STOCKTON, Calif. - The Pacific women's swimming team is off to a strong start to its season after it picked up a pair of victories, winning the Pacific Invite over UC Santa Cruz and San Jose State at the Chris Kjeldsen Pool on Saturday. The Tigers recorded 291.5 points ahead of 121 for UC Santa Cruz and 112.50 for San Jose State.
En route to securing the team title, the Tigers were victorious in 10 of 14 events, followed by six second-place finishes and seven third-place finishes. Pacific recorded one personal best and 17 season-best marks on the afternoon.
RELAY EVENTS
• The Tigers took the top two spots to begin the day in the 400-yard medley relay.
• Pacific won the final event of the day, winning the 400-yard freestyle relay in a time of 3:35.79.
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
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Jadyn Phillips started the individual events with a win in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:50.86), winning by over 20 seconds. Phillips was third in the 500-yard freestyle (5:20.86) to set a season-best mark.
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Lauren Geiger led a one-two-three finish for the Tigers in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.44 ahead of
Jordyn Gonzales and
Mackenzie Ayala.
• The Tigers' also got a sweep of the top three spots in the 200-yard backstroke as
Kelly Kermoian won the event in 2:07.95 ahead of
Ellie Macphail and
Jordyn Gonzales.
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Kelsey Lloyd was the first to the wall in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.62) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:21.04).
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Allie Emery set a season-best in the 50-yard freestyle (24.28) ahead of teammate
Paige Sondgeroth (24.50). Emery was third overall and the first Tiger to finish in the 100-yard freestyle (54.20) for her second season best on the day.
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Caitlin Tan won the 100-yard butterfly in 57.52.
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Ellie Macphail won the 400-yard IM in 4:37.81 and was second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.51).
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Noemi Melendez was third overall and the first Tiger to finish in the 200-yard butterfly (2:11.87).
