San Jose State, Cal State East Bay vs. UC Santa Cruz

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SANTA CRUZ, California, October 8. DIVER Jessica Holden qualified for the 2011 NCAA Zone Championships with a school record performance and Heather Denman finished first in three races leading San Jose State University to dual meet women's swimming victories over UC Santa Cruz and Cal State East Bay.

The Spartans (2-1) had a first-place finisher in the 12 events in which scoring was kept and the three exhibition races. San Jose State easily topped UC Santa Cruz, 176-91, and Cal State East Bay, 182-67.

Holden, a sophomore from Fair Oaks, Calif., scored 290.7 for six dives in the 1-meter competition easily besting her 2010 top mark of 270.30 and teammate Amy Kilby's 286.05 at last January's University of San Diego Invitational.

"It was a standout performance and it was great for Jessica to qualify this early in the season for the Zone meet," said San Jose State head coach Sage Hopkins. "Jessica's made tremendous improvement. We expected her to do well and it's great for her to do this well."

Denman, a junior from Brookville, Md., and Amy Friedhoff, a sophomore from Federal Way, Wash., were the day's multiple-event winners. Denman touched first in the 100 back in 1:00.05, 100 butterfly in 57.02 and the 200 individual medley in 2:08.89. Friedhoff finished ahead of the pack in the 200 freestyle in 1:53.63 and the 200 backstroke in 2:10.32.

Megan Mills in the 1000 freestyle, Darcie Anderson in the 100 breaststroke, Julia Craddock in the 200 butterfly, Marisa DeWames in the 50 freestyle, Caitlin Macky in the 200 breaststroke, Kiley Foster in the 100 freestyle, and Julia Koch in the 500 free also were individual winners for San Jose State. The Spartans also were first in the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays.

"We worked very hard all the way around," said a pleased Hopkins about the Spartans' second weekend of dual meet action.

San Jose State returns to action, Friday, October 15 for the two-day, three-session Stanford/San Jose State Invite at the Avery Aquatic Center on the Stanford University campus.

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