Photo Credit: UC Santa Barbara Athletics<\/p>\n
SANTA BARBARA – The UC Santa Barbara swimming and diving teams bested rival UC San Diego in a dual meet Friday night, with the Gaucho men recording a 151-103 victory and the Gaucho women coming out ahead 156-101.<\/p>\n
In an exciting meet featuring one of UCSB’s rivals, UC San Diego, the Gauchos took a commanding lead from the start, winning the meet with an overall score of 301-204, with the men scoring 151-103 and the women scoring 156-101.<\/p>\n
UCSB’s “A” relay consisting of Julia Mikota, Carissa Metcalf, Jaime Dang, and Lauren Vosseler took the first Gaucho win of the day, placing first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:45.72.<\/p>\n
The UCSB men would go on to win the 200 medley relay as well, with the Gauchos’ “A” relay consisting of Mickey Mowry, Andy Castilleja, Yoessef Tibazi, and Wade Allen finishing with a time of 1:32.64.<\/p>\n
Andrew Barmann (9:34.35) and Armen Darbinyan (9:36.93) took one-two in a tight race in the 1000 freestyle.<\/p>\n
The women put up an impressive first through fourth finish in the 200 freestyle. Heren Alanis (1:53.70) took first, followed by Micaela Velasquez (1:54.61), Hollace Barden (1:54.84), and Hope Curran (1:55.06).<\/p>\n
Freshman Billy Mullis (1:41.45) would go on to win the men’s 200 freestyle, with Clayton Young (1:41.61) following closely behind.<\/p>\n
UCSB’s Julia Mikota (57.51) edged out UCSD’s Julia Toronczak (57.81) for a win in the 100 backstroke.<\/p>\n
In the men’s 100 backstroke Dylan Kubick (50.95) would lead a first through third finish for the Gauchos, with Josh Smith (51.74) and Albert Miao (52.13) finishing second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n
Carissa Metcalf (1:04.80) barely out-touched fellow Gaucho Katie Records (1:40.88) for a win in the 100 breaststroke.<\/p>\n
Andy Castilleja (57.55) would go on to also out-touch Triton AJ Zavala (57.85) to take first in the men’s 100 breaststroke. Putnam Browne (57.93) followed closely behind and touched third in the event.<\/p>\n
The Gaucho women would go on to take first through third in the 200 butterfly, led by Heren Alanis (2:05.98). Madision Tedesco (2:09.46) and Jaime Dang (2:10.40) would take second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n
The men followed suit, taking first through fourth in the 200 butterfly. Mickey Mowry (1:48.09) led the pack, followed by Chris Nolan (1:50.09), Andy Lau (1:53.82), and Kevin Mendoza (1:56.11).<\/p>\n
Breaking 24 seconds for the fourth week in a row, Lauren Vosseler (23.88) took first in the 50 freestyle, with Julia Mikota (24.27) taking third.<\/p>\n
Fellow Gaucho seniors Wade Allen (20.99) and Chase Lemley (21.30) took first and second, respectively, in the 50 freestyle.<\/p>\n
After a short break the Gaucho women would continue to take first through fourth in the 100 freestyle. Lauren Vosseler (52.18) led the heat, followed by Kimmie Kreuzberger (53.22), Hollace Barden (53.28), and Hope Curran (53.29).<\/p>\n
Wade Allen (45.87), Chase Lemley (46.74), and Chris Dotson (46.99) would take first through third in the men’s 100 freestyle.<\/p>\n
Billy Mullis (1:51.42) took first in the men’s 200 backstroke, with a strong finish to edge out UCSD’s Michael Cohn (1:51.72).<\/p>\n
The women would take first through third yet again on the 200 breaststroke. Jiana Vargem won the event with a time of 2:20.15, followed by Katie Records (2:20.29) and Alyssa Shew (2:22.05).<\/p>\n
Andy Castilleja (2:04.74) beat out strong UCSD breaststrokers with a first place finish in the men’s 200 breaststroke.<\/p>\n
Heren Alanis won her third event of the day in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:02.24.<\/p>\n
Reid Whaley (4:30.90) and Alyssa Shew (4:32.27) both came back strong for a one-two finish in the 400 IM.<\/p>\n
Dylan Kubick (4:00.40), Gabe Bolender (4:07.34), and Andy Lau (4:07.38) would go on to finish first through third in the men’s 400 IM.<\/p>\n
To finish off the meet, the women’s “A” relay and the men’s “A” and “B” relays were triumphant over UCSD in the 200 free relay.<\/p>\n
Come out to Campus Pool next Friday, Nov. 14 at 1:00 PM to watch UCSB duel Wyoming.<\/p>\n
The UC San Diego men\u2019s and women\u2019s swim teams dropped a pair of dual meets to NCAA Division I foe UC Santa Barbara at UCSB\u2019s Campus Pool on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Scores were 151-103 on the men\u2019s side and 156-101 for the women.<\/p>\n
The UCSD men and women each fell to an even 1-1 on the year. The UCSB men improved to 2-1, while the Gaucho women are now 3-1.<\/p>\n
Triton swimmers turned in the fastest times in four of 28 combined events on the day. Two of them came from true freshmen, as Stephanie Sin went 10:26.84 in the meet\u2019s longest race, the 1000 freestyle, and Julia Toronczak (Santee\/West Hills HS), touched the wall first in 2:04.84 in the 200 backstroke. Sin\u2019s mark in her first collegiate 1000 was an NCAA consideration qualifier, while Toronczak shaved more than a second off of her season best in the 200 back from her Oct. 25 debut.<\/p>\n
\u201cStephanie led from the first 25 (yards) and pretty much dominated the field,\u201d said UCSD women\u2019s head coach Corrie Falcon. \u201cWith her second (place) in the 500 (free, in 5:07.28), it was a very nice meet for her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jaclyn Amog went 57.36 to win the 100 butterfly, achieving an NCAA B cut of her own. Junior co-captain Paul Li was the lone first-place finisher on the men\u2019s side, going 4:36.60 in the 500 free. That was good for another B cut.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaul was head-to-head with the top Santa Barbara swimmers, and given the fact that he was coached last year by Matt (Macedo), there was a bit of a rivalry,\u201d added Falcon. \u201cHe started to pull ahead at the 400 mark and it was a very exciting finish.\u201d<\/p>\n
Macedo was the UCSD men\u2019s head coach for the past three seasons prior to accepting the position of associate head coach at UCSB over the summer.<\/p>\n
Eva Chen, like Amog a fourth-year senior, got her consideration qualifier in the 100 breaststroke with a third-place finish in 1:05.04. Sophomore Austine Lee earned a B cut in second place in the 50 free (24.05), as did the 200 free relay of sophomore Natalie Tang, freshman Angie Phetbenjakul, Lee and Amog in its season debut (1:36.86).<\/p>\n
On the men\u2019s side, sophomore newcomer Michael Cohn (Solana Beach\/Grossmont College) got closer to his consideration qualifier in the 200 back, placing second in a season-best 1:51.72, just .3 seconds behind Gaucho Billy Mullis (1:51.42).<\/p>\n
All told, the Tritons combined for seven NCAA consideration qualifying marks, with six by the women and Li\u2019s 500 for the men. Sin has reached B standards in three events already after just two dual competitions to begin her career, with Friday\u2019s 1000 added to the 200 free and 500 free from UCSD\u2019s season opener on Oct. 25.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really, really happy with how we swam,\u201d concluded Falcon. \u201cWe lost the meet, but we won a few events, and were faster than we were last year in this meet in all but two events. It feels like both the men and women are on track.\u201d<\/p>\n
The UCSD swimmers are now idle from competition to prepare for their top early-season meet annually, the A3 Performance Invitational. The event was formerly called the Arena Invitational. It will take place for a second straight year at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, with UCSD again serving as the host, Nov. 20-22.<\/p>\n
The Triton divers are in action next Friday, Nov. 14, in Redlands for the Bulldog Diving Invite. The meet gets underway at 9 a.m. with the women\u2019s one-meter and men\u2019s three-meter springboard events.<\/p>\n