Jan. 12, 2017
THIS WEEK IN AZTEC SWIMMING & DIVING
The San Diego State swimmers and diving team will host a double dual meet against Mountain West foes Fresno State and New Mexico on Saturday, Jan. 14, at 10:00 a.m. at the Aztec Aquaplex. The meet will consist of the standard 16-event format. The two diving events, however, will not be held during the swimming portion of the meet.
The Aztec diving team will be in Los Angeles this weekend for the annual UCLA Diving Invitational that runs from Friday, Jan. 13 to Sun. Jan. 15. Each team's scores from the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions at the Invitational will be used in the determination of team scores for the double dual meet. As a result, final official team scores for Saturday's double dual meet will not be available until later in the day.
SENIOR DAY
Saturday's double dual meet at the Aquaplex has been designated as Senior Day with the Aztec set to honor six swimmers making their final home appearances for the Red and Black. Those six athletes include McKenna Garfein, Samantha Guttmacher, Caroline Mitchell, Kate Santilena, Andre VanderMey and Cecilia Zaccarelli.
LAST TIME OUT
San Diego State competed in a pair of invitational meets at UC San Diego on Monday, Jan. 2, and Tuesday, Jan. 3. The Aztecs won the six-team UCSD Invitational I on Jan. 2 with 462 points to top a field that included Boise State, San Jose State, Air Force, Incarnate Word and UC San Diego. On Jan. 3, the Aztecs placed second in the four-team UCSD Invitational II as their point total of 637.50 was second to Rice and ahead of San Jose State and UC San Diego.
In Monday's Invitational, SDSU failed to place first in any of the eight swimming events, but diver Alexandra Caplan was able to capture first on the 1-meter board with a score of 282.65 and was second on the 3-meter board (306.75). In Tuesday's UCSD Invitational II, junior Summer Harrison won the 100 butterfly in 56.34 while Caplan won the 1-meter board for the second straight day after finishing third in the 3-meter competition.
DIVER OF THE WEEK
Junior Alexandra Caplan was named the Mountain West Diver of the Week on Nov. 15 for her performance at the USC Diving Invitational (Nov. 11-13). At that meet Caplan placed third on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards and finished sixth on the platform. Her scores on each board were NCAA Zone qualifying marks allowing her a chance to qualify for the NCAA Championships next March.
SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Freshman McKenna Meyer was selected the Mountain West Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 18 for her effort in the double dual meet wins over Vanderbilt and UC San Diego on Oct. 14. Meyer won the 1000 free in 10:10.91 and also captured first in the 200 individual medley in 2:04.15. Both of those marks ranks among the top 10 all-time in program history. She also took fourth place in the 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:25.42.
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The SDSU swimming and diving team will compete in its final dual meet of the 2016-7 season next Friday, Jan. 13, when it travels across town to face the University of San Diego at 1:00 p.m. t the USD Sports Center Pool. \b>\u>