Reitan, Reyna, and Nishida Shine as Slugs Show Well in Home Dual

SANTA CRUZ, Ca. – The UC Santa Cruz men's swim and dive team earned a second place finish behind CSU Bakersfield, finishing with 137 team points while the Roadrunners earned 163 in the dual. The Banana Slugs had a strong day in the pool as Kent Nishida broke the program record in the 200 fly with a time of 1:49.84 while Massimo Reyna and Kyle Reitan dropped NCAA B Cut times in the 200 free and 50 free with Reyna going 1:38.98 while Reitan went 20.08. UC Santa Cruz will be back in action on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. as they celebrate senior day with a dual meet against Simpson.

In The Results:

200 Medley Relay: The UCSC A team of Greyson Davies, PJ Fortune, Andrew Koika, and Kyle Reitan started the day with a victory as the group combined for a time of 1:29.65.
1650 Free: Dylan Blietz was UCSC's top finisher, coming away with a second place time of 16:59.33.
200 Free: Massimo Reyna was the standout swimmer in the 200 free, winning the event with an NCAA B Cut time of 1:38.98.
100 Back: Greyson Davies took third place with a time of 50.70 seconds.
100 Breast: The Slugs went 2-3-4 in the 100 breast with Sebastian Santiago leading the charge in second with a time of 55.84s while PJ Fortune and Jack West went 56.62s and 58.05s.
200 Fly: Kent Nishida set the program record in the 200 fly, touching the wall in 1:49.84 to take second place overall.
50 Free: Kyle Reitan had an electric day in the 50 free, dropping an NCAA B Cut time of 20.08s to take first with Andrew Koika taking second in 20.42s.
1m Dive: Eoin Hempenstall took third place overall with 227.63 points.
100 Free: Kyle Reitan and Massimo Reyna took second and third in the event, touching the wall in 45.03s and 45.32s.
200 Back: Asher Kates took third place overall with a time of 1:53.38.
200 Breast: Sebastian Santiago won the 200 breast, turning in a 2:02.32 with Jack West taking third in 2:08.76.
500 Free: Dylan Blietz took third place with a time of 4:48.05.
100 Fly: Andrew Koika took second overall with a time of 49.58s.
3m Dive: Eoin Hempenstall turned in another third place performance, recording 208.35 points.
200 IM: Jude Robinson and Sebastian Santiago took first and second, touching the wall in 1:54.18 and 1:54.72.
400 Free Relay: Kyle Reitan, Andrew Koika, Bryson Schmid, and Massimo Reyna combined for a time of 3:01.57 to take second place overall.

Reitan, Reyna, and Nishida Shine as Slugs Show Well in Home Dual

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Players Mentioned

Dylan Blietz

Greyson Davies

PJ Fortune

Eoin Hempenstall

Asher Kates

Andrew Koika

Kent Nishida

Kyle Reitan

Massimo Reyna

Jude Robinson

Sebastian Santiago

Bryson Schmid

Jack West

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