Aztec Swimmers Defeat Alaska Fairbanks, 125-75
San Diego State kept its dual-meet winning streak intact Friday with a 125-75 triumph over the University of Alaska Nanooks at Patty Center Pool in Fairbanks, Alaska.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – San Diego State kept its dual-meet winning streak intact Friday with a 125-75 triumph over the University of Alaska Fairbanks at Patty Center Pool.
The Aztecs won all 11 swimming events and posted the two fastest times in seven of those races, improving to 4-0 on the year to go with an unblemished 5-0 all-time mark against the Nanooks. With the decision, SDSU has won 69 consecutive dual meets since Jan. 8, 2018, a span of over six years.
Reka Nyiradi and Mai McKenna were double winners in individual events on Friday, while Summer West, Kaydence Bispo, Christiana Williams and Eva Allan also emerged victorious for the Scarlet and Black.
In addition, the Aztecs logged a pair of wins in relay competition, including the triumphant 400 medley relay team of Liv Peebles, Moa Bergdahl, Nyiradi and Bispo, who established the tenor for the rest of the night with a winning effort of 3:48.33 to open the meet.
SDSU’s “B” entry also logged the second-best time in the event, as the foursome of Abby Storm, Williams, Alli Mann and Allan clocked at 3:50.24, with the result scored as an exhibition.
West took center stage in the 1,000 freestyle shortly thereafter with a victorious swim of 10:44.03, while Elsa Fullerton soon touched the wall at 10:54.83, although her time was considered an exhibition.
Moments later, Bispo came through with a winning performance of 1:54.95 in the 200 free, edging Bergdahl, who completed the race at 1:55.20, while Storm took fourth at 2:00.79, with the latter two results deemed exhibitions.
Nyiradi added to the Aztecs’ growing point-total in the 50 free with a triumphant sprint of 24.69, while Allan placed third at 25.05.
Likewise, McKenna followed with a victory in the 200 individual medley, where she touched the wall at 2:06.58, besting teammate Grace Mering, who clocked in at 2:10.25.
Alex Downing kept the momentum rolling for SDSU in the 100 butterfly with a winning time of 59.45, while West finished third at 1:02.91, although her swim was scored as an exhibition as well.
As the evening unfolded, Nyiradi logged her second victory in the 100 free with a sprint of 52.46, topping Bispo, who completed the race at 53.30.
Almost on cue, McKenna accomplished the identical feat moments later with her second win in the 100 backstroke, where she touched the wall at 57.93, while Charlotte Sevin clocked in at 59.47 to place third.
The Aztecs quickly grabbed the top two spots in the 500 free, where Allan (5:08.68) and Mann (5:09.30) went down to the wire in a thrilling finish.
Similarly, Williams (1:03.90) and Elisa Branca (1:05.69) were the standard bearers in the 100 breaststroke, while Mering took fourth (1:09.45), with her result scored as an exhibition.
SDSU completed the sweep of events in the 400 freestyle relay, where the team of Mann, Bispo, Nyiradi and Bergdahl joined forces for a winning performance of 3:30.04, while the Aztecs’ “B” entry consisting of Storm, McKenna, Sevin and Peebles logged the third-fastest time in the race at 3:39.74, though their clocking was deemed an exhibition.
San Diego State wraps up its excursion to the Last Frontier on Saturday, when it locks horns with the same Alaska Fairbanks squad in another dual meet, starting at 10 a.m. AT (11 a.m. PT).