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Swim and Dive Wraps Up Competition at Winter Invitational

Plenty of season and personal bests were set, school records were broken and national qualifying times were earned this past weekend at the Winter Invitational.

MONTEREY PARK, CALIF. - Azusa Pacific swimming and diving closed out it's three days of competition at the Winter Invitational on Sunday, setting seven season-bests and five personal-bests in the pool. 

To open day three of the meet, Aleena Herrera earned a personal-best in the 1650, touching the wall at 17:29.53, and teammate Tessie Scavone earned a season-best with a finishing time of 18:14.54. 

In the 200 back, Marci Yanagawa earned a season-best time, coming in at 2:08.75, while Elaine Wong earned herself a personal-best in this event, finishing at 2:11.75. 

Montana White continued her impressive season thus far, earning a season-best in the 100 free which is an event she has already nationally qualified for at the "B" standard. Her time of 51.01 earned her a second place finish in the event. Madeline Schultz also earned herself a national qualifying time at the "B" standard in this event, finishing third with a personal-best time of 51.48. Riley Smith also earned a season-best time, touching the wall at 52.78. 

Amanda Anderson claimed another first place finish, this time in the 200 breast, with a season-best time of 2:21.66. Delanie Gearing also earned herself a season-best finishing time of 2:25.76, and Madison Schneider claimed a personal-best, finishing at 2:30.53. 

The Cougars continued their impressive times throughout the meet, this time in the 200 fly. Marcelina Halawczak earned herself a personal-best at 2:11.12, and Nicole Barton posted a season-best time of 2:29.27. 

To wrap up the day and close out the meet, it was Hannah Swailes, Schultz, Smith and White in the 400 free relay. The quartet combined for a time of 3:28.50, finishing .43 seconds shy of the school record that was set in 2019. 

Up Next: Azusa Pacific's next meet will be in Santa Barbara, Calif. on December 3rd when they face Westmont in a dual meet. 
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Players Mentioned

Amanda Anderson

Amanda Anderson

Breast/IM
5' 8"
Junior
Nicole Barton

Nicole Barton

Back/Fly/Free
5' 7"
Sophomore
Delanie Gearing

Delanie Gearing

Breast/Free
5' 5"
Junior
Tessie Scavone

Tessie Scavone

Free/IM
5' 8"
Senior
Madison Schneider

Madison Schneider

Breast/IM
5' 0"
Sophomore
Riley Smith

Riley Smith

Free
5' 6"
Senior
Hannah Swailes

Hannah Swailes

Free
5' 8"
Sophomore
Montana White

Montana White

Mid/Free
5' 8"
Sophomore
Elaine Wong

Elaine Wong

Back/IM/Fly
5' 6"
Sophomore
Marci Yanagawa

Marci Yanagawa

Back/IM
5' 2"
Sophomore
Aleena Herrera

Aleena Herrera

Distance/IM
5' 4"
Freshman
Marcelina Halawczak

Marcelina Halawczak

Fly
5' 5"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Amanda Anderson

Amanda Anderson

5' 8"
Junior
Breast/IM
Nicole Barton

Nicole Barton

5' 7"
Sophomore
Back/Fly/Free
Delanie Gearing

Delanie Gearing

5' 5"
Junior
Breast/Free
Tessie Scavone

Tessie Scavone

5' 8"
Senior
Free/IM
Madison Schneider

Madison Schneider

5' 0"
Sophomore
Breast/IM
Riley Smith

Riley Smith

5' 6"
Senior
Free
Hannah Swailes

Hannah Swailes

5' 8"
Sophomore
Free
Montana White

Montana White

5' 8"
Sophomore
Mid/Free
Elaine Wong

Elaine Wong

5' 6"
Sophomore
Back/IM/Fly
Marci Yanagawa

Marci Yanagawa

5' 2"
Sophomore
Back/IM
Aleena Herrera

Aleena Herrera

5' 4"
Freshman
Distance/IM
Marcelina Halawczak

Marcelina Halawczak

5' 5"
Freshman
Fly