LA VERNE, CA — The University of La Verne women's swim and dive team celebrated its trio of seniors in the best possible way, picking up a pair of wins at Las Flores Park.
Women's Scores
La Verne 178, Westmont 98
La Verne 168, Caltech 107
Men's Score
Caltech 197, La Verne 64
Senior and two-time SCIAC Swimmer of the Week Jessica Argelander made the most of her final home meet, winning all four of her events. She anchored the 200 medley relay and along with Alondra Camacho, fellow senior Roxanna Ramirez, Carli Willis, picked a close win with a time of 157.27.
Individually, she won the 50 freestyle (24.40), 100 freestyle (54.56), and 100 butterfly (101.88). Argelander remains undefeated in the sprint freestyle events in the SCIAC with one meet left.
"There were lots of great races and great efforts today," said La Verne Swim and Dive Head Coach Pat Skehan. "It was fun to get a couple of W's in our final home meet of the season. We have one more meet next weekend against Redlands and Occidental and we should be ready for a great SCIAC effort."
Camacho, just a sophomore, contributed to the win in a big way winning three of the four events she competed in. She swam the opening leg of the 200 medley relay in a season-best split of 29.58, swept both the 100 backstroke (1:02.40) and 200 backstroke (2:16.30), and took second in the 200 individual medley (2:21.32).
Willis added an individual win to her performance in the 200 medley relay. The junior outpaced the competition in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:24.17. She touched second in the 100 butterfly (1:04.24) and took third in the 200 individual medley (2:25.47).
Off the boards, freshman Kira Degelsmith added a win in the one-meter dive with a score of 171.50. Ramirez took second in the 200 freestyle (2;09.35) to go along with her performance in the 200 medley relay. Senior Isabelle Cheng capped the final home meet of her career with a second-place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:50.09) and a third-place performance in the 100 breaststroke (1:18.46).
The women's team swam 10 season-best times and won nine of the 16 events.
Junior Brian McAteer led the men's squad against Caltech with a win in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.22), a second-place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.79), and led off the men's 400 freestyle relay in a season-best split.
Sophomore Trevor Ichiki picked up a win in the 1000-yard freestyle clocking in at 10:31.46 and was just out-touched in the 500 freestyle with a second-place time of 1:52.84. The men finished the meet with five season-best performances.
Next Meet
The Leopards close out the regular season on Saturday, February 8 when they travel to Redlands to face the Bulldogs and Occidental College Tigers. The dive competition begins at 10:30 a.m. with swim following immediately.
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