TEMPE, Ariz. – The Sun Devils not only continued to win the majority of events but also improved significantly upon several season best times as the men cruised to a 196-99 victory and the women earned a hard-fought battle coming down to the wire, 152.5-135.5.
"It's exciting and that's what we train for, we train for those moments," associate head coach Ryan Mallam said of the women's relay finish. "We train for it to come down to that last relay, that last event, and we're all invested in the team's success so it was exciting."
The ASU men took an early lead and continued to build upon it throughout the meet while the women's decision came down to the final two events – the 400 IM and the 200 free relay.
In the 400 IM, Marlies Ross and Denver's Maddie Myers traded advantage at each turn and at the final touch, the result could not have been any closer as both women touched the wall at 4:17.75. Ross improved her time significantly from last weekend, nine seconds faster than a week ago.
Denver still within striking distance heading into the women's free relay, the Sun Devil A-squad comprised of Claire Fisch, Ingibjorg Jonsdottir, and captains Alysha Bush and Kat Simonovic, finished just under three seconds ahead of Denver's A-team to capture the overall victory.
"We really were getting each other going and we had a little meeting before the final relay because we knew it was so close," said Bush, one of two senior co-captains. "It's so different this year – we all have really great bonds and we want to swim for each other. I haven't seen cheering like that [from our team] in four years, so it's amazing."
Overall, the Sun Devils won 14 of 24 individual swim events (10 men, 4 women). In both the 1 mtr and 3 mtr dives, David Hoffer, Heikki Makikallio, and Cody Rankin went 1-2-3 for the men while Mara Aiacoboae finished first in both dives for the women.
Individually, Bush (50 free, 100 free) and Cameron Craig (100 free, 200 free) continued their dominant performances from last weekend, each winning multiple events for the Sun Devils.
Fourteen different Sun Devils also achieved NCAA B-standard times, including the entire top three in the men's 100 yard fly (Andrew Porter, Patrick Park, and Tadas Duskinas).
The Sun Devils improved upon the season's top times in every single event, most notably in the 1000 free as Kendall Dawson shaved 19 seconds off her team-leading time while Ben Olszewski took 20 seconds off.
Christian Lorenz also swam a five-second faster 200 breast (2:00.75) than his season fastest last weekend while in the 500 free, Dawson brought her time to under five minutes (4:55.76), nearly eight seconds faster, and Ben Olszewski swam six seconds faster in the same event.
Next weekend takes both teams to Southern California to face USC on Friday, Nov. 4 (2 p.m.) while the women will face UCLA on Saturday, Nov. 5 (11 a.m.).
"It's exciting and that's what we train for, we train for those moments," associate head coach Ryan Mallam said of the women's relay finish. "We train for it to come down to that last relay, that last event, and we're all invested in the team's success so it was exciting."
The ASU men took an early lead and continued to build upon it throughout the meet while the women's decision came down to the final two events – the 400 IM and the 200 free relay.
In the 400 IM, Marlies Ross and Denver's Maddie Myers traded advantage at each turn and at the final touch, the result could not have been any closer as both women touched the wall at 4:17.75. Ross improved her time significantly from last weekend, nine seconds faster than a week ago.
Denver still within striking distance heading into the women's free relay, the Sun Devil A-squad comprised of Claire Fisch, Ingibjorg Jonsdottir, and captains Alysha Bush and Kat Simonovic, finished just under three seconds ahead of Denver's A-team to capture the overall victory.
"We really were getting each other going and we had a little meeting before the final relay because we knew it was so close," said Bush, one of two senior co-captains. "It's so different this year – we all have really great bonds and we want to swim for each other. I haven't seen cheering like that [from our team] in four years, so it's amazing."
Overall, the Sun Devils won 14 of 24 individual swim events (10 men, 4 women). In both the 1 mtr and 3 mtr dives, David Hoffer, Heikki Makikallio, and Cody Rankin went 1-2-3 for the men while Mara Aiacoboae finished first in both dives for the women.
Individually, Bush (50 free, 100 free) and Cameron Craig (100 free, 200 free) continued their dominant performances from last weekend, each winning multiple events for the Sun Devils.
Fourteen different Sun Devils also achieved NCAA B-standard times, including the entire top three in the men's 100 yard fly (Andrew Porter, Patrick Park, and Tadas Duskinas).
The Sun Devils improved upon the season's top times in every single event, most notably in the 1000 free as Kendall Dawson shaved 19 seconds off her team-leading time while Ben Olszewski took 20 seconds off.
Christian Lorenz also swam a five-second faster 200 breast (2:00.75) than his season fastest last weekend while in the 500 free, Dawson brought her time to under five minutes (4:55.76), nearly eight seconds faster, and Ben Olszewski swam six seconds faster in the same event.
Next weekend takes both teams to Southern California to face USC on Friday, Nov. 4 (2 p.m.) while the women will face UCLA on Saturday, Nov. 5 (11 a.m.).