UC Santa Cruz Swimming and Diving closed their regular season with their annual Senior Day as they faced Division I Cal Poly.
It was the last home meet for sixteen student-athletes. The Banana Slugs celebrating their last time at the East Pool were
Joel Akey,
Jonathan Andrews,
Jimmy Costello,
Pia Davila,Â
Daniel Fuentes,
Judah Good,
Maddy Gruender,
Trayton Heinzen,
Andrew Keidel,
Kate Kramer,
Sarah Krawczyk,
Emerald Kwang,
Marie Lucquet,
Ethan Porter,
Brecken Theders and
Quincy Timmerman.
The Banana Slugs won two events on Saturday.
Coralie Norenberg and
Tereza Shea placed first and second in the 50 Free Sprint, and also winning was the women's 400 Free Relay of Norenberg, Gruender, Shea and
Kaitlyn Armstrong.
"It was a heartwarming day where we got the opportunity to honor our 16 graduating seniors," said head coach Matt Crawford. "We had a great meet against a D1 opponent.
Coralie Norenberg was the lone individual even winner today, winning the 50 free in a time of 24.80.Â
Maddy Gruender's 200 free was also a standout on the women's side, as was
Honour Dufresne's 1000 free. Honour is the first Slug to break the 11:00 barrier this season. And the women's 400 free relay won by two body lengths, putting down the 6th fastest time in program history, and the fastest ever done in practice suits."
Standouts on the men's side included
Charlie Hussain going 47.33 in the 100 free, a lifetime best. Â
Morgan Madril was a runner up in the 100 Fly with a time of 50.65.
"Morgan's 100 fly was outstanding, with the closest any of the Slugs came to a first place finish today," Crawford said. "And finally,
Judah Good's last 400 IM in his home pool is a season best."Â
The Banana Slugs will compete next at the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference championship in Los Angeles February 14-17.