
No. 24 Swim & Dive Wraps Up Competition at UCSD/Wisconsin Tri-Meet
January 04, 2025 | Swimming & Diving
LA JOLLA, Calif. โ The No. 24 UCLA Swim & Dive team opened the 2025 portion of the schedule with a tri-meet against No. 12 Wisconsin and UC San Diego at the CanyonView Aquatics Center on the campus of UC San Diego. UCLA split the day and beat UC San Diego 177.0-133.0, while the Badgers beat the Bruins 195.0-86.0.
To begin the day the 200 medley relay crew of Fay Lustria, Eva Carlson, Emma Harvey, and Ana Jih-Schiff took second place in the event with a time of 1:40.26, finishing behind Wisconsin's A team.
In the first individual event of the day Ashley Kolessar earned second place in the 500 free. The junior took silver in 4:56.16. As for the 100 back, Harvey, Claudia Yovanovich, and Amy Zhang finished second, fourth and fifth in 54.19, 57.55, and 57.59 respectively.
Karolina Piechowicz earned the third podium of the day for the Bruins when she took third in the 50 breast, touching the wall in 29.30. Carlson finished directly behind her in 29.32 to take fourth. ย Mia Chang followed Piechowicz's bronze with a bronze of her own in the 100 fly, finishing in 56.12.
UCLA finished in second, third, and fourth in the 50 back. Harvey took second in 25.63, Lustria was third in 25.96, and Chang finished fourth in 26.36.
Carlson earned her second podium of the day in the 100 breast, finishing third in 1:03.31. As for the 50 free Jih-Schiff also earned her second podium of the day, touching the wall in 23.29.
Freshman Josie Arbuckle earned another podium for the Bruins in the 100 free. She touched the wall in 52.86 for the Bruins, while Katy Pacher finished fifth in 53.17.
Rosie Murphy earned UCLA's ninth podium of the day when she took third in the 200 IM. The junior finished in 2:03.80 while senior Paige MacEachern took fifth in 2:06.39.
To wrap up the meet the Bruins took second in the 400 free relay. The quartet of Harvey, Carlson, Arbuckle and Jih-Schiff take second with a time of 3:25.44.
Up Next: The Bruins return to action on Saturday, January 11, when UCLA will face Utah in Salt Lake City. The meet is scheduled to begin at 11 am PT.
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To begin the day the 200 medley relay crew of Fay Lustria, Eva Carlson, Emma Harvey, and Ana Jih-Schiff took second place in the event with a time of 1:40.26, finishing behind Wisconsin's A team.
In the first individual event of the day Ashley Kolessar earned second place in the 500 free. The junior took silver in 4:56.16. As for the 100 back, Harvey, Claudia Yovanovich, and Amy Zhang finished second, fourth and fifth in 54.19, 57.55, and 57.59 respectively.
Karolina Piechowicz earned the third podium of the day for the Bruins when she took third in the 50 breast, touching the wall in 29.30. Carlson finished directly behind her in 29.32 to take fourth. ย Mia Chang followed Piechowicz's bronze with a bronze of her own in the 100 fly, finishing in 56.12.
UCLA finished in second, third, and fourth in the 50 back. Harvey took second in 25.63, Lustria was third in 25.96, and Chang finished fourth in 26.36.
Carlson earned her second podium of the day in the 100 breast, finishing third in 1:03.31. As for the 50 free Jih-Schiff also earned her second podium of the day, touching the wall in 23.29.
Freshman Josie Arbuckle earned another podium for the Bruins in the 100 free. She touched the wall in 52.86 for the Bruins, while Katy Pacher finished fifth in 53.17.
Rosie Murphy earned UCLA's ninth podium of the day when she took third in the 200 IM. The junior finished in 2:03.80 while senior Paige MacEachern took fifth in 2:06.39.
To wrap up the meet the Bruins took second in the 400 free relay. The quartet of Harvey, Carlson, Arbuckle and Jih-Schiff take second with a time of 3:25.44.
Up Next: The Bruins return to action on Saturday, January 11, when UCLA will face Utah in Salt Lake City. The meet is scheduled to begin at 11 am PT.
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