Nov. 17, 2012
LONG BEACH, Calif. -
2012 Arena Invitational Complete Results
San Diego State swimmers turned in seven all-time SDSU top 10 marks and ended the 2012 Arena Invitational in third place as the three-day meet concluded Saturday evening at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, Calif.
The Aztecs completed the Invitational with a total of 908.5 points to finish behind two-time defending national champion California (1168.5) and Arizona State (970), but ahead of 12th-ranked UCLA (850). The third-place finish is SDSU's highest since it began competing in the annual meet in 2009.
Senior Katelyn Weddle provided San Diego State with its second individual first-place finish of the weekend as she captured the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:13.71. Weddle added to the first-place she picked up in the 100 breaststroke on Friday. Teammate Mikaela Macklin added points to SDSU's team score by taking second in the consolation final in 2:17.50.
The Aztecs best showing as a team came in the 1650 freestyle where three Aztecs qualified for the finals. Senior Melanie Garibaldi finished second with a mark of 16:34.77, the second-fastest time in program history. Kelly Marquenie took third in 16:37.64 while Jessica Crider was eighth in 16:47.35.
The 200 backstroke final saw Leona Jennings capture fifrh spot with a time of 1:56.96, just ahead of sixth-place finish Natilee Ruiz, whose 1:57.26 goes into the SDSU all-time top 10 list as the number-two time an Aztec swimmer.
In the 100 freestyle, Meghan Zimmer took top spot in the consolation final with a time of 50.09. That mark goes into the SDSU record book and the second-fastest ever as Zimmer missed tying the school record by a mere .02 second. Also entering the SDSU top 10 list in the event were Maddy Dalcamo (60.85 - fifth) and Savannah Miller (51.38 - eighth).
San Diego State capped off the Invitational by finishing fourth in the 400 freestyle with the second-best time in school history. The quartet of Zimmer, Dalcamo, Jennings and Miller went 3:20.88. In addition, the foursome of Crider, Ruiz, Whitney Weisz and Macklin turned in a clocking of 3:24.95 which qualifies as the seventh-fastest time in program history.
San Diego State will return to dual meet action in two weeks when it hosts Mountain West foe Fresno State on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 12:00 p.m. at the Aztec Aquaplex.
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES 1. California................1168.5 2. Arizona State..............970 3. San Diego State............908.5 4. UCLA.......................850 5. San Jose State.............654 6. Hawai'i....................568 7. Brigham Young..............466 8. UC Santa Barbara...........457 9. UC San Diego...............34810. Cal Poly...................310.511. Loyola Marymount...........273.512. CSU Bakersfield............20413. California-Post Grad........9214. Peperdine...................8415. Fresno State-Post Grad......5916. UCLA-Post Grad..............5517. CSU Bakersfield-Post Grad...42