The Colorado College swimming and diving teams wrapped up the 22
nd annual CC Classic on Sunday with each team finishing second in their respective standings.
CSU-Pueblo won the women's meet, while Barton Community College took home top honors for the men.
The three-day meet began on Friday, when senior
Riley Wadehra led a 1-2-3 finish in the 3-meter diving event. Wadehra won with 415.58 points, followed by freshman
Peyton Classon with 400.80 and junior
Jennifer Middleton with 390.00.
Freshman
Mac O'Brien was the only male diver and posted a score of 375.15 in the 3-meter.
On Saturday, freshman
Kate Brush continued her outstanding inaugural season with a pair of victories. She captured the 200 butterfly in a time of 2:15.87 and the 100 backstroke in 1:02.57.
Sophomore
Cade Thumann also produced a pair of wins for the men on Saturday. He won the 100 backstroke (54.76 seconds) and the 200 freestyle in 1:46.98.
Other female winners on Saturday included sophomore
Kerren Matthews in the 200 freestyle (2:05.11) and senior
Jio Chang, who tied for first in the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.24 seconds. On the men's side, junior
Walker Martin tied for first in the 100 freestyle in 48.37 seconds.
To close the day, both teams captured the 800 freestyle relay. Brush and Chang were joined by senior
Selma Jukic and freshman
Millie Benkert, while the foursome of freshman
Topher Shepherd, Martin and Cade and
Cole Thumann won it for the men.
Classon took the 1–meter diving event with a score of 458.85, and joined Wadehra (2
nd with 433.90) and Middleton (3
rd with 399.70) in posting a regional qualifying score. O'Brien was once again the lone male diver and notched 376.30 points.
Chang and Brush led a Sunday charge that fell just short in the team standings for the women's team. Chang, swimming in her final meet at Schlessman Natatorium, won the 100 butterfly and the 200 IM. Brush, meanwhile, captured the 500 freestyle and placed second to Chang in the 100 fly.
"I am really pleased with our performances all weekend," Colorado College head coach Anne Goodman-James said. "These last two sessions are especially tough, yet we managed to come back tonight with great energy and intensity and go faster in the finals.
Kate Brush and
Jio Chang were big winners for us again today."
Freshman
Millie Benkert also posted a win on Sunday, edging teammate
Selma Jukic in the 200 backstroke.
The men's team posted a pair of wins on Sunday, with senior
Eric Dallesasse winning the 100 butterfly in his final home meet. Meanwhile, sophomore
Julian Frerichs led a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 backstroke, with freshman
Ben Laidlaw and junior
Ethan Hanson finishing second and third, respectively.
"The 1-2-3 finish in the 200 back, with big time drops from this morning, was a phenomenal performance," Goodman-James said. "Now we get focused on the conference championships, which is just 23 days away."
The Tigers are idle until competing at the SCAC Championships, held Feb. 12-15 in San Antonio, Texas.