2/14/2024 10:08:00 PM | Women's Swim and Dive, Men's Swim and Dive
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MONTEREY PARK– A pair of longstanding relay records and one individual school record were broken after UC Santa Cruz's first day of the 2024 Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Championships.Â
For the women's team, the 800 Free Relay quartet of Maddy Gruender, Coralie Norenberg, Kirsten Boyle and Tereza Shea won the PCSC title in a school-record time of 7:34.12. The time beat rivals CSU East Bay by 0.10 seconds and defending champ Azusa Pacific by 0.28 seconds.
The time was six seconds faster than the school record that had stood since 2009 and puts the Banana Slugs into NCAA Championship consideration. Gruender's leadoff leg of 1:50.70 bettered her own school record by 0.75 seconds.
Your 2024 PCSC 800 Relay champions!
Other highlights saw the Banana Slugs place sixth in 200 Medley Relay (Kaitlyn Armstrong, Gabrielle Nguyen, Boyle, Shea) in a time of 1:46.84. Brecken Theders finished ninth in the 1000 Free in 10:42.67.
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Another school record was broken in the men's 200 Medley Relay where the quartet of Ethan Porter, Jimmy Costello, Morgan Madril, and Kyle Reitan placed fourth with a time of 1:32.74. The mark was 1.26 seconds faster than the old record which stood since 2015.
In the 1000 Free, Michael Fusinati was fifth with a time of 9:40.30, and Judah Good was seventh in 9:45.19. The UC Santa Cruz men's team and the women's team were both second after the day's events.
Men's 200 Medley (L-R: Porter, Costello, Madril, Reitan)
The Championships continue tomorrow starting at 9:30 am.
