Swimcloud Results
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. – The University of Redlands Swim and Dive teams put together a strong showing at the La Verne Winter Invitational over the weekend with the men's team finishing eighth and the women 13th in the 16-team, three-day meet.
Men
The Bulldogs posted 19 personal bests and 21 season best times, which averaged out to 32 and 35 percent of the total races.
Garrett Krattiger (Helena, MT) had a career meet as he posted five personal best times with four of them ranking inside the Top-10 in program history.
In the 800 Free Relay he swam the lead off leg and posted a time of 1:42.59, a personal best, as the quartet of Krattiger, Ethan Chir (Las Vegas, NV), Davis Wingard (Springfield, OR), and Memphis Gile (Redlands, CA) took 10th.
He helped the 400 Medley Relay take second with a 3:24.64, the third fastest in program history. He was joined by Wingard, Chir, and Gile once again.
In his individual races he took second in the 100 Back and won the 200 Back. His 100 Back time of 49.88 is the second fastest all-time and his 200 Back time of 1:48.10 is a new program record by two hundredths of a second beating the previous record held by Jeff Depew from 2013. It was also an NCAA "B" standard qualifying time.
Chir swam a personal best in the 50 Breast (26.35), taking second and posted a personal best in the 100 Breast (56.21) as he improved his fifth best time in program history, along with winning the 200 IM with the fifth fastest 200 IM (1:50.84) time in program history.
Wingard swam the eighth fastest 100 Breast (57.70) All-Time finishing in 10th place. He also added a seventh-place finish in the 200 Breast with a personal best time of 2:09.18.
Women:
On the women's side they swam 18 personal and season best times, accounting for 31 percent of their races.
Avery Wells (Seattle, WA) had the strongest weekend with a personal best in the 50 Free (24.77) and a personal best in the 100 IM (1:01.59). She took ninth place in the IM as the second highest finishing Division III swimmer.
Lina Matera (Hingham, MA) posted three personal bests. She swam a 56.36 as the lead off in the 400 Free Relay, swam the lead leg of the 800 Free Relay where she swam a 2:02.51, and posted her third personal best after finishing the 50 Breast in 32.75.
Kaile Itow (Morgan Hill, CA) swam 25.81 in the 50 Free and then 55.54 in the 100 Free for a pair of personal bests.
Redlands is now off for the remainder of 2024 before returning to the pool for a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) tri-meet against Caltech and California Lutheran University, hosted by Caltech, on January 4 at 10:30 a.m.
