Jan. 24, 2009
Results
Stockton, Calif. - On the day when 12 Pacific swimmers competed in their final career home meets, six seniors combined for nine individual victories on Saturday, Jan. 24 against UC Davis. The Tiger women held on to win a 132-130 decision, as the men dropped a 145-108 meet.
Pacific's women's team climbed back to .500 after the meet, improving to 4-4 overall and 1-0 in the Big West Conference. The loss put the men at 1-5 overall and 0-1 in the Big West. UC Davis's women fell to 7-10 overall and 0-1 in Big West dual action, as the men improved to a 7-3, 1-0 dual meet record.
Senior Jenny Lewis (Hesperia, Calif.) led all swimmers with three individual victories, as she claimed the 100 Back (57.09), 50 Free (23.67) and the 100 Free (52.02) outright for the Tigers. In the 100 Back, Pacific's women's squad swept the top three finishes as Lewis was followed shortly by senior Jun Huang (Guangzhou, China) and junior Devonie Migues (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) in second and third place, respectively.
The men put forth a similar showing in the 100 Fly, led by another senior in BJ Damazo's (Paradise, Calif.) 51.73 speed. Damazo narrowly edged out teammates senior Michael Kasten (Livermore, Calif.) and junior Logan Mulvaney (Nassaw Bay, Texas).
The Tigers again three-peated for the men in the 400 IM, when senior Matt Lundy (Lafayette, Colo.) touched first in 4:11.37. Just behind him, freshman Kevin Byers (Puyallup, Wash.) took second in 4:13.02, while senior Dave Platow (Westport, Conn.) pulled up in third with a time of 4:17.07.
Lundy compiled the most individual victories for the men, when he also won the 200 Back by two seconds in front of UC Davis's Reid Hartz. Lundy finished the race in 1:55.72.
On the women's side, junior KC Albiston (Salt Lake City, Utah) finished with the second-most victories when she started out the meet claiming the 1000 Free in 10:20.24 - her fastest pace of the season - before freshman Jayme Swalin's (Kenmore, Wash.) second-place 10:28.15 finish. Albiston again excelled in the second distance event of the afternoon when her 5:02.19 time in the 500 Free put her in first place over UC Davis's Linda Hermann. That too, established another season low for Albiston.
Seniors Justin Canty (El Cajon, Calif.), BJ Damazo, Jason Dupere (Santa Maria, Calif.), Michael Kasten, Matt Lundy, Maxwell Maris (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Dave Platow, Stephen Quinn (Livermore, Calif.), Meghan Connor (Hinsdale, Ill.), Jun Huang, Jenny Lewis and April Woo (Honolulu, Hawaii) were all honored during the meet for their careers at Pacific.
The Tigers hit the road again once more, as they take on Cal Poly in further Big West action on Friday, Feb. 6. The meet begins at 2 p.m. in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
