Club Swim officially competed in their first travel meet of the season at the UCLA Invite. The meet was met with amazing success, with great swims by many swimmers and new team records being set. Many more swimmers were able to qualify for Nationals, indicating just how much hard work they have been putting in this season so far, with many more meets to come next quarter. All the relays finished in the top 10, showcasing the incredible depth of this team and vast plethora of swimmers the team is pleased to have this year! 

                

Here are some highlights of the relays: 

--Women’s 200 Medley Relay Team A placed 2nd, just marginally finishing behind Cal Berkeley. 

--Men’s 200 Medley Relay Team A and B finished 1st and 5th, respectively

--Women’s 200 Free Relay Team A placed 2nd, once again marginally finishing behind Cal Berkeley. 

--Men’s 200 Free Relay Team A and B once again finished 1st and 5th, respectively, with the A team coming very close to breaking the team record. 

                

Here are some highlights of outstanding individual swims: 

--Ana Maynez - Women’s 200 Freestyle: 4th place (2:04.80), Women’s 500 Freestyle: 3rd place (5:31.30)

--Devin Churning-Sibert - Men’s 200 Freestyle: 3rd place (1:49.26)

--Matthew Swida - Men’s 200 Freestyle: 4th place (1:49.36), Men’s 500 Freestyle: 2nd place (5:01.41)

--Kai Zeger - Men’s 50 Breaststroke: 1st place (26.75), Men’s 50 Fly: 5th place (23.76)

--Garrett Feng - Men’s 50 Breaststroke: 2nd place (27.01), Men’s 100 Breaststroke: 3rd place (1:01.04)

--Dylan Oquendo - Men’s 50 Breaststroke: 3rd place (27.31), Men’s 200 Breaststroke: 4th place (2:14.04); Men’s 100 Breaststroke: 2nd place (59.67)

--Erin Swift - Women’s 100 Fly: 2nd place (1:00.36), Women’s 100 Backstroke: 1st place (1:00.06), Women’s 100 IM: 1st place (1:03.42 - team record)

--Ryan Henry - Women’s 100 Fly: 3rd place (1:03.56)

--Ryan Zhao - Men’s 100 Fly: 2nd place (52.47), Men’s 50 Fly: 2nd place (23.45), Men’s 100 Freestyle: 1st place (48.91)

--Sophia Roth - Women’s 200 Backstroke: 1st place (2:20.54), Women’s 100 Back (1:04.52)

--Dylan Shafer - Men’s 200 Backstroke: 4th place (2:16.87)

--Marli Bannai - Women’s 50 Freestyle: 5th place (25.79)

--Ryan Lee - Men’s 50 Freestyle: 1st place (21.03 - team record), Men’s 50 Fly: 1st place (23.04 - team record), Men’s 50 Backstroke: 1st place (24.76)

--Morgan Rummelhoff - Women’s 200 IM: 2nd place (2:20.03), Women’s 100 IM: 2nd place (1:04.01)

--Maia Colobong - Women’s 200 Breaststroke: 3rd place (2:41.27)

--Titus Ng - Men’s 100 Backstroke: 3rd place (57.50)

--Regine Valdez - Women’s 200 Fly: 1st place (2:29.75 - team record)

 

The team is very excited to compete in more meets next quarter as they build towards Nationals in April! Go Tritons!!