Aztecs Set for Double Twin Meet vs Vandy, USD on Friday

SAN DIEGO – After a prolonged hiatus, the San Diego State swim and dive program opens a busy month of competitors on Friday, Jan. 2, when it welcomes Vanderbilt and San Diego to Aztec Aquaplex for a double twin meet, starting at 10 a.m. PT.  Admission is free.

The Aztecs will sq. off in opposition to the Commodores and Toreros in 14 swimming occasions. The morning’s motion options one flight of the 1,000 freestyle together with two heats of the 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 butterfly and 50 freestyle.

Following a 15-minute break, the meet resumes with one other pair of heats within the 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 500 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 particular person medley and 200 freestyle relay. A ten-minute break can be scheduled between the 100 fly and 200 IM. In the interim, SDSU can even battle USD in 1-meter and 3-meter diving.

Aztec swimmers have been idle since capturing the group title on the Utah Tech Trailblazer Invitational, Nov.19-22, in St. George, Utah. SDSU led wire-to-wire, totaling 882.50 factors to simply outdistance second-place UC San Diego (761.50 pts), adopted by UC Davis (535 pts) and California Baptist (222 pts).

Since the start of the 2017-18 marketing campaign, the Aztecs have competed in 20 regular-season invitational meets and have completed exterior of the highest three simply as soon as throughout that span, logging seven first-place performances, 10 second-place efforts and a pair of third-place outcomes.

San Diego State displayed its trademark depth, posting 22 top-three placements, that includes 9 occasion titles. The Aztecs emerged triumphant in all three freestyle relays (200, 400, 800) to go together with a crown within the 400 medley relay.

In addition, the Scarlet and Black obtained two particular person victories apiece from Abby Storm (100, 200 again) and Kaydence Bispo (50, 200 free), whereas Alyssa Schiller gained the 100 free.

As a results of these efforts, Storm owns the Mountain West’s quickest time within the 200 again (1:53.27), which ranks twenty seventh nationally as of Jan. 1. Additionally, SDSU’s 800 free relay group of Bispo, Reka Nyiradi, Amber Janky and Melanie Quinto boasts the convention’s prime effort at 7:13.77, which is slotted thirty third within the nation.

SDSU is 5-0 in twin meets this season, extending its successful streak to 80 straight victories after sweeping California Baptist (267.50-117.50) and UC Santa Barbara (214.50-164.50) in a double twin at CBU’s Lancer Aquatics Center, Oct. 31-Nov.1, in Riverside, California. The Aztecs haven’t misplaced a twin meet since dropping a 153-147 choice to Colorado State at dwelling on Jan. 8, 2018, a span of almost eight years.

Including their annual pentathlons, San Diego State has been victorious in 38 consecutive conferences in opposition to USD courting again to the 2000-01 marketing campaign. The Aztecs have confronted the Toreros on two events this season at USD’s dwelling pool, recording a 33-24 triumph in a pentathlon meet on Sept. 19, earlier than posting an 81-67 choice in a distance meet the next week on Sept. 26.

In that first encounter, SDSU boasted the highest 11 pentathlon swimmers, together with Roni Black, who claimed the person title with a mixed time of 4:59.01, edging defending champion Reka Nyiradi (4:59.50) and Liv Peebles (4.59.81) by lower than one second, whereas Sierra Tallman (5:01.35) and Alli Mann (5:02.60) rounded out the highest 5.

In the second assembly, the Aztecs captured all eight scheduled occasions, posting not less than the highest three finishers in six of these races. Mann stole the highlight that day, successful the 150 free (1:21.03), 150 fly (1:31.03) and 400 free (4:04.32) whereas swimming the third leg of SDSU’s victorious 200 free relay group (1:36.51).

USD final competed in a double twin meet in opposition to Chapman and Fresno Pacific on Dec. 6 in Orange, California, the place it logged 14 first-place finishes.

Meanwhile, Vanderbilt is coming off a Tenth-place standing on the Phill Hansel Invitational, Nov. 19-21, in Houston, Texas. The Commodores are 2-3 in dual-meet motion this season, opening the autumn slate with a 160-101 dwelling victory over North Florida on Oct. 4, adopted by a 206-46 triumph at McKendree on Nov. 1 in Columbia, Missouri.

The Aztecs are 4-0 all-time vs. Vandy in head-to-head competitors, posting a 168-94 victory within the final assembly between the 2 squads in San Diego on Oct. 14, 2016.

Following Friday’s motion, San Diego State continues its busy schedule on Tuesday, Jan. 5, when Pepperdine and Cal State East Bay invade Aztec Aquaplex for one more double twin meet, beginning at 10:30 a.m. PT.

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