2021 LMU Invite
- October 22-23, 2021
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- Day 1 Results
- Day 2 Results
Courtesy: San Diego State Athletics
Day 1
LOS ANGELES – Riding a 29 dual-match winning streak, the swimming portion of the San Diego State swimming and diving team, added three more to that total with wins over Seattle U, Grand Canyon, and Loyola Marymount by scores of 132-to-65, 118-to-76, and 132-to-65, respectively, on Friday at the Burns Aquatic Center on the LMU campus.
In the 11 events contested, San Diego State won the first nine and had the fastest times in the final two, but those swims were classified as exhibitions due to the disparity in scoring at that point in the meet.
In the first race of the day, the 200-medley relay, the Aztecs finished in first and third and had the fifth fastest time, but that time was deemed an exhibition. The team of Riley Tapley, Klara Thormalm, Cassie Phillips and Meredith Smithbaker won the race in 1:41.43, the fastest time of the year in the event for San Diego State. Evonne Stehr, Sammy Geyer, Emily Gebhardt and Brynlee Busskohl were the third-place squad in 1:48.56 and with the fifth fastest time, 1:51.31, were Lexi Anderson, Ashlyn Hemphill, Jessie McMurray and Mai McKenna.
Dulaney, the Aztecs lone competitor in the 1650 free, won the race in 17:52.23, less than three-tenths of a second faster than the second-place finisher. Her time was just shy of six second faster than her season best of 17:58.20, which she swam two weeks ago at the Chick-Fil-A Invitational in Fresno, Calif.
Mia Ryan and Lauren Torchiana swam the 200 free for San Diego State. Ryan was the first to touch the wall in 1:52.47, more than four seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Torchiana was eighth in a time of 2:01.96. It was the first race of the year at the distance for each and Ryan’s time was the fastest for the team this year.
In the first sprint of the day, the 50 free, the Aztecs had six competitors. Lizzie Menzmer and Phillips won the race in a dead heat in 23.61, and Cathy Cooper was fifth (24.13). The other three San Diego State competitors, Fiona Trotz-Chavez with the seventh quickest time (24.40), Busskohl in tenth (25.44) and McMurray in 13th (25.96) swam as an exhibition.
San Diego State had three swimmers in the 200 IM. Kristina Murphy won the race in 2:04.13, the best time by an Aztec this year, while Wilma Johansson was second in 2:08.55 and Alex Roberts finished third in 2:09.16, a career-best time. In addition to the first three places, Stehr was fifth (2:10.52) and McKenna touched in 2:15.89, more than two and a half seconds faster than her season best, for 11th quickest. Both Stehr and McKenna swam as an exhibition
The Aztecs took three of the first four spots in the 100 fly. Phillips won the event in 54.28, and Menzmer (56.98) and Tapley (57.32) were third and fourth, respectively. Swimming as an exhibition, Lexi Anderson had the fifth fastest time, 58.11, and Trotz-Chavez’s time was seventh best (59.31) and Gebhardt’s was the ninth quickest time (59.46).
Smithbaker won the 100 free in 51.47. From third to fifth place were Thormalm, Geyer and Cooper. Thormalm touched in 53.62 and Geyer in 54.05. Cooper’s race was an exhibition, but she swam the fifth fastest time with a 54.74.
As was the case in the 100 fly, the Aztecs took three of the top four spots in the 100 back. Tapley was the winner in 56.24, her quickest time so far this year, while Roberts was third in 58.40 and Murphy was fourth in 59.07. Swimming as exhibitions, McKenna came home in 58.98, Torchiana in 1:00.69 and Anderson in 1:01.04.
Ryan won the 500 free in 5:08.99. Johnasson was third in 5:12.10 and Dulaney touched in fourth in 5:14.63.
In the final two events all the Aztecs swam as exhibitions.
San Diego State had six of the top nine times in the 100 breaststroke. Thormalm had the fastest time in the race, a 1:02.87. Busskohl and McMurray were the third and fourth quickest at 1:05.63 and 1:06.30, respectively, and both season bests. Roberts (1:07.73) was the sixth fastest, Geyer (107.96) the seventh fastest and Hemphill (1:08.79) recorded the ninth quickest time.
The final competition was the 400 free relay. The team of Stehr, Smithbaker, Menzmer and Ryan touched the wall first in 3:30.27. Johnasson, Cooper, Murphy and Gebhardt had the third quickest time and Torchiana, Trotz-Chavez, Hemphill and Dulaney were sixth fastest in 3:48.18.
The Aztecs, Lions, Redhawks and Lopes will do it all over again on Saturday and San Diego State’s now 32 dual match winning streak will again be on the line. The meet gets underway at 11 a.m. PT.
Day 2
LOS ANGELES – After extending its dual-match winning streak to 32 straight on Friday, the swimming portion of the San Diego State swimming and diving team, added another three to that total with wins over Seattle U, Grand Canyon, and Loyola Marymount by scores of 149-to-47, 120-to-79, and 139-to-44, respectively, on Saturday at the Burns Aquatic Center on the LMU campus.
In the 11 events contested, San Diego State’s student-athletes won eight.
In the first race of the day, the 400-medley relay, the Aztecs finished in first, third and fifth place. The team of Riley Tapley, Klara Thormalm, Cassie Phillips and Meredith Smithbaker won the race in 3:46.36. Evonne Stehr, Brynlee Busskohl, Lizzie Menzmer and Sammy Geyer were the third-place squad in 4:01.00 and with the fifth-place time, 4:03.23, were Alex Roberts, Jessie McMurray, Lexi Anderson, Lauren Torchiana.
Mia Ryan was the Aztecs lone competitor in the 1000 free and won the race in 10:39.81.
Ryan Dulaney, Emily Gebhardt and Ashlyn Hemphill swam the 200 free. Dulaney was the first Aztec to touch the wall, in third place in 1:58.52. Gebhardt was fifth, in a time of 1:59.4,1 and Hemphill, in 2:01.54, was the ninth-place finisher.
In the first sprint of the day, the 50 free, the Aztecs had eight competitors. Meredith Smithbaker, the top finisher for San Diego State was second in 23.89. The other two swims which scored points for SDSU came from Thormalm in fourth place (24.00) and Menzmer in fifth (24.03). The other five Aztecs’ swims, Fiona Trotz-Chavez (24.19), Geyer (24.42), Cathy Cooper (24.72), Torchiana (25.25) and McMurray (26.12), were exhibitions.
San Diego State had three swimmers in the 400 IM, and they finished first, second and fourth. Kristina Murphy won the race in 4:24.49, while Wilma Johansson was second in 4:32.56, and Mai McKenna finished fourth in 4:40.69.
The Aztecs took three of the first five spots in the 200 fly. Johnasson won the event in 2:05.15, while Phillips (2:05.85) and Anderson (2:13.23) were second and fifth, respectively.
Smithbaker won the 100 free in 51.23. Ryan was third in 52.67 and Trotz-Chavez touched in 54.17, good for seventh place. Cooper raced as an exhibition and finished in 54.86.
As was the case in the 200 fly, the Aztecs took three of the top five spots in the 200 back. Tapley (2:03.27) was the second-place finisher and the best finisher for San Diego State. McKenna was third in 2:07.27 and Stehr touched in 2:08.47 good for fifth place. Swimming as exhibitions, Johnasson came home in 2:11.08, and Roberts finished with a time of 2:13.32.
Ryan, who won the 500 free on Friday, repeated the feat on Saturday in 5:12.64.
Murphy won the 200 breaststroke in 2:17.81. Busskohl and Geyer were the fourth and sixth place finishers, respectively. Busskohl touched in 2:24.41, while Geyer came home in 2:27.19. McMurray (2:27.82) and Hemphill (2:30.44) swam the event as an exhibition.
The final competition was the 200 free relay. The team of Menzmer, Phillips, Thormalm and Cooper won the race in 1:34.44. Stehr, Ryan, Trotz-Chavez and Torchiana touched the wall in third place in 1:38.35. The fourth quickest time, 1:39.76, belonged to Murphy, Anderson, Roberts and Tapley whose swim was an exhibition.
Courtesy: Grand Canyon Athletics
LOS ANGELES – The Grand Canyon men’s swimming team dominated conference opponent Seattle U, 157-48, at Burns Aquatics Center. The Lopes earned 11 first-place finishes and swept the top three spots in six events – the 50-, 200- and 500-yard freestyles, the 100 butterfly and the 200 and 400 medley relays.
Day 1
GCU opened the event with a win in the 200 medley relay. The Lopes team of senior Kainan Coerin De Jesus, senior Alonso Carazo Barbero, senior Mazen Shoukry and senior Dylan Nasser took the win with a time of one minute, 32.52 seconds.
GCU sophomore transfer Jack Armstrong had strong performances with two-first place finishes in the 50 freestyle (19:84) and 100 butterfly (47.79).
It was also a day for new personal bests. Armstrong dropped nearly four seconds off his 100 freestyle best and shaved .35 seconds off his 50 freestyle record.
Lopes junior Mikhail Lyubavskiy won the 200 freestyle (1:42.62). dropping nearly eight seconds off his time. He also won the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:37.63.
Senior Dawson Sloan won the 100 freestyle in 45.54, shaving nearly two seconds off a personal best. He finished second behind Lyubaksiy with a time of 1:45.79 in the 200 freestyle and dropped 1.54 seconds off his time.
Sophomore Ellis Bohon finished third behind Lyubavskiy in the 500 freestyle (4:50.45) after dropping almost 10 seconds off his time.
Junior Amir Haviv won the 100 breaststroke (57.12) and placed third in the 200 freestyle (1:45.87).
Nasser won the 100 backstroke (51.88) and contributed to two first-place wins in the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay.
The Lopes finished the meet with a win from a freestyle relay team of Armstrong, Nasser, sophomore Jacob Folsom and Sloan.
Up next, the Lopes will head back to Burns Aquatics Center for more competition at 11 a.m. Saturday.
LOS ANGELES – Grand Canyon sophomore Jack Armstrong recorded the nation’s fastest 50-yard freestyle time this season during the Lopes’ 162-43 victory over Seattle U on Saturday at Burns Aquatic Center. Armstrong and junior teammate Mikhail Lyubavskiy each won three events.
Day 2
The Lopes registered six sweeps with all GCU participants winning either the top two or three spots, in addition to winning all 11 events.
The victory was highlighted by Armstrong, who swam a nation-best time of 19.47 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle to claim the fastest time in the country, according to swimcloud.com. His effort topped the previous best by LSU’s Olympic gold medalist, Brooks Curry, who swam the 50 in 19.51 against the Lopes in the Oct. 9 season opener.
“Jack certainly exceeded our expectations for this early in the season, throwing down four lifetime bests and breaking our team record in the 50,” GCU head coach Steve Schaffer said. “I think that will certainly help his confidence about what he is capable of doing by season’s end.”
Armstrong also earned two-first place finishes for GCU in the 100 freestyle (43.30) and 200 freestyle (1:38.90).
GCU opened the event with a win in the 400-yard medley relay. The Lopes “B” relay team (senior Samuel McKenzie, junior Amir Haviv, senior Adrian Curbelo Tejera and junior Dawson Sloan) took first on Day 2 after the “A” team (Kainan De Jesus, Alonso Carazo Barbero, Mazen Shoukri, Dylan Nasser) won Friday.
It was a team effort of outstanding performances for the dominant win, including Carazo Barbero winning the 200-yard breaststroke (2:07.86) and the 400 individual medley (4:02.64).
Lyubavskiy led the Lopes to victory in the 1,000 free (9:46.67), 200 butterfly (1:56.85), and 500 freestyle (4:36.85).
Three individuals earned second-place finishes for GCU: sophomore Jacob Folsom in the 200 freestyle (1:44.72), junior Amir Haviv in the 200 breaststroke (2:08.70) and senior Florent Janin in the 100 freestyle (45.64).
GCU senior Samuel McKenzie also finished in the top three in the 200 (1:44.72) and the 100 (47.01) freestyles.
Up next, GCU will take a week off before traveling to Colorado for a meet with Air Force Academy on Nov. 5-6.