Nov. 1, 2008
Complete Results
Bakersfield, Calif. - In the quadruple-team dual meet hosted by Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday, Nov. 1, the Pacific women's swimming went a perfect 3-0 against all of the day's opponents. The men's team faced only Fresno Pacific and Cal State Bakersfield, splitting its events with a 153-131 victory over Fresno Pacific and a 145-116 loss to the hosting Roadrunners.
Dual meet scores for the women's team were 185-102 against Cal State Bakersfield, 182-74 over Fresno Pacific and a 154-106 win versus Loyola Marymount.
After the meet, the men moved to 1-2 overall, while the women have a 3-1 overall record one month into the season.
The Tigers' combined results boasts many individual and team victories on the day, as freshmen Jayme Swalin (Kenmore, Wash.) and junior Devonie Migues (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) each recorded two first-place finishes and led all Pacific swimmers. The women recorded another victory as a team when the 200 Medley Relay squad finished first place to start off the day, setting the tone for the afternoon with a 1:49.27 finish. Seniors Jun Huang (Guangzhou, China), Jenny Lewis (Hesperia, Calif.) and April Woo (Honolulu, Hawaii) also swam on that team.
Jayme's two individual wins started off with the 1000 Free, when she touched the wall in 10:21.58, just seconds before junior KC Albiston's (Salt Lake City, Utah) 10:24.76 time and junior Brooke Cashion's (Irvine, Calif.) 10:48.84 to go 1-2-3 for the Tigers. Swalin's speed broke her previous time of 10:28.15 set in the dual meet against California on Oct. 11, and established a new career high at Pacific.
Jayme ended the day with another long-distance win to help the Tigers take first and second in the 500 Free, as she recorded a time of 5:04.93. Albiston followed behind again in 5:07.99.
Migues claimed her first individual victory in the 200 Breast as she finished 2:23.92 and set a new career best. The Tigers sandwiched their way around Tammy Choy of Loyola Marymount to take first and third in the event, as Woo went 2:31.73 in third place.
In men's action, seniors Stephen Quinn (Livermore, Calif.) and Matt Lundy (Lafayette, Colo.) and junior Patrick Walton (Lodi, Calif.) each touched the wall first in their individual events to give the men three victories on the day.
Quinn kicked things off in the 200 Free, when he recorded his fastest time of the season in 1:43.91. His previous time was 1:44.89 in the Oct. 11 dual meet against California.
In a second 200-yard event, Walton recorded the men's next individual title when he started off a Pacific sweep of the top three times in the 200 Breast. Patrick recorded a time of 2:14.84 in first, as senior Dave Platow's (Westport, Conn.) 2:15.44 secured him a second-place finish in front of junior Garrett Murphy's (Pleasanton, Calif.) 2:21.27 third-place speed.
Pacific's third event victory came in yet another 200-yard event, when Lundy pulled off a 1:58.46 speed in the 200 IM, barely ahead of freshman Kevin Byers (Puyallup, Wash.) who finished in second with a time of 2:00.36.
The Tigers will continue their road swing next weekend, when they head to Denver, Colo., in a dual meet against Denver on Saturday, Nov. 8.
