RIVERSIDE, Calif. – UC San Diego women's swim defeated Cal Baptist and Grand Canyon University while the men defeated Cal Baptist and fell to GCU on Saturday afternoon at Lancer Aquatics Center.
 
TEAM SCORES
Women
UC San Diego 160       123 Grand Canyon
UC San Diego 181       108 Cal Baptist
 
Men
UC San Diego 160.5    133.5 Cal Baptist
Grand Canyon 158      133 UC San Diego
 
ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE
Juli Arzave earned the women's first win of the day in the 1000 yard free with a time of 9:58.49. Sophia Bell followed the fifth year in second with a time of 10:14.57. The gold and blue swept the 200 free with Asia Kozan leading the charge in first with a time of 1:47.73. The freshman was followed by Sophie Francis and Audrey Moore in second and third, respectively.
 
Taking first, third, and fourth in the 100 back, Eva Boehlke led the event with a time of 55.26. Iris Bayan took third with a time of 56.45 followed by Teagan Monroe in fourth with a time of 56.81. Jana Jocic finished fourth in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.66. Minh-Nha Kawamura posted a 2:04.63 in the 200 fly for a second-place finish. Alisa Rangel followed Kawamura for third with a time of 2:04.63.
 
Miranda Renner, Josette Odgers, and Mackenzie Lee took second, third, and fourth in the 50 free. Kozan posted a time of 50.58 for a second-place finish in the 100 free and Odgers took fourth, swimming a time of 51.66. Bayan finished first in the 200 back with a time of 2:02.13. Boehlke took another first place finish in 200 breast with a time of 2:18.45.
 
Taking another first place finish in the 500 free, Arzave posted a time of 4:54.61 with Bell following in second at 4:59.68. Renner tallied a first place finish in the 100 fly at 54.12 with Sanne Dequine taking third with a time of 55.75. Gabi Icheva took second in the 200 IM with a time of 2:06.08 and Sabrina Bennani finished fourth.
 
Ending the day on a victory, Moore, Odgers, Renner, and Kozan took first over GCU an Cal Baptist with a time of 3:24.44.
 
ON THE MEN'S SIDE
Opening the meet with a first-place finish, Andrija Petkovic, Luke Pusateri, Chad Morrison, and Zach Elian posted a 1:29.43 in the 200 yard medley relay. Jackson Bernstein finished second in the 1000 free with a time of 9:25.79 for a season best time. Petkovic and Ryan Kirton took first and third in the 200 free with times of 1:37.57 and 1:39.11 respectively.
 
Finishing second in the 100 back, Nathan Lee posted a time of 48.52 for a personal best. Pusateri and Colton Milne took third and fourth in the 100 breast finishing within a touch of one another. Posting a time of 1:48.86 in the 200 fly, Yuma Dugas took second for the Tritons. He was followed by Austin Lathrop in third, who posted a time of 1:53.26.
 
Elian and Lucas Brunett took third and fourth in the 50 free finishing within 0.08 seconds of one another. Petkovic took another first place finish in the 100 free with a time of 44.42. Finishing third, Luigi Franco posted a time of 1:47.43 in the 200 back. Jake Reuter, Milne, and Pusateri took second, third, and fourth in the 200 breast. Reuter posted a time of 2:00.12 for a personal best.
 
Devin Esser and Bernstein finished second and third in the 500 free with a time of 4:34.72 and 4:37.63, respectively. Adrian Bellido and Elian took third and fourth in the 100 fly. Lee, Reuter, and Shane Burns finished second, third, and fourth in the 200 IM.
 
UP NEXT
The Triton men will host Cal on Friday, February 2 at Canyonview Aquatics Center with the dual meet set for 1 p.m. The Triton women will head across town on Saturday, February 3 to face University of San Diego 12 p.m.
 
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