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January 19, Cal State Bakersfield: CSUB Swimming 01-19-19, at Cal State Bakersfield on 1/19/19. David Dennis/All-Star Sports Photography
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Women's Swim & Dive

CSUB Hosts Fresno Pacific, Pepperdine on Senior Day

Bakersfield, Calif. – After a layoff of more than a full month for the CSU Bakersfield women, and well over two months for the Roadrunner men, the swimming and diving teams finally return to action at the John S. Hillman Aquatic Center on Saturday, Jan. 15 for a noon meet against Fresno Pacific. Saturday's dual meet represents CSUB's final tune-up ahead of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships, next month in Los Angeles. Pepperdine is also scheduled to compete on the women's side.
 
"We're excited to race two great teams and compete one more time before our conference championship," said CSUB Director of Swimming Chris Hansen. "We'll need our best efforts to win some undoubtedly tough races, and both meets this weekend. The results will help us make decisions on our conference teams, especially on the men's side."
 
The meet also serves as Bakersfield's Senior Day competition, representing the final home swims for 12 decorated Roadrunner senior scholar-athletes.
 
"Like every year, this meet will be bittersweet," Hansen explained. "What this class has had to overcome continues to amaze me – from navigating COVID to train, to missing the 2021 season, this groups determination to persevere and finish what they started has made me prouder than anyone could tell. The future is so bright for all of them!"

Julio Alcantar, Ryan Brimer, Alex Dragan, Loren Gillilan, Antonio Milin, Linus Richter and Kris Rogic will all graduate on the men's side. Alcantar, Brimer, Dragan, Gillilan and Rogic all returned for their additional COVID season after the circumstances of 2021 put their senior season on hold.
 
On the women's side, diver Lauren Carson and swimmers Autumn D'Arcy, Courtney Linton, Tabea Mose and Ariane Skeggs will wrap up their home careers this weekend.
 
The Roadrunner men enter the weekend with a 2-0 record in dual meet swims this season, while the women are 2-1 overall.

MEN'S SENIOR SPOTLIGHTS:
  • Julio Alcantar | Alcantar has produced more than 30 Top-10 finishes as a Roadrunner, including victories in each backstroke discipline. He was 19th in the 100 Back and 21st in the 200 Back at the 2020 WAC Championships in Houston, Tex.
  • Ryan Brimer | Brimer is a three-time All-Conference performer, including a 2020 First-Team All-WAC nod in the 200 Freestyle which he earned in school record time. He boasts eight career victories, three individual placements in the CSUB Top-5 and was a member of program record relay teams in the 400 Medley and 200 Freestyle events.
  • Alex Dragan | Dragan earned Second-Team All-WAC honors in 2020 for his performance in the 800 Freestyle and closes out his CSUB career as a seven-time conference finalist. He also qualified to swim at the 2020 National Invitational Championship.
  • Loren Gillilan | A four-time All-Conference honoree, Gillilan earned First-Team All-WAC accolades in the 100 Butterfly and reached the 2021 US Olympic Trials in the same event. Gillilan has 37 race wins and holds CSUB school records in each Butterfly event.
  • Antonio Milin | In just two seasons on campus, Milin has 31 career Top-10 finishes, including five first-place finishes this season. He captured WAC Swimmer of the Week honors after a pair of finals swims at the USC Trojan Invitational in 2019.
  • Linus Richter | A sprint freestyle specialist, Richter has garnered 16 career Top-10 finishes in three competitive seasons in Bakersfield. Six of those performances have come during his senior season, including three in the 50 Freestyle.
  • Kris Rogic | A nine-time All-Conference honoree, Rogic earned 2018 First-Team All-WAC honors in the 100 Backstroke and has never looked back. He's won 29 career races and holds Bakersfield records in the 100 Free, the 100 Back, the 200 Back and the 200 IM, while also representing CSUB on the international stage at both the European and World Championships.
WOMEN'S SENIOR SPOTLIGHTS:
  • Lauren Carson | A five-time individual winner, Carson has saved her best diving for her senior season posting personal bests on both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter boards this season to go with seven Top-5 finishes.
  • Autumn D'Arcy | Among the most decorated swimmers in Bakersfield history, D'Arcy is a six-time league swimmer of the week honoree, a seven-time conference champion and was named the 2020 WAC Swimmer of the Year. She holds four individual school records and has been a part of three program best relay swims. D'Arcy represented the `Runners at last summer's US Olympic Trials, before winning Silver at US Open Championships in December. She needs just two wins to set a new CSUB record for the most individual victories in the Division I era with 61.  
  • Courtney Linton | Primarily a sprint freestyler, Linton boasts 21 Top-10 finishes over three seasons in Bakersfield and won the first individual race of her career in the 100 Freestyle during a 2020 dual with Fresno Pacific.
  • Tabea Mose | A two-time All-Conference selection in the 100 Backstroke, Mose has seven victories, and 21 Top-10 finishes in her CSUB career. She ranks second on Bakersfield's All-Time Top-5 in the 100 Backstroke and swam the backstroke leg on each of the school's current record setting medley relay teams.
  • Ariane Skeggs | A transfer from Boise State, Skeggs has turned in 21 Top-3 finishes in two competitive seasons at CSUB, including five individual victories with four coming in the 1000 Freestyle. Skeggs earned Second-Team All-WAC honors in the 200 Freestyle in 2020. She earned a WAC Swimmer of the Week nod after posting wins in both the 200 and 500 Freestyles against UC Santa Cruz that same season.
NEWS & NOTES:
  • The Roadrunner women have not competed since a Dec. 11 dual meet at Fresno State, while the Bakersfield men have been idle since November's Dixie State Invitational. The long layoffs are a result of a pair of dual meet cancelations in the past two weeks, each coming because of opponent's required entrance into health and safety protocols.
  • Autumn D'Arcy enters the weekend one individual win shy of matching Paola Hernandez' school record for career wins during the Division I era. D'Arcy has 13 wins this season and 59 career victories over 2+ seasons in Bakersfield.
  • Sophomore Mikayla Popham earned MPSF Swimmer of the Week honors last time out, after winning the 200 Freestyle and the 200 Individual Medley in a dual meet at Fresno State on Dec. 11. Popham was a three-time Western Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Week in 2019-20, before earning WAC Freshman of the Year honors.
  • CSUB leads the MPSF with four women's Swimmer of the Week selections. Autumn D'Arcy has won the award three times and now boasts eight career Swimmer of the Week awards.
  • Autumn D'Arcy won a silver medal at the Toyota US Open, becoming the first CSUB swimmer to reach an A-Final, or medal, at a USA Swimming event.
  • Danielle Albright, Lorena Jerebic and Arianne Skeggs have combined for 10 dual meet victories this season, including one each in the team's last outing at Fresno State. 
  • Seniors Kris Rogic, Loren Gillilan, Antonio Milin and Ryan Brimer competed at the Toyota US Open, alongside D'Arcy and Popham. The rest of the CSUB men have not competed since Nov. 18-20 at Dixie State.
  • Kris Rogic leads the Roadrunner men with seven individual victories on the year, Antonio Milin and Loren Gillilan are next with five each. Ryan Brimer has four.
  • Freshman diver Dyson Modica has three wins, and three runner-up finishes, in six events to date. 
  • Former CSUB coaches Larry Everingham, Ernie Maglischo and Bob Steele were honored among the Top-100 College Coaches, as part of the College Swimming Coaches' Association of America's 100th anniversary celebration.
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A LOOK AHEAD: 
Saturday's event is the final competition of the regular season. The Roadrunners will shift their focus to pre-championship training until the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships begin on Wednesday, February 16 in Los Angeles, Calif. CSUB will compete at the MPSF Championship meet for the first time since 2013, after opting out of the MPSF season a year ago and spending the seven previous years as a member of the Western Athletic Conference.  
 
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Players Mentioned

Ryan Brimer

Ryan Brimer

Free
6' 1"
Junior
Loren Gillilan

Loren Gillilan

Sprints/Fly
6' 0"
Junior
Kris Rogic

Kris Rogic

IM/Sprint
6' 1"
Junior
Antonio Milin

Antonio Milin

Breast
6' 0"
Sophomore
Lauren Carson

Lauren Carson

Diving
5' 8"
Sophomore
Autumn D

Autumn D'Arcy

Fly/ IM
5' 9"
Sophomore
Courtney Linton

Courtney Linton

Free/Breast
5' 5"
Sophomore
Tabea Mose

Tabea Mose

Free/Back
5' 11"
Sophomore
Mikayla Popham

Mikayla Popham

Free/IM
5' 9"
Freshman
Ariane Skeggs

Ariane Skeggs

Free
5' 5"
Sophomore
Lorena Jerebic

Lorena Jerebic

Fly
5' 7"
Freshman
Danielle Albright

Danielle Albright

Breast/IM
5' 8"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ryan Brimer

Ryan Brimer

6' 1"
Junior
Free
Loren Gillilan

Loren Gillilan

6' 0"
Junior
Sprints/Fly
Kris Rogic

Kris Rogic

6' 1"
Junior
IM/Sprint
Antonio Milin

Antonio Milin

6' 0"
Sophomore
Breast
Lauren Carson

Lauren Carson

5' 8"
Sophomore
Diving
Autumn D

Autumn D'Arcy

5' 9"
Sophomore
Fly/ IM
Courtney Linton

Courtney Linton

5' 5"
Sophomore
Free/Breast
Tabea Mose

Tabea Mose

5' 11"
Sophomore
Free/Back
Mikayla Popham

Mikayla Popham

5' 9"
Freshman
Free/IM
Ariane Skeggs

Ariane Skeggs

5' 5"
Sophomore
Free
Lorena Jerebic

Lorena Jerebic

5' 7"
Freshman
Fly
Danielle Albright

Danielle Albright

5' 8"
Freshman
Breast/IM
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