California Baptist University
Malibu Swim/Dive Invite
Rumiantceva Wins Two in Malibu
10/15/2016 4:14:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming and Diving
MALIBU, Calif. – Big expectations await Alena Rumiantceva in her senior season with California Baptist University. The breaststroke specialist showed she's ready to continue to live up to them against an NCAA Division I field at the Malibu Invite on Saturday.
Rumiantceva delivered two wins and a runner-up performance in the three breaststroke events at Pepperdine. The Lancers secured two other victories, as well, to conclude their second events of the 2016-17 season, which included D-I Bakersfield as well as the Waves.
There was clear depth in the breaststroke events, with Rumiantceva and Melody Coleman leading the charge. Rumiantceva won the 100 and 200-yard breaststrokes with times of one minute, 5.11 seconds and 2:21.40, respectively. Coleman took third and sixth in the 100 (1:07.56) and 200 (2:27.56), while Alex Wolf finished third in the 100 breast (2:25.85).
Rumiantceva ended her day with a runner-up performance in the 50 breast (30.37), but Courtney Chacon and Christie Halverson added individual victories for CBU on day two of the Malibu Invitational.
Chacon claimed the 200 butterfly in 2:08.35, and Halverson touched first in the 200 free (1:55.39) to edge her teammate and No. 3 finisher Mackenzie Mergel (1:55.60).
CBU also took second in the 200-medley relay (1:53.76) and received fourth-place finishes from Wolfe, Kylie Mihld and Andrea Laliena in the respective 100 individual medley (1:01.23), 200 back (2:08.75) and 50 back (28.08).
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