Dec. 2, 2011
THIS WEEK
San Diego State resumes dual meet action this weekend when it hosts Mountain West foe New Mexico on Saturday, Dec. 3, at noon at the Aztec Aquaplex.
HEAD COACH Mike Shrader
San Diego State head coach Mike Shrader is in his fifth season with the Aztecs and has compiled a dual meet record of 56-13 (.812) during his tenure. Shrader was named the Mountain West Coach of the Year each of the past three seasons (co-coach in 2009). Including eight seasons as the head coach at Nevada, his career record stands at 145-25-1 (.851).
AZTECS FIFTH AT ARENA INVITATIONAL
In their most recent competition, the Aztec swimmers finished fifth of 21 teams at the annual Arena Invitational in Long Beach, Calif. SDSU's total of 664 points placed them behind Cal (989), Arizona State (865.5), Stanford (812) and San Jose State (707). They finished ahead of nationally-ranked UCLA (587) and UC Santa Barbara (508), a team receiving votes in the latest national poll. San Diego State was without two of its top swimmers (Kelly Marquenie and Katelyn Weddle) at the meet due to injury.
SCHOOL RECORD PERFORMANCE
Freshman Taylor Lakey (Southridge HS; Beaverton, Ore.) set a school record in the 200 butterfly on the final day of the Arena Invitational. Her time of 2:00.60 was over a second faster than the previous record (2:01.70) that was established by Brooke Vessey at the 2011 Mountain West Championship meet.
TOP 10 TIMES
During the three days of the Arena Invitational, Aztec swimmers recorded 19 individual times that rank among the top 10 all-time at SDSU. In addition, seven relay times also entered the Aztec top 10 lists. Those times and their rankings are as follows:
Event Swimmer Time Rank50 Free.....Chelsea Bailey......23.27...3rd100 Free....Mikaela Macklin.....50.82...2nd200 Free....Dana Michaels.....1:50.68...5th500 Free....Meghan Zimmer.....4:46.72...2nd500 Free....Jessica Crider....4:51.63...5th500 Free....Dana Michaels.....4:55.09...6th1650 Free...Dana Michaels....16:53.52...5th1650 Free...Jessica Crider...16:55.83...6th100 Fly.....Gemma Johnson.......55.31...3rd100 Fly.....Loreen Whitfield....55.54...4th100 Fly.....Berklie Oscarson....56.07...6th100 Fly.....Taylor Lakey........56.24...8th200 Fly.....Taylor Lakey......2:00.60...1st100 Back....Chelsea Bailey......56.64..10th100 Breast..Mikaela Macklin...1:04.17...5th100 Breast..Natalie Meltzer...1:04.60...6th100 Breast..Emily Pleger......1:04.95...8th200 IM......Mikaela Macklin...2:00.86...2nd400 IM......Mikaela Macklin...4:21.83...2nd
RELAYSEvent Relay Team Time Rank200 Free..Bailey, Koch, Jennings, Macklin......1:33.09...3rd400 Free..Macklin, Koch, Zimmer, Bailey........3:23.05...3rd800 Free..Crider, Michaels, Zimmer, Garibaldi..7:26.93...4th200 Med...Jennings, Meltzer, Whitfield, Koch...1:43.01...5th200 Med...Bailey, Pleger, Johnson, Bray........1:44.71...9th400 Med...Jennings, Macklin, Johnson, Koch.....3:43.10...2nd400 Med...Bailey, Pleger, Whitfield, Bray......3:50.63...5thMEIER IMPRESSIVE
Senior Kristen Meier had an impressive performance at the three-day wildcat diving Invitational hosted by the University of Arizona Nov. 18-20. Competing against the top divers in the west, she captured first-place (of 53 divers )in the one-meter, second (of 51) in the three-meter and eighth (of 39) in the platform events. The field included field included divers from six Pac-10 schools as well as representatives from the Mountain West and Big West conferences.
THE STREAK CONTINUES
San Diego State has a streak of 43 straight dual meet wins against non-conference opponents. The last loss to a non-MWC team was a defeat at North Texas on Nov. 17, 2006. In current head coach Mike Shrader's four seasons at SDSU, the Aztecs have not lost a dual meet to a non-conference foe. SDSU has now won its last 28 dual meets dating back to the 2009-10 season. Its last loss came against Wyoming on Jan. 29, 2010, in Laramie.
AZTECS ADD TWO MEETS TO SCHEDULE
San Diego State has added a pair of meets to its 2011-12 schedule. On Saturday, Dec. 17, Cal Poly will visit the Aztec Aquaplex for a dual meet set to begin at 12:00 p.m. That meet will use a long-course (meters) format for all of the swimming events. SDSU will also participate in the Mountain West Time Trials on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 10:00 a.m. in Oklahoma City. That meet will come after the conclusion of the conference championship meet and is an opportunity for swimmers to qualify for the NCAA Championships.