Dec. 6, 2008
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The San Diego State swimming and diving team showed little signs of its four-week layoff as it defeated Cal State Bakersfield, 179-117, Saturday afternoon at CSUB's Hillman Aquatics Center. It was the Aztecs first competitive meet since November 8 as they evened their record at 4-4 on the season. The Roadrunners, meanwhile, saw their record fall to 1-5.
SDSU set the tone for the meet early as it took first and second in the 200 medley relay then swept the top three spots in each of the next three events including the 1000 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 50 yard backstroke.
Leading the way for the Aztecs was junior Kyla Power, who captured first place in the 1000 freestyle, 50 freestyle and 200 individual medley. It was her first appearance of the season in the 50 free while her time of 2:14.36 in the 200 IM was her personal season best.
Freshmen Lisa Tompkins and Jeanette Enzell were double winners in their individual events for San Diego State. Tompkins won the 50 and 100 breaststroke while Engzell took top honors in the 50 butterfly and 100 backstroke. It was Engzell's first attempt of the season in the fly race and she also swam on the winning 200 medley relay team that got the meet underway.
Four other Aztecs finished first in their swimming events as well. That group included Jamie Vessey in the 500 free, Elisabeth Krueger in the 200 free, Shaida Solimani in the 50 backstroke and Shannon Bray in the 100 fly. Krueger's personal best time of 1:56.12 in the 200 freestyle was the fastest time for an Aztec in that race this season.
Aztec divers took second through fourth place in both the one- and three-meter. In the one-meter, Caitlin Atkinson (2nd - 256.73) and Alex Barstad (3rd - 244.65) both established personal season-high point totals. The same held true in the three-meter diving for Atkinson (2nd - 244.51) and Megan Flanagan (3rd - 236.73).
San Diego State will now have another break of just over three weeks before their next action when they host Cal State East Bay on Wednesday, Dec. 31, at 9:00 a.m. (PDT) at the Aztec Aquatics Center.