The Seattle University men's and women's swimming team fell in their dual meet at UC Davis Saturday afternoon. The men's squad dropped a 132-102 decision to the Aggies, while the UCD women defeated the Redhawks' women's team 144-88. Swimmer Alexis Morehouse led SeattleU with her SU record-breaking time of 2:18.44 in the 200 yard breaststroke. With the victory and record-breaking time, the Redhawk women's swimmer qualified for US Nationals. She is the lone Redhawk to reach that feat thus far.
The 22-event meet saw many bright spots for the SU swim teams. On the men's side, Jordan Anderson took the first Redhawk victory of the day with a 50 yard freestyle time of 20.91. Anderson also earned a second first-place finish in the 100 yard free, where he out swam the competition with a time of 46.44.
Bryson Chui earned a first-place finish in the 200 yard IM. He swam the race in a time of 1:55.70. He followed up that performance with a second race victory in the 200 yard breaststroke. Chiu swam the race in a time of 2:07.05.
In the 200 yard fly, Seattle's Eric Pedack took a top-finish in the event with a race time of 1:57.63 to conclude the top SU individual men's finishes on the day.
In the team relays, SU took a one-two finish in the 400 yard free. Anderson, Chris Fulton, Kalani Kaula and Jeff Tibbals earned a first-place finish with a time of 3:09.98. Following their teammates, the foursome of Chris Lynch, Tyler Carriker, Andrew Martinez and Chase Winterroth followed with a second-place time of 3:18.79.
On the women's squad, Elizabeth Hanohano earned the Redhawk women's first victory of the afternoon in the 100 yard free with a time of 54.22.
The Redhawk women rounded out the day with a first-place finish in the 400 yard freestyle relay race. The four-swimmer team of Hanohano, Briley Boggs, Hayley Cobb and Hanna Basler finished with a time of 3:37.89. Following the first-place team, was the SeattleU team of Karla Ruff, Casey Hoffman, Connie Rae Shobaken and Rachel Leighter, who concluded the race with a time of 3:50.51 for second place.
Seattle dives back into action on Friday, Nov. 6, in Provo, Utah. They will square off with BYU, New Mexico and Boise State in the 6 p.m. MT meet.