Lancers Claim Three More Top-10 Times

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Lancers Claim Three More Top-10 Times

12/16/2019 9:08:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming and Diving

By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

LAS VEGAS – Rebeca Oviedo notched two more runner-up finishes and three more top-10 times in California Baptist University history on day two of the UNLV Invite.

The Lancers logged 17 top-eight performances on Monday at the Jim Reitz Pool. CBU closes out the UNLV Invite on Tuesday, with prelims and finals starting at 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., respectively.

Oviedo provided the top-two performances. The sophomore took second in the 400-yard individual medley and 200 freestyle. She set a new season best of one minute, 50.08 seconds in the 200 free, and clocked the eighth-fastest time in CBU history in the 400 IM (4:25.15).

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It did not take long for Rebeca Oviedo to update her top-10 time in the 400 IM. She cut more than two seconds off her previous PR in the event from this morning. Her time of 4:25.15 ranks 8th in CBU history and secured a runner-up finish for her at UNLV.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/Q2lDWGa6QQ
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) December 17, 2019

Savannah Uhlir (243.85) and Kiree Lowe (239.50) led the Lancers on the 1-meter board by taking second and third place, respectively. Madeline Wiese took fifth (222.65) and Madison Liu eighth (207.40) in the event, as well.

Nicole Cienega secured another medal finish for CBU when she took third in the 100 butterfly in 56.12. She also swam on the Lancers' 200-medley relay team, which included Hannah Parson, Lauren McKenna and Isabella Rhodes and took third in 1:44.77.

Oviedo and Rhodes also swam on the 800-free relay team with Hannah Houlton and Mackenzie Degn. The quartet took fourth in 7:40.96.

The Lancers were deepest in the 400 IM. Buse Topcu logged a personal record of 4:33.17 in the event to take sixth, while Morgan Giordano took eighth (4:37.50). Kyle Morrison (4:34.18), Elizabeth Brouwer (4:35.61) and Cienega (4:37.07) went one-two-three in the consolation final to take ninth, 10^th and 11^th overall, while Alina Jungklaus also took 13^th (4:44.86).

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Freshman Lauren McKenna set a new season best in the 100-yard breaststroke prelims at the UNLV Invite. Her time of 1:04.95 got her into the championship final and ranks sixth in CBU's all-time Top-10. #LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/bNRKKuqEJT
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) December 16, 2019

Two more top-10 times were set for CBU in the prelims of the 100 breaststroke. McKenna and Alexa Melara both qualified for the championship heat with respective times of 1:04.95 and 1:05.29, which rank sixth and eighth in Lancer history. They switched spots in the finals, with Melara taking seventh (1:05.44) and McKenna eighth (1:05.22), while Taylor Dowden (10^th, 1:06.72); Mackenzie Mergel (11^th, 1:07.00) and Rita Smirnova (15^th, 1:08.93) also finished top-16.

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Alexa Melara notched a personal record at CBU in the 100-yard breaststroke prelims at the UNLV Invite. Her time of 1:05.29 got her into the championship final and ranks eighth in CBU's Top-10 history.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/hBuK6FbGGJ
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) December 16, 2019

Six Lancers took top-16 in the 100 backstroke, with Rhodes (57.94) and Alexandra Walling (58.52) leading the way in seventh and eighth place. Degn won the consolation heat to take ninth (57.82), while McKenna (12^th, 59.63); Jordyn Nelson (15^th, 1:00.40) and Houlton (16^th, 1:00.46) rounded out CBU's showcase of depth in the event.

Vianka Hoyer (56.95) and Rhodes (57.08) finished back-to-back in seventh and eighth in the 100 fly, while Brouwer (58.49) and Parson (58.55) took 12^th and 13^th. Degn (9^th, 1:52.26) and Houlton (15^th, 1:56.70) had the Lancers' final two top-16 swims in the 200 free.

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