Hawaii Women Topple TCU, Horned Frog Men Edge Rainbow Warriors

Hawaii vs TCU

• Friday, January 13, 2023
• Honolulu, Hawaii
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results
• Team Scores
  • Women: Hawaii 181.5, TCU 80.5
  • Men: TCU 140, Hawaii 122

Courtesy: Hawaii Athletics

HONOLULU – The Hawai’i women’s swimming team highlighted a busy day for the swim and dive programs by coming out on top in a dual meet with TCU, 181.5-80.5, Friday at the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex.

The Rainbow Warrior swimmers also competed against the Horned Frogs, but fell 140-122, while the UH divers finished the first of their three days of competition at the Bruin Diving Invite in Los Angeles.

The Rainbow Wahine dominated the dual from start to finish, claiming 13 of the 14 events in the dual led by four different swimmers winning multiple events. Cass Treydte took home the 500 and 1000 free while Dorottya Dobos swept the backstroke events, winning the 100 and 200 back. Kailee Chow won both butterfly events, taking the 100 and 200 fly while Mandolin Nguyen won the 200 breaststroke and the 200 IM.

Mario Surkovic led the way for the Rainbow Warriors, taking home victories in three events after winning the 100 and 200 free in addition to the 200 IM. Tomer Goldfaden claimed the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:03.94, while the ‘Bows also took home the 200 medley relay to round out the winners on the men’s side.

Mackaby Pennington and Isabella Plantz paced the Hawai’i divers, as Pennington made the final in the men’s 3-meter competition and finished eighth with a cumulative score of 624.20, meeting NCAA Zone E cuts in both the prelims (315.30) and finals (308.85). Plantz was the only Rainbow Wahine to make the women’s 1-meter final, finishing 18th with a total of 500.85.

The UH diving squad will be back in action Saturday at the Bruin Diving Invite with the men’s 3-meter and women’s platform competitions. The Hawai’i swimmers will next compete at a four-team meet hosted by UNLV, Jan. 27-28 in Las Vegas.

Courtesy: TCU Athletics

SwimSwam Note: Diving results from the Bruin Diving Invite at UCLA have been removed from the release.

The swim team wrapped up their final away meet of the season in Hawaii with nine total event victories. The men’s team topped the Rainbow Warriors 140-122. The women’s team fell short of a win, falling 181.50-80.50.

Senior Emma Hultquist won the lone event for the women’s team in the 200 freestyle (1:50.84).

Sophomore Geremia Freri won the 1000 freestyle (9:35.17) for the first win for the Frogs.

Coming off his Big 12 Swimmer of the week performance Piotr Sadlowski won the 100 fly (49.22). Freshman Edgar Cicanci won both backstroke events on the afternoon. In the 100 back he swam 50.01 for first place. In the 200 back, Cicanci edged the field with a time of 1:49.55. Sophomore Milan Fabian displayed his versatility winning the gold in the 50 freestyle (20.85) and 500 freestyle (4:36.84). Raphael Paiva Da Lima fished right behind Fabian for second in the 50 freestyle. Jadon Wuillez in the 50 breaststroke and Luke Dimicili in the 200 fly finihsed in first place.

The Horned Frogs finished the meet with the top time in the 400 freestyle relay. Fabian, Wuilliez, Peter Horton and Paiva Da Lima finished touched the wall with a first place time of 3:00.83.

Up Next: The Frogs will close the regular season with Senior day on Friday, Jan. 27 and Saturday, Jan. 28.

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