Caltech Swim & Dive Wins First Dual Meet
On Saturday, November 2, Caltech Swim & Dive defeated the Occidental College Panthers at De Mandel Aquatics Center.
The Caltech divers achieved victories and top three finishes. In women’s 1-meter and 3-meter diving, Ava Balanon (‘28, Fleming), Jana Woo (CS ‘26, Page), and Kassie Kristufek (‘28, Fleming) finished top three in both events. Balanon won the 1-meter with a score of 265.13. Woo finished first in the 3-meter with a score of 277.73 and also earned SCIAC diver of the week.
Anthony Wang (‘28, Avery) won in both 1-meter and 3-meter men’s diving with scores of 272.93 and 273.45, respectively. Lucas Smith (‘28, Page) finished third in the 1-meter dive with a score of 148.35.
Throughout the meet, the Caltech swimmers posted various winning times.
On the women’s side, Allison Xin (CS ‘27, Page), Karen Zhou (CS ‘27, Lloyd), Beatrice Cai (Bio ‘27, Lloyd), and Elizabeth Ma (‘28, Lloyd) finished first in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:54.87. Xin also won the 100-yard backstroke with 1:02.79. Grace Tuhabonye (‘28, Ricketts) came in first in the 1000-yard freestyle at 11:05.79 and the 200-yard butterfly at 2:15.97.
On the men’s side, Aaron Dumas (‘28, Page), Alvin Zhang (‘28, Fleming), Marcel Liu (Ph ‘27), and Sam Small (BioE ‘25, Lloyd) won the 200-yard medley relay by 0.91 seconds at 1:34.08. Zhang also won the 100-yard backstroke with 52.61 and 100-yard freestyle with 47.52. Tommaso Colombo (Chem ‘27, Avery) finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke by 0.4 seconds with a time of 59.15.
Several more wins include Dumas in the 200-yard backstroke, Simon Hu (CNS ‘26, Page) in the 500-yard freestyle, Thomas Fenton (‘28, Fleming) in the 1000-yard freestyle and 200-yard breaststroke, Sam Xie (‘28, Avery) in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly, and Reid Nussbaum (MechE ‘27, Page) in the 200-yard individual medley.
Many swimmers on both the men’s and women’s teams also posted numerous top three finishes. The Beavers wrapped up the meet with wins in the women’s and men’s 200-yard freestyle relays. In all, the women’s team won 161-129 and the men’s team won 206-82.
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