UCSD hosted their annual Winter Invitational, and it was a great success with records being shattered and many amazing swims. Both the men's and women's teams took home 1st place with UCSD coming out on top with a total of 1,789 points, finishing well ahead of 2nd-placed Arizona State University by 570.5 points. 

 

This meet witnessed some amazing relays with all 6 relays being won by the team. New team and meet records in the following relays were set:

Bryan Liu, Eric Wang, Kai Zeger, Ryan Lee - Men's 200 Medley relay (1:35.79), team and meet record

Erin Swift, Ryan Henry, Kaitlyn Chu, Morgan Rummelhoff - Women's 200 Free Relay (1:45.37), team record

Ryan Henry, Kaitlyn Chu, Monica Rabin, Morgan Rummelhoff - Women's 400 free relay (3:55.32), team and meet record

 

Individually, many swimmers on both sides had some amazing swims.

On the women's side:

Kaitlyn Chu - 200 freestyle (2:04.59), 1st place

Erin Swift - 100 butterfly (1:01.01), 100 backstroke (1:01.72) - meet and team record

Marli Bannai - 50 freestyle (25.71), 100 breaststroke (1:15.59), 1st place

Yu Ishii - 50 backstroke (29.17) - meet record

 

On the men's side:

Kai Zeger - 50 breaststroke (26.60) - team record, 2nd place, 50 butterfly (23.11) - meet and team record

Eric Wang - 200 breaststroke (2:12.10), meet and team record

Bryan Liu - 50 backstroke (25.22), 1st place

Dylan Oquendo - 100 breaststroke (59.49), meet record

Mei Fukushima - 100 IM (55.01), meet record

Andrew Wong - 200 butterfly (2:02.35), 1st place

Seth Washabaugh - 400 IM (4:49.25), team record

 

Overall both sides had some amazing swims and dropped time in their events, with lifetime best times for many swimmers. The team is training very hard to compete at CCS Nationals and are looking forward to the meet!!