SAN JOSE, Calif.- Fresno State swim and dive fell to the Spartans by two points in the final dual meet of the season at SRAC pool.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Fresno State found themselves neck and neck against the Spartans in Saturday afternoon's meet. Bulldogs came away with six event wins to finish out the day.
Through the first six events, 'Dogs earned three event wins (200 medley relay, 1000 freestyle and 100 breaststroke taking a 14 point lead over the Spartans. Freshman Jenna Pulkkinen saw her first event win in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:02.29, an event that has seen strong consistency with Aliz Kalmar for the Bulldogs.
Spartans won the next three events until Aliz Kalmar, Julia Matney and Grace Ally claimed the next three for Fresno State.
Matney swam a lifetime best in the 100 butterfly with a time of 54.50. Bulldogs went 1-3 in the 100 butterfly with Mackenzie Hutler (55.51) and Clara Laskey (57.38).
Ally earns another event win for the 1 meter springboard with 269.03.
Fresno State held a five point lead, 145-140, going into the final event of the afternoon the 200 freestyle relay. A few hundredths of a second would make all the difference for a first place finish to earn the final points. Spartans time was .79 ahead of the Bulldogs.
"The team did great today, we're disappointed to not get the win," said head coach Jeanne Fleck. "We're set and getting ready for conference championships later this month."
TEAM RESULTS
San Jose State, 151
Fresno State, 149
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
200 Yard Medley Relay
1. Tengan, A. Kalmar, Matney, Hutler- 1:42.95 11
2. Summers, Byrne, Pulkkinen, Dabrowska, Wiktoria - 1:43.49 4
5. Rousseau,Beauvais, Lucchini,Chope x1:47.93
1000 Yard Freestyle
1 Kalmar, Laura - 10:14.88 9
2 Elliott, Ava - 10:19.69 4
3 Caserio, Madison- 10:22.56 3
4 Hanagan, Sera - x10:23.89
200 Yard Freestyle
3 Dabrowska, Wiktoria - 1:51.35 3
4 Arredondo, Sam - 1:52.43 2
6 Melia, Samarah - 1:53.82
7 Rutkauskatie, Marija - x1:54.26
8 Baldwin, Riley - x1:55.05
9 McEvoy, Cayli - x1:57.69
100 Yard Backstroke
2 Tengan, Korrie - 57.09 4
5 McPhail, Kennedy- 58.20 1
6 Summers, Cheyanne - 58.65
8 Lucchini, Sara - x59.70
9 Rousseau, Abigail - x1:00.55
100 Yard Breaststroke
1 Pulkkinen, Jenna - 1:02.29 9
2 Kalmar, Aliz - 1:02.55 4
4 Byrne, Allie- 1:02.90 2
5 Beauvais, Brooke - x1:05.31
200 Yard Butterfly
2 Hutler, Mackenzie - 2:02.38 4
3 Hanagan, Sera -2:04.69 3
4 Laskey, Clara- 2:04.79 2
50 Yard Freestyle
3 Matney, Julia - 23.68 3
5 Arredondo, Sam - 24.11 1
6 McPhail, Kennedy - 24.69
7 Melia, Samarah - x24.70
8 Chope, Anna - x24.99
9 McEvoy, Cayli - x25.02
3 mtr Diving
2 Ally, Grace - 289.73 4
4 Fagundes, Jaden - 200.63 2
5 Esteep, Averee - 185.55 1
100 Yard Freestyle
2 Pulkkinen, Jenna FR Fresno State NT 51.88 4
4 Dabrowska, Wiktoria SO Fresno State NT 51.91 2
6 Rutkauskatie, Marija FR Fresno State NT 53.23
7 Baldwin, Riley FR Fresno State NT x53.51
9 McPhail, Kennedy - x53.71
10 McEvoy, Cayli - x53.72
11 Chope, Anna - x53.92
200 Yard Backstroke
3 Summers, Cheyanne FR Fresno State NT 2:07.39 3
6 Ueda, Katie A - 2:08.52 1
7 Rousseau, Abigail - 2:08.86
8 Tengan, Korrie - x2:11.21
200 Yard Breaststroke
1 Kalmar, Aliz - 2:12.12 9
3 Arredondo, Sam - 2:18.73 3
4 Beauvais, Brooke 2:22.74 2
5 Byrne, Allie - x2:22.78
Women 500 Yard Freestyle
2 Kalmar, Laura - 4:58.16 4
4 Melia, Samarah - 5:04.47 2
5 Caserio, Madison - 5:06.17 1
6 Elliott, Ava - x5:07.89
100 Yard Butterfly
1 Matney, Julia - 54.50 9
2 Hutler, Mackenzie - 55.51 4
3 Laskey, Clara - 57.38 3
5 Lucchini, Sara - x58.29
1 mtr Diving
1 Ally, Grace - 269.03 9
3 Fagundes, Jaden -232.95 3
5 Esteep, Averee - 161.10 1
Women 400 Yard IM
2 Kalmar, Aliz- 4:23.79 4
3 Ueda, Katie-T 4:26.04 3
4 Hanagan, Sera - 4:28.62 2
5 Tengan, Korrie- x4:29.84
200 Yard Freestyle Relay
2 Hutler, Dabrowska,Pulkkinen,Matney- 1:32.97 4
4 McPhail, Melia,Arredondo,McEvoy, -1:35.76
5 Lucchini, Chope, Baldwin, Rutkauskatie- x1:39.24