Friday, January 16
Santa Cruz, Ca.
UC Santa Cruz Athletics
vs
CSU Bakersfield
Three Records Broken as Slugs Defeat CSU Bakersfield
1/17/2026 9:14:00 AM | Women's Swim and Dive
SANTA CRUZ, Ca. – The UC Santa Cruz women's swim and dive team earned a 170-118 victory over Cal State Bakersfield on Friday afternoon. The Banana Slugs broke records left and right in the win as Taylor O'Malley and Paige Vicente reset the records in the 3m and 1m dive, respectively, earning 435.23 points and 434.10 points in the 11 dive competition. Katy Hawk set the program record in the 100 free with a time of 51.55 seconds while earning an NCAA B Cut time in the 200 free, touching the wall in 1:51.19. 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.
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In The Results:
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In The Results:
- 200 Medley Relay: The UCSC A team of Medha Raghuraman, Lily Wolfinger, Kirsten Boyle, and Katy Hawk started the day with a 1:46.45 effort to win the first event of the day.
- 1650 Free: Piper Strickler was the top swimmer for UCSC in the mile, taking fourth overall with a time of 18:19.63.
- 200 Free: Katy Hawk was the standout performer in the 200 free, recording an NCAA B Cut time of 1:51.19, dropping nearly two seconds off her seed time to win the event.
- 100 Back: Siena Ancona came away with a second place finish, touching the wall in 58.76 seconds.
- 100 Breast: UCSC went 1-2-3-4 in the 100 breast with Lily Wolfinger, Sadie Breen, Maya Chan, and Jolie Mosack performing well overall. Wolfinger led the charge with a 1:05.43 for the victory.
- 200 Fly: Kirsten Boyle and Maya Garcia-Hale went 2-3 in the 200 fly with times of 2:09.34 and 2:11.25.
- 50 Free: Fiona Lei took second overall in the 50 free with a time of 24.43s with Phoebe Jaggers taking third in 24.51s.
- 1m Dive: Paige Vicente took second with 250.58 points with Taylor O'Malley ad Briseis Valenzuela taking third and fourth with 227.48 and 223.88.
- 100 Free: Katy Hawk continued to have a standout day, setting the program record in the 100 free with a time of 51.55 seconds to win her second individual event of the day.
- 200 Back: Siena Ancona was the top swimmer for UCSC, taking second with a time of 2:06.99.
- 200 Breast: Lily Wolfinger won the event with a 2:24.63 with Maya Chan following closely behind in second at 2:24.67.
- 500 Free: Maya Garcia-Hale took third overall with a time of 5:12.9 with Paiten Tobey in fourth with a time of 5:14.79.
- 100 Fly: Fiona Lei took second with a time of 58.86s with Siena Ancona also going sub 60 seconds to take third in 59.82s.
- 3m Dive: Taylor O'Malley won the 3m dive with 244.05 points with Paige Vicente taking third with 225.08 points.
- 200 IM: The Banana Slugs swept the 200 IM with Kirsten Boyle, Maya Chan, and Lily Wolfinger touching the wall in the 2:09.93, 2:12.05, and 2:12.27 to go 1-2-3.
- 400 Free Relay: The relay team of Katy Hawk, Keaton Canaday, Jadyn Chaffins, and Heather O'Brien combined for a time of 3:35.41 to end the day with another win for the Slugs.
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