By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam
Arizona State vs. Grand Canyon
January 3, 2026 Mona Plummer Aquatic Center – Tempe, AZ SCY (25 yards) Results Final scores: Women: ASU – 224.5, GCU – 74.5 Men: ASU – 208, GCU – 91The Arizona State men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams delivered a crushing blow to Grand Canyon University on Saturday, toppling the Antelopes by a margin of well over 100 points on both sides to pick up their first victories of 2026. The meet also saw ASU honor the teams’ combined 21 seniors this season.
Women’s Recap
ASU dominated the competition across the board, winning 13 events and racking up 224.5 points to best GCU’s 74.5 points.
Freshman Albane Cachot made a huge splash in her collegiate debut, sweeping the sprint freestyle events. She won the 50 free (22.43), 100 free (49.11) and 200 free (1:46.38), proving herself to be a strong contributor for the Sun Devils. Cachot, originally from France, was also a member of ASU’s winning 400 free relay team alongside fellow freshmen Cali Watts, Alexia Sotomayor and Shane Golland, with Cachot anchoring in 48.75 to help the squad touch 1st in 3:20.07.
Sotomayor also posted a strong performance in the 200 fly, taking 2nd in 2:00.52 to mark ASU’s top swim of the day in that event.
Grace Lindberg picked up the first individual victory of the meet, prevailing in the 400 IM in style with a lifetime best time of 4:14.26. She charged into the wall almost seven seconds ahead of teammate Lia Csulak (4:21.12 – SB) and knocked over two seconds off of her previous personal best (4:16.49) from March 2024.
Sun Devil Alexa Reyna logged a huge personal best in the 200 back, which she narrowly won in 1:59.68, just ahead of GCU runner-up Marta Guasp’s time of 1:59.88. Reyna’s performance knocked almost 3.5 seconds off of her former lifetime best (2:03.02) from back in March 2021.
The diving events saw ASU rack up the points, as Kayden Hayes swept both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions. She won the 1-meter with a score of 306.30 points and the 3-meter with a score of 3:18.53 points. Taking 2nd and 3rd behind her on the 3-meter were teammates Libby Thai (311.78) and Amayah Wiley (309.00), respectively.
Close behind Hayes on the 1-meter was GCU’s Brooke Woeslaw, who took 2nd with a score of 302.30 points.
GCU’s Paula Martinez was a huge performer for the Antelopes on Saturday, sweeping the butterfly events. She took home the title in the 100 fly (53.34) and 200 fly (1:58.85), clocking season-best times in both events. Martinez also helped GCU to a 3rd-place finish in the 200 medley relay alongside teammates Beth Young, Taylor Stasny and Sara Mose, posting an overall time of 1:41.05.
Stasny went on to pick up an individual victory of her own, winning the 200 breast in 2:14.43. She raced into the wall nearly 1.5 seconds ahead of ASU’s Lucie Vasquez, who touched 2nd in 2:15.74. Meanwhile, Mose clocked two 3rd-place finishes in the 50 free (22.94) and 100 free (50.98), while Young placed 3rd in the 100 breast (1:02.45).
Men’s Recap
The Sun Devils walked away with 208 points following Saturday’s meet, decisively downing Grand Canyon’s 91 points. ASU won 12 of the day’s 16 events and swept the podium on multiple individual events.
ASU claimed the top four spots in both the 400 IM and 200 free, making a splash right from the start. The 400 IM was led by freshman Harrison Smith, who touched 1st in 3:57.18 and just narrowly outtouched runner-up Hayden Hakes (3:57.19). Teammate Noah Madadu was close behind in 3rd with a time of 3:57.51, while Reece Grady rounded out the top four in 3:59.50.
The 200 free went to graduate student Jordan Tiffany, who threw down a lifetime best time of 1:34.72. That performance marked a huge personal improvement for Tiffany, knocking almost three seconds off of his previous best time (1:37.54) from January 2024. Taking 2nd behind him was senior Jonny Kulow, who turned in a time of 1:35.29.
Tiffany enjoyed a series of strong performances on Saturday, as he picked up two more individual victories over the course of the meet. He won the 100 free in 43.75 and the 100 IM in 47.85, shaving .14 off of his personal best time in the IM in the process.
ASU sophomore Lucien Vergnes turned in a top performance in the 50 free, winning in a lifetime best time of 19.83 to mark his first time ever under 20 seconds. The French swimmer narrowly prevailed over runner-up Guillermo Carrey of GCU (19.89), with the pair being the only two men to go sub-20 at the meet.
The Antelopes picked up a handful of individual victories throughout the meet. Seniors Alex Volkov and Mario Perez turned in one win apiece, with Volkov prevailing in the 100 back in 46.90 and Perez claiming the 200 fly in 1:47.20.
Volkov also snagged the runner-up spot in the 100 fly, posting a personal best time of 47.04 to take .2 off of his previous lifetime best and bring home some valuable points for the Antelopes.
GCU’s Omar Elsayed swept the diving events, winning the 1-meter with a score of 359.18 points and the 3-meter with a score of 429.45. His performance on the 3-meter marked the only competitor to score in the 400 range, as he landed over 50 points ahead of runner-up Lane Stallworth (378.60) from ASU.
Up Next
The Sun Devils will host the first Big 12 West Championships from Jan. 16-17, where they will face off against Arizona, Kansas, Utah and BYU, while Grand Canyon will return to competition on Jan. 3 with a dual meet against California Baptist.
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