Jan. 3, 2015
LA JOLLA, Calif. - San Diego State set three pool records and placed first in 12 of 16 events in a double dual meet against Grand Canyon and Incarnate Word at the Canyonview Aquatic Center on the campus of UC San Diego Saturday afternoon.
The Aztecs ended the day with victories over both GCU (180-106) and UIW (184-107) to improve to 14-0. UCSD also competed at the meet, but did not score against SDSU as the teams had met in a dual meet earlier in the week.
The Aztecs began the afternoon by setting a facility record in the 400 medley relay as the quartet of Anika Apostalon, Laura Day, Summer Harrison and Chelsea Bailey turned in a time of 3:47.60 to break the previous pool record by 2.5 seconds.
SDSU ended the day with another facility record as the 200 freestyle relay team of Apostalon, Natilee Ruiz, Taylor Johnson and Savannah Miller went 1:34.14.
In between, Apostalon established a Canyonview Aquatic Center record with a mark of 50.05 in the 100 freestyle. The sophomore from Albuquerque, N.M, bettered the previous pool best of 50.26 that she set a year ago. She also picked up her fourth win of the afternoon by capturing the 100 backstroke in 55.19.
San Diego State swept the top three places in four events over the course of the meet. Following Apostalon in the 100 free were Bailey (51.50) and Maddy Dalcamo (52.40).
Laura Day placed first in the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.67 with Emilie Campbell finishing second (1:05.44) and Lydia Pereverzina third (1:05.85). Cori Casper won the 500 freestyle (5:09.35) and was followed by Alex Wolf in second (5:11.41) with Cayla Jetter third (5:17.03).
SDSU's other sweep came in the 200 freestyle with Ruiz winning in a time of 1:51.44. Whitney Weisz placed second (1:51.75) with Casper in third (1:55.68).
The Aztecs' other two first-place finishes in the individual swimming events included Bailey in the 50 freestyle (23.44) and Loreen Whitfield in the 100 butterfly (56.13).
In the diving, freshman Alexandra Caplan won both boards with scores that qualified for the Zone Diving Meet in March. Caplan won the 1-meter springboard with a score of 289.55 and captured the 3-meter event with a mark of 324.50. Her score on the 1-meter board ranks fourth all-time for an SDSU diver.
Sophomore Shannon Finigan qualified for the Zones with a mark of 294.60 on the 3-meter board. It was a personal best for the sophomore and ranks eighth in the SDSU record book.
In addition, freshman Makena Chamoures' scores of 267.85 on the 1-meter and 283.10 on the 3-meter were also Zone qualifying marks.
San Diego State will next be in action when it hosts a double dual meet against Nevada and Rice on Friday, Jan. 9, at 10:00 a.m. at the Aztec Aquaplex.