Women's Swimming & Diving

Toreros take second in Beach Cup

Jan. 16, 2016

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The 2016 Beach Cup concluded on Saturday at the University of San Diego Sports Center Pool. USD (589) placed second in this year's event with seven wins in 18 races. Fresno State won the meet with 817.5 points. Loyola Marymount placed third with 404.5 points and Pepperdine finished fourth with 321 points.

The Toreros started Saturday's action with the team of Jackie Taylor, Bri Jurries, Danielle Deiparine and Danielle Taylor taking second place with a 1:38.46 in the 200 free relay.

Jurries led the Toreros with outstanding performances in the 100 breast (1:05.52) and the 200 breast (2:22.37), winning both events and earning 32 points. The junior from Phoenix, Ariz. also contributed to a USD victory in the 400 free relay (3:31.81).

D. Taylor continued her excellent freshman season with a 56.96 and a first place finish in the 100 fly. In the 200 fly Taylor posted a 2:05.23 while placing third.

J. Taylor earned two second place finishes on Saturday while anchoring three relays. In the 200 free she finished 1:55.49, less than a second off of first and in the 100 free she swam a 52.88.

USD also received strong contributions in the backstroke events from senior Sarah Reierson. Reierson placed second in the 200 back with a 2:10.64 just in front of USD teammate MK Clancy (2:12.05). In the 100 back Reierson earned a third place finish with a 1:00.91. She also contributed to the 400 medley relay team with Jurries and the Taylor sisters that came in second with a 3:55.05.

In the 400 IM Morgan Scarth (4:39.14) and Liza Kuznetsova (4:39.28) earned second and third respectively. Kuznetsova (17:44.67) and teammate Gwen Walter (17:50.04) added second and third place finishes in the 1650 free as well.

Sammi Cohn placed fourth in the 100 breast with a 1:08.74. Overall the Toreros recorded 25 top-five finishes over the tree sessions. Freshman divers Lexi Held and Elizabeth Petty added 24 points over the two days of competition.

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Players Mentioned

MK Clancy

MK Clancy

Fly/IM/Back
Junior
Liza Kuznetsova

Liza Kuznetsova

Free/Back
Junior
Elizabeth Petty

Elizabeth Petty

Diving
Junior
Danielle Taylor

Danielle Taylor

Free/Fly
Junior
Sammi Cohn

Sammi Cohn

Breast
Senior
Danielle Deiparine

Danielle Deiparine

Breast/Free
Junior
Lexi Held

Lexi Held

Diving
Freshman
Bri Jurries

Bri Jurries

Breast/Fly/IM
Junior
Sarah Reierson

Sarah Reierson

Backstroke/IM
Senior
Morgan Scarth

Morgan Scarth

IM/Distance Free
Senior
Jackie Taylor

Jackie Taylor

Free
Senior
Gwen Walter

Gwen Walter

Free
Junior

Players Mentioned

MK Clancy

MK Clancy

Junior
Fly/IM/Back
Liza Kuznetsova

Liza Kuznetsova

Junior
Free/Back
Elizabeth Petty

Elizabeth Petty

Junior
Diving
Danielle Taylor

Danielle Taylor

Junior
Free/Fly
Sammi Cohn

Sammi Cohn

Senior
Breast
Danielle Deiparine

Danielle Deiparine

Junior
Breast/Free
Lexi Held

Lexi Held

Freshman
Diving
Bri Jurries

Bri Jurries

Junior
Breast/Fly/IM
Sarah Reierson

Sarah Reierson

Senior
Backstroke/IM
Morgan Scarth

Morgan Scarth

Senior
IM/Distance Free
Jackie Taylor

Jackie Taylor

Senior
Free
Gwen Walter

Gwen Walter

Junior
Free