Nov. 20, 2015
Monterey Park, Calif. --- Improving on her personal best in the 100 backstroke for the second straight day, sophomore Colleen Humel posted a NCAA B qualifying time of 54.27 in the preliminary round as the San Jose State swimming team moves into fourth place on the second day of the A3 Performance Invitational on Friday, November 20.
"Overall we had a tremendous day and I am very happy with our overall performance," said San Jose State head coach Sage Hopkins. "Our most notable performer was Colleen Humel, hitting an NCAA B cut in the morning prelims and having three tough and very strong races in the finals."
Humel placed second in the 100 backstroke finals with a mark of 54.64 behind UCLA's Linnea Mack. On Friday Humel posted a NCAA B standard qualifying mark swimming the first leg of the 400 medley relay in 54.57 seconds. Humel is third all-time in San Jose State history in the 100 backstroke.
"Our 200 medley relay was the highlight of the evening and I'm very happy with how all four of the really members swam," Hopkins said.
The Spartans finished third in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:41.93 behind USC and UCLA. Competing for San Jose State in the relay was the team of Humel, junior Taylor Solorio, sophomore Brenna Bushey and senior Riley Spitser, posting the sixth best time in school history.
Finishing third in the 200 freestyle, Spitser posted a mark of 1:49.79. Humel added a top 10 finish in the 200 free for the Spartans with a time of 1:51.47. Completing the 100 breaststroke in 1:03.18 for third place, Solorio missed her top mark by .05 hundredths of a second.
"Tomorrow is another very strong day and I am looking forward to closing out our fall season with another great day," Hopkins said.
San Jose State wraps up the A3 Performance Invitational on Saturday, November 21, starting with the 200 backstroke at 9:00 a.m.
by Brian S. Stanley, SJSU athletics media relations student assistant
Day 2 â€" A3 Performance Invitational Results
Team Scores â€" 1, UCLA, 795. 2, UC Santa Barbara, 652.5. 3, Pacific, 517.5. 4, San Jose State, 503. 5, UC San Diego, 464.5. 6, Fresno State, 410. 7, Hawai'i, 407. 8, Cal Poly, 402. 9, CSU Bakersfield, 273. 10, USC, 240. 11, Loyola Marymount, 202.5.
200 Medley Relay â€" 1, USC, 1:38.63. 2, UCLA, 1:39.14. 3, San Jose State A (Colleen Humel, Taylor Solorio, Brenna Bushey, Riley Spitser), 1:41.93. Exhibition â€" San Jose State B (Taylor Lehr, Amanda Buxbaum, Marley Maluafiti, Brynne Beneke), 1:44.87.
400 Individual Medley â€" 1, Arlyn Upshaw, UCLA, 4:16.18. 2, Whitney Jorgensen, Pacific, 4:19.32. 3, Cristina Mardones, Pacific, 4:23.02. San Jose State Finishers â€" 14, Allyson Fellows, 4:35.36 Exhibition â€" Amanda Buxbaum, DFS.
100 Butterfly â€" 1, Katie Grover, UCLA, 53.20. 2, Erin Mcnutly, Hawai'i, 53.48. 3, Noelle Tarazona, Unaffiliated, 53.77. San Jose State Finishers â€" 6, Brenna Bushey, 54.64. 20, Marley Maluafiti, 56.60. 23, Angel Van Hofwegen, 57.02. 32, Alyssa Cable, 57.69. Exhibition â€" Taylor Solorio, 57.47. Alli Davis, 58.51. Gabby Turnbull, 59.76.
200 Freestyle â€" 1, Franziska Weidner, Hawai'i, 1:47.48. 2, Bonnie Diamond, Cal Poly, 1:49.29. 3, Riley Spitser, San Jose State, 1:49.79. Other San José State Finishers â€" 6, Colleen Humel, 1:51.47. 14, Taylor Lehr, 1:52.84. 16, Brynne Beneke, 1:53.97. 26, Alli Davis, 1:52.49. 42, Brittany Heng, 1:56.97. 47, Kimberlee Giggey, 1:57.85. 49, Kendal Guy, 1:58.19. 54, Gabby Turnbull, 1:58.99. Exhibition â€" Marley Maluafiti, 1:55.60. Allyson Fellows, 2:01.14.
100 Breaststroke â€" 1, Dylana Milobar, CSU Bakersfield, 1:02.21. 2, Katie Records, UC Santa Barbara, 1:02.67. 3, Taylor Solorio, San Jose State, 1:03.18. Other San Jose State Finishers â€" 12, Amanda Buxbaum, 1:04.79. 21, Natasha Moffitt, 1:06.11. 31, Alyssa Cable, 1:09.71.
100 Backstroke â€" 1, Linnea Mack, UCLA, 52.79. 2, Colleen Humel, San Jose State, 54.64. 3, Ugne Mazutaityte, Fresno State, 55.18. Other San José State Finishers â€" 16, Taylor Lehr, 57.95. 17, Lisa Ellis, 57.46. 31, Brittany Heng, 1:00.72. 33, Brittany Heng, 1:01.53. Exhibition â€" Angel Van Hofwegen, 59.38.
800 Freestyle Relay â€" 1, USC, 7:12.65. 2, UCLA, 7:21.85. 3, UC Santa Barbara, 7:27.91. San Jose State Finishers â€" 4,San Jose State A (Riley Spitser, Brynne Beneke, Taylor Lehr, Alli Davis), 7:29.26. Exhibition â€" San Jose State B, DFS.