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Men's Swimming & Diving

Record-Breaking MPSFs Continue for Tigers

<p style="text-align: justify;">Los Angeles, Calif. - The Tigers continued to break records in at the MPSF Championships in the third day of the four-day meet.&nbsp; After winning the women's 500 Free on Thursday and breaking the conference record in the men's 800 Free Relay on Wednesday, Pacific took home a 100 Fly championship and set a new school record thanks to Kenna Ramey's performance.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Ramey put up a 53.52 in the prelims before demolishing Pacific's record with a 52.57 in the finals.&nbsp; Ramey's time was three-tenths of a second better than the previous record, set by Shannon Catalano in 2003.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Yahav Shahaff matched Ramey's performance, breaking the school record in the 100 Breast with a 54.26.&nbsp; Shahaff blew that mark away in the finals with a 52.97, better than previous record holder Cameron Franke's mark by two full seconds.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">In the men's 100 Fly, Stewart Harrison and Makoa Haneberg combined to take second and third, with Harrison swimming a 47.93 and Haneberg a 47.94 in the finals.&nbsp; Pacific also had Jared Vu in the finals, who swam a 48.26.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Whitney Jorgensen followed up a 4:20.17 second-place showing in the 400 IM with a 4:16.32 in the finals, also good for second place.&nbsp; Cristina Mardones took third in the finals with a 4:21.17.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Cai Hong Singh helped Pacific keep up the pace with a third place in the finals of the 100 Back.&nbsp; Singh swam a 55.22, the fastest time this year from a Tiger.&nbsp; On the men's side, Haneberg took second with a 48.15.&nbsp; That time was the best for a Pacific man by over a second.&nbsp; Haneberg, a freshman, also set the school record with that time, beating Oliver Simkovic's time by two-tenths of a second.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">In the 200 Free, Miles MacKenzie matched his strong performances in day one and two of the MPSF Championships by winning the prelims with a 1:36.53.&nbsp; MacKenzie took second in the finals, swimming a 1:36.82.&nbsp; Both times were the best this year by a Tiger by three seconds.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">In the day's final event, Pacific locked up strong relay times with a second-place finish in the women's 400 Medley Relay and a win in the men's.&nbsp; The women's team of Singh, Mardones, Ramey, and Vaiva Gimbutyte swam a 3:40.39, just four-tenths of a second behind the lead.&nbsp; The men's team of Haneberg, Shahaff, Vu, and MacKenzie won the event with a 3:12.77.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">After three days, Pacific's women's team is in fourth at the MPSF Championships with a score of 332.5 points.&nbsp; The men's team has 401 points, good for third and just five points behind second place.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The MPSF Championships will wrap up tomorrow, with prelims in the 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, and 200 Fly at 10:00 AM, in addition to the 400 Free Relay.&nbsp; The 1650 Free for women and men will be at 4:00 pm.&nbsp; The finals for all of these events will start at 6:30 pm.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Make sure to follow Pacific swimming on Twitter with the username @PacTigersH2O and on Instagram at pacificswimteam.</p>
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Players Mentioned

Makoa Haneberg

Makoa Haneberg

Fly/Back
6' 0"
Freshman
Cameron Franke

Cameron Franke

Breast
6' 1"
Redshirt
Vaiva Gimbutyte

Vaiva Gimbutyte

Free/Fly
5' 7"
Junior
Stewart Harrison

Stewart Harrison

Fly/Free
6' 3"
Sophomore
Whitney Jorgensen

Whitney Jorgensen

Junior
Miles MacKenzie

Miles MacKenzie

Free
6' 4"
Sophomore
Cristina Mardones

Cristina Mardones

Breast/IM
5' 4"
Senior
Kenna Ramey

Kenna Ramey

Free/Fly
5' 5"
Sophomore
Jared Vu

Jared Vu

Fly
5' 9"
Junior
Yahav Shahaf

Yahav Shahaf

Freestyle
5' 10"
Senior
Cai Hong Singh

Cai Hong Singh

Backstroke/Butterfly
5' 8"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Makoa Haneberg

Makoa Haneberg

6' 0"
Freshman
Fly/Back
Cameron Franke

Cameron Franke

6' 1"
Redshirt
Breast
Vaiva Gimbutyte

Vaiva Gimbutyte

5' 7"
Junior
Free/Fly
Stewart Harrison

Stewart Harrison

6' 3"
Sophomore
Fly/Free
Whitney Jorgensen

Whitney Jorgensen

Junior
Miles MacKenzie

Miles MacKenzie

6' 4"
Sophomore
Free
Cristina Mardones

Cristina Mardones

5' 4"
Senior
Breast/IM
Kenna Ramey

Kenna Ramey

5' 5"
Sophomore
Free/Fly
Jared Vu

Jared Vu

5' 9"
Junior
Fly
Yahav Shahaf

Yahav Shahaf

5' 10"
Senior
Freestyle
Cai Hong Singh

Cai Hong Singh

5' 8"
Senior
Backstroke/Butterfly