SANTA CRUZ, Ca. – The UC Santa Cruz men's and women's swim and dive team showed well on day one of the 2024 Slug Shootout in their home pool on Friday afternoon. The Banana Slugs hosted student-athletes from Cal State East Bay, Azusa Pacific, Fresno Pacific, Southwestern Oregon, the College of Idaho, and The Master's University.
Women's Swim and Dive Highlights
- 400 Medley Relay: Maddy Gruender, Lily Wolfinger, Kirsten Boyle, and Katy Hawk combined for a time of 4:03.09 to take third overall.
- 1000 Freestyle: Piper Stickler lowered their time in the event from last weekend, dropping over 1.5 seconds for a time of 11:08.08 to take fourth.
- 100 Breast: Lily Wolfinger took third overall, dropping 0.57 seconds off her seed time to finish in 1:08.63.
- 50 Free: The trio of Katy Hawk, Keaton Canaday, and Phoebe Jaggers all dropped time from their seed times, finishing in 25.04s, 25.05s, and 25.07s, respectively to take sixth through eighth with Tereza Shea also swimming well, touching the wall in 25.30 seconds to take ninth.
- 1m Dive: Briseis Valenzuela took second place with 217.10 points.
- 400 IM: Lily Wolfinger led the way for the Slugs with a fifth place performance, touching the wall in 4:43.09 while Honour Dufresne took sixth in 4:51.75.
- 200 Free Relay: Phoebe Jaggers, Tereza Shea, Maddy Gruender, and Keaton Canaday combined for a time of 1:39.17 to take third place.
Men's Swim and Dive Highlights
- 400 Medley Relay: Brandon Le, Karsten Hsiao, Morgan Madrill, Massimo Reyna turned in a 3:30.72 to take second place overall.
- 1000 Freestyle: The Banana Slugs earned a victory in this event as Michael Fusinati touched the wall in 10:01.40.
- 200 Free: Massimo Reyna took second overall, turning in a 1:42.60.
- 100 Breast: Karsten Hsiao took third with a time of 59.75 seconds.
- 50 Free: The Banana Slugs went 1-2-4 as Kyle Reitan, Andrew Koika, Massimo Reyna touched the wall in 21.42s, 21.52s, and 21.92s.
- 400 IM: Asher Kates earned a convincing victory in the 400 IM, dropping 2.06 seconds from his seed time to touch the wall in 4:10.69, over three seconds ahead of second place.
- 100 Fly: Morgan Madrill took third overall in the event, finishing the race in 52.44 seconds.
- 200 Free Relay: The Banana Slugs ended the evening with another victory as Kyle Reitan, Andrew Koikan, Bryson Schmid, and Adam Sinclair combined for a time of 1:24.85.
What's Up Next
The Banana Slugs will return to the pool tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. as they host the final day of the 2024 Slug Shootout.
