TEMPE, Ariz. – Representing the continued upward improvement of the Arizona State swim/dive programs, the Sun Devil women earned their first victory over UCLA since Nov. 11, 2011, a meet also in Tempe. ASU earned the convincing 189-111 win in Saturday's contest.
"It's a long season and we're getting to the halfway point," said head swim coach Bob Bowman. "We just want to go to Texas and see significant improvement from what we've done so far and take it from there. Our women's team is so young – we're only going to lose one senior this year – and just figuring it out, and they're doing such a great job. A lot of it is because of their attitude; they're really in the group dynamic. It's very healthy and I love it."
The Sun Devils' A-relay team won both relays to start and cap the meet, including a photo finish in the 400 free relay, with ASU finishing just .12 ahead of UCLA's A-team.
Chloe Isleta won two of three individual events she competed in, also part of the winning 200 medley relay team. Her 200 back time was good enough for an NCAA B-cut.
"Chloe [Isleta] has been training fantastic," said Bowman. "What we want to do with Chloe is we want to get her to NCAA and score points. I think she's on track to do that."
Silja Kansakoski also won two events (100/200 breast), achieving an NCAA B-cut in the 200 and was just .11 off in the 100.
In both the 100 breast and 500 free, ASU went 1-2-3, with Kansakoski, Marlies Ross, and Kaya Philapil earning the top spots in the 100 breast and Erica Laning, Emma Nordin, and Caitlyn Wilson in the 500 free.
ASU also earned top two finishes in both the 50 free (Katherine Wagner, Claire Fisch) and 200 IM (Ross, Isleta) while Caitlyn Wilson won the 1000 free.
In diving, the Sun Devils performed well in the 3-meter, led by Mara Aiacoboae in first, Ashley McCool in second, and Frida Kaellgren in fourth. McCool and Kaellgren finished third and fourth in the 1-meter.
"One of our freshmen, Ashley McCool, was very solid, as she has been so far early in the season," said head diving coach Mark Bradshaw. "Mara Aiacoboae on the 3-meter was just fantastic. She struggled the last two days on the 1-meter, but she came back like a champ on the 3-meter."
The ASU diving teams are next in action at the NAU Lumberjack Diving Invitational (Nov. 17-19) while women's swim heads to the Art Adamson Invitational (Nov. 16-18) in College Station, Texas and men's swim next competes at the Texas Invitational (Nov. 30-Dec. 2) in Austin.
"It's a long season and we're getting to the halfway point," said head swim coach Bob Bowman. "We just want to go to Texas and see significant improvement from what we've done so far and take it from there. Our women's team is so young – we're only going to lose one senior this year – and just figuring it out, and they're doing such a great job. A lot of it is because of their attitude; they're really in the group dynamic. It's very healthy and I love it."
The Sun Devils' A-relay team won both relays to start and cap the meet, including a photo finish in the 400 free relay, with ASU finishing just .12 ahead of UCLA's A-team.
Chloe Isleta won two of three individual events she competed in, also part of the winning 200 medley relay team. Her 200 back time was good enough for an NCAA B-cut.
"Chloe [Isleta] has been training fantastic," said Bowman. "What we want to do with Chloe is we want to get her to NCAA and score points. I think she's on track to do that."
Silja Kansakoski also won two events (100/200 breast), achieving an NCAA B-cut in the 200 and was just .11 off in the 100.
In both the 100 breast and 500 free, ASU went 1-2-3, with Kansakoski, Marlies Ross, and Kaya Philapil earning the top spots in the 100 breast and Erica Laning, Emma Nordin, and Caitlyn Wilson in the 500 free.
ASU also earned top two finishes in both the 50 free (Katherine Wagner, Claire Fisch) and 200 IM (Ross, Isleta) while Caitlyn Wilson won the 1000 free.
In diving, the Sun Devils performed well in the 3-meter, led by Mara Aiacoboae in first, Ashley McCool in second, and Frida Kaellgren in fourth. McCool and Kaellgren finished third and fourth in the 1-meter.
"One of our freshmen, Ashley McCool, was very solid, as she has been so far early in the season," said head diving coach Mark Bradshaw. "Mara Aiacoboae on the 3-meter was just fantastic. She struggled the last two days on the 1-meter, but she came back like a champ on the 3-meter."
The ASU diving teams are next in action at the NAU Lumberjack Diving Invitational (Nov. 17-19) while women's swim heads to the Art Adamson Invitational (Nov. 16-18) in College Station, Texas and men's swim next competes at the Texas Invitational (Nov. 30-Dec. 2) in Austin.