LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego returns to the pool this week as the women visit UCLA on Saturday. The following morning, the Triton men and women will host Minnesota at Canyonview Aquatic Center. Sunday's meet will feature a live video feed on UCSDTritons.com.

The last time UC San Diego's full squad competed was in November at the Trailblazer Invitational in Utah.
 
DETAILS
UC San Diego women at UCLA
Saturday, Jan. 8, Noon PT
Spieker Aquatics Center – Los Angeles

UC San Diego vs. Minnesota
Sunday, Jan. 9, 11 am PT
Canyonview Aquatic Center – La Jolla, Calif.
Live Video Feed (Free, but registration required)

ATTENDING THE MEETS
Spectators are not permitted to attend UC San Diego home events through at least January 17. For more information, click here.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The UC San Diego women's swim team traveled to Berkley to conclude 2021 against No. 5 Cal. This un-scored meet consisted of a total of 13 events that included the 300 back relay, 300 breast relay, 300 butterfly relay, 600 yard free, among others. A group consisting of Lexi DePaco, Gabi Icheva, and Juli Arzave beat the Bears to the wall with a final time of 2:50.47 leading the 300-yard breast relay.

WOMEN WIN TRAILBLAZER INVITATIONAL
The Tritons  women's team took first place in the 10-team Dixie State Trailblazer Invitational with two new additional team records on day three of the event, held Nov. 18-20.
 
During finals, Spencer Daily landed the Tritons first place in the 100 Free while Aidan Simpson lead the 200 Breast. For the women, Katja Pavicevic set a new team record in the 200 Breast and UC San Diego's 400 Free Relay group put up impressive times leading their races.

KATJA PAVICEVIC CAPTURES ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONOR
Junior Katja Pavicevic was named UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week on Nov. 21. She set a school record in the 200 breast on day three of the Trailblazer Invitational, hosted by Dixie State. Pavicevic's time of 2:13.16 was good for first place overall. The Ontario native was also part of UC San Diego's victorious 200 medley relay team on day two of the event, helping the UC San Diego women take first place in the 10-team meet.

DAILY EARNS MPSF ACCOLADES
UC San Diego senior Spencer Daily won two individual events and was a part of two winning relays in the Tritons' first-ever win over UC Santa Barbara (Nov. 6). Daily won the 50 free with an MPSF season-best and 'B' cut (20.04), as well as another first-place 'B' cut in the 100 fly (48.19). Daily also split a 20.64 on the winning 200 medley relay and then anchored the first-place 400 free relay (44.43 split). This is Daily's third career MPSF weekly award.…

TYLER JAMES RECOGNIZED AS UCSDTRITONS.COM ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Tyler James was named UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week on Nov. 8. He recorded a new National Invitational Championship qualifying time of 49.08 (B-cut) to win the 100-yard backstroke against the Gauchos at Canyonview Aquatic Center. The graduate student placed first in the event, as well as helping the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay teams finish on top of the podium and earn UC San Diego swimming and diving the program's first victory over UC Santa Barbara.

ARZAVE NAMED UCSDTRITONS.COM ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Juli Arzave captured UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week honors on Nov. 1. She swept the distance events to help UC San Diego women's swimming and diving earn the victory over UC Davis on Oct. 30. The junior placed first in the 1650-yard freestyle with a B-cut time of 17:06.52 and also took first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:01.41.
 
FRANKE FINDS CALM IN THE KITCHEN
Two-sport All-American Ciara Franke was recently profiled on UCSDTritons.com about the peace she finds in baking. Franke is an All-American swimmer and was the Big West women's water polo Player of the Year in 2021.
 

In addition to being a two-sport All-American, did you know Ciara Franke is a master baker? ?? ??

Read on...#GoTritonshttps://t.co/Hvkje7HXkv

— UC San Diego Tritons (@UCSDtritons) December 8, 2021

UP NEXT
The UC San Diego divers will compete at the UCLA Invite Jan. 14-16. Meantime, the rest of the Tritons will visit USC for a dual meet at Noon on Saturday, Jan. 15 in Los Angeles.
 
FRESH FACES
UC San Diego welcomed 14 newcomers to its roster for the 2021-22 season, including five women and nine men. Eight scholar-athletes join the Tritons from California, while Arizona, Hawai'i and Washington are also represented. The roster also boasts two international additions, traveling from Germany and Serbia. 
 
RETURNING TALENT
UC San Diego returns 31 letterwinners for the 2021-22 season and 10 sophomores who have yet to compete for the Tritons. Among the top returners, Juli Arzave, Spencer Daily and Ivan Kurakin all competed in the recent Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. in June of 2021. 
 
CAPTAINS
Captains for the 2021-22 season are Jordan Phillips & Tyler James.
 
MPSF CONFERENCE
The Tritons enter year three of competing in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) conference and their first as a Division I program. The conference features all Division I schools including BYU, Cal Poly, CSU Bakersfield, Hawai'i, Pacific, San Diego (women), UC Davis (women), UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara.
 
Competing as the only Division II school in the conference in 2019-20, the men finished fourth and the women finished fifth.
 
UC SAN DIEGO AND COVID-19
UC San Diego's nationally renowned Return to Learn program was created to return to in-person teaching, learning, conducting pioneering research and serving our communities in the safest way possible. The program has three adaptive pillars that are central to our strategy to resume on-campus activity: risk mitigation, viral detection, and intervention.

For the latest information on UC San Diego and COVID-19, please visit the University's Return to Learn site.

ALUM TRAVIS MILLER RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE ALL-TIME BEST
UC San Diego alumnus Travis Miller '94 was recognized in the College of Swimming and Diving Coaches Association's list of the 100 Greatest Men's Swimmers and Divers. 
 
To celebrate CSCAA's 100th year as the nation's first college coaches' organization, they constructed a list of the top 100 greatest college swimmers and divers. Out of 973 finalists drawn from nearly three thousand nominations, Miller secured one of the 100 selections.

To read more, click here.
 
PAVICEVIC CHATS GLOBAL SWIMMING ON TRITONCAST PODCAST
As part of UC San Diego's transition to Division I, the Athletics Department launched a weekly podcast, Tritoncast. Produced by UC San Diego Athletics Communications, Tritoncast features in-depth interviews with UC San Diego personalities including scholar-athletes, alums, coaches, and administrators. In episode 24, Katja Pavicevic chats about her worldwide swim career, the transition to Division I, and more. To listen to that conversation, click here. 

New episodes of Tritoncast are available each week on the most popular podcasting apps, including Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Audible, iHeartRadio, Pandora, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, and Vurbl. In addition, each episode can be heard and downloaded on UCSDTritons.com. For individual show information and listen links, follow Tritoncast on Twitter @Tritoncast.

GET SOCIAL WITH UC SAN DIEGO SWIM & DIVE
Keep up with the Tritons all season long on social media through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. The team's handle is @ucsdswimdive.

FOR THE YOUNGER CROWD
Got some young Triton fans in your family? If they are eighth grade or under, check out the Junior Triton Club. Membership includes a free t-shirt, admission to over 100 UC San Diego home athletic events, and much more!

GEAR
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About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.