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Men's Swim & Dive

Swim & Dive Heads to Dixie State Invitational

Bakersfield, Calif. – For the first time since the 2020 Western Athletic Conference championship in Houston, Tex., the CSU Bakersfield swimming and diving team will compete together as a team, outside of the John S. Hillman Aquatic Center. The Roadrunners depart Tuesday morning for the three-day Dixie State Invitational, in St. George, Utah, beginning Thursday, Nov. 18.
 
"To say we're excited would be an understatement," said CSUB Director of Swimming Chris Hansen. "Traveling together will be a great experience for our team and the meet provides a unique opportunity to compete against some former WAC rivals, while getting a first look at some of our new MPSF competitors."
 
CSUB will be joined at this week's invitational by BYU, Cal State East Bay, Dixie State, LMU, New Mexico State, Northern Colorado, Pepperdine, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego.  
 
The `Runners will wear their tech suits for the first time this season and could post several personal best times in St. George.
 
Ryan Brimer, Loren Gillilan and Kris Rogic have led the way for the Bakersfield men this season, while Autumn D'Arcy, Lorena Jerebic and Mikayla Popham are the top scorers on the women's team to date.
 
Antonio Milin, Kaden Denner, Ariane Skeggs, Tabea Mose and Danielle Albright have also swum well in the early going and look to solidify their early dual meet success with top times against this week's steep competition.
 
"The times we see in this meet will factor heavily into our relay decisions for the MPSF meet in February," Hansen added.
 
The `Runners will also look to score in the diving well, with Lauren Carson, Maya Stefanski and Dyson Modica making significant contributions in dual meets with Pomona-Pitzer and Pacific.
 
NOTABLE…
* Sophomore freestyler Mikayla Popham has won all nine of her individual races this season.
* Autumn D'Arcy has won eight races this season, increasing her career total to 54, just eight   shy of CSUB's Division I record held by Paola Hernandez. D'Arcy holds two of Bakersfield's top-three single-season win totals in the DI era, winning 20 races in 2018-19 and 26 during the 2019-20 campaign.
* D'Arcy boasts MPSF season best times in the 50 Butterfly (24.72) and the 100 Butterfly (54.49) this season.
* Freshman Lorena Jerebic cracked the CSUB Top-5 in the 200 Butterfly with her time of 2:04.13 in the dual meet with Pomona-Pitzer.
 * Senior Kris Rogic holds the MPSF's fastest 2021-22 time in the 50 Backstroke with a 22.61.  
* Rogic won three times, while teammates Ryan Brimer and Loren Gillilan each posted a pair of titles in a dual meet with Pacific.
 
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LOOKING AHEAD…
A select group of Roadrunners will travel to Greensboro, N.C., for the Toyota US Open, beginning Dec. 1 and continuing through Dec. 3. Bakersfield's next home meet is scheduled for Sat., Jan 15 against Fresno Pacific.  
 
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Players Mentioned

Ryan Brimer

Ryan Brimer

Free
6' 1"
Senior
Loren Gillilan

Loren Gillilan

Free/Fly
6' 0"
Senior
Antonio Milin

Antonio Milin

Breast
6' 0"
Junior
Kris Rogic

Kris Rogic

Free/Back/IM
6' 2"
Senior
Dyson Modica

Dyson Modica

Dive
5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ryan Brimer

Ryan Brimer

6' 1"
Senior
Free
Loren Gillilan

Loren Gillilan

6' 0"
Senior
Free/Fly
Antonio Milin

Antonio Milin

6' 0"
Junior
Breast
Kris Rogic

Kris Rogic

6' 2"
Senior
Free/Back/IM
Dyson Modica

Dyson Modica

5' 11"
Freshman
Dive
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