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Bruins Drop Tight One at Arizona, 154.5-145.5
November 03, 2017 | Swimming & Diving
TUCSON, Ariz. โ The UCLA swimming and diving team dropped its first Pac-12 meet on the road Friday, falling 154.5-145.5 to Arizona at Hillenbrand Aquatic Center. The Wildcats finished 1-2 in the 200 Free Relay to secure the victory.
Katie Grover won three individual events for the Bruins on the afternoon, while Kenisha Liu and Emma Schanz each picked up two of her own. Eloise Belanger swept both diving events.
The Wildcats picked up the first win of the day in the 200 Medley Relay, as their "A" team clocked in at 1:41.32. The Bruin "A" and "B" teams finished second and third, respectively, to put them squarely on the board. Arizona would continue its winning ways into the individual events, taking the top two spots in the 1000 Free, with Hannah Cox continuing her hot start to the season. Sandra Soe finished third, while Lisa Kaunitz posted a fifth-place finish to notch a point for the Bruins.
Kenisha Liu picked up the first UCLA victory of the day, checking in with a time of 1:48.09 in the 200 Free. Wildcats held the 2-3-4 spots, while Carly Reid finished fifth. Schanz would continue the Bruin momentum, taking the 100 Back in a time of 55.35, just ahead of Kattrina Konopka of Arizona (55.48). Freshmen Jennifer Lathrop and Lucy Agnew also registered 2.5 points for the Bruins.
Sarah Kaunitz (1:04.51) and Emma Cain (1:04.96) picked up third- and fourth-place finishes in the 100 Breast, but Wildcat Mallory Korenwinder finished nearly two seconds ahead (1:02.68) to secure another first-place spot for the home team. Arizona's Mikayla Ranslem, meanwhile, took the 200 Fly (2:00.01), as Bruins Amy Okada (2:01.61), Marie-Pierre Delisle (2:03.41) and Allison Goldblatt (2:04.76) accounted for points.
Grover posted her first win of the meet with a 23.35ย in the 50 Free. Wildcats took 2-3-4, while Isabella Goldsmith picked up another UCLA point. Grover added another one race later, finishing the 100 Free in a time of 50.19, just ahead of Liu (50.42).
Agnew's 2:02.17 in the 200 Back was good for third, just ahead of teammate Lathrop (2:02.77). Delisle finished fifth with a time of 2:05.04. Cameron McHugh (1:57.73) won the event for the Wildcats.
Schanz would pick up her second win of the day in the 200 Breast, which she took with a time of 2:16.71. Cain (2:21.06) and Sarah Kaunitz (2:22.16) finished third and fourth.
Cox took her second distance event of the day in the 500 Free with a time of 4:52.17, while Soe took second in 5:00.54. Lisa Kaunitz's 5:04.23 made for a fifth-place spot and a point for the Bruins.
Grover's third win came in the 100 Fly (54.40), while Liu's came one race later in the 200 IM (2:02.20). Okada and Schanz earned points in each respective race.
Arizona would close the afternoon with a first- and second-place results in the 200 Free Relay to secure the victory, while the Bruin "A" team finished third with a time of 1:35.81, just over four seconds back of the top spot.
Bruins controlled the diving competition, with Belanger registering her second consecutive sweep of the Wildcats. The junior posted a score of 314.78 in the 3-Meter competition, while Ciara Monahan (278.63) finished second and Madeline Russell (220.80) picked up a fourth-place score.
Belanger would also take the 1-Meter with a score of 298.73. Monahan would again pick up a runner-up finish (250.43), while Traci Shiver's 209.63 would count for a foiurth-place results and two more points.
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