Cal Poly Pac-12 Recap

The Cal Poly Mustangs and the rest of the Pac-12 Conference competed at East Los Angeles College Swim Center last Wednesday through Saturday in the 2012 Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships.

For a recap of Cal Poly’s performance on Wednesday, the opening day of the meet, click here.

On Thursday, the Cal Poly squad of freshmen Mackey Hopen and Christian Renfro, sophomore Drew Casier, and junior Omar Dwidar placed eighth in the 200-yard freestyle relay. They posted a time of 1 minute, 23.78 seconds.

On Friday, sophomore distance swimmer Konrad Antoniuk placed 19th in the 400 individual medley with a time of 3:58.38. He was followed closely by teammate Carter Price. The freshman placed 24th with a 4:04.76.

Also placing in Friday night’s bonus finals was sophomore Joseph Wasko, who posted a time of 50.60 in the 100 butterfly to place 24th. Renfro also placed in the 200 freestyle by swimming it in 1:38.21. He earned 18th place.

There was a trio of Mustangs competing in the 100 breaststroke Friday night. Hopen swam in the consolation final and finished 16th with a time of 56.22. In the bonus final, freshman Jimmy Deiparine and Dwidar recorded times of 56.73 and 57.21, respectively.

The 400 medley relay closed out Friday’s finals session. The Mustangs placed eighth by swimming a 3:24.58. The relay was composed of Wasko, Deiparine, freshman Jesse McWhirk, and Renfro.

One of the strongest events of the meet for Cal Poly was the 1,650 freestyle, which took place on Saturday. Antoniuk finished 13th, the highest placing for a a Mustang for an individual event in the meet. His time was 15:35.01. Price placed 20th with a 15:55.20, and was followed closely by teammate Adrian Brynnel, a sophomore. Brynnel posted a 15:56.21. Freshman Cameron Johnson put up a 16:37.91 to finish in 22nd place.

Later Saturday night, Deiparine and freshman Tyler Pickett swam in the bonus heat of the 200 breaststroke. They placed 17th and 21st with times of 2:05.50 and 2:10.49, respectively.

The final event of the meet was the 400 freestyle relay. Dwidar, Hopen, Renfro, and Casier teamed to finish the race in 3:04.55, an eighth place finish.

In the team standings, the Mustangs finished in eighth place with 120 points.

Stanford University won its 31st straight Pac-12 title with 939.5 points. The runner-up was defending national champion UC Berkley, with 808 points. The final team standings are below.

1. Stanford University: 939.5

2. UC Berkeley: 808

3. University of Arizona: 543

4. University of Southern California: 517

5. University of Utah: 258.5

6. UC Santa Barbara: 251.5

7. Arizona State University: 221.5

8. Cal Poly: 120

For complete results for the men’s Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Championship meet, click here.

The 2012 Men’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships will take place at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Seattle, Wash., March 22-24.

Pac-12 Championships Day 1

The first day of the 2012 Pac-12 Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships took place today. Two events were swum: the 200-yard medley relay, and the 800-yard freestyle relay.

The Cal Poly team of sophomore Joseph Wasko and freshmen Jimmy Deiparine, Jesse WcWhirk, and Mackey Hopen posted a time of 1 minute, 32.20 seconds to place eighth in the 200 medley relay event.

In the 800 freestyle relay, freshman Christian Renfro, sophomores Konrad Antoniuk and Adrian Brynnel, and junior Eddie Huang teamed to swim a time of 6:41.33. They also placed eighth.

The meet will continue tomorrow and run through Saturday.

For live results, click here.

 

Cal Poly Men Set to Compete at Pac-12 Championships

The Cal Poly Mustangs and seven other teams will compete in the Men’s Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Championships this week.

The swimmers will travel to East Los Angeles City College. Competition will begin on Wednesday and will conclude on Saturday.

Cal Poly will be sharing the pool with some of the strongest teams in the NCAA: the Arizona Wildcats(1st), Stanford Cardinal (3rd), Southern California Trojans(5th), and California Golden Bears (6th) were all ranked in the top six of Division I teams as of January 25. The Arizona State Wildcats, University of Utah Utes, and UC Santa Barbara Gauchos make up the rest of the conference.

Diver Elliot Adams already competed in the diving portion of the meet this past week in Federal Way. He did three events: the 1-meter, 3-meter, and platform.

For psych sheets for the swim meet, click here.

For live results of the Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Championship, click here.

Pac 12 Championships Poll

MPSF Day 2

The Cal Poly women’s swimming and diving team made up a lot of ground in the team standings after their performances yesterday in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships.

Senior Lacy Buck qualified first in prelims in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4 minutes, 51.83 seconds. In finals she swam a 4:54.27 to finish fifth.

Also scoring in the 500 freestyle was senior Kylie France, who swam the event in 4:57.17.

In the 200 individual medley, junior Katrina Anderson and Angela Haven finished seventh and eighth, respectively. Anderson posted a time of 2:04.93, and Haven finished in 2:05.23. Junior Chrissy Thomas placed tenth in the event with a time of 2:03.96.

Senior Amy Morales was a top eight finisher in the 50 freestyle, and recorded a time of 23.63. Sophomores Jill Jones, Andrea Voigt and Kelsey Engel also scored in the shortest event of the meet.

Cal Poly finished fourth in the 400 medley relay. Haven and Voigt teamed with  senior Gloria Benefield and sophomore Rachel Cleak to post a time of 3:45.62.

Sophomore divers Sami McIntyre and Meaghan O’Meara placed fourth and seventh in the 3-meter diving event, respectively.

After the first day of competition (only the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay were swum on Wednesday, the first day of competition) Cal Poly was in last place out of nine teams. After Thursday’s events, Cal Poly is now in fourth in the team standings, with 167.5 points. They trail UC Santa Barbara (258), Brigham Young University (244.5), and UC Davis (185).

The MPSF Swimming and Diving Championships continues today, and concludes on Saturday.

For live results, click here.

Cal Poly Women Competing at MPSF Championships

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Swimming and Diving championships kicked off today, and will continue until Saturday.

The Cal Poly women’s swimming team is competing at East Los Angeles City College. The Mustang women divers are in Colorado Springs for their meet.

For live results form the meet, click here.