Saturday, January 10
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Bruin Quad Meet - Iowa, Utah, UC Santa Barbara
UCLA Sweeps Past Iowa, Utah, and UCSB at Bruin Quad Meet
January 10, 2026 | Swimming & Diving
LOS ANGELES โ The UCLA swimming and diving team earned a clean sweep at the Bruin quad meet on Saturday. The Bruins took down Utah 164-75, Iowa 159-80, and UC Santa Barbara 160-79.
The day featured two events, the 50 free and the 100 IM, both held in a different style than usual on Saturday. The two events featured a skin-style race where, after the eight competitors took part in the event, the top six would move on to the next round, then after the second round, the top four moved on, followed by the top two in the third round, who moved on to compete for the race win.
After winning two of three duals last week in a quad meet with UC San Diego, Wisconsin and Tulane, the Bruins swept past UC Santa Barbara, Utah and Iowa on Saturday. Over the course of the meet, the Bruins earned event wins in all but two events.
UCLA kicked off the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay. Alexis Schaffer, Claudia Yovanovich, Anna Wetteland and Sarah Bennetts touched the wall in a combined 1:32.37 to earn UCLA's first event win.
Jada Duncan continued her great weekend with two wins and a second-place finish on Saturday. The freshman won the 50 fly in 24.67, came in second in the 50 back with a time of 26.25, and helped the UCLA 'A' relay squad take the top spot in the 200 medley relay.
Rosie Murphy also had a stellar Saturday, taking part in four events and winning two of the four. ย She took the 150 back in 1:25.67, and then put on an impressive performance in the 100 IM along with Bennetts.
In the 100 IM, Murphy and Bennetts both swam four times, making it all the way to the final round of the competition, in which the two Bruins went head-to-head in the final. Murphy came out on top in 56.28 in the final heat.
Bennett, in addition to her second-place finish in the 100 IM, also won the 150-yard breaststroke on Saturday. She powered her way to the line in 1:38.74, and was the only competitor to finish under 1:40.00 in the discipline.
In the distance events, Applejean Gwinn was the top performer on the day for UCLA. The freshman won both the 800 free and the 300 IM. In the 800 free Gwinn finished in first in 8:11.77, and then in the 300 IM she took the top spot in 3:13.73.
As for day two of the Bruin Diving Invitational, UCLA had two divers earn spots in the finals session of the 3m diving competition. Junior Molly Brascia and senior Eden Cheng both earned second sessions after taking sixth and seventh, respectively, in the prelims session.
In the finals session, Cheng climbed all the way to the top spot with a score of 326.40 in finals to take her total tally to 602.60 on the day. Her score of 326.40 was the highest score of any Bruin on 3m so far this season. Brascia also climbed from sixth to second overall, finishing with a total score of 580.80 across the two sessions.
Up Next: UCLA returns to action tomorrow morning with the third day of action at the Bruin Diving Invitational. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10:30 am PT from Spieker Aquatics Center.
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The day featured two events, the 50 free and the 100 IM, both held in a different style than usual on Saturday. The two events featured a skin-style race where, after the eight competitors took part in the event, the top six would move on to the next round, then after the second round, the top four moved on, followed by the top two in the third round, who moved on to compete for the race win.
After winning two of three duals last week in a quad meet with UC San Diego, Wisconsin and Tulane, the Bruins swept past UC Santa Barbara, Utah and Iowa on Saturday. Over the course of the meet, the Bruins earned event wins in all but two events.
UCLA kicked off the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay. Alexis Schaffer, Claudia Yovanovich, Anna Wetteland and Sarah Bennetts touched the wall in a combined 1:32.37 to earn UCLA's first event win.
Jada Duncan continued her great weekend with two wins and a second-place finish on Saturday. The freshman won the 50 fly in 24.67, came in second in the 50 back with a time of 26.25, and helped the UCLA 'A' relay squad take the top spot in the 200 medley relay.
Rosie Murphy also had a stellar Saturday, taking part in four events and winning two of the four. ย She took the 150 back in 1:25.67, and then put on an impressive performance in the 100 IM along with Bennetts.
In the 100 IM, Murphy and Bennetts both swam four times, making it all the way to the final round of the competition, in which the two Bruins went head-to-head in the final. Murphy came out on top in 56.28 in the final heat.
Bennett, in addition to her second-place finish in the 100 IM, also won the 150-yard breaststroke on Saturday. She powered her way to the line in 1:38.74, and was the only competitor to finish under 1:40.00 in the discipline.
In the distance events, Applejean Gwinn was the top performer on the day for UCLA. The freshman won both the 800 free and the 300 IM. In the 800 free Gwinn finished in first in 8:11.77, and then in the 300 IM she took the top spot in 3:13.73.
As for day two of the Bruin Diving Invitational, UCLA had two divers earn spots in the finals session of the 3m diving competition. Junior Molly Brascia and senior Eden Cheng both earned second sessions after taking sixth and seventh, respectively, in the prelims session.
In the finals session, Cheng climbed all the way to the top spot with a score of 326.40 in finals to take her total tally to 602.60 on the day. Her score of 326.40 was the highest score of any Bruin on 3m so far this season. Brascia also climbed from sixth to second overall, finishing with a total score of 580.80 across the two sessions.
Up Next: UCLA returns to action tomorrow morning with the third day of action at the Bruin Diving Invitational. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10:30 am PT from Spieker Aquatics Center.
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