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UCLA Falls to Visiting No. 5 California
January 27, 2018 | Swimming & Diving
LOS ANGELES โ The UCLA women's swimming and diving team wrapped up a weekend of home Top-5 matchups with a loss to No. 5 California, 183-111. Emma Schanz posted the lone UCLA win of the day, while a number of Bruin swimmers tallied runner-up results.
For the second straight day, diving began the day. One day after posting a win in the Bruins' dual meet against No. 3 Stanford, Ciara Monahan (284.70) finished second to Briana Thai of Cal (288.08). Monahan returned later in the day to post yet another runner-up finish, notching a score of 302.48 in the 3-Meter, just behind Cal's Phoebe LaMay (305.93) for the top spot.
The Bruin "A" team of Jennifer Lathrop, Schanz, Amy Okada and Kenisha Liu finished third in the 200 Medley Relay (1:42.90) for UCLA's top finish in the event. In the first distance race of the afternoon, Sandra Soe finished second in the 1000 Free (10:03.18), while Margaux Verger Gourson and Lisa Kaunitz backed her up in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Kenisha Liu challenged Cal's Amy Bilquist, but finished 76 hundredths of a second behind the Golden Bear for another second-place showing. Freshmen Lathrop and Lucy Agnew each contributed to the Bruin cause in the 100 Back, while Schanz touched the wall just 27 hundredths back of Alicia Harrison and the top spot in the 100 Breast. Emma Cain and Sarah Kaunitz also posted strong performances.
It was another narrow second-place result for UCLA in the 200 Fly, as Okada checked in at 1:58.61. Katie Grover's 23.24 time in the 50 Free challenged Golden Bears Abbey Weitzeil and Katie McLaughlin and was good for third. The senior from Atlanta also turned in a strong performance in the 100 Free (50.49), coming in just over a second back of winner Bilquist (49.34). Liu checked in at 50.55 to take third.
Lathrop, Agnew and Marie-Pierre Delisle picked up points in the 200 Back, before Schanz posted the Bruins' only win of the day. Her 2:15.60 in the 200 Breast edged out Harrison, while Cain (2:20.09) and Sarah Kaunitz (2:20.97) also had strong showings.
Schanz for the win! The junior picks up a W in the 200 Breast (2:15.60). #GoBruins pic.twitter.com/0xAR8SNJiU
โ UCLA Swim And Dive (@UCLASwimAndDive) January 27, 2018
Soe took second in the 500 Free (4:55.85) by a narrow margin, while Verger Gourson took third (4:59.76). Okada (54.42) and Grover (55.25) went 2-3 in the 100 Fly, while Schanz registered another second-place finish with a 4:19.79 in the 400 IM.
Grover, Okada, Carly Reid and Sarah Kaunitz teamed to finish the 200 Free Relay in a time of 1:33.84.
UCLA will return to action when No. 13 USC visits Spieker Aquatics Center on Feb. 9.
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