ELKHART, Ind. – UC San Diego closed out day one of the CSCAA National Invitational Championships in Elkhart, Ind. with both Triton teams in 6th place overall. Including prelims, the Tritons posted 21 team best times on day one of the invitational.
HOW IT HAPPENED
On the women's side, the 400 yard medley relay team of
Teagan Monroe,
Katja Pavicevic,
Jordan Phillips, and
Miranda Renner, broke the team record and finished second overall with a time of 3:37.98. Renner and Phillips joined
Tina Reuter and
Brittney Miles in the 200 yard freestyle relay to take first place with a time of 1:30.90.
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Nate Cunnan,
Andrija Petkovic,
Ryan Kirton, and
Spencer Daily took second in the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:18.84. In the 500 yard freestyle,
Ivan Kurakin placed third overall after heading into the event as the top seed with a team record of 4:19.83.
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UP NEXT
The Tritons continue the CSCAA NIC with preliminaries beginning at 9:30 am ET and finals starting at 6:00 pm ET.
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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.comÂ
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