Swim & Dive Kick Off First Official Meet at Pomona-Pitzer

CLAREMONT, Calif. — The first meet of the 2025-26 season took the Lancers to Claremont on Saturday, as CBU hit the pool in opposition to Pomona-Pitzer and San Diego. The day was successful total for the Lancers, as they walked away with two of the three head-to-head victories.

For choose swimmers, the meet was their second style of competitors this season. CBU kicked off the season final week in Long Beach on the MPSF Open Water Championship.

Saturday was the season debut for the CBU dive staff. One meet into the season, the Lancers have already got an NCAA Zone E qualifier as John Angelovic hit the mark in one-meter and three-meter dives. Angelovic scored 322.4 in one-meter and 366.5 in three-meter dives.

 

Angelovic positioned first in each diving competitions. Audrey Easter additionally positioned first in each dive occasions. Easter scored 260.5 in one-meter diving and 245.25 in three-meter diving. Bella Reynolds took second in one-meter and third in two-meter. Jade Fontenelle completed second within the three-meter and third within the one-meter. Connor Dreiling positioned second within the males’s three-meter.

 

In the swimming occasions, CBU opened the day with a win within the males’s 400-yard medley relay. The relay staff consisted of Benjamin Madson, Ian Mullen, Tyler Mansheim, and Andrew Teh. The subsequent victory got here within the males’s 1000-yard freestyle as Mark Kovaciscs led the sphere with a time of 9:20.18. Fernando Manceras (9:59.79) and Cody Meyer (10:02.09) rounded out the highest three. Kovaciscs later gained the 500-yard freestyle (4:31.95) and 400-yard IM (4:03.73).

 

Eli Rollen added a first-place end for the Lancers within the males’s 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:42.91. Rollen later positioned first within the 200-yard backstroke with a time of Stephen Cui was subsequent:51.10. claimed victory together with his time of 51:13 within the males’s 100-yard breaststroke.

 

In the ladies’s 200-yard butterfly, Camille Cottier (2:07.27) positioned first, adopted by Avery Easterling (2:08.05) together with her second-place end. Iyanah Samayoa added a 200-yard victory within the breaststroke with a time of two:24.61. Kai Flanagan added the Lancers’ subsequent win within the 500-yard freestyle together with her time of 5:09.07.

 

Saturday’s ultimate occasion of the day was the 200-yard freestyle relay. The CBU males positioned first with a time of 1:23.96. The CBU ladies completed second of their occasion with a time of 1:36.41.

 

The CBU males have been victorious of their head-to-head meet with Pomona-Pitzer, scoring 199.0 factors to 99.0 from the Sagehens. The CBU ladies gained in opposition to San Diego (178.0-121.0), however fell to Pomona-Pitzer (153.5-146.5).

 

CBU might be in Riverside subsequent weekend for a two-day meet on the Lancer Aquatic Center. UC Santa Barbara, Denver, and San Diego State will all be on the town to battle the Lancers.