Tigers spoil Chapman senior day

ORANGE, Calif. – The Chapman University men's and women's swim and dive teams competed with Occidental College at the Allred Pool on Senior Day Saturday. The women's team fell 152-126 and the men fell to the Tigers 171-83.

Chase Mitchell recorded a career-best time of 17:10.30, shaving three seconds of his personal best to earn first in the 1650 free. Mitchell also finished second in the 100 fly with a final time of 54.79.

Freshman Quinn Riedel finished second in the 200 free with a season-best time of 1:53.49. Reidel also swam into second in the 200 back, shaving six seconds off of his season best after touching the wall at 2:10.25.

Pacing the Panthers in the 500 free, sophomore Connor Broughton swam into first with a final time of 4:53.86. Broughton also finished third in the 100 breast with a season best time of 1:02.42.

On the women's side, junior Mary Welton led the Panthers in the 1650 free for the second week in a row, finishing with a season-best time of 18:39.42 to take first.

Freshman Sara Quach outswam the competition in both backstroke events. Quach broke the minute markl with a final time of 59.35 in the 100 and earned a time of 2:09.64 in the 200 to capture first in both heats.

Sweeping the board competition, diver sophomore Kellyn Toole walked away with another pair of wins. Toole scored 241.00 on the 3-meter and 221.50 on the 1-meter. Freshman Rebecca DeAngelis finished second on the 1-meter to add four points for Chapman after being awarded a score of 167.00.

Chapman will travel to Redlands on Saturday, February 4 for a double dual meet with Cal Lutheran and Redlands at 10 a.m. The Panthers will use that last meet to prepare for SCIAC Championships which will begin on Wednesday, February 15. 

by Raquel Rinauro

Sports Information Assistant

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