LA JOLLA, Calif. – After hosting three meets this past weekend, seniors
Jordan Phillips and
Spencer Daily were both named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Athletes of the Week.
The Triton women hosted USD on Saturday, where
Jordan Phillips helped her team take first in 15 out of 16 events, by taking first in three events herself. She swam a 23.18 in the 50 yard freestyle and broke her own pool record from 2020 in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 53.60. She led the first leg in the 400 yard freestyle relay, the team swam a 3:28.47, finishing nearly 23 seconds before the next relay team.
After hosting No. 2 Cal for two days in a row,
Spencer Daily took four wins against the Bears. On the first day, he took took first in both the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard butterfly, swimming a time of 20.05 and 48.47 respectively. He ended the meet as the final leg in the 200 yard freestyle relay and helped break the pool record with a time of 1:20.68. On the second day, he took first again in the 50 yard freestyle.
The Tritons ended their regular season with that meet and will head to Los Angeles next weekend to compete in the MPSF Championships.
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.
