Larson had four top-eight finishes.
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Release: 10/13/2012
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LA MIRADA --- California Baptist University swimming and diving opened its 2012-13 season at the Pacific Coast Swim Conference Relays and Pentathlon and Diving Invitational this weekend.

PCSC Pentathlon and Diving Invite
At Saturday's Pentathlon and Diving Invite, the Lancer men finished second to Grand Canyon with 576.5 points, just 22 behind GCU.

Josh Hanson bursted onto the collegiate scene winning the 100 fly (51.42), 100 breast (1:00.19) and 200 IM (1:55.53) and finishing second in the 100 back (54.16).

Brandon Fries won the 1-meter board and was third on the 3-meter board while Brian Haney added a second place finish in the 200 IM (1:58.83) to go along with a seventh place finish in the 100 back (57.26).

Josh Collison had a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 200 free (1:48.21) where he led a contingent of five Lancers in the top 11, as well as in the 500 free (4:54.69). Derek Wedel was third in the 500 free with a 4:52.54.

Sergio Molina was third in the 50 breast (26.79) and fifth in the 100 IM (54.00). Jeremy Hayes was sixth in the 100 IM (56.43).

Other top finishers included Taylor Kile, who was fourth in the 50 back (26.00) as the Lancers had five in the top nine, Matt Chong, who was fifth in the 100 breast (1:02.67), and Mike Perry, who was sixth in the 50 fly (24.11).

On the women's side, CBU finished with 226 points and in fourth place, finishing behind Loyola Marymount (729.5), Grand Canyon (533.3) and Fresno Pacific (293.5).

Molly Larson had four top eight finishes, including a fourth-place finish in the 100 breast (1:09.08). She was also sixth in the 200 IM (2:13.91), seventh in the 100 fly (1:01.19) and eighth in the 100 back (1:03.50).

Miranda King finished second on both the 1-meter (189.80) and 3-meter (188.45) boards. Kari Carlson was third on the 3-meter (154.15) and fourth on the 1-meter (158.20). Sonata Dalimot was fourth on the 3-meter (154.15) giving the Lancers a 2-3-4 finish.

Other top finishers for the Lancers included Hazel Castillo finishing sixth in the 100 fly (1:00.79). Kyndal Terwilliger was seventh in the 500 free (5:20.99) and ninth in the 25 free (11.84). Hannah Evans was seventh in the 25 free (11.84) and 10th in the 50 free (25.37).

6th Annual PCSC Relays
At Friday's PCSC Relays, the CBU men finished second with 95 points, trailing only Grand Canyon, which won the relay portion with 104 points. The Lancer women finished fourth with 41 points. Loyola Marymount and Grand Canyon tied with 109 points, while Pepperdine was third with 54 points.

During Friday's relay competition, the Lancer men finished in the top three in nine of 10 relay events. The team of Kevin Sellars, Mitchel Spezzaferri and Wedel teamed up for a victory in the 1,500 free relay with a time of 14:58.97, which was 19 seconds ahead of second place.

The Lancers also finished second in the 300 fly, 300 back, 800 free, 400 medley and 400 IM medley. Fries also finished second on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards.

Meanwhile, the Lancer women had three top five finishes, placing third place in the 300 fly relay, its best finish of the day.

The diving team of King and Dalimot finished second on the 1-meter board, while King and Carlson teamed up for a second place finish on the 3-meter board.

 

 

 


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