SEATTLE – Seattle University men's and women's swimming turned in several standout performances Saturday as the Redhawks hosted Pacific and Alaska Fairbanks women at the Redhawk Center.
The Seattle U women defeated Alaska Fairbanks, 270-119, while finishing second to Pacific, 238-150. On the men's side, the Redhawks fell to Pacific, 221.5-169.5.
The Redhawks collected multiple event victories and delivered strong relay performances, highlighted by a pair of pool-record efforts from the men's team.
The Seattle U men opened the meet with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay, as Danielis Kvederis, Owen Collins, Hawkins Wendt and Hennig Colsman combined for a time of 1:28.81. The group later returned to the pool to win the 400-yard medley relay in 3:13.66, setting a new Seattle pool record.
Seattle U closed the meet in impressive fashion, winning the 200-yard freestyle relay. Wendt, Colsman, Kvederis and Jamie Crawford posted a pool-record time of 1:21.40 to finish ahead of Pacific.
Individually, Colsman won the men's 50-yard freestyle in 20.24, while teammate Collins captured the 50-yard breaststroke in 25.33. Wendt added a victory in the 50-yard butterfly (22.30), and Alex Nemirovsky topped the field in the 50-yard backstroke (23.62).
Mathias Synnott narrowly edged Pacific's Oliver Valdez in the 200-yard backstroke, touching in 1:50.20, just 0.03 seconds ahead of Valdez. Nemirovsky finished third in the event at 1:50.24, giving Seattle U two of the top three finishers.
On the women's side, Ruth Magnotti led the Redhawks with a pair of individual victories. She won the 50-yard breaststroke in 29.27 before capturing the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:20.26.
Molly Magnuson also delivered a strong performance in the backstroke events, winning the 200-yard backstroke in 2:01.98 and the 100-yard backstroke in 57.27.
Kaitlyn Mero claimed the 400-yard individual medley in 4:31.91, while Samantha Cazares finished third in the 100-yard individual medley with a time of 59.98.
Amanda Miller added several top finishes for Seattle U, placing second in both the 50-yard freestyle (24.14) and 100-yard freestyle (52.65), as well as the 50-yard butterfly (25.42) and 100-yard butterfly (58.19).
The Redhawks also showed their depth in the relays. The women's 200-yard medley relay team of Magnuson, Magnotti, Miller and Mia David finished second in 1:43.53, just 0.04 seconds behind Pacific. Seattle U's A team also placed second in the 400-yard medley relay (3:49.70) and 400-yard freestyle relay (3:32.11).
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