Lopes prepare for conference meet with Lancers

Saturday, January 22

Riverside, Calif.

11 A.M.

Grand Canyon

California Baptist

1/21/2022 10:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

GCU divers set to compete for 1st time in 2022

By: Chelsie Davidson

The Grand Canyon swimming and diving teams will travel to Riverside, California, for a Saturday conference matchup with California Baptist at Lancer Aquatics Center. The meet is set to begin at noon. (Phoenix time).

STATS
Meet statistics can be found on the Meet Mobile app and DiveMeets.com.

LAST TIME OUT
GCU swimming earned a pair of wins against Concordia Irvine last Saturday. The women's 173-79 win was highlighted by freshman standout Aleksandra Wegrzynowska. The Wroclaw, Poland native was victorious in three individual events: 200-yard freestyle (1:52.99), 500 freestyle (5:11.78) and 200 butterfly (2:06.37). The men's team posted a 169-69 win against the Eagles. Sophomore Jack Armstrong also won three individual events, setting a pool record in the butterfly leg of a 400 medley relay win.

SCHEDULED EVENTS
200 medley relay
1000 freestyle
200 freestyle
100 backstroke
100 breaststroke
200 butterfly
50 freestyle
*** 15-minute break ***
100 freestyle
200 backstroke
200 breaststroke
500 freestyle
100 butterfly
*** 10-minute break ***
200 individual medley
400 freestyle relay

Diving will run concurrently.

SCOUTING
Lancers: CBU swimming is coming off a second-place finish against UC Santa Barbara. The Lancers won a total of seven events in their first match-up with the Gauchos. The divers competed at the UCLA Bruin Diving Invitational where they had several divers make the finals. Senior Evan Honer finished in third place on the platform. California Baptist is led by swimming head coach Rick Rowland who is in his 21^st season with the Lancers after starting the program in 1999-2000.

SERIES HISTORY
GCU women's swimming and diving team holds a 2-0-1 advantage over the CBU. The last time the Lopes saw the Lancers on Dec. 12, 2020, it ended in a tie of 145-145. On the men's side, the Lopes won the meet 170-130. The series history puts the Lopes ahead 3-0.

DIRECTIONS/PARKING
The Lancer Aquatic Center is located at 8432 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, California. Admission and parking will be freestyle.

COVID-19 PROCEDURES
Spectators will be permitted, and masks are recommended, but not required.