Jan. 3, 2017
La Jolla, Calif. -- San Jose State University's women's swimming and diving team finished third in a four-way meet with Rice, San Diego State and host UC San Diego.
Rice came in first with a score of 673.5 with San Diego State close behind at 637.5 points. San Jose State scored 565 and UC San Diego finished in fourth place with a score of 526.
Coach Sage Hopkins said, "All three of these programs are really strong, Rice has one of the better teams that they have had in years and San Diego State is clearly one of the top couple of teams in our conference and UC San Diego is one of the top D-II programs in the country.
"So, it was a great opportunity to compete against some really top-notch competition. That is really what we're looking for at this point in the season as we approach the conference championships."
For the second day in a row, Cari Reiswig finished first in the 3-meter dive with a score of 318.55. She also placed second in the 1-meter event with a score of 288.70.
"I was very happy with the divers' performances," said the Spartans head coach. "Natasha Sondeno is inching closer and closer to getting her NCAA Zone qualifying mark and that's great to see." Sondeno came in fourth with a score of 276.20 in the 3-meter dive and eighth with a score of 241.15 in the 1-meter dive.
The Spartans had a third-place finisher in six out of 14 swimming events.
Colleen Humel had two of them with times of 57.89 in the 100 back and 2:03.33 in the 200 back. Taylor Solorio swam 52.75 in the 100 free and Violani Auva'a posted a time of 57.39 in the 100 fly.
The other two third place finishes were in the 200 medley relay team with Humel, Jenner Johnson, Brenna Bushey and Solorio with a time of 1:45.85 and also the 400 free relay team of Antoinette Loya, Solorio, Brittany Heng and Gabby Heng with a time of 3:32.51.
"I was very pleased with our medley relays, that was a great start to the meet," said Hopkins.
"We have always have a goal of being better competitively each day and I really feel that we hit that goal and I'm really happy with how the swimmers and divers performed today."
San Jose State is next in action, Friday, January 13, in a dual meet with Cal State East Bay. First event is at 1:00 p.m.
San Jose State University Women's Swimming & Diving
UC San Diego Four-Way
Canyonview Pool, San Diego, Calif.
January 3, 2017
Team Scores -- 1, Rice, 673.5. 2, San Diego State, 637.5. 3, San Jose State, 565.0. 4, UC San Diego, 526.0.
200 medley relay -- 1, Rice `A', 1:44.98. San Jose State Finishers -- 3, San Jose State `A' (Colleen Humel, Jenner Johnson, Brenna Bushey, Taylor Solorio), 1:45.85. 7, San Jose State `B' (Lisa Ellis, Jenna Lloyd, Violani Auva'a, Kimberlee Giggey).
1000 free -- 1, Hanna Huston, Rice, 10:11.36. San Jose State Finishers -- 6, Allyson Fellows, 10:35.99. 10, Jamie Dodd, 10:45.77. 12, Gillian Logan, 11:00.36.
200 free -- 1, Sydney Franzen, 1:53.10. San Jose State Finishers -- 7, Kendal Guy, 1:57.07. 11, Kate Hanf, 1:59.31. 12, Katie McIntee, 2:00.26.
100 back -- 1, Alicia Caldwell, Rice, 56.83. San Jose State Finishers -- 3, Colleen Humel, 57.89. 6, Violani Auva'a, 58.76. 11, Lisa Ellis, 1:00.74. 13, Brenna Bushey, 1:01.24. 14, Erin Wayman, 1:03.17.
100 breast -- 1, Marie Schillinger, Rice, 1:03.51. San Jose State Finishers -- 5, Jenner Johnson, 1:06.29. 7, Jenna Lloyd, 1:09.19. 13, Maleah Schmidt, 1:16.38. 14, Claire Hultin, 1:19.46.
200 fly -- 1, Kiley Beall, Rice, 2:05.34. San Jose State Finishers - 8, Jamie Dodd, 2:12.83. 12, Jacqueline Nisson, 2:25.21.
50 free -- 1, Lauren Rhodes, Rice, 23.85. San Jose State Finishers -- 6, Taylor Solorio, 24.37. 9, Brittany Heng, 24.50. 10, Antoinette Loya, 24.66. 11, Gabby Heng, 24.68. 12, Kimberlee Giggey, 25.06. 17, Victoria Fountain, 25.80. 18, Maleah Schmidt, 26.71.
1-meter diving -- 1, Ally Caplan, San Diego State, 313.05. San Jose State Finishers -- 2, Cari Reiswig, 288.70. 3, Kylie Fonseca, 269.35. 7, Megan Au, 241.65. 8, Natasha Sondeno, 241.15. 14, Eri Tamada, 202.05.
100 free -- 1, Alicia Caldwell, Rice, 52.21. San Jose State Finishers -- 3, Taylor Solorio, 52.75. 7, Gabby Heng, 53.87. 8, Antoinette Loya, 53.91. 11, Kendal Guy, 54.36. 12, Brittany Heng, 54.37. 13, Kimberlee Giggey, 54.50. 15, Kate Hanf, 55.15. 16, Katie McIntee, 55.53. 21, Maleah Schmidt, 57.96.
200 back -- 1, Julia Toronezak, UC San Diego, 2:01.70. San Jose State Finishers -- 3, Colleen Humel, 2:03.33. 8, Erin Wayman, 2:11.66. 12, Lisa Ellis, 2:13.38.
200 breast -- 1, Marie Schillinger, Rice, 2:18.99. San Jose State Finishers -- 7, Jenner Johnson, 2:26.37. 8, Jenna Lloyd, 2:29.61. 12, Claire Hultin, 2:45.43.
500 free -- 1, Hanna Huston, Rice, 5:00.02. San Jose State Finishers -- 12, Allyson Fellows, 5:16.32. 15, Gillian Logan, 5:23.03. 17, Katie McIntee, 5:35.06.
100 fly -- 1, Summer Harrison, San Diego State, 56.34. San Jose State Finishers -- 3, Violani Auva'a, 57.39. 5, Brenna Bushey, 58.25. 15, Kendal Guy, 1:02.04. 16, Jacqueline Nisson, 1:02.13. 17, Victoria Fountain, 1:02.84.
3-meter diving -- 1, Cari Reiswig, San Jose State, 318.55. Other San Jose State Finishers -- 4, Natasha Sondeno, 276.20. 6, Kylie Fonseca, 263.50. 7, Megan Au, 250.15. 9, Eri Tamada, 229.50.
400 individual medley -- 1, Kaitlyn Swinney, Rice, 4:24.38. San Jose State Finishers -- 6, Colleen Humel, 4:35.58. 10, Jenna Lloyd, 4:42.09. 11, Kate Hanf, 4:42.11. 12, Allyson Fellows, 4:42.76. 14, Jamie Dodd, 4:46.30. 16, Gillian Logan, 4:48.84.
400 free relay -- 1, Rice `A', 3:30.20. San Jose State Finishers -- 3, San Jose State `A' (Antoinette Loya, Taylor Solorio, Brittany Heng, Gabby Heng), 3:32.51. 8, San Jose State `B' (Kimberlee Giggey, Kendal Guy, Katie McIntee, Lisa Ellis), x3:39.16. 9, San Jose State `C' (Victoria Fountain, Erin Wayman, Violani Auva'a, Maleah Schmidt), x3:44.87.
x - exhibition swim