California Baptist University
Incarnate Word
CBU Starts 2020 With Big Win over Incarnate Word
1/4/2020 4:38:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Swimming and Diving
The Lancers put themselves over the Cardinals by winning half of the 16 events and showing great depth in several races on the day. CBU improves to 2-2 on the dual season and handing UIW (4-2) just its second loss on the year.
❗️ LANCERS WIN ❗️
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) January 4, 2020
CBU's men open the 2020 season with a 163-137 win over Incarnate Word at home. The Lancer and Cardinal women finished tied with 150 points each. #LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/nkEDHQaeoV
Incarnate Word is a strong team and won the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) conference championship in 2019 and went on to take 10th place at the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of American (CSCAA) National Invitational Invite.
Sean Foster, Joe Molinari, and Evan Honer led the Lancers with two individual wins each on Saturday. Foster continued to dominate the breaststroke by winning the 100 and 200 with respective times of 57.99 seconds and 2:02.86. Colton Babcock finished second in both events with times of 59.41 and 2:09.55.
🙌 1️⃣➖2️⃣ 🙌
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) January 4, 2020
Sean Foster and Colton Babcock finish first and second in the 100-yard breaststroke. Foster wins it with an unofficial time of 57.99 seconds. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/isL7JIQnfi
Molinari started with a win the 200 backstroke in 1:51.36, while Robert Moseley took third (1:57.01). He then won the 100 butterfly by a wide margin, with his time of 50.12 behind 1.35 seconds faster than the runner-up David Miller (51.47). Josh Walters (51.84) and Adityastha Wratsangka (51.92) also took fourth and fifth in the race for CBU.
While he didn't get the win, Molinari also added a runner-up swim in the 200 free (1:41.92).
😲😲😲
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) January 4, 2020
Joe Molinari wins big all the way in lane 🔟 of the 100-yard butterfly. He takes in 50.12 seconds, which was 1.35 seconds faster than the runner-up. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/oiz6tpIezX
Honer, a true freshman, overcome UIW's Dawson Martinez, who qualified for the 2019 NCAA Zone D Championships, in both events. Martinez has also been named the CCSA Men's Diver of the Year the past two seasons.
🥇🥇🥇
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) January 4, 2020
Evan Honer dominated his way to a win on the 3️⃣-meter board. His 328.58 points were more than 40 points more than second place. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/rpTedDnQ1t
First, Honer won the 3-meter board with 328.58 points, with CBU teammates Tyler Stevens taking second (288.28) and Zane Freeman fourth (267.08). Honer got more of a challenge from Martinez in the 1-meter board, but still won by nearly 35 points, with a 318.30 score to 283.35 from Martinez.
🚨 TOP-🔟 🚨
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) January 5, 2020
Evan Honer won both boards in the dual with Incarnate Word. He also set a new personal best in the 1-meter (318.30) to move up to fourth in CBU's all-time, top-🔟 record book in the event.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/8KXvjIX1nr
It was a new best for Honer and moved him up to fourth in CBU's top-10 record book. Stevens also took third on 1-meter with a new personal best of 271.95.
🔥 🔥🔥
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) January 4, 2020
Tyler Stevens throws a big dive off the 3️⃣-meter board! #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/TX4cDBZ3Ed
Walters was the fourth individual winner for CBU in the 50 free (21.24).
The Lancers started the day on a strong note by taking first and second in the 200-medley relay. Jacob Leahy, Foster, Molinari and Matthew Niculae won in 1:33.77, while Moseley, Babcock, Miller and Kyle White came in second (1:35.26).
Wratsangka logged the other new top-10 mark for CBU in the 200 fly. He took second place in 1:48.68, which updated his previous personal-record (1:48.99), which ranks eighth in Lancer history. Quinn Birtles (1:53.12) and Miller (1:54.54) also took third and fourth event.
🚨 TOP-🔟 🚨
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) January 4, 2020
Adityastha Wratsangka updates his top-🔟 time in the 200-yard butterfly. The sophomore clocked in at 1:48.68, which was just faster than his previous PR of 1:48.99, good for second in the dual and ranks eighth all-time in CBU history.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/NxK4RuYKUd
Birtles led CBU to sweeping second through fourth in the 1650 free. He finished runner-up in 16:42.07, while Dylan Sweikert (16:53.08) and Aiden Hobson (17:03.52) took third and fourth.
Moseley also took second in the 100 back (53.22) and 200 individual medley (1:55.64). Trevor Van Law (55.11) and Wratsangka (1:59.69) also took third in the 100 back and 200 IM, respectively.
Niculae added two top-three swims in the 100 (second, 49.96) and 200 frees (third, 1:46.01).
The Lancers didn't get the win but placed second and third in the 400-free relay to close out the day. Leahy, Walters, White and Niculae took second in 3:08.28 while Foster, Sweikert, Birtles and Babcock placed third (3:11.13).
CBU continues a three-dual homestand when Claremont-Mudd-Scripps visits the Lancer Aquatics Center Friday at noon. The Lancers will then host Western Athletic Conference foe Wyoming on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 1 p.m.
👏👏👏
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) January 4, 2020
Strong start to the new year. We're wrapping up our 2020 opener with 🔟 50s!#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/Eaf1LUausf
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