Oct. 10, 2014
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - San Diego State won 10 of 14 swimming events as it recorded dual meet victories over Vanderbilt (145-112), Arkansas-Little Rock (190-60) and Campbell (184-73) Friday afternoon in Nashville, Tenn. The triple dual consisted of only the swim events with no diving being contested as the Aztec improve to 4-0 on the young season. With the three wins, SDSU is now 63-1 in its last 64 dual meets.
The Aztecs began the meet by capturing the 200 medley relay. The foursome of Anika Apostalon, Cecilia Zaccarelli, Loreen Whitfield and Whitney Weisz went 1:43.76 to capture top honors. SDSU also took second in the event with Chelsea Bailey, Laura Day, Summer Harrison and Taylor Johnson clocking a 1:44.14.
Apostalon, Natilee Ruiz and Frida Berggren also went on to collect a pair of individual wins in their respective events.
Apostalon won both the 100 backstroke (1:43.76) and 100 freestyle (50.00) while Ruiz was victorious in the 200 freestyle (1:50.98) and 200 backstroke (2:02.27). Berggren picked up wins in the 200 butterfly (2:03.67) and 200 individual medley (2:05.42) and also took fourth in the 500 freestyle (5:03.78).
Freshman Summer Harrison picked up her inaugural first-place finish as an Aztec with a win in the 100 butterfly. Her time of 55.61 goes into the SDSU record book as the seventh-fastest time in program history. In addition, teammate Loreen Whitfield's second-place mark of 55.79 in the race is the ninth-fastest ever by an SDSU swimmer.
San Diego State's other individual victories came in the 50 free where Bailey turned in a time of 23.54 and in the 1000 free with Dana Michaels winning in 10:20.77. Michaels also recorded a second-place finish in the 500 free with a mark of 5:03.33.
San Diego State will remain in Nashville where they will compete in a pair of dual meets against Vanderbilt and Arkansas Little Rock on Saturday (Oct. 11) with the first event schedule to get underway at 11:00 a.m. (CT).