ST. GEORGE, Utah – The Hawai'i women's swimming and diving team picked up a pair of event titles Thursday to maintain their lead while the men claimed one title to put them in third place through two days at the MPSF Championships.
The Rainbow Wahine have opened up a comfortable lead with 266 points through two days, leading UC San Diego by 47 points while the Rainbow Warriors are in third with 226.5 points, 50.5 behind UC Santa Barbara and BYU.
The Wahine opened the day with their third relay title of the meet, taking the 200 free relay with a time of 1:29.83. The squad of
Holly Nelson,
Laticia Transom,
Anna Friedrich and Gabby Scudamore combined to break a 13-year old MPSF meet record.
Transom then continued her incredible season by claiming the women's 50 free in record-setting fashion, swimming a 22.26 to lower the UH record by .10 seconds. Nelson came in right behind her in second with a 22.78 while Scudamore finished fourth in 23.02 to total 52 points for the Wahine in the event.
The Rainbow Warriors also had a solid day, finishing runner-up in the 200 free relay before having three top-six finishers in the 50 free.
Mario Surkovic,
Jordan Meacham,
Tim Masten and
Edward Stoddard started the session by posting a season-best 1:18.69 in the 200 free relay, narrowly getting edged out by UCSB. Stoddard and Meacham the finished second and third, respectively, in the 50 free followed by Masten in sixth to make it a 46-point event for the 'Bows.
On the diving boards,
Mackaby Pennington claimed the first event title for the Rainbow Warriors, winning the men's 1-meter competition with a mark of 358.25. The score is good for the eighth-best in program history and builds upon his season-best mark which was already good enough for an NCAA Zone E cut.
Juan Gonzalez joined Pennington in the finals, finishing third to put up 16 points for the Rainbow Warriors.
Four Rainbow Wahine divers made the finals for the 3-meter competition, with
Elma Lund leading the way with a third-place finish with a mark of 296.45.
Isabella Plantz came in fourth with a mark of 282.15 while
Isabelle Lombardi placed sixth and
Annika Donez finished seventh to give UH a total of 56 points in the event.
Hawai'i continues action in the pool at the MPSF Championships with the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breaststroke and 100 back while the diving action continues in Mission Viejo, Calif. with the men's 3-meter and women's 1-meter competitions.
DAY 2 TEAM STANDINGS
Women
1. Hawai'i – 266
2. UC San Diego – 219
3. BYU – 194
4. UC Santa Barbara.- 185.5
5. UC Davis – 178.5
6. CSU Bakersfield – 91
7. Pacific – 84
8. UC San Diego – 77
9. Cal Poly – 74
10. Incarnate Word – 56
Men
1. UC Santa Barbara – 240
2. BYU – 239
3. Hawai'i – 226.5
4. UC San Diego – 166
5. Incarnate Word – 151
6. CSU Bakersfield – 125.5
7. Pacific – 84
8. Cal Poly – 73
