A pair of meet records vaulted Pomona-Pitzer Colleges into second place behind leading Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges on Day Two of the SCIAC Swimming & Diving Championship.
Championship Central
Day One Recap
Day Two Results
CMS has compiled 394 points to maintain a 38-point lead over the Sagehens, followed by California Lutheran University with 219 and Chapman University on 200. Caltech is fifth with 177 points while Occidental College has 141 with the University of Redlands (83), Whittier College (81) and University of La Verne (54) rounding out the standings.
Francesca Coppo recorded the top 50-yard Freestyle time of the morning preliminary session before blazing to a 22.84 in the finals. The sophomore then closed the night as part of another meet record-setting performance on the 200 Free Relay alongside
Joy Lee,
Chesna Pelka and
Valerie Mello who closed with a 22.03 anchor split. The Sagehens made their biggest move in the 50 Free with five top-8 finishes, including the 1-2 by Coppo and Mello.
In the afternoon 1-meter diving session
, CMS posted another big haul of points with a podium sweep.
Izzy Doud completed the first 1m-3m double in the conference since 2016 with a score of 406.55 as two of the final three dives scored above 43.0.
Meilan Uyeno was the runner-up on 393.45 points thanks to a field-best individual dive score of 48.0 on an inward 1 ½ somersault in tuck while
Alexis Romero took third by a thin 2.90-point margin.
Katy Shaw claimed a third 500 Free title in as many years with a near-five second victory at 4:58.89 ahead of teammate
Allison Nguyen and Pomona-Pitzer’s
Abby Raclaw.
Mackenzie Mayfield repeated as 200 IM champion with a winning time of 2:03.57, just out-touching
Emmie Appl of the Sagehens by a mere .02.
Graeleigh Jones earned bronze to continue a four-place stretch among seven total Pomona-Pitzer scorers in the event. CLU’s
Madi Bodhidatta took third in the 50 Free for the Regals and returned to the podium on the bronze medal 200 Free Relay behind CMS in second to end the night.
The Day Three events that will be contested are the 100 Fly, 400 IM, 200 Free, 100 Breast and 100 Back in the prelims with the men’s 3m the last diving event to be contested and the 400 Medley Relay to conclude the evening finals.
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