Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges capitalized on a bevy of high-scoring divers and a meet record-setting 200 Medley Relay to lead after Day One of the 2025 SCIAC Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship.
Day One Results
The quartet of
Jeremy Tan,
Evan Deedy,
Dylan Krueger and
Theodore Johnson clocked a 1:28.38 to better the 2022 mark previously set by the Stags. Earlier in the day,
Cyrus Gaylord placed third on the 1-meter board to key a stretch of six consecutive Stags to place through eighth. CMS also claimed the 800 Free Relay by just .23 to accumulate 183 points, which puts the Stags 76 clear of Pomona-Pitzer Colleges in second. Chapman University sits just two points behind the Sagehens, followed by Caltech on 85 points, Occidental College in fifth with 79, California Lutheran University (73), the University of Redlands (58), Whittier College (46) and the University of La Verne (38).
Tan led off the relay with a blazing 22.47 backstroke leg that put CMS in position to win wire-to-wire, although the Sagehens’
Casey Jacobs made up more than half the deficit from when the sophomore dove in on the final leg.
Sean Su closed out the night after taking over from
Kenny Eckel,
Spencer Merodio and
Alex Davies, fending off a strong late challenge from 2024 Newcomer of the Year
Kyle Huang from Pomona-Pitzer, with Chapman taking third after a pool-best 1:39.59 leadoff split from
Trent Calloway. Reigning Diver of the Year
Jake Randazzo claimed the 1m title with a score of 487.35 after notably changing the final dive on the board to seal the win with a third score of 50+ and 113.60 over the final two dives combined. The junior hit a high score of 60.90 on a back 1 ½ somersault, 2 ½ twist. Pomona-Pitzer rookie
Tommy Matheis finished a close second on 481.10 points, with a high score of 58.5 coming on a forward 2 ½ somersault pike.
Thursday’s slate includes the 500 Free, 200 IM and 50 Free in the morning preliminaries, followed by the women’s 1-meter competition and the 200 Free Relay to close out the evening finals.
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