The No. 22 UCLA Swimming and Diving team won their first home meet of the 2024-25 season at Spieker Aquatics Center on Saturday. The Bruins had 13 event wins en route to a 189-106 win over Arizona in the squad’s first dual meet of the season.
The Bruins started off the session strong, finishing in first and second place in the 400 Medley Relay. The UCLA ‘A’ team of Claudia Yovanovich, Eva Carlson, Emma Harvey, and Gizem Guvenc finished in first place with a time of 3:33.33. The Bruins’ ‘B’ team of Rosie Murphy, Karolina Piechowicz, Joanie Cash, and Sarah Bennetts touched in second place with a time of 3:36.42. The UCLA ‘C’ team of Mia Chang, Emma Matous, Angela Quan, and Anna Wetteland took fifth with a time of 3:41.84.
Beril Bocekler took UCLA’s first event win in the 1000 free with a time of 10:05.23. Guvenc followed suit in the next event, finishing first in the 200 free with a time of 1:46.48. Senior Morgan Hawes took fourth, Josie Arbuckle took fifth, and Ava Lachey finished in eighth. In the 100 backstroke, Harvey and Rosie Murphy took first and second place, recording times of 52.50 and 54.34 respectively.
Senior Ana Jih-Schiff took her first event win in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 59.47. Piechowicz took third place in the event with a time of 1:00.22. Carlson took fourth and Bennetts took fifth in the event.
On a day when UCLA honored 13 graduating seniors, the Bruins swept the podium in the 200 fly, with senior Paige MacEachern taking first place in a time of 1:58.26. Chang took second place in 2:00.45, and Ashley Kolessar finished in third with a time of 2:01.31.
Jih-Schiff continued her dominant performance in the 50 freestyle, winning the event in 22.79.
After the diving break, the Bruins continued to find success in the pool. Guvenc won the 100 free in 49.21 and Bennetts took second with a time of 49.80.
UCLA recorded another sweep in the 200 back. Murphy took first with a time of 1:55.75, Chang finished second with a time of 1:59.08, and Andrews rounded out the top three with a time of 2:00.17.
In her final individual race at Spieker Aquatics Center, Harvey took first place in the 100 butterfly with a time of 52.56. MacEachern followed suit, winning the 200 IM with a time of 1:59.71.
The Bruins rounded out the day by winning the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:29.12. The ‘A’ team that won the event consisted of Harvey, Bennetts, Guvenc, and Jih-Schiff.
Arizona’s Malia Rausch won the 500 free in 4:47.13.
Brooke Early won 1-meter diving with 298.45 points and 3-meter with 294.90.
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