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Redlands Swimming & Diving Blasts Beavers

The University of Redlands swimming & diving teams lambasted Caltech on Saturday in Pasadena with the women winning, 188-42, and the men coming out on top by a 172-58 score.

The Bulldogs swept every event with the exception of the men’s diving events, the women’s 1000 freestyle and the women’s 100 breaststroke.

On the women’s side, Redlands’ quality depth proved too much for the host team as the women came out swinging in the 200 medley relay and never looked back.

Sophomore Michelle Camburn (Sunnyvale, CA) swam a different set of events on Saturday and experienced similar results to those in her specialty events. Camburn captured a decisive triumph in the 200 individual medley with a 2:21.32 mark before tapping in at 1:14.85 to win the 100 breaststroke.

On the boards, senior Jenna Lyons (Whittier, CA) reigned supreme. Lyons took the top spot in the 3-meter (183.90) before taking first in the 1-meter (184.50) later on in the meet.

In the second individual event of the meet, sophomore Kat McIntosh (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) fired off a 2:03.79 200 freestyle, which earned her a first-place finish.

Using her sprint talents, freshman Casey Sripramong (Glendale, CA) won the 50 freestyle by almost a full second, checking in at 25.88.

Redlands continued its winning ways in the 100 butterfly as freshman Sarah Soriano (Fullerton, CA) captured first with a 1:07.79 time.

The other sprint freestyle event, the 100 freestyle, featured a different face scoring first-place points for the Maroon and Gray as freshman K.C. Hughes (Gig Harbor, WA) covered the four-lap sprint in 58.53.

Dabbling with a different slate, freshman Whitney Marsh (Folsom, CA) still came out victorious, finishing the 100 backstroke in 1:08.00 for first.

Rounding out the individual event winners was freshman Joy Corona (Lake Bluff, IL), who won her first collegiate event by means of the 500 freestyle (5:39.44).

Keeping with the trend of dominance, the Bulldogs took first in both relays. Marsh, freshman Jenny Bates (Littleton, CO), McIntosh and freshman Jaime Nippert (Gresham, OR) put together their stroke specialties to combine for a 2:02.58 win in the 200 medley relay while the quartet of Hughes, Soriano, McIntosh and senior Carey Best (La Quinta, CA) registered the gold standard in the 200 freestyle relay (1:50.82).

Taking home second-place finishes for the Maroon and Gray were freshman Jen Hoiland (San Clemente, CA) in the 200 freestyle (2:09.03), Marsh in the 50 freestyle (26.84), junior Kelly Goeres (Tigard, OR) in the 200 individual medley (2:29.08), senior Cassie Pardee (Sierra Vista, AZ) in the 100 butterfly (1:09.51), Bates in the 100 freestyle (59.53), junior Katie Heer (Scottsdale, AZ) in the 100 backstroke (1:10.33) and Nippert in the 500 freestyle (5:50.65).

Powered by young talent, the Redlands men dominated Caltech in every swimming event.

Sophomore Miran Terzic (Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina) turned heads with a blazing-fast 52.84 100 butterfly, finishing first by more than five-and-a-half seconds. Earlier in the meet, he bested his teammate and fellow sprint wunderkind freshman Tyler Harp (San Bernardino, CA) in the 200 freestyle with a winning time of 1:53.99.

No stranger to taking first, sophomore Alec Alders (Los Angeles, CA) made a statement in two events he normally leaves for practice sets rather than meets. Alders blitzed the field in the 200 individual medley, corralling first with a 2:04.43. In the 100 backstroke, he edged senior Buddy Olds (Murrieta, CA) by less than a second with a 58.26 performance.

In the meet’s first individual event, freshman Greg Heinicke (East Wenatchee, WA) went above his normal freestyle distance and churned out a competitive 10:53.11 time for the top place in the 1000 freestyle.

Despite falling just short of cracking the 23-second barrier in the 50 freestyle with a 23.13, freshman Ben Ballard (Riverside, CA) trumped his teammates for the first-place honor.

Harp experienced no hurdles in his 100 freestyle victory as he cruised his way to a 49.94 outing.

Freshman Will Houser (Woodinville, WA) took on the 500 freestyle and fared well, holding off a late charge by freshman Steven Zarian (Superior, CO) for the 5:05.22 win.

Finally, freshman Mike Grant (Weston, MA) pulled out a 1:05.80 100 breaststroke, which earned him the top spot in the event.

Similar to the women, the men had no problem sweeping both relays. The 200 medley relay contingent of junior Ian Starkie (Arroyo Grande, CA), Grant, Houser and Zarian clocked the first-place standard of 1:43.89 while junior Alex Smith-Jones (Boston, MA), junior Clint Stevenson (South Jordan, UT), freshman Mike Camp (Palos Verdes Estates, CA) and junior Taylor Swyers (St. Louis, MO) teamed up in the 200 freestyle relay and won with a 1:36.75 mark.

Second-place finishers included Swyers in the 1000 freestyle (11:45.73), Harp in the 200 freestyle (1:55.71), Stevenson in the 50 freestyle (23.32) and 100 freestyle (51.29), sophomore Andrew Smith-Jones (Annapolis, MD) in the 200 individual medley (2:11.40), sophomore Tim Sanders (Pasadena, CA) in the 1-meter (204.20) and the 3-meter (174.45), Starkie in the 100 butterfly (58.24), Olds in the 100 backstroke (58.95), Zarian in the 500 freestyle (5:08.14) and senior Matt Soriano (Fullerton, CA) in the 100 breaststroke (1:10.02).

Redlands (3-1, 3-0 SCIAC; 3-1, 3-0 SCIAC) returns to the Thompson Aquatic Center on Friday for a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) matchup against the Sagehens of Pomona-Pitzer Colleges. Diving is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. with swimming following suit at 2:30 p.m.