The Bruin swimmers swam fast this weekend, but not fast
enough.
Despite dominating all of her events in both meets, Kim
Vandenberg could not carry the team alone as the No. 11 Bruins fell
to both No. 5 Stanford on Friday (176-124) and No. 10 Cal on
Saturday (161-139).
UCLA has now fallen to 2-22 all-time against the Cardinal and
9-14 against Cal.
The losses are disappointing for UCLA (5-3, 2-3 Pac-10), but
many individual members made an impact in their personal careers by
swimming NCAA qualifying times.
In all, 21 NCAA qualifying marks were posted, 12 on Friday and
nine on Saturday.
In the pool on Saturday, Vandenberg swam an “A” mark
in the 200-yd butterfly with a time of 1:57.37, capturing a win in
that event, along with repeat wins in the 100-yd butterfly and the
200-yd freestyle.
Senior Kim Scarborough posted an “A” qualifying time
in the 200-yard individual medley, finishing second in the race
with a time of 2:04.73.
Other event winners against the Bears were Jane Imagane (1000
Free, 9:54.21), Nicolette Teo (200 Breast, 2:16.43) and Jeana
Fuccillo (400 IM, 4:18.71).
The Bruin divers captured the top three spots in both the
one-meter and three-meter competition against the Bears.
Junior Amanda Blong took both the one- and three-meter
dives.
Against Stanford, junior Paige Thompson finished third in both
the one-meter (233.62) and three-meter (272.25) competition.
In another stellar performance, Blong finished just behind
Thompson in the one-meter with a score of 231.60, but neither
Thompson nor Blong could help the Bruins surpass the Cardinal.
In two weeks, the Bruins face crosstown rival USC.
The Trojans will host the meet on Saturday, Feb. 12.