Nov. 14, 2005
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SDSU Swimmers and Divers Return To San Diego For First Home Meet Since Oct. 22; Host New Mexico on Tuesday
The San Diego State swimming and diving team returns to the friendly confines of the Ray & Joan Kroc Community Center for the first time since Oct. 22, when it hosts New Mexico in a Mountain West Conference showdown at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Last Meet With the Aztecs
SDSU lost both dual meets in the Beehive State over the weekend, falling to BYU, 125-108, after losing to Utah, 140-95.
PROVO, Utah -- The San Diego State swimming and diving team fell, 125-108, to BYU on Saturday afternoon in Provo, Utah.
Rosalie Raymond earned SDSU's only first-place finish, taking the 500-yard freestyle in 5 minutes, 14.28 seconds, almost a second ahead of BYU's Celleigh McHenry (5:15.12). The freshman also took second in the 1,000 free with a time of 10:46.20.
Six other Aztecs had second-place finishes, led by junior Kimberlee Frith, who was second in both the 100 (54.00) and 200 (1:57.61) free. Senior Samantha Peters (50 free, 25.14), juniors Sarah Davis (400 individual medley, 4:42.57) and Stella Karoly (100 butterfly, 1:00.06), and sophomores Diana MacManus (100 backstroke, 59.31) and Katie Smith (100 breaststroke, 1:08.79) also took second in their respective events for SDSU.
In relay action, the Aztecs picked up a pair of second-places in the 200 free relay (1:40.85) and the 200 medley relay (1:50.53).
SALT LAKE CITY -- SDSU dropped a 140-95 decision to Mountain West Conference foe Utah on Friday afternoon in Salt Lake City, Utah. Frith and Diana MacManus each won individual events to lead SDSU.
Frith won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 55.92 seconds, narrowly defeating Utah's Jennifer Fredsall (1:56.02), while MacManus took first in the 100 backstroke (58.95). Frith also was second in the 100 free (54.17).
Other second-place finishes on the day went to senior Emily Schmied in the 100 butterfly (1:00.14), Smith in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.41) and Raymond in the 500 free (5:15.86).
Aztec divers Joelle Felton and Megan Flanagan each posted team season-best marks at their respective heights. Felton, a sophomore, was third at the 1-meter with 218.03 points and Flanagan, a freshman, was third in the 3-meter (249.30).
In relay competition, SDSU's quartet of freshman Kendal Twilling, Schmied, Raymond and Peters finished first in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:41.58. The team of MacManus, sophomore Lindsay Hnyda, Karoly and Frith earned a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay, clocking a 1:50.37 time, a season best mark for the Aztecs.
SDSU and New Mexico Series History
Since 1999-00, the Lobos hold a slight edge in the series, winning five dual meets to the Aztecs' four. New Mexico won last year's meeting by a score of 151-93 in Albuquerque.
However, SDSU did pick up first-place finishes from Emily Schmied in the 200-yard freestyle, Jennifer Arrow in the 200-yard breaststroke and in the 200 free relay team of Schmied, Sarah Davis, Emily Parker and Stephanie Chambers. The 200 medley relay team of Arrow, Lindsay Hnyda, Katie Smith and Samantha Peters earned a runner-up finish.
Do I Know You?
Don't be surprised if it takes awhile for the Aztec swimming and diving team to get to know one another. After all, 52.3 percent of the team (11-of-21) are either freshmen or transfers. The 2005-06 squad features seven freshmen and four college transfers.
Four freshmen - Megan Flanagan (3-meter diving) Lizette Patterson (200 breast), Rosalie Raymond (1,650 free) and Kendal Twilling (100 free and 200 IM) - have posted top SDSU marks in five events through the first four meets.
Transfers Kimberlee Frith (50 and 200 free), Diana MacManus (100 and 200 back) and Rachel Rife (500 free) have team-best times in their respective events, giving the Aztecs' newcomers top marks in 10 of the 16 events contested so far, a remarkable 62.5 percent.
The MacManus Effect
It hasn't taken sophomore Diana MacManus long to make her presence felt in the Mountain West. The Texas transfer has the fastest time in the 100 backstroke, clocking a 58.20. The time is also the fourth-fastest ever recorded by an Aztec. Her 200 back time of 2:06.74 is also fourth on the SDSU all-time list.
To put her dominance in the 100 back into perspective, one would have to look at her impressive record in the event. MacManus has compiled a 58-3 record against all her opponents (16-1 in MWC dual meets) this season, meaning she has beaten 95.1 percent of the opposition (94.1 percent in MWC).