CLAREMONT, Calif. – The University of Redlands Swimming & Diving teams returned to the pool Saturday morning after six weeks away from competition.

In their first meet back they squared off against Nationally Ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on the road in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) play. 

Despite not gathering any victories on the day the Bulldogs did come away with some great finishes, quality experience and are excited to be back competing once again.

Women

Sydney Patterson (Hilo, HI) got the scoring started for the Maroon and Grey finishing 2^nd overall in the 1-Meter Dive posting a 232.55, only seven points off of first.  Makenna Parenti (Rocklin, CA) who competed for the first time on the board took 7^th with a 142.10.  Patterson then returned in the 3-Meter to take 4^th overall with a mark of 211.10.  

In the 400 Medley Relay, the 'A' team of Sydney Nakagawa (Vancouver, WA), Madison Southmayd (Anthem, AZ), Parenti, and Madison Petschauer (Cary, NC) took 3^rd overall with a time of 4:07.76.  The 'B' team wasn't far behind in 5^th as Abby Springer (Paso Robles, CA), Hanna Parker (Seattle, WA), Sarah Szafranski (Houston, TX), and Jacqueline Setlich (Laguna Niguel, CA) would come in with a 4:11.17.

Nakagawa and Andrea Brenstrom (Shrewsbury, MA) combined to go 5-6 in the 200 Free with times of 2:04.64 and 2:06.48, respectively.  Anna O'Meara (Clovis, CA) (2:09.96), Southmayd (2:10.59), and Lauren Kline (Parker, CO) (2:12.44) then went 8-9-10.  After a 4^th place finish by Parenti in the 50 Free (25.99), four other Bulldogs would come in after to touch going 6-9, which included Szafranski (26.84), Courtney Prefontaine (San Clemente, CA) (27.26), Mary Tanouye (Kiel, WI) (27.43), and Parker (27.88).  Morgan Felix (Burnt Hills, NY) led the five Bulldogs competing in the 400 IM finishing 5^th with a 5:05.92.  She was followed by Emily Heaston (Corona, CA) (5:10.12), Sydney Britton (Tacoma, WA) (5:11.94), Sydney Cordova (Roseville, CA) (5:16.01), and Sarah Martin (Tualatin, OR) (5:20.05).

Springer and Kayla Smith (Redlands, CA) both competed in the 200 Fly going 5-6 with times of 2:25.61 and 2:41.95.  Petschauer had a big race in the 100 Free taking 2^nd overall with a 55.47.  Szafranski would take 4^th (59.11) and was followed by O'Meara (59.15), Chessie Briggs (Tacoma, WA) (1:00.54), and Tanouye (1:02.10).  Kline had a nice race in the 200 Back finishing 4^th with a 2:18.10, while Emma Jones (Atlanta, GA) (2:19.91), Prefontaine (2:24.17), Leila Alejos (Portland, OR) (2:29.78), and Erin McGrellis (Wilmington, DE) (2:32.67) went 6-9.

Gaby Hayon (Agoura Hills, CA) led the distance taking 3^rd in the 500 Free with a time of 5:28.24.  Brenstrom took 5^th (5:36.43), Setlich 6^th (5:36.51), Abby Dimicco (Las Vegas, NV) 8^th (6:07.54), and Kendall Stigall (Berwyn, PA) 9^th (6:46.62).

Petschauer returned in one of her top events the 200 Breast to take 3^rd (2:32.03).  Parker joined her in 7^th with a 2:33.90.  In the final event of the day, the 400 Free Relay, the 'A' team of Nakagawa, Hayon, Setlich, and O'Meara put together a 4^th place finish coming in at a 3:50.45.  The 'B' team was right on their heels coming in 5^th with a 3:56.89, consisting of Alejos, Kline, Heaston, and Springer.                           

Men

The 400 Medley Relay was the first event for the Bulldogs with the 'A' team clocking in at 3:41.84, which was good enough for 4^th.  This team included Memphis Gile (Redlands, CA), Thomas Long (Brea, CA), Drew Heaston (Corona, CA), and Ron Gvishi (Albany, CA).  The 'B' team was two spots behind in 6^th with a time of 4:12.10 and that team consisted of Darquez Morrison (Springfield, MO), Scott Shim (Seoul, South Korea), Garrett Long (Brea, CA), and Andrew Barillas (Eastvale, CA).

Eight Bulldogs competed in the 200 Free led by Gile who took 5^th overall with a 1:48.29.  He was followed by Heaston in 7^th (1:49.69), Chris Loudon (Anchorage, AK) in 9^th (1:52.24), Tom Jansen (Pleasant Hill, CA) in 11^th (1:52.66), and Andrew Sorensen (Long Beach, CA) in 15^th (1:55.54).  After a 3^rd place finish in the 50 Free by T. Long (22.44), Jack Forsythe (Ladera Ranch, CA) (22.73), Gvishi (23.47), and Morrison (23.72) followed in 5^th, 6^th. 7^th.  Davis Wingard (Springfield, OR) was the lone Bulldog to compete in the 400 IM taking 3^rd with a 4:26.00.  He also took 4^th in the 500 Free with a time of 5:00.21, which finished ahead of Jansen (6^th – 5:04.71), Heaston (5:05.65), and G. Long (5:20.54).  

Gile returned in the 100 Free to post a 2^nd place finish (49.19) leading Gvishi (6^th – 50.55), Loudon (7^th – 52.88), Owen Nishimura (Carlsbad, CA) (8^th – 57.51), and Jack Ryan (Ventura, CA) (9^th – 59.90).  Barillas then competed in the 200 Breast finishing 4^th overall with a 2:38.88.  

Then to wrap up the day, three teams competed in the 400 Free Relay led by the 'A' team of T. Long, Jansen, Forsythe, and Morrison who took 4^th with a time of 3:22.02.  The 'B' team of Emerson Kropp (Denver, CO), Zack Gissel (Beaumont, CA), Sorenson and Loudon took 5^th (3:30.81), and the 'C' squad of Wingard, Ryan, G. Long, and Shim would finish 6^th with a 3:38.43.

Redlands remains in SCIAC competition next Saturday, January 22 when they travel to take on Caltech and Occidental in a tri-meet beginning at 10:30am.