Fresno State Athletics
Swimming Heads to Pacific While Diving Hosts Bulldog Diving Invitational
10/9/2000 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
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THIS WEEK
Fri.-Sat., Oct. 13-14
Pacific Swimming Invitational
Stockton, Calif.
1 p.m./9 a.m.
Sat., Oct. 14
Bulldog Diving Invitational
at Central High School
Fresno, Calif.
All Day
NEXT WEEK
Thu., Oct. 19
vs. New Mexico
Fort Collins, Colo.
6 p.m.
Fri.-Sat., Oct. 20-21
at Colorado State Invt'l
Fort Collins, Colo.
5 p.m./9 a.m.
Bulldog Diving Opens Season at Home
The diving team will compete at the Bulldog Diving Invitational at the Central Unified Aquatics Complex on Saturday, Oct. 14. The Bulldogs have two divers on the team this year, as opposed to one last year. Freshman Nicole Recupito (Kokomo, Ind.) and sophomore Kristin Hermanson (Roseville, Calif.) are both first year divers for the `Dogs this year. Recupito graduated from Northwestern High School in Kokomo, Ind., and qualified for the Indiana state championships as well as competing in the USA Junior Olympic Diving Championships. Hermanson has left the Fresno State cheerleader squad for the diving team and holds some impressive scores at local championships. Now in her second year, diving coach Chunhua Zhao guided Fresno State's lone diver last year from a local competition level to the NCAA Zone Championship qualification standards. To get to Central from Fresno State go West on Shaw and cross over Freeway 99 until you reach Polk. Making a left at Polk, go south to Dakota and make another left. On Dakota proceed to Cornelia and turn left again. The venue is located on the East campus of Central High School and the competition starts at 9 a.m.
Swimming Goes on the Road to Pacific Invitational
The swim team will take on their first opponents at the Pacific Swimming Invitational held in Stockton this weekend. Ninth year head coach Daniella Irle brings a 78-24 dual meet record into the 2000-01 season. After finishing fourth in the Western Athletic Conference last year and grabbing her fifth consecutive 10-win season.
Case Competes at Olympic Trials
Senior position Summir Case (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) posted a time of 1:05.92 in the 100-meter backstroke in the United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Ind. this past summer. The time was a career best for her. Case qualified for the event by winning the 100 backstroke at the WAC championships (:55.99), setting a new school record. Case is the first swimmer since Irle came to Fresno State to go to the Olympic trials.
Bulldogs End Season Strong at Nationals
Bulldogs Jesie Lewis (Juneau, Ala.), Case and Heather King (Fairbanks, Ala.) competed in the U.S.A. Nationals capping the season in Federal Way , Wash., March 28-April 1. (All times are in meters.) Case finished 32nd in the 100 back (1:06.38) and 93rd in the 50 free (28.12). Lewis finished 65th in the 50 free (27.53) and 70th in the 100 free (59.73). King competed in the 100 breast and the 200 IM finishing 68th in both events earning times of 1:16.57 and 2:30.45 respectively.
Braun Competes in Jr. USA Nationals
Sophomore Deanna Braun (Antioch, Calif.) finished 39th in the 500 free at Junior USA Nationals held in Anchorage, Alaska. Braun also time trialed the 200 free marking a time of 1:55.93.
