just .03 of a second off his CBU personal best of 20.65, which ranks sixth in CBU’s history.
CBU took fourth in the 200-free relay (1:24.79), with Walters, Colton Babcock, and Kyle White swimming with Leahy. The Lancers’ team Moseley, Niculae, Adityastha Wratsangka, and Babcock took third in the 800-free relay (7:00.17).
Foster added CBU’s fourth top-two swim in the 50 breaststroke, with a time of 26.64. He also took fourth in the 100 individual medley (53.27).
Three Lancers secured top-five spots in the 50 back, with Walters (24.09), Moseley (24.14), and Trent Itow (24.38) finishing back-to-back-to-back from third through fifth. Moseley also took fourth in the 400 IM (4:05.94), while Walters finished fifth in the 50 fly (22.71).
All three relay teams secured top-five finishes for the California Baptist women at CSU Bakersfield’s Sprint Classic on Friday afternoon.
The Lancers’ 200-yard freestyle relay team of Hannah Parson, Hannah Houlton, Rita Smirnova, and Isabella Rhodes produced the highlight of the day by taking third in one minute, 38.29 seconds. It helped put CBU in third place out of the five teams in attendance, with 541.5 points.
UC Santa Barbara took first with 597.4 points, and host CSU Bakersfield (562.7) took second. San Jose State took fourth (544.8), and Dixie State came in fifth (517.6).
CBU will take part in the Roadrunner Invite at CSU Bakersfield, while its divers will make their season debut at the Lancer Diving Invite at the Lancer Aquatics Center on Saturday. Both events begin at 10 a.m.
The Lancers produced three other top-five swims on Friday. Emily Longfellow, Faith Brazil, Nicole Cienega, and Rhodes took fifth in the 200-medley relay (1:49.26), while CBU’s Mackenzie Degn, Cienega, Kylie Morrison, and Rebeca Oviedo did the same in the 800-free relay (7:56.64).
True freshman Lauren McKenna had the only individual top-five swim in the 100 individual medley (1:00.76). Fellow freshman Brazil finished right behind her in sixth place (1:00.85). Rhodes added a sixth-place swim in the 50 free (24.56), while Oviedo took eighth in the 400 IM (4:36.85).
