(l-r) Reyna, Smith, Madden, Cloutier: PCSC Champs and UCSC Record holders
School Record Relay highlights first day at PCSC Championships
2/8/2023 10:00:00 PM | Women's Swim and Dive, Men's Swim and Dive
Men first, women in third after first day
MONTEREY PARK - UC Santa Cruz opened in style at the 2023 Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Championships.Â
A school record in the men's 800 Free Relay helped give the men the early lead in the conference race.
The men finished with 242 points, 34 points better than second-place Biola. The women are in fourth with 200.5 points, 5.5 points behind third place Biola.
The quartet of Massimo Reyna, Briggs Cloutier, John Madden, and Samuel Smith won with a time of 6:41.41, 4.2 seconds better than Biola. It was also a new school record, 2.8 seconds better than the mark set in 2009.
Other highlights included Adam Shaaban placing third in the 1000 Free in 9:44.56, leading a quartet of Banana Slugs in the event as Smith, Presley Golling, and Judah Good were fourth, fifth, and sixth respectively. The 200 Medley Relay of Ethan Porter, Joseph Guzman, Aaron Wu, and Drake Southern placed second in 1:33.86, less than a second behind Biola. Andrew Keidel and Joel Akey finished 2-3 in the 1-meter Dive.
For the women, Coralie Norenberg, Megan Deevy, Maddy Gruender, and Tereza Shea placed fifth in the 200 Medley Relay in 1:48.04. Gruender, Shea, Piper Stickler and Emerald Kwang were also fifth in the 800 Free Relay in 7:45.38.
The Championships continue on Thursday starting at 9:30am with preliminaries in the 50 Free, 500 Free and the 200 IM.
A school record in the men's 800 Free Relay helped give the men the early lead in the conference race.
The men finished with 242 points, 34 points better than second-place Biola. The women are in fourth with 200.5 points, 5.5 points behind third place Biola.
The quartet of Massimo Reyna, Briggs Cloutier, John Madden, and Samuel Smith won with a time of 6:41.41, 4.2 seconds better than Biola. It was also a new school record, 2.8 seconds better than the mark set in 2009.
Other highlights included Adam Shaaban placing third in the 1000 Free in 9:44.56, leading a quartet of Banana Slugs in the event as Smith, Presley Golling, and Judah Good were fourth, fifth, and sixth respectively. The 200 Medley Relay of Ethan Porter, Joseph Guzman, Aaron Wu, and Drake Southern placed second in 1:33.86, less than a second behind Biola. Andrew Keidel and Joel Akey finished 2-3 in the 1-meter Dive.
For the women, Coralie Norenberg, Megan Deevy, Maddy Gruender, and Tereza Shea placed fifth in the 200 Medley Relay in 1:48.04. Gruender, Shea, Piper Stickler and Emerald Kwang were also fifth in the 800 Free Relay in 7:45.38.
The Championships continue on Thursday starting at 9:30am with preliminaries in the 50 Free, 500 Free and the 200 IM.
Players Mentioned
Diving
/ Women's Swim and Dive
/ Women's Swim and Dive
Breast/ Free
/ Women's Swim and Dive
Distance Free
/ Women's Swim and Dive
Fly
/ Women's Swim and Dive
Free/Back
/ Women's Swim and Dive
breaststroke/freestyle
/ Women's Swim and Dive
/ Women's Swim and Dive
Free
/ Women's Swim and Dive
/ Women's Swim and Dive
Short Free and Backstroke
/ Women's Swim and Dive
Back/IM
/ Women's Swim and Dive
Free
/ Men's Swim and Dive
Distance/IM
/ Women's Swim and Dive
Sprint Free
/ Women's Swim and Dive
200 & 500 Freestyle
/ Women's Swim and Dive
/ Women's Swim and Dive
Distance Free
/ Women's Swim and Dive
/ Women's Swim and Dive
