Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges extended its lead over Pomona-Pitzer College further on Day Three of the 2025 SCIAC Swimming & Diving Championship.
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Day Three Results
The Stags landed on 727 points with victories in the final two events of the night to extend their lead another 75 points over the Sagehens, who are one shy of 500. Chapman picked up big points early and sits on 366 while Caltech made a strong move into fourth place with 310, flipping spots with Occidental College which trails by 72. California Lutheran University (207) also swapped positions with the University of Redlands (190) while Whittier College has 124 points and the University of La Verne 85.
Jeremy Tan took the first title of the night for CMS in the final individual event, winning the 100-yard Backstroke before coming back to lead off the victorious 400 Medley Relay along with
Evan Deedy,
Dylan Krueger and
Sean Su.
Chapman kicked off a night of widely spread feats as
Trent Calloway and
Simon Jacobs went 1-2 in the 100 Fly for the program’s first-ever gold and silver in the same race, with Caltech’s
Samuel Xie earning bronze for the Beavers’ first medal since 2023.
Connor Grant of Occidental College later won the Tigers’ first individual event since national champion
Steven van Deventer in 2015, summiting the podium to a rousing chorus of “Happy Birthday to You” on his special day. CLU’s
Lincoln Hall continued to spread the love with gold in a 100 Breast victory, becoming the first Kingsman champ since national champion and US Olympic Trials finalist
Luke Rodarte captured gold in the same event in 2022. Teammate
Markus Stegbuchner, in his first ‘A’ final after transferring to CLU as a JUCO All-American, nabbed bronze just behind two-time champion and 2023 Newcomer of the Year
Evan Deedy. In the final event of the evening, Redlands’ 400 Medley Relay earned the distinction of being the Bulldogs’ first All-SCIAC quartet since a 2020 bronze.
Last year’s Newcomer of the Year,
Kyle Huang (Pomona-Pitzer), claimed a first individual title of this winter in the 400 IM ahead of rookies
Dean Ko (CMS) and
Jack Christy (Pomona-Pitzer). Earlier in the day, Pomona-Pitzer rookie
Tommy Matheis won the 3-meter diving competition with a score of 524.00 with 2024 Diver of the Year
Jake Randazzo finishing runner-up.
The fourth and final day of the meet will include the 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast and 200 Fly in the morning preliminaries, with all but the top eight seeds in the 1650 Free to follow. That top eight will open the evening finals session, which will be concluded with the 400 Free Relay.
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