Saturday, February 14
Monterey Park, Ca.
UC Santa Cruz Athletics
at
PCSC Championship Day 4
Back to Back! Banana Slugs Claim Second Straight PCSC Championship Title
2/15/2026 12:23:00 AM | Men's Swim and Dive
LOS ANGELES, Ca. – The UC Santa Cruz men's swim and dive team earned a dominant victory in the 2026 PCSC Conference Championship, winning their second straight title with a meet record 1917.5 points. Head coach Matt Crawford, associate head coach Hailey Garlich, and assistant coaches Giovanni Wenzler and Ariel Rittenhouse were named Coaching Staff of the Meet.
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Saturday Finals:
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Saturday Finals:
- 3 Meter Dive: Eoin Hempenstall and Charlie Shortt took second and third in the 3 meter dive.
- 1650 Free: Dylan Blietz and Michael Fusinati took sixth and seventh with times of 16:23.67 and 16:37.03.
- 100 Free: Kyle Reitan won the 100 free with a time of 43.97s while Massimo Reyna and Andrew Koika took out sixth and seventh in 45.01s and 45.25s. Bryson Schmid, Santiago Sebastian, JJ Stoen, Lucas Blietz, and Charlie Hussain swam well in the B final went 10-12-13-15-16.
- 200 Back: Greyson Davies set the program record in the 200 back, touching the wall in 1:47.88 to take second place while Asher Kates took third in 1:48.59 to take third. Kaleb Wolfinger took sixth overall with a time of 1:53.70 while Kent Nishida took ninth in 1:52.47.
- 200 Breast: Sebastian Santiago led the way for UCSC, taking second in 2:02.17 while Jack West and PJ Fortune took third and fourth in 2:03.93 and 2:04.05 with Jude Robinson took eighth in 2:01.91.
- 400 Free Relay: The Banana Slugs closed out the night in electric fashion, setting a meet record and program record to win gold as Kyle Reitan, Andrew Koika, Bryson Schmid, and Massimo Reyna combined for a time of 2:57.36.
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