2025 BIG WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Dates: Wednesday, February 12–Saturday, February 15
- Location: CRWC Natatorium, Houston, TX
- Defending Champions: N/A (inaugural occasion)
- Reside Outcomes
- Reside Video
- Championship Central
- Groups: Cal Poly*, Cal State Bakersfield*, Hawaii*, UC Davis (ladies)*, UC San Diego*, UC Santa Barbara*
- Outcomes
TEAM SCORES (THRU DAY 1)
WOMEN
- UC San Diego – 80
- Hawaii/UC Santa Barbara – 66 (TIE)
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- UC Davis – 60
- Cal Poly – 56
- CSU Bakersfield – 52
MEN
- Hawaii – 111
- Cal Poly – 92
- CSU Bakersfield – 86
- UC Santa Barbara – 74
- UC San Diego – 60
Within the first 12 months of the return of the Large West Swimming & Diving Championships, we noticed tons of nice swimming in Houston. Following the primary few occasions of the meet, UC San Diego sits atop the ladies’s standings, whereas Hawaii is main the lads’s effort.
With over a decade passing for the reason that final Large West Championship, the report guide was ripe for rewriting, and these groups delivered, taking down each report on the books final evening. It began with the ladies’s 200 medley relay, the place UC San Diego’s crew of Maddie O’Connell (25.08), Chloe Braun (26.82), Eva Boehlke (23.48), and Mackenzie Lee (22.33) mixed for a 1:37.71, profitable the occasion and setting a brand new convention meet report. Hawaii was shut, seeing Alexa Ozment (25.20), Mando Nguyen (27.75), Holly Nelson (23.07), and Zofia Tyminska (21.99) crew up for a 1:38.01. Braun’s breast cut up was the true distinction maker for UCSD, as that’s the place they actually broke out into the lead. UC Santa Barbara additionally notably bought a 21.88 out of their anchor, Miranda Stevenson.
It was the Hawaii males’s flip then to roll within the 200 medley relay. Karol Ostrowski (21.00), Tomer Goldfaden (23.39), Edward Stoddard (20.22), and Dieter Meyer (19.03) put up a 1:23.64, shattering the Large West meet report and lacking the NCAA ‘A’ reduce by simply 0.02 seconds. As soon as once more, it was the breast leg that actually made an enormous distinction for the profitable crew, as that’s the place Hawaii actually broke into the lead. UC Santa Barbara put up a heck of a relay too, as Matt Driscoll (21.20), Kyle Brill (24.16), Justin Wong (20.03), and Zahcary Tamusaitis (18.99) mixed for a 1:24.38.
UC San Diego made it a sweep of the ladies’s relays on the evening by profitable the 800 free relay with a brand new meet report of seven:11.65. Asia Kozan (1:45.32), Sophia Bell (1:48.36), Sydney Niles (1:48.28), and Audrey Moore (1:49.69) teamed as much as get the job executed. Different notable splits within the race included UC Santa Barbara’s Samantha Banos, who led her crew off in 1:46.02.
UC Santa Barbara then took the lads’s 800 free relay to shut out the session, swimming a 6:21.86 to set a brand new meet report. Austin Sparrow (1:33.65), Jude DiStefano (1:36.34), Mason Wendler (1:37.00), and Owen Berry (1:34.87) teamed as much as earn the win.
Males’s 1-meter diving additionally happened final evening, seeing Juan Ramirez Tamaya of Hawaii win with a last rating of 335.95. It was a 1-2 punch for the Rainbow Warriors, as Brandon Shepherd got here in 2nd with a rating of 318.30.
