TUCSON, AZ, February 12. ARIZONA\u2019S No. 6 Arizona women\u2019s swimming and diving team and the No. 8 men\u2019s team defeated intrastate rival Arizona State Saturday for the final home meet of the season, per Wildcat and Sun Devil sources. <\/p>\n
The women downed ASU 165-126 and the men cruised by the Sun Devils 172-118.<\/p>\n
The women won a total of 10 events and posted one exhibition time that was good enough to take first-place. Beginning with the 200-yard medley relay, a team composed of junior Jenna Gresdal, junior Erin Sieper, sophomore Whitney Myers and freshman Courtney Cashion won with a time of 1:42.88. Senior Emily Mason took first-place in the 1000 freestyle (10:10.79) and in the 200 freestyle, freshman Lacey Nymeyer finished first (1:49.63) while senior Jessica Hayes was second (1:50.83) and junior Katie Willis finished third (1:52.98). <\/p>\n
Gresdal won the 100 backstroke with a time of 55.60 and junior Marshi Smith finished third (56.34). Mason posted her second individual victory in the 200 butterfly (2:02.39) and Myers finished second (2:03.19). Cashion, Gresdal and junior Ryann Hackett took the top-three spots in the 50 freestyle as Cashion finished first (23.61), Gresdal was second (23.78) and Hackett was third (24.25). Nymeyer won the 100 freestyle with a time of 50.56 and classmate Cashion finished second (50.68) while Hayes came in third (52.00). Smith won the 200 backstroke (2:00.92) with Hayes and Gresdal finishing second and third. <\/p>\n
Nymeyer swam exhibition in the 500 freestyle finishing with a time of 4:58.55, which was good enough to beat the winning time of 5:01.11. In the 200 individual medley, Mason finished second (2:04.95) and Myers was third (2:05.48). For the final swimming event of the afternoon, the 200 free relay team of Smith, Cashion, Hayes and Nymeyer won with a time of 1:34.14.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a very good meet,\u201d said head swimming coach Frank Busch. \u201cThe kids were really ready to compete and I really feel that we are in a good position going into the Pac-10 Championships.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Sun Devils were lead by bright, shining star senior Agnes Kovacs, who swam to three individual first-place finishes in her last dual meet as a Sun Devil. She won both breaststrokes and the 200 IM, at 1:02.25, 2:14.17 and 2:03.19, respectively. With a resume of Olympic and World championships, as well as multiple school records, she will be hard for Coach Michael Chasson to replace in the ASU program.<\/p>\n
In the diving well for the Wildcats, senior Claire Febvay won the 1-meter competition with 281.25 points. Senior Daniela Bemme finished third in the competition (280.28 points) and senior Megan Chambers was fourth (263.93 points). Febvay finished second in the 3-meter competition (277.35 points) while Bemme, Chambers and sophomore Megan MacDonald took the third, fourth and fifth place positions.<\/p>\n
ASU\u2019s Trisha Tumilinson won the 3-M springboard over Febvay with 287.63 points.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really wanted the team to raise up to the occasion and dive up to the competition,\u201d said head diving coach Michele Mitchell-Rocha. \u201cMegan Chambers had the meet of her life today and I am really proud of the overall effort from the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s team won 11 total events and posted three exhibition times that were fast enough to take first-place. Freshman Gerhard Zandberg made his debut as a Wildcat in the 200 medley relay along with teammates junior Dave Rollins, junior Lyndon Ferns and freshman Jonas Persson who won with a time of 1:30.27. <\/p>\n
\u201cGerhard is a little tired after this meet,\u201d said Busch. \u201cHe hasn\u2019t had any opportunities to swim competitively yet this season, but he is going to be a huge asset to this team.\u201d <\/p>\n
Freshman Matt Biel dominated the 1000 freestyle as he won the race with a time of 9:10.67. Junior Tyler DeBerry won the 200 freestyle (1:39.76) and sophomore Adam Ritter finished third (1:40.95). Junior Simon Burnett posted the fourth first-place finish for the men\u2019s team by winning the 100 backstroke (49.44) while Zandberg finished second (50.79) and sophomore Nate Rothman came in third (51.56). <\/p>\n
Freshman Ivan Barnes won the 100 breaststroke (56.44), as Rollins and senior Nate Stevens finished second and third. Ferns and Burnett took the top-two positions in the 50 freestyle. Ferns won with a time of 20.22 and Burnett finished second (20.83). Zandberg posted his first individual win in the 100y freestyle (46.42) with Rollins and Persson finishing second and third. <\/p>\n
Freshman Nick Thoman won the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:49.33 and Burnett finished second (1:51.28). Rollins finished first in the 200 individual medley (1:51.39) and Ritter finished third (1:53.90). For the final event of the day, the 200 free relay team composed of Ferns, Burnett, Persson and senior Byron Jeffers won with a time of 1:24.34.<\/p>\n
On the diving side for the men, junior John Collier won the 3-meter competition, beating the defending NCAA Champion Joona Puhakka with 368.47 points. Collier finished second to Puhakka on the 1-meter (367.35 to 353.10 points) and freshman Jeff Hagedon finished third on both boards. <\/p>\n
\u201cJohn had an outstanding day,\u201d said Mitchell-Rocha. \u201cJoona is an NCAA champion and beating him was a great way to end the regular season going into the Pac-10 Championships.<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s swimming team and both diving teams will travel to Seattle, Wash. February 23-27 to compete at the 2005 Pac-10 Championships. The men\u2019s swimming team returns to action March 2-6 for the 2005 Pac-10 Championships in Long Beach, Calif.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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