Feb. 15, 2006

Long Beach, Calif. The Pacific men's and women's swimming teams both sit in third place after day one of the Big West Swimming and Diving Championships in Long Beach, Calif.

The women's team got off to a slow start after a dq finish in the first event of the day, the 200 Medley Relay, but quickly rebounded in the 1000 Free. Seniors Laura McDonald (Riverside, Calif.) and Jennifer Radecke (Alameda, Calif.) finished 1-2 in the event, with McDonald recording a time of 9:53.66, which set a new school record. Along with the school record, McDonald now also owns the meet record, which was set by Radecke in 2004 at 9:59.07.

McDonald and Radecke then went on to team with sophomore Ja-Neil Bragg (Manteca, Calif.) and Summer Halwas-Morgan (Spokane, Wash.) to finish second in the 800 Free Relay, finishing in a time of 07:25.62.

The men's team started the day with a third place finish in the 200 Medley Relay, recording a time of 1:31.42. Freshman Matt Lundy (Lafayette, Col.) then put on a personal best effort, swimming the 1000 Free in 9:24.27, earning him third place in a time that was the third best effort in school history.

In the men's 800 Free Relay, Pacific's A team of sophomore Krzysztof Zoldak (Oswiecim, Poland), junior Casey Lowdermilk (Parker, Col.), sophomore Wojciech Betlej (Mielec, Poland), and freshman Stephen Quinn (Livermore, Calif.) finished third with a time of 6:44.23.

Day two of the four day event will feature the 500 Free, 200 IM, 50 Free, and 200 Free Relay races.

Team Scores

Men's Scores

UC Santa Barbara, 130.0

UC Davis, 107.0

Pacific, 95.0

Cal State Northidge, 77.0

UC Irvine, 74.0

Cal Poly, 52.0

Women's Scores

UC Davis, 111.0

UC Santa Barbara, 109.0

Pacific, 93.0

Cal State Northridge, 61.0

Cal Poly, 58.0

UC Irvine, 51.0

Pacific Results

Women's 200 Medley Relay

DQ A Team, Lewis, Jardine, Rowe, Bragg

Men's 200 Medley Relay

3rd A Team, Betlej, D. Dunn, McLaughlin, Zoldak 1:31.42

7th B Team, Yamamoto, Norman, Peart, Urban 1:34.62

12th C Team, Chapman, Platow, Damazo, Mitchell 1:37.20

Women's 1000 Freestyle

1st Laura McDonald 9:53.66

2nd Jennifer Radecke 9:59.50

6th Katy Burrill 10:26.39

9th Sarah Gutierrez 10:33.07

Men's 1000 Freestyle

3rd Matt Lundy 9:24.27

9th Stephen Quinn 9:30.13

13th Casey Lowdermilk 9:42.40

14th Justin Canty 9:43.97

16th Max Maris 9:47.13

Women's 800 Free Relay

2nd A Team, Bragg, Radecke, McDonald, Halwas-Morgan 7:25.62

Men's 800 Free Relay

4th A Team, Zoldak, Lowdermilk, Betlej, Quinn 6:44.23