Saturday, October 31
San Jose, CA
12:00pm
UC Santa Cruz Athletics
at
University of the Pacific / San Jose State University
10/31/2026 8:34:00 PM | Women's Swim and Dive
SAN JOSE, Calif – The UC Santa Cruz women's swim and dive team performed well in a one-day meet versus NCAA Division I San Jose State University and NCAA Division I University of the Pacific. The Banana Slugs highlight came in the 200 medley relay with a program record. The Banana Slugs will have a short break of competition and regroup on Friday, November 20th at University of La Verne for a three-day meet in Monterey Park, CA to close out the 2026 competitions.
The afternoon opened with the 200-yard medley relay, where the Banana Slugs team of Medha Raghuraman, Lillian Wolfinger, Fiona Lei, and Katy Hawk posted the program record time for UCSC of 1:45.07 to place third. The UCSC team of Madison Stein, Dadie Breen, Kirsten Boyle, and Maya Chan raced a time of 1:48.85 to take sixth, and Hannah Love, Natalee Yun, Sarah Starkovich, and Tessa Garvey-Miller took seventh at 1:50.65. In the final relay of the day in the 400-yard free relay, UC Santa Cruz swam a team best fourth place, including Elaina Brier, Maya Chan, Medha Raghuraman, and Katy Hawk with a time of 3:31.95. In sixth place was Tessa Garvey-Miller, Jadyn Chaffins, Keaton Canaday, and Kirsten Boyle with a time of 3:36.19.
The distance races opened with the 1000-yard free, where Julia Souza posted a UC Santa Cruz best time of 11:02.12. Angelina Di Saia followed her teammate to take fourth with a finish at 11:15.24. Sarah Starkovich closed out scores for UCSC in the 1000 with a finishing time of 11:52.72 to place sixth. In the 500-yard free, Maya Garcia-Hale swam a Slug best time of 5:10.24 to take third with Paiten Tobey closely behind in fourth at 5:22.75. Hannah Love came in fifth at 5:23.77, and Jaden Klatt raced a 5:35.46 to take seventh.
In the 200-yard freestyle, Katy Hawk swam a Banana Slug best time of 1:52.44 to place third, and Maya Garcia-Hale secured eighth in a time of 1:55.33. Moving onto the 100-yard back, Siena Ancona raced a 57.94 to place third overall, and Aria Tupe finished fifth in a time of 1:00.05. Fiona Lei closed out UCSC top eight scores with a time of 1:01.50. 100-yard races continued in the breaststroke where Lillian Wolfinger raced a UCSC best of 1:05.67 in a tie for fifth, and Maya Chan took eighth at 1:06.41. In the 200-yard fly, Sadie Breen took fifth with a time of 2:14.60.
The 200-yard back brought a third place finish from Siena Ancona with a 2:07.95 time, and a 2:11.65 from Lillian Wolfinger to take fifth. Closing out top-scores was Yaily Quezada in seventh with 2:15.58 and Madison Stein with 2:19.65 in eighth. The 200-yard breast saw Maya Chan take sixth overall for UC Santa Cruz with a time of 2:24.03. In the final 200-yard race of the day, the 200-yard IM saw Miyabi Klatt in a Banana Slug best time of 2:08.07 to take fourth. Keaton Canaday and Siena Ancona finished top scores with 2:12.94 and 2:14.66 to take seventh and eighth respectively.
The sprint races opened with Elaina Brier scoring a UCSC best in the 50-yard free time of 24.19 in fourth. The Banana Slugs also placed 6th-8th with Medha Raghuraman (24.52), Ella Welch (25.70), and Kaia Harriman (26.01) closed out times in the sprints. In the 100-yard free, Katy Hawk raced a Banana Slug best time of 52.25 to take sixth. In the 100-yard fly, Kirsten Boyle was the only Banana Slug to place in the top eight times as she recorded a seventh place finish of 57.96.
From the diving board, Taylor O'Malley scored a UCSC best on the one-meter board with a 226.43 to take fourth. Paige Vicente took fifth for the Slugs with a score of 207.15, and Zoe Jannick placed sixth, scoring 183.98. Briseis Valenzuela placed seventh with a score of 183.08, and Clara Gerlach placed eighth with a 174.08. In the three-meter board, UC Santa Cruz dove a fourth place finish from Valenzuela with a score of 199.50. Vicente dove a score of 195.08 to take fifth, and Gerlach was next up in sixth to finish at 183.75. O'Malley closed UCSC scores at 177.83 to take seventh.
The afternoon opened with the 200-yard medley relay, where the Banana Slugs team of Medha Raghuraman, Lillian Wolfinger, Fiona Lei, and Katy Hawk posted the program record time for UCSC of 1:45.07 to place third. The UCSC team of Madison Stein, Dadie Breen, Kirsten Boyle, and Maya Chan raced a time of 1:48.85 to take sixth, and Hannah Love, Natalee Yun, Sarah Starkovich, and Tessa Garvey-Miller took seventh at 1:50.65. In the final relay of the day in the 400-yard free relay, UC Santa Cruz swam a team best fourth place, including Elaina Brier, Maya Chan, Medha Raghuraman, and Katy Hawk with a time of 3:31.95. In sixth place was Tessa Garvey-Miller, Jadyn Chaffins, Keaton Canaday, and Kirsten Boyle with a time of 3:36.19.
The distance races opened with the 1000-yard free, where Julia Souza posted a UC Santa Cruz best time of 11:02.12. Angelina Di Saia followed her teammate to take fourth with a finish at 11:15.24. Sarah Starkovich closed out scores for UCSC in the 1000 with a finishing time of 11:52.72 to place sixth. In the 500-yard free, Maya Garcia-Hale swam a Slug best time of 5:10.24 to take third with Paiten Tobey closely behind in fourth at 5:22.75. Hannah Love came in fifth at 5:23.77, and Jaden Klatt raced a 5:35.46 to take seventh.
In the 200-yard freestyle, Katy Hawk swam a Banana Slug best time of 1:52.44 to place third, and Maya Garcia-Hale secured eighth in a time of 1:55.33. Moving onto the 100-yard back, Siena Ancona raced a 57.94 to place third overall, and Aria Tupe finished fifth in a time of 1:00.05. Fiona Lei closed out UCSC top eight scores with a time of 1:01.50. 100-yard races continued in the breaststroke where Lillian Wolfinger raced a UCSC best of 1:05.67 in a tie for fifth, and Maya Chan took eighth at 1:06.41. In the 200-yard fly, Sadie Breen took fifth with a time of 2:14.60.
The 200-yard back brought a third place finish from Siena Ancona with a 2:07.95 time, and a 2:11.65 from Lillian Wolfinger to take fifth. Closing out top-scores was Yaily Quezada in seventh with 2:15.58 and Madison Stein with 2:19.65 in eighth. The 200-yard breast saw Maya Chan take sixth overall for UC Santa Cruz with a time of 2:24.03. In the final 200-yard race of the day, the 200-yard IM saw Miyabi Klatt in a Banana Slug best time of 2:08.07 to take fourth. Keaton Canaday and Siena Ancona finished top scores with 2:12.94 and 2:14.66 to take seventh and eighth respectively.
The sprint races opened with Elaina Brier scoring a UCSC best in the 50-yard free time of 24.19 in fourth. The Banana Slugs also placed 6th-8th with Medha Raghuraman (24.52), Ella Welch (25.70), and Kaia Harriman (26.01) closed out times in the sprints. In the 100-yard free, Katy Hawk raced a Banana Slug best time of 52.25 to take sixth. In the 100-yard fly, Kirsten Boyle was the only Banana Slug to place in the top eight times as she recorded a seventh place finish of 57.96.
From the diving board, Taylor O'Malley scored a UCSC best on the one-meter board with a 226.43 to take fourth. Paige Vicente took fifth for the Slugs with a score of 207.15, and Zoe Jannick placed sixth, scoring 183.98. Briseis Valenzuela placed seventh with a score of 183.08, and Clara Gerlach placed eighth with a 174.08. In the three-meter board, UC Santa Cruz dove a fourth place finish from Valenzuela with a score of 199.50. Vicente dove a score of 195.08 to take fifth, and Gerlach was next up in sixth to finish at 183.75. O'Malley closed UCSC scores at 177.83 to take seventh.
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