SCIAC Women's Swimming & Diving All-Conference Honors Announced

SCIAC Women's Swimming & Diving All-Conference Honors Announced

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The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Confernce (SCIAC) announced the 2018 Women's Swimming & Diving All Conference awards as the leagues nine head coaches voted upon the Athlete, Newcomer and Coach of the Year while the All-SCIAC recipients were based on performance at the SCIAC Championships.  

Pomona-Pitzer junior standout Madison Kauahi won the 50-yard with a meet and SCIAC record time of 23.30, and the 100-yard freestyle race in a meet record time of 50.82. In the 200-yard freestyle, Kauahi placed third with a time of 1:51.98. She was also the anchor leg of four winning relay teams for the Sagehens, including the 200-yard medley (1:42.33), the 400-yard medley (3:47.01), the 200-yard freestyle (1:33.79), and the 400-yard freestyle (3:27.29) squads. The 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relay teams clocked new meet and SCIAC marks, while the 400-yard freestyle quartet set a new meet record. 

Brooke Geske of Whittier was superb in her first SCIAC Championships en route to being named the SCIAC Newcomer of the Year. Geske won the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke events with winning times of 56.11, just one-hundredth of a second ahead of the second place finisher, and 2:02.19 respectively. The first-year Poet also helped Whittier's 200-yard medley and 400-yard medley relay teams place third with times of 1:48.14, and 3:57.04. 

Pomona-Pitzer head coach JP Gowdy and his staff earned the SCIAC Coaching Staff of the Year after he guided both the men's and women's programs to wins at the 2018 SCIAC Championships. Gowdy guided Pomona-Pitzer to the team's second conference championship in three years on the women's side as the Sagehens totaled 1,166 points - 151 ahead of second place Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS). 

SCIAC Athlete
of the Year
SCIAC Newcomer
of the Year
SCIAC Coaching
Staff of the Year
Madison Kauahi
Pomona-Pitzer
Brooke Geske
Whittier
JP Gowdy
Pomona-Pitzer
     
Women's 50-Yard Freestyle
Name Time Year Institution
1. Madison Kauahi 23.30  Jr.  Pomona-Pitzer 
2. Jocelyn Crawford 23.55  So.  CMS 
3. Hannah Zurmuhl 23.56  So.  Pomona-Pitzer 
       
Women's 100-Yard Freestyle
Name Time Year Institution
1. Madison Kauahi 50.82 Jr. Pomona-Pitzer
2. Grace Sanchez 51.70 Jr. Cal Lutheran
3. Natalia Orbach-Mandel 52.00 Fy. CMS
Mardell Ramirez 52.00 Jr. Cal Lutheran
Riley Hoffman 52.00 Jr. CMS
       
Women's 200-Yard Freestyle
Name Time Year Institution
1. Mardell Ramirez 1:50.28 Jr. Cal Lutheran
2. Brittany Percin 1:51.68 Jr. Caltech
3. Madison Kauahi 1:51.98 Jr. Pomona-Pitzer
       
Women's 500-Yard Freestyle
Name Time Year Institution
1. Mia Syme 4:57.37  Fy.  CMS 
2. Mardell Ramirez 4:57.52  Jr.  Cal Lutheran 
3. Vee Vanderpoel 5:05.59  Sr.  Pomona-Pitzer 
       
Women's 1650-Yard Freestyle
Name Time Year Institution
1. Mia Syme 17:04.54 Fy. CMS
2. Elizabeth Carrade 17:19.45 Sr. CMS
3. Vee Vanderpoel 17:44.83 Sr. Pomona-Pitzer
       
Women's 200-Yard IM
Name Time Year Institution
1. Alexa Melara 2:06.93  Fy.  Whittier 
2. Sarah Jin 2:07.96  Jr.  Pomona-Pitzer 
3. August Key 2:07.97  Fy.  Redlands 
       
Women's 400-Yard IM
Name Time Year Institution
1. Anna Newman 4:32.97  Fy. Pomona-Pitzer
2. Vee Vanderpoel 4:33.33  Sr. Pomona-Pitzer
3. Ivy Chen 4:34.91 So. CMS
       
Women's 100-Yard Butterfly
Name Time Year Institution
1. Gemma Takahashi 56.91 Jr. Caltech
2. Sabrina Kwan  57.03 So. Pomona-Pitzer
3. August Key 57.09 Fy. Redlands
       
Women's 200-Yard Butterfly
Name Time Year Institution
1. Sabrina Kwan 2:05.78 So. Pomona-Pitzer
2. Brittany Percin 2:07.34 Jr. Caltech
3. Wendy McAleer 2:07.74 Jr. Redlands
       
Women's 100-Yard Breaststroke
Name Time Year Institution
1. Mackenzie Cummings 1:04.42 Jr. Pomona-Pitzer
2. Bryn Edwards 1:04.53 So. CMS
3. Claire Bacon-Brenes 1:04.63 So. CMS
       
Women's 200-Yard Breaststroke
Name Time Year Institution
1. Claire Bacon-Brenes 2:21.02 So. CMS
2. Alexa Melara 2:22.06 Fy. Whittier
3.Mackenzie Cummings  2:23.52 Jr. Pomona-Pitzer
       
Women's 100-Yard Backstroke
Name Time Year Institution
1. Brooke Geske 56.11 Fy. Whittier
2. Sarah Jin 56.12 Jr. Pomona-Pitzer
3. Jocelyn Crawford 56.30 So. CMS
       
Women's 200-Yard Backstroke
Name Time Year Institution
1. Brooke Geske 2:02.19 Fy. Whittier
2. Sarah Jin 2:03.80 Jr. Pomona-Pitzer
3. Angela Ling 2:05.52 Jr. Pomona-Pitzer
       
Women's 200-Yard Medley Relay
Name Time Institution
1. Angela Ling, Mackenzie Cummings, Alex Seidel, Madison Kauahi 1:42.33 Pomona-Pitzer 
2. Jocelyn Crawford, Claire Bacon-Brenes, Janet Tran, Natalia Orbach-Mandel 1:44.84 CMS 
3. Lexi Mauldin, Alexa Melara, Esther Choe, Brooke Geske 1:48.14 Whittier 
     
Women's 400-Yard Medley Relay
Name Time Institution
1. Sarah Jin, Mackenzie Cummings, Sabrina Kwan, Madison Kauahi 3:47.01 Pomona-Pitzer 
2. Ivy Chen, Bryn Edwards, Allie Umemoto, Natalia Orbach-Mandel 3:53.15 CMS
3. Lexi Mauldin, Alexa Melara, Esther Choe, Brooke Genske 3:57.04 Whittier
     
Women's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay
Name Time Institution
1. Hannah Zurmuhl, Sabrina Kwan, Kate Denend, Madison Kauahi 1:33.79 Pomona-Pitzer
2. Jocelyn Crawford, Natalia Orbach-Mandel, Laura Dickinson, Riley Hoffman 1:34.53 CMS
3. Grace Sanchez, Mardell Ramirez, Alexia Rojas, Brianna Baldwin 1:36.83 Cal Lutheran
     
Women's 400-Yard Freestyle Relay
Name Time Institution
1. Hannah Zurmuhl, Alex Seidel, Kate Denend, Madison Kauahi 3:27.29 Pomona-Pitzer
2. Riley Hoffman, Janet Tran, Emma Stacy, Natalia Orbach-Mandel 3:28.70 CMS
3. Grace Sanchez, Alexia Rojas, Brianna Baldwin, Mardell Ramirez 3:33.33 Cal Lutheran
     
Women's 800-Yard Freestyle Relay
Name Time Institution
1. Janet Tran, Mia Syme, Riley Hoffman, Elizabeth Carrade 7:36.40 CMS
2. Vee Vanderpoel, Katherine Lauerman, Anna Newman, Kirsten Mortimer 7:43.17 Pomona-Pitzer
3. Molly Davis, Teresa Gerhold, Carina Laukaitis, Joanna Spyrou 7:49.86 Chapman
     
Women's 1-Meter Diving
Name Score Year Institution
1. Maia Presti 505.85  Sr.  CMS 
2. Kellyn Toole 474.55  Jr.  Chapman 
3. Emma van der Veen 423.55  Fy.  Pomona-Pitzer 
       
Women's 3-Meter Diving
Name Score Year Institution
1. Kellyn Toole 443.90 Jr. Chapman
2. Emma van der Veen 432.25 Fy.  Pomona-Pitzer
3. Maia Presti 423.05  Sr. CMS