DAVIS, California, October 24. THE UC Davis men's and women's swimming and diving teams defeated UC Santa Cruz Saturday in a dual meet at Schaal Aquatics Center in Davis, Calif. The men's squad won by a score of 146-134 in their first meet of the 2009-10 season, while the women picked up their first win of the year with a score of 157-131.
The Aggies got off to a strong start with both 200 medley relay squads coming in first place. The women's "A" relay of Linda Hermann, Morgan Lee, Jenah Dawson and Kayleigh Foley clocked in at 1:52.90 while the men's "A" squad of Daniel Donnelly, Keegan Groot, Adam Yen and Russ Underwood recorded a first-place time of 1:35.52.
In the 1000 freestyle, Kathryn Jovino took first place with a time of 11:07.67 and Alex Wells was second (11:23.80). For the men, Adam Borchard and Matt Herman claimed the top two spots with times of 9:35.19 and 9:46.24, respectively.
UC Davis picked up another first-place finish in the 200 free. Bridget Bugbee recorded a time of 1:56.40 to take the win and Buffy Ajimura placed second with a season-best time of 1:58.49. Grace Benefield placed fourth with a time of 2:01.94. Jason Singh won the 200 free for the men in his Aggie debut with a time of 1:46.20 and Jordan Lager finished just behind him in second with a time of 1:46.41. Ed Morrison was third at 1:46.91.
UC Santa Cruz' first win of the day was in the 100 back where Shelby Burman clocked in at 1:02.33 to win the race. Samantha Lougee finished in second with a season-best time of 1:02.99. Samantha Capozzo was fourth (1:04.40). For the men, Scott Weltz won the 100 back with a time of 51.56 while Jimmy Fong was second (52.45). Alex Daneke finished third with a time of 52.68.
Linda Hermann won the 100 breaststroke for the UC Davis women with a time of 1:09.11. Alyssa Britt finished second (1:10.05) and Julie Peri was third with a season-best time of 1:10.20. Keegan Groot led the men's side with a first-place time of 59.55. Junior Kyle Anderson finished just behind him with a time of 1:00.78 and Zach Hansen was third (1:02.19).
Dawson had a season-best time of 2:10.57 in the 200 fly to win the event for the women. Jen Cadmus finished third with a time of 2:16.56. For the men, Donnelly, Yen and Jeremy Smith took the top three spots in the event. Donnelly finished in first with a time of 1:51.99 while Yen and Smith made their UC Davis debuts and finished in second and third, respectively.
Foley won the 50 freestyle for the second time this season with a time of 25.02. Capozzo finished second (25.22) while Bender finished third (25.69). Underwood won his first individual event of the day with a time of 21.63 while sophomore Derek Baldwin recorded a time of 22.22 to finish second.
Foley's second win of the day came in the 100 free where she clocked in at 53.37. Katelyn Griffin came in second with a season-best time of 54.41 and Dawson was third at 54.83. Underwood was the men's event winner in a time of 47.24 while Baldwin and Morrison finished second and third. Freshman Josef Stitts made his Aggie debut and clocked in at 49.82.
Lougee took first in the 200 back with a season-best time of 2:14.41 while Grace Benefield was second with a time of 2:15.19. Alex Wells finished fourth. UC Santa Cruz' Isaac Kim was the men's winner with a time of 2:00.91.
In the 200 breaststroke, Peri won her first event of the year with a personal-best time of 2:30.26. The Slugs' Sugeera Eckley finished second and Bender was third at 2:32.11.
Paul Navo led the men's divers with a first place finish in the 1-meter event and a score of 281.70, while Jason Andrade came in second on the high board with a score of 226.43. UC Santa Cruz won the 1-meter women's diving event with Lynn Meissner's score of 207.38 and the men's 3-meter diving as Alexander Garcia scored a 253.20. Shiree Segev was the Aggies' top scorer with a score of 200.63. The women took the top three spots on the high board, with Jennifer Meyer leading the way with a score of 213.43.
The men's and women's swim teams will return to Schaal Aquatics Center to host Seattle Saturday, Oct. 31 at 11:00 a.m.
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