DAVIS – The UC Santa Barbara women’s swim team won a dual meet against MPSF opponent UC Davis on Saturday morning at Schaal Aquatics Center by a score of 171.5-117.5.
The win marks the Gauchos’ (6-1, 4-0) sixth straight dual meet victory, with their sole loss coming in the season-opener at UCLA. The men (6-0, 3-0) also swam at Davis, but competed amongst themselves due to Davis’ lack of a men’s team.
The win involved balanced effort, with 18 different Gauchos earning top-three finishes. Emily Boggess, Emily Ward, Zoe Cosgrove, and Heaven Quintana each contributed two first-place wins. Boggess won the 1650 Free (17:13.87) and 500 Free (5:00.67), Ward the 100 Free (54.24) and 200 Free (1:51.62), and Cosgrove the 100 Back (55.73) and 200 Back (2:01.88), and Quintana the 100 Fly (56.57) and 200 Fly (2:04.23). Other first-place winners were Bryn McGowan (50 Free, 24.05) and Brittney Straw (200 Breast, 2:20.50), who also finished third in the 100 Breast (1:07.45). Freshman Tegan Preston picked up her first career first-place victory, winning the 100 Breast (1:05.62), while also finishing third in the 200 Breast (2:25.66).
The Gauchos started the day off strong with the 200 Medley Relay, as the “A” relay team took first (1:43.41), and the “B” team took third (1:46.38).
Rachel Forbes finished second in the 500 Free (5:01.74) and third in the 1650 Free (17:26.34), while Elena England was second in the 200 Back (2:05.17) and third in the 200 Free (1:54.01). Haley Herzberg finished second in the 1650 Free (17:16.44), Gillian Flath in the 100 Back (58.68), Nicola Churchill in the 100 Breast (1:07.39), and Molly McCance in the 200 Fly (2:06.04). Rounding out the effort for the Gauchos were Tara Middleton, Dora Seggelke, Lucy Fellner, Lexi Fusari, and Jacqueline Harris who each contributed third-place finishes.
The Gauchos have one regular season meet remaining, which will be Senior Day against conference rival Cal Poly on Feb. 1 at 11:00 a.m. at Campus Pool.