UC Santa Barbara
Rogers, Otsuka Win Multiple Events in Cal Poly's Loss To UCSB
2/1/2020 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Senior men's swimmer Paul Rogers and freshman men's swimmer Noah Otsuka each won two individual events and two women's swimmers each won an event but both the Cal Poly men's and women's swimming and diving teams fell to UC Santa Barbara Saturday in the final dual meet of the regular season.
The Gaucho women's team won 164-90 and the men's team took down the Mustangs 163-99.
Three Cal Poly men's swimmers won at least one event, two women's swimmers won an event, and one of Cal Poly's women's relay teams won an event in the meet.
Rogers, the reigning MPSF Male Athlete of the Week, first won the 200 free with a time of 1:38.39, over a full second ahead of second place. He later also won the 500 free with a time of 4:34.30, also over a full second ahead of second place.
Otsuka took first place in the 200 breast, finishing with a time of 2:03.08. He later won the 100 breast with a time 56.16. The two wins on the afternoon for Otsuka are a career-high for him in a meet.
Other winners on the day for Cal Poly included freshman men's swimmer Garrison Price, who was victorious in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:50.78, nearly a full second ahead of the second place finisher.
On the women's side, freshman Erin Kim took first place in the 100 fly with a time of 57.36, also nearly a full second ahead of second. Senior Amelia Feick, who won two events in Cal Poly's win over UC Santa Cruz last weekend, was victorious in the 200 IM with a time of 2:07.19, over a full second ahead of second place.
On the relay side, the Cal Poly women's quartet of senior Emily Peters, junior Emelia Piccininni, junior Karina Hankee, and Kim won the 400 free relay after finishing with a time of 3:37.50.
With the regular season now over, Cal Poly will prepare to head to the conference championships in less than three weeks. The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships will be held Feb. 19-22 at East Los Angeles Community College in Monterey Park, Calif.
