LA JOLLA, Calif. – Kicking off a busy home weekend, the Triton men hosted no. 2 Cal Friday afternoon. Competing in 14 events, the Tritons fell to the Bears with a score of 111 to 145.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Battling the entire meet, the Tritons took first in four events and second in three events. Tyler James, Luke Pusateri, Spencer Daily, and Nate Cunnan finished second to the Bears' 200 yard medley relay team and 0.29 seconds from the pool record. Ending the meet with a win, Andrija Petkovic, Nate Cunnan, Tyler James, and Spencer Daily took first in the 200 yard freestyle relay breaking the pool record with a time of 1:20.68.
 
Swimming hard in the 200 yard freestyle, Ivan Kurakin and Hayden Johnson took second and third, swimming times of 1:38.36 and 1:38.42 respectively. Ivan Kurakin went on to swim the 500 yard freestyle, swimming two faster splits than first at the end of a long swim, he took second with a time of 4:29.98. Andrija Petkovic took second in the 100 yard freestyle, hundredths of a second behind Cal with a time of 44.83. In the 200 yard breaststroke, underclassmen from UC San Diego and Cal battled for first. Aidan Simpson swam a 2:01.71 to take first while Luke Pusateri and Ethan Hildesheim took third and fourth. Spencer Daily took first in both the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard butterfly, swimming a time of 20.05 and 48.47 respectively. The Tritons took the top five spots in the 100 yard butterfly.
 
UP NEXT
The Triton men will be back home tomorrow to host the Triton Invitational at Canyonview Aquatic Center beginning at 10:00 am. Following that event, the Triton women will be hosting the University of San Diego at 2:00 pm.
 
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.