RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The University of the Incarnate Word women's swimming and diving team tied California Baptist University, 150-150, in Saturday's dual meet, while the men fell, 163-137, to the Lancers.
HOW IT HAPPENED
UIW dominated the day's distance events with wins in the men's and women's 1650 and 500 freestyle. In the 1650 for the women,
Brenda Diaz busted out a 17:18.03 to win the event, while
Sergio Duran won for the men with a time of 15:55.57. Duran later touched first in the 500 free, going 4:39.93, with teammate
Oscar Cardenas coming in right after with a time of 4:50.54.
On the women's side for the 500 free,
Ximena Conde won with a time of 5:04.42. Conde also tallied a first-place finish in the 200 free (1:53.52), while touching the wall just four hundredths of a second second behind the winner to place second in the 100 free (53.29).
The men's 200 fly finals saw
Hector Ruvalcaba Cruz dominate the competition with a time of 1:48.68, nearly five seconds faster than the second-place finisher. H. Ruvalcaba Cruz also tallied a win in the men's 200 IM with a time of 1:50.76.
A close race until the end, Diaz was able to pull ahead to capture a victory in the women's 200 IM with a time of 2:11.09.
Kristen Straszacker took third in 2:11.38.
Straszacker got her wins in the women's 100 and 200 back, with respective times of 59.05 and 2:07.66.
Leonardo Sanchez topped the heats in the men's 200 and 100 free with times of 1:40.97 and 46.31.
In the men's 100 back,
Fernando Ruvalcaba Cruz took first with a time of 51.74. He later fell in the final moments of the men's 200 back, taking second in 1:51.83.
Mariana Ruvalcaba Cruz notched two wins on the day, touching first in the women's 100 breast (1:06.22) and 200 breast (2:24.53).
Sophie Taylor showed out in the 100 fly with a first-place time of 57.17.
Ana Lucia Garza placed first in 3M diving for the women (252.60), while boasting a strong 210.98 points on 1M.
Kaylee Frantzen came fourth on 1M with 192.30 points. For the men,
Dawson Martinez took second in 1M (283.35) while
Timothy Newton was the top UIW finisher on 3M when he placed third (270.90).
The day's relays saw the women win the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:48.59, while the men took third (1:35.42). The men later won the 400 free relay by over a second with a time of 3:07.20, and the women were second behind CBU (3:40.87).
UP NEXT
The Cardinals travel to Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Jan.10-11 to face the Air Force Academy.
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