BAKERSFIELD, Calif.-- The Roadrunner women's swimming and diving team concluded their regular season with a dominant performance over UC Santa Cruz Sunday afternoon. In the final home meet of their careers, seniors Delise Batiza (San Ramon, Calif., Oregon State) and Lauren Kaufman (Renton, Wash., TCU) performed well to lead the 'Runner women to a 229-60 win over the Slugs.
“It's better sweet; it's really sad to see these seniors go,” said Chris Hansen, Bakersfield's Director of Swimming. “They all swam well today. It was nice to see them all swim fast in their last meet. It was a good win. I'm proud of them.” Hansen's two seniors posted a total of three individual wins for the 'Runners on Sunday with Batiza taking the 1650 (17:35.39) in her fastest time of the season as well as the 200 back (2:12.27) while Kaufman won the 50 free (24.37).
The seniors were not the only 'Runners to perform well on Sunday as CSUB women took first place in every single event in the dual. In fact, CSU Bakersfield took either first or second in 11-of-14 events with an occasional 1-2-3 sweep and even the 200 IM where 'Runner women took the Top 4 spots.
One of the other highlights of the day for CSU Bakersfield was in the diving events as Carlee Burks (So., Bakersfield, Calif., Centennial HS) and teammates Melissa Gore (So., Taft, Calif., Taft Union HS) and Sarah Barker (Jr., Indianapolis, Ind., Saint Bonaventure) picked up two more 1-2-3 sweeps. Burks led the way on both boards, raising her season best in the 1-meter (266.32) before increasing her 3-meter score - which is already third best all-time for CSUB - by three points to 294.75. Gore finished second in the 1-meter and third in the 3-meter while she raised her 1-meter best score by 12 points (258.38). Barker also raised her best 1-meter score, by almost 20 points, to 253.13 while taking second in the 3-meter (252.15) with another personal best.
The 'Runner women will start their preparations for the WAC Championships which will take place Feb. 25-28 in San Antonio, Texas.
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