Swimming & Diving Begins SCIAC Slate

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Dec 30, 2006) - Occidental men's and women's swimming & diving defeated the University of La Verne Dec. 2 before losing to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Dec. 3 at Taylor Pool.   The men's meet with CMS was close right until the end with a number of Tigers winning events.  

The women were led by sophomore diver Celeste Faber, who won the one and three-meter competitions in both meets.  Faber was joined by Kelsey Fuller '10, who won the 100 Fly against ULV and turned in solid performances vs. CMS in the 200 individual medley and 200 butterfly.   First-year Katie Brush logged a much-improved time in the 200 breaststroke.

On the men's side, the story continues to be the Dohring twins, Jon and Robert, who finished 1 & 2 vs. both ULV and CMS and turned in NCAA Championship qualifying scores on both boards.  Adam Kantor '10 stole the 50 freestyle against CMS but came up short in the 100 despite a blistering 49.13.   Two-time All-American Dickson Fai '08 won all his events and remains largely untested against SCIAC competition.

Occidental returns to action Jan. 5 with a non-conference dual meet against NCAA Division II Westminster College (PA) at Taylor Pool.  The meet is scheduled for a 1pm start.