Pac-12 Weekly Swim Recaps: Cal men, women win big; Utah 2nd at FGCU Classic

amy-bilquist-
Cal's Amy Bilquist. Photo Courtesy: 10 08:38:23

By Dan D’Addona.

Amy Bilquist, Marina Garcia and Celina Li each won two events as the Cal women’s swimming and diving team team opened its dual season with a 163-88 at Oregon State.

Li’s victories came in the 100 freestyle (51.19) and 500 freestyle (4:56.82), while Garcia earned victories in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.39) and 200 breaststroke (2:18.09) and Bilquist swept the 100 backstroke (54.07) and 200 backstroke (1:56.21).

The Golden Bears claimed victory in all 14 races, which included wins by a trio of freshmen — Chenoa Devine in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:02.12), Maddie Murphy in the 100-yard butterfly (54.55) and Keaton Blovad in the 200-yard individual medley (2:04.63). Kristen Vredeveld won the 200 freestyle (1:50.57) and Katie McLaughlin won the 200 butterfly (1:59.14).

Cal men roll past Pacific

The Cal men defeated Pacific 172-52 in their season opener.

Freshman Michael Jensen won the 200 freestyle (1:36.27) and the 100 freestyle (43.22) to lead the Golden Bears.

Freshman Andy Song picked up his first collegiate win with a victory in the 100 backstroke (49.95) and junior Connor Hoppe, the defending Pac-12 champion in the 100 breaststroke, won the event in 53.87. Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year Andrew Seliskar pulled away for a convincing win in the 200 butterfly (1:45.65) and defending Pac-12 champion Justin Lynch claimed the 50 freestyle (19.95).

Sophomore Mike Thomas picked up a win in the 200 backstroke (1:46.64). Senior Hunter Cobleigh won the 200 breaststroke (2:00.62). Nick Norman won the 1,000 freestyle (9:12.93) and 500 freestyle (4:26.99).

Lynch earned his second victory in the 100 butterfly (47.50) and Thomas closed the day’s scoring out with the top time in the 200 IM (1:56.15).

Utah 2nd at Florida Gulf Coast Classic

The Utah men finished second overall during the two-day Florida Gulf Coast Classic, with the women placing fifth.

Jack Burton took the top spot in both the 100 (54.86) and 200 breaststrokes (2:00.6) while, on the women’s side, Stina Colleou took third in the 100 breast (1:03.96) and second in the 200 breast (2:17.51).

Liam O’Haimhirgin won the 100 free, touching in 45.25.

In the 400 IM, Ethan Dillard took third with a time of 4:01. Dillard later took second in the 100 IM (51.12) and the 200 IM (1:51.18).

Rahiti De Vos was second in the 200 free touching in at 1:38. Sarah Lott also took second in the event (1:50.57) for the women’s team. In the 500 free, De Vos took second with a time of 4:28.70, while Anderson took fourth (5:00.56) for the women.

The Utes also competed in the Intermountain Shootout with two top finishes by Matteo Sogne and Chris Taber. Sogne took first in the 500 free touching in at 4:33.81 while Taber was first in the 200 fly (1:50.49).

Arizona cruises past Hawaii, Northern Arizona

Arizona men’s and women’s swimming and diving swept the first meet of the season in Flagstaff. The women were victorious against NAU, 222-77 and Hawaii, 232-68. The men defeated Hawaii, 192-105.

For the women, sophomore Annie Ochitwa stood out winning in each of her four events, two individual and two relay. She placed first in the 50 free with 23.24, two-tenths of a second ahead of teammate Morgan Ginnis. Ochitwa also won the 100 fly with 54.39.

The sophomore swam the third leg for the winning 200 medley relay team with Katrina Konopka, Mallory Korenwinder and Ginnis (1:41.46). Later, with Ginnis, Ashley Sutherland and Hannah Cox, Ochitwa also won the 400 free relay (3:24.24).

Taylor Garcia won the 100 backstroke (54.98).

Freshman Cox had a strong performance in her first collegiate meet. She won two individual events and was runner-up in another. Cox outswam freshman Kirsten Jacobsen by one-tenth of a second to win the 500 free (4:59.60) and placed first in the 200 free (1:50.77). The freshman also took second in the 1,000 free with 10:20.53.

For the men, sophomore Parks Jones was victorious in each of his two events, both were close races. He also placed first in 400 free relay. Jones won the 200 free with 1:40.92, out-touching Hawaii by five-hundredths of a second. The sophomore also took first in the 100 free (45.97), beating out teammate Nicholas Magana by eight-hundredths of a second.

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use

0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x