Oct. 22, 2016
Stockton, Calif.----- San Jose State University had first place finishes in the 100 and 200 yard butterfly races and won the 400 medley and 200 freestyle relay races on the final day of the Pacific Invitational women's swimming meet to finish second out of five teams.
Sophomores Marley Maluafiti won the 200 fly with a time of 2:06.09 and Brenna Bushey placed first in the 100 fly in 55.23. Maluafiti also tied with teammate Lani Auva'a for fourth in the 100 fly at 57.40.
The Spartans finished with 676 points just ahead of Mountain West members Fresno State at 653 and Air Force at 617. Host Pacific was the team champion with 706. Fresno Pacific was fifth in the five-team invitational at 434.
"We had a very solid performance today. I am especially pleased with our relays and the wins by Brenna (Bushey), Marley (Maluafiti) and Coco (Humel in the 100 back Friday night)," said San Jose State women's swimming and diving head coach Sage Hopkins.
"It was great to see that we improved in several areas we've been focusing on and have also identified some items that we need to improve moving into the A3 Invite next month."
The Spartans' "A" relay teams posted winning times of 3:50.69 in the 400 medley and 1:35.93 in the 200 free to give San Jose State five first-place finishes in the 16 contested events. Pacific matched the Spartans with five first-place finishes, two of which were the 200 medley and 400 free relays on October 21. Fresno State had three first-place finishes, Air Force, two, and Fresno Pacific, one.
San Jose State returns to action, Thursday, November 17, for the three-night A3 Invitational in Monterey Park, Calif.
Final results from the Pacific Invitational women's swimming meet
Chris Kjeldsen Pool, Stockton, Calif.
October 22, 2016
Team scores -- 1, Pacific, 706; 2, San Jose State, 676; 3, Fresno State, 653; 4, Air Force, 617; 5, Fresno Pacific, 434.
400 medley relay -1, San Jose State A (Colleen Humel, Taylor Solorio, Brenna Bushey, Taylor Lehr), 3:50.69. 2, Fresno State A, 3:54.57. 3, Pacific A, 3:56.02. Other San Jose State finishers -- 5, San Jose State B (Lani Auva'a, Jenner Johnson, Marley Maluafiti, Antoinette Loya), 3:56.97. x, San Jose State C (Lisa Ellis, Jenna Lloyd, Victoria Fountain, Gabby Heng), x4:07.56.
200 fly -- 1, Marley Maluafiti, San Jose State, 2:06.09. 2, Whitney Jorgenson, Pacific, 2:07.63. 3, Taylor Hosmer, Pacific, 2:08.20. Other San Jose State finishers -- 11, Jamie Dodd, 2:11.03. 20, Jacqueline Nisson, 2:23.18.
100 free -- 1, Vaiva Gimbutyte, Pacific, 52.61. 2, Jinan Andrews, Air Force, 52.83. 3, Taylor Lehr, San Jose State, 52.99. Other San Jose State finishers -- 8, Kimberlee Giggey, 53.84. 13, Taylor Solorio, 54.34. 14, Brittany Heng, 54.48. 15, Kate Hanf, 54.71. 16, Kendal Guy, 54.72.
200 breast -- 1, Manuela Mendolicchi, Fresno State, 2:17.40. 2, Daria Belova, Fresno Pacific, 2:21.56. 3, Hailee Baldwin, Fresno State, 2:24.57. San Jose State finishers -- 7, Jenna Lloyd, 2:27.30. 8, Jenner Johnson, 2:28.33. 18, Maleah Schmidt, 2:41.32.
500 free -- 1, Genevieve Miller, Air Force, 5:00.47. 2, Taylor Hosmer, Pacific, 5:03.86. 3, Laura Fornshell, Fresno Pacific, 5:05.35. Other San Jose State finishers -- 6, Colleen Humel, 5:07.11. 11, Allyson Fellows, 5:15.77. 12, Katie McIntee, 5:16.49. 15, Erin Wayman, 5:17.51. 16, Jamie Dodd, 5:18.17. 17, Kendal Guy, 5:18.37.
100 fly -- 1, Brenna Bushey, San Jose State, 55.23. 2, Kenna Ramey, Pacific, 56.58. 3, Daria Belova, Fresno Pacific, 57.03. Other San Jose State finishers -- 4, tie, Marley Maluafiti, Lani Auva'a, 57.40. 9, Sara Hagen, 58.59. 21, Victoria Fountain, 1:00.91. 23, Antoinette Loya, 1:00.97. 25, Jacqueline Nisson, 1:04.30.
200 individual medley -- 1, Whitney Jorgensen, Pacific, 2:06.92. 2, Jinan Andrews, Air Force, 2:09.16. 3, Jayden Glover, Air Force, 2:10.16. San Jose State finishers -- 11, Kate Hanf, 2:13.44. 12, Jenna Lloyd, 2:13.53. 15, Jenner Johnson, 2:17.13.
200 free relay -- 1, San Jose State A (Taylor Solorio, Colleen Humel, Kimberlee Giggey, Taylor Lehr), 1:35.93. 2, Pacific A, 1:36.50. 3, Air Force A, 1:37.37. Other San Jose State finishers -- 6, San Jose State B (Antoinette Loya, Brenna Bushey, Brittany Heng, Marley Maluafiti), 1:38.11. x, San Jose State C (Gabby Heng, Jenna Lloyd, Lani Auva'a, Kate Hanf), x1:39.41.