Seven-event champion
Alex Turvey earned Athlete of the Year honors and the University of Redlands'
Sydney Patterson was recognized as Diver of the Year at the 2024 SCIAC Women's Swimming & Diving Championships.
Turvey set three individual and three relay records, breaking several of her own previous marks in addition to holding another two, as she led the Sagehens to the team conference title. She holds the top time in the nation in the 100 Fly and top-three times in the 50/100 Free, while Pomona-Pitzer also tops the leaderboard in the 200 and 400 Free Relays.
Patterson won the 1-meter diving competition and placed fourth on the 3m with scores of 446.35 and 416.15, including the top individual dive score at 55.2 on the 3m.
Newcomer of the Year honors went to Sagehen rookie
Bennett Jones, who won the 400 IM and was runner-up in the 1650 Free. She is likely headed to the NCAA Championships, as her time of 4:23.82 in the 400 IM ranks 12th in the nation and her 17:11.27 in the 1650 Free ranks 19th.
Redlands team captain
Sarah Szafranski was presented with the Character Award. A 4.0-GPA student who made four finals heats in her career, including the 200 Fly 'B' final this season, she won the UR Math Department "Dr. Allen R. Kilpatrick Pi Award" and has been a leader in all aspects of the Bulldogs team.
Coaching Staff of the Year recognition went to
J.P. Gowdy and the Sagehens, who reclaimed the conference title by over 100 points while setting several records and achieving numerous NCAA 'B' cuts.
Turvey and teammate
Valerie Mello were two of three swimmers to earn All-Conference recognition in the maximum seven events, along with
Mackenzie Mayfield of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges. The Athenas'
Katy Shaw and
Allyson Yao earned All-SCIAC honors in the maximum three individual events, while
Annika Sharma notched six All-Conference performances in two individual events and four relays.
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Athlete
of the Year |
Diver
of the Year |
Newcomer
of the Year |
Character
Award |
Coaching
Staff of the Year |
| Alex Turvey |
Sydney Patterson |
Bennett Jones |
Sarah Szafranski |
J.P. Gowdy |
| Pomona-Pitzer |
Redlands |
Pomona-Pitzer |
Redlands |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| Women's 50-Yard Freestyle |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Alex Turvey |
22.89 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Valerie Mello |
23.24 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 3. Francesca Coppo |
23.32 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
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| Women's 100-Yard Freestyle |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Alex Turvey |
49.83 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Valerie Mello |
50.44 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 3. Chesna Pelka |
51.23 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
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| Women's 200-Yard Freestyle |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Sabrina Wang |
1:51.92 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Maren Rusk |
1:52.39 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 3. Katy Shaw |
1:52.41 |
CMS |
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| Women's 500-Yard Freestyle |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Katy Shaw |
4:57.37 |
CMS |
| 2. Corley Smith |
4:58.11 |
CMS |
| 3. Abby Raclaw |
4:59.60 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
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| Women's 1650-Yard Freestyle |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Katy Shaw |
17:07.58 |
CMS |
| 2. Bennett Jones |
17:11.27 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 3. Corley Smith |
17:12.74 |
CMS |
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| Women's 200-Yard IM |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Mackenzie Mayfield |
2:04.18 |
CMS |
| 2. Allyson Yao |
2:05.07 |
CMS |
| 3. Sun Young Byun |
2:05.93 |
CMS |
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| Women's 400-Yard IM |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Bennet Jones |
4:23.82 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Emmie Appl |
4:24.05 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 3. Allyson Yao |
4:25.84 |
CMS |
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| Women's 100-Yard Butterfly |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Alex Turvey |
53.76 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Abby Smith |
55.34 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 3. Sun Young Byun |
55.43 |
CMS |
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| Women's 200-Yard Butterfly |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Abby Smith |
2:02.40 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Kiana Tanizaki-Hudson |
2:04.38 |
Chapman |
| 3. Asha Bansal |
2:04.52 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
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| Women's 100-Yard Breaststroke |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Francesca Coppo |
1:03.53 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Mackenzie Mayfield |
1:03.93 |
CMS |
| 3. Milan Manfredi |
1:04.31 |
CMS |
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| Women's 200-Yard Breaststroke |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Emmie Appl |
2:20.79 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Allyson Yao |
2:21.62 |
CMS |
| 3. Mackenzie Mayfield |
2:23.29 |
CMS |
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| Women's 100-Yard Backstroke |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Valerie Mello |
56.93 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Annika Sharma |
57.04 |
CMS |
| 3. Gabby Calvi |
57.07 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
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| Women's 200-Yard Backstroke |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Annika Sharma |
2:04.62 |
CMS |
| 2. Alanna Baker |
2:06.50 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 3. Kyler Brumfield |
2:07.29 |
Occidental |
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| Women's 200-Yard Medley Relay |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Abigail Liao, Francesca Coppo, Alex Turvey, Valerie Mello |
1:41.79 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Annika Sharma, Mackenzie Mayfield, Sun Young Byun, Annette Chang |
1:42.91 |
CMS |
| 3. Kiana Tanizaki-Hudson, Ryanne Doherty, Megan Lei, Avery Hall |
1:45.59 |
Chapman |
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| Women's 400-Yard Medley Relay |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Gabby Calvi, Francesca Coppo, Alex Turvey, Valerie Mello |
3:45.00 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Annika Sharma, Mackenzie Mayfield, Sun Young Byun, Annette Chang |
3:48.40 |
CMS |
| 3. Kyler Brumfield, Kamille Pellettieri, Katherine Munoz, Sarah Radle |
3:54.72 |
Occidental |
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| Women's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Sabrina Wang, Chesna Pelka, Francesca Coppo, Valerie Mello |
1:32.08 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Annika Sharma, Mackenzie Mayfield, Madeleine Kan, Annette Chang |
1:33.95 |
CMS |
| 3. Ryanne Doherty, Tatum Chambers, Megan Lei, Avery Hall |
1:35.74 |
Chapman |
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| Women's 400-Yard Freestyle Relay |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Alex Turvey, Katherine Gould, Chesna Pelka, Valerie Mello |
3:21.64 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Annika Sharma, Mackenzie Mayfield, Annette Chang, Madeleine Kan |
3:28.54 |
CMS |
| 3. Avery Hall, Ryanne Doherty, Tatum Chambers, Megan Lei |
3:30.22 |
Chapman |
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| Women's 800-Yard Freestyle Relay |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Sabrina Wang, Alex Turvey, Maren Rusk, Katherine Gould |
7:24.79 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Sun Young Byun, Allison Nguyen, Corley Smith, Katy Shaw |
7:36.04 |
CMS |
| 3. Alice Peterson, Madi Bodhidatta, Kendall Moffitt, Faith Timney |
7:39.35 |
Cal Lutheran |
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| Women's 1-Meter Diving |
| Name |
Score |
Institution |
| 1. Sydney Patterson |
446.35 |
Redlands |
| 2. Meilan Uyeno |
442.45 |
CMS |
| 3. Alexis Romero |
430.85 |
CMS |
| Women's 3-Meter Diving |
| Name |
Score |
Institution |
| 1. Jana Woo |
459.00 |
Caltech |
| 2. Meilan Uyeno |
435.90 |
CMS |
| 3. Mackenzie Abbott |
419.80 |
Chapman |
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