LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA – The University of the Incarnate Word women's swimming & diving team swam at a meet hosted by UC San Diego on Saturday.  They lost to San Diego State, 184-107 and defeated Grand Canyon, 151-146. (Results)

UIW freshman Alona Kyselova (Kiev, Ukraine/Tarasa Shevchenko) set a pair of Canyonview Pool records en route to winning three events.  She opened the meet with a pool record time of 17:03.32 in the 1650-yard freestyle.  She won the 200-yard breaststroke midway through the meet in a time of 2:18.74.  Finally, she closed out her day by winning the 400-yard individual medley in a pool record time of 4:21.19.

Senior Kali Lents (San Antonio/Reagan HS) continued her strong season in the diving events.  She finished second in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events.  She earned 277.50 points at 3-meters and 297.80 at1-meter.

Senior Lana Nguyen (Kiev, Ukraine/NPD) and sophomore Daria Makieieva (Mariupol, Ukraine/Olimpic Reserve of Sergey Bubka) both had solid days in the pool for the Cardinals.  Nguyen finished second in the 50 freestyle in 23.75 and she was fourth in the 100 freestyle in 52.45.  Makieieva was fourth in both breaststroke events.

UC-San Diego also swam in the meet even though they did not score a dual meet against the Cardinals.
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