SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Spending their Martin Luther King Jr. Day in competition, the Pacific men's and women's swimming & diving programs combined for 12 personal-bests as the men fell 160-102 and the women 179-77 to UC Santa Barbara on Monday at the Rec Center Pool.
 
The men won five events including a clean podium sweep in the men's 1,000 free. Freshman Casey Lowenborg won the race with a personal-best 9:35.71, while sophomore Matthew Dillon finished right behind with a 9:42.82. Freshman Garrett Taylor took third with a 9:46.58.
 
The men registered first-place finishes in the 100 free, 100 breast, 200 free and 200 IM. Sophomore Nate Rasmussen won both the 100 and 200 frees with a 45.10 in the 100 and a 1:36.94 in the 200.
 
In the 100 breast, senior Mattia Giurgevich shined with a first-place time of 55.38. Freshman Raphael Vanhecke won the 200 IM with a 1:50.65, and sophomore Dante Dentino notched a pair of personal-bests with a 1:57.39 in the 200 IM and a 1:42.83 in the 200 free.
 
The women set a series of personal-bests including a pair from sophomore Christina Agiomamitou. She etched the eighth-fastest time in program history in the 200 free with a 1:48.85, and also turned in a 4:57.45 in the 500 free.
 
Junior Amanda Schweichler raced for personal-bests of 23.97 in the 50 free and a 51.87 in the 100 free. Freshman Ruby Height clocked in at a personal-best of 1:55.69 in the 200 free.
 
Freshman Ava Harlos won the 200 IM with a PR of 2:09.53, and third-place finishes came from senior Annelise Thomas with a PR of 56.46 in the 100 fly and freshman Erin Schuch with a 10:32.46 in the 1000 free.

Pacific returns home this weekend to face Simon Fraser and Cal State East Bay on Saturday and Sunday with an 11 a.m. start each day. The Tigers will hold a special Senior Day ceremony Saturday.
 
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