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eSAN DIEGO — The San Diego swim team returned to the pool on a hot Friday afternoon, taking on crosstown rival San Diego State in the SDSU/USD distance meet at the USD Sports Center Pool.
18 Toreros competed in the water once again in a meet that featured eight events: the 200-yard medley relay, 150-yard freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke, the 400 freestyle, the 300 individual medley, and the 200 freestyle relay.
Sophomore Allison Diehl led the way in the 400 freestyle, placing second in 4:02.22, just 1.22 seconds behind the winner. She also took third in the 150 butterfly with a time of 1:30.89 and swam a leg of the 200 freestyle relay team that placed third. Junior Sydney Wilson finished second in the 300 individual medley in 3:20.93, edging the third-place finisher by 0.19 seconds, and placed seventh in the 150 butterfly in 1:34.24.
Senior Elise Sullivan turned in the Toreros’ other runner-up finish, placing second in the 150 breaststroke in 1:47.41, 0.11 seconds ahead of the third-place swimmer. Freshman Helena Huettemeyer and Kaylee Mathiesen followed in fourth (1:48.00) and fifth (1:48.54) to give USD three of the top five in the event. Junior Alex Ostrom placed third in the 150 freestyle in 1:26.67 and fourth in the 400 freestyle in 4:15.97.
The newcomers made their mark as well. Freshman Charlotte Ames placed seventh in the 300 individual medley in 3:27.52, with Huettemeyer eighth in 3:29.96, and freshman Gwendolyn Smith took sixth in the 150 backstroke in 1:38.00. Sophomore Erin Kau finished sixth in the 400 freestyle in 4:18.84.
In the relays, the 200 freestyle relay A team of Diehl, Ostrom, sophomore Haley Borja, and freshman Eleni Charnas placed third in 1:39.40. In the 200 medley relay, the B team of Wilson, Huettemeyer, senior Elle Ramos, and Charnas finished fifth in 1:50.71, and the A team of Borja, Sullivan, Diehl, and freshman Mallory Paine followed in sixth in 1:51.47.
The full list of Torero student-athletes who competed in the meet is as follows:
Charlotte Ames
Olivia Anfinson
Haley Borja
Eleni Charnas
Ava Craig
Ally Diehl
Bethany Garcia
Heléna Huettemeyer
Erin Kau
Kaylee Mathiesen
Katie Miller
Alex Ostrom
Mallory Paine
Elle Ramos
Gwendolyn Smith
Elise Sullivan
Katerina Wietfeldt
Sydney Wilson
To view the full results from Friday’s meet, please click here.
The San Diego swim team will head up to Malibu to compete in the Pepperdine Invite the following weekend on Saturday, Oct. 10th at 10 a.m.
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