Bruins Compete at No. 18 ASU, Arizona this Weekend

LOS ANGELES – The No. 23 UCLA Swimming and Diving workforce is about to return to motion this weekend with back-to-back twin meets at Arizona State on Friday and at Arizona on Saturday. The Bruins will tackle ASU on Friday afternoon at 2 pm PT, after which face off in opposition to Arizona on Saturday at 9:30 am PT.

The meets would be the third and fourth occasions of the season for the Bruins, after the Bruins took half within the USC invitational to open the yr and competed in a tri-meet in opposition to Northwestern and Michigan two weeks in the past.

UCLA cut up a pair of twin meets to open the 2025-26 twin calendar two weeks in the past in Michigan. The Bruins took down Northwestern, 165.5-134.5, and fell to No. 10 Michigan 193-103.

In the tri-meet, the Bruins had a number of swimmers and divers earn NCAA’A’ minimize qualifying occasions/marks, and had a number of occasion podium finishers. Claudia Yovanovich earned a win for the Bruins within the 100 again, touching the wall in 52.87, whereas Eden Cheng received the 3-meter competitors with a rating of 299.80.

At the USC Invitational meet, UCLA completed third of 4 groups. The 4 groups that competed the weekend of October 10-12 had been all ranked, with No. 9 USC and No. 12 Indiana ending forward of the Bruins, whereas No. 25 Texas A&M rounded out the sector.

Against a area loaded with expertise on the USC invite, the Bruins had a number of standout performances. On the primary day of competitors, the Bruins had six podium finishes. Sarah Bennetts earned UCLA’s first occasion win of the weekend within the 100 breast, touching the wall in 1:00.59 to take the win.

Additionally, senior Rosie Murphy positioned second within the 400 IM, and likewise took second general within the 200 IM. UCLA’s 400 medley relay workforce of Fay Lustria, Sarah Bennetts, Jada Duncan, and Gizem Guvenc earned the Bruins a third-place end in 3:34.52, whereas the 200 free relay squad additionally took third in 1:29.77

On the diving facet of issues, Eden Cheng snagged fourth place within the 1m competitors with a rating of 271.05, whereas Molly Brascia completed seventh general with a rating of 236.85.

For reside updates from each meets, comply with @UCLASwimAndDive on each X and Instagram.