Spartans Keep Rewriting Record Book on ThursdaySpartans Keep Rewriting Record Book on Thursday

Spartans Keep Rewriting Record Book on Thursday

HOUSTON, Texas—Ela Freiman broke a 12-year-old school record on day two of the Phill Hansel Invitational as the San José State women’s swimming and diving team posted five top-10 times in school history on Thursday.

  • Freiman set the school record in the 400 IM, swimming in 4:14.54, to finish third. She broke the record of 4:16.17, set by Julia Craddock at the 2013 WAC Championship. 
  • Genevieve George replaced Freiman on the 400 IM list, as George swam her race in 4:17.83, now the third-fastest time in school history.
  • The 200 medley relay team of Karlee Marusik, Vilma Lindberg, Ava Bautista and Nikki Lahey, started the night session by finishing eighth at 1:41.60, the 12th-fastest time in school history.
  • Lillie Grover then finished third in the 100 butterfly at 53.67, immediately moving herself into third all-time in the San José State record book.
  • Grover was the team’s top finisher in the 200 freestyle at 1:49.84, to place 13th.  
  • Mya Azzopardi swam the second-fastest SJSU time this year at 1:50.17 to finish 19th.
  • Lindberg improved on her best time in the 100 breaststroke, finishing at 1:01.76, for sixth place. She again swam the fifth-fastest in school history.
  • Marusik established herself on the San José State 100 backstroke list as she finished the race at 55.01, the sixth-fastest time in school history.
  • Elinor Windram finished 19th in the 3-meter diving with 236.10 points.

UP NEXT – The final day of the Phill Hansel Invitational begins Friday with preliminaries at 10 a.m. CT/8 a.m. PT. Finals start at 4:30 p.m. CT/2:30 p.m. PT

Phill Hansel Invitational
Houston, Texas
200 Medley Relay
8. San José State (Marusik, Lindberg, Bautista, Lahey)    1:41.60

100 Butterfly
3. Lillie Grover    53.67
15. Stephanie Sifferman    55.50
17. Ava Bautista    54.54
27. Luna Balbuena    55.43

400 Individual Medley
3. Ela Freiman    4:14.54
4. Genevieve George    4:17.83

200 Freestyle
13. Lillie Grover    1:49.84
19. Mya Azzopardi    1:50.17
32. Keira Vail    1:53.29
35. Stephanie Sifferman    1:52.85

100 Breaststroke
6. Vilma Lindberg    1:01.97
30. Ashley Jackson    1:04.39

100 Backstroke
12. Karlee Marusik    55.01
28. Noemi Bravo-Guzman    56.59
33. Hannah Ernst    56.92

3-meter Diving
19. Elinor Windram    236.10

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