Distance Swimmers Dominate for Athenas in Close Loss to Division I California Baptist

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Katy Shaw won the 500-yard freestyle and the 1650-yard freestyle, leading a 1-2-3 finish in both events, but the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's swimming and diving team came up just short in a road 116-88 defeat to Division I California Baptist on Friday at the Lancer Aquatics Center.

The event was an annual distance meet between the two schools, which features extended 300-yard races in the backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and individual medley, as well as 500-yard freestyle and medley relays. 

The Athenas went 1-2-3 in the first individual race of the day, with Katy Shaw taking first in the 1650 with a time of 17:40.05, followed just under five seconds later by Revere Schmidt, and Alex Towers winning a neck-and-neck battle for third place by just .18. 

Shaw and Schmidt were the top two finishers in the 500 free later in the meet, with Shaw finishing in 5:13.54 and Schmidt just over four seconds behind in 5:17.65. Kyra Burns took third place for the Athenas in 5:21.02, and Corley Smith was right behind in fourth in 5:21.40. 

Mackenzie Mayfield earned a win in the 300-yard IM in 3:22.16, leading another 1-2-3 CMS finish, as Allyson Yao was second in 3:25.25 and Schmidt was third in 3:27.37. Sun Young Byun also picked up a win for CMS in the 200 free in 1:56.03. 

Annette Chang earned a third-place finish in the 100 free in 54.32, Florence Lin was third in the 300-yard backstroke in 3:26.56, and Yao came in third in the 300-yard breaststroke in 3:46.68. 

CMS will be back in action tomorrow when it returns to SCIAC competition for a tri-meet at Cal Lutheran, along with La Verne.