Dec. 8, 2001
CHULA VISTA, Calif. - The San Diego State women's swimming and diving team won 13-of-14 swimming events Saturday on its way to a 185-111 victory over Northern Arizona. The meet was held at Southwestern College.
The Aztecs, who moved to 4-2 in dual meet competition this season, took top honors in all but the 200-yard backstroke and secured a sweep of the day's relay competition.
SDSU completed a 1-2 sweep in the 200 medley relay with the team of Meghan Casillan, Jill Karacozoff, Tara Johnson and Heather DeFelice placing first with a time of 1:52.34. The quartet of Aletta Haff, Jennifer Arrow, Erin Kilpatrick and Sarah Lattus took second with a time of 1:54.40. The Aztecs also won the 200 freestyle relay, racing to a time of 1:41.53.
The highlight of the day's individual events came in the form of a 1-2-3 SDSU finish in the 500 free. Megan Storey took the event's top place with a time of 5:06.03, followed by Hannah Ryan (5:12.03) and Erin Whalen (5:19.56).
SDSU also scored a 1-2-3 finish in the 100 backstroke, with Meghan Casillan winning the event in 1:01.00 followed by Aletta Haff (1:01.34) and Ericka Sjoholm (1:02.62).
Five Aztecs placed first in two events apiece Saturday. Coupled with her finish in the 500 free, Storey also finished first in the 1,000 free with a season best 10:21.43. Erin Kilpatrick took top honors in the 200 free (1:56.25) and 200 individual medley (2:12.28). Jennifer Graham won the 100 and 200 breast with time of 1:07.25 and 2:25.90, respectively. Tara Johnson completed a sweep of the 100 (1:00.44) and 200 butterfly (2:09.87). Heather DeFelice won the 50 (25.12) and 100 free (54.10).
SDSU had 1-2 sweeps in the 200 free, 100 free and 100 fly. The Aztecs have recorded 20 1-2 sweeps this year and have placed first in all but two relay events thus far in dual competition.
After a break for the winter holiday, SDSU will compete on Jan. 4-5 at the UC Irvine Invite.