Women's Swim & Dive October 14, 2022

Roadrunner Men & Women Fourth at Sprint Invitational

Bakersfield - The California State University, Bakersfield Swimming & Diving teams opened the season with a pair of fourth-place finishes at the CSUB Sprint Invitational, Friday afternoon at The John S. Hillman Aquatic Center. The Roadrunner men earned 263.50 points, just three points behind third-place Cal Poly, while the CSUB women posted a score of 192.50 to place fourth out of six competing teams.

"I'm pleased and pleasantly surprised by how fast we swam today in our first meet of the season," said CSUB Director of Swimming Chris Hansen. "We had three individual victories and our men's relays were very fast - now we need to build depth on both the men's and women's side, in order to be our best as we prepare for the dual meet season.

Notable Women's Swims...
* Junior standout Mikayla Popham picked up right where she left off, easily outdistancing the field in the 500 Freestyle. Popham won the event by more than six full seconds in a time of 4:57.24, including six splits under 30 seconds. The Sunshine Coast, Australia native, added a fifth-place finish in the 200 IM (2:07.52) and a 10th-place effort in the 50 Backstroke (27.54)
* Northern Colorado Transfer Chelaine Van der Westhuizen earned an individual victory in her first race as a 'Runner, posting a 29.45 to win the 50 Breaststroke.
* Sophomore Jessica Franco placed 7th in the 500 Freestyle with her 5:06.73 and also swam a 28.32 lead-off backstroke as part of CSUB's 200 Medley Relay.
* Senior Hannah Marsh was 12th in the 500 Freestyle (5:09.72) and 22nd in the 200 IM (2:12.23).

Notable Men's Swims...
* Senior Antonio Milin posted the men's lone victory, taking first place in the 50 Butterfly with a time of 21.96. He added an eighth-place finish in the 50 Breaststroke (26.60) and featured on the 200 Medley and 200 Freestyle Relay teams.
* Newcomers Ville Sivec and Yigit Saglam were strong in their first Roadrunner outing. Sivec placed fifth in the 50 Butterfly (22.49) and eighth in the 50 Freestyle (21.58), while Saglam was third in the 50 Butterfly (22.38) and fifth in the 50 Backstroke (24.19).
* Jacob Folsom added a seventh-place finish in the 500 Freestyle (4:40.71) and an eighth-place result in the 200 IM (1:55.87).
* Freshman Arthur Schneider and sophomore Tim Engle also had strong days in the pool for the Bakersfield men.
* The Roadrunner men grabbed a second-place finish in the 200 Freestyle Relay (1:23.85) and placed third in the 200 Medley Relay (1:33.65).

Up Next...
Bakersfield will be right back in action at The Hillman Aquatic Center tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., when they once again host Cal Baptist, Cal Poly, San Jose State, UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara in the Roadrunner Invitational, featuring the longer events and relays in all stroke disciplines. The Roadrunners will host their first dual meet of the season one week later, welcoming Pomona-Pitzer to campus for a head-to-head meet, beginning at noon.

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