By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
Big West Conference – Men and Women
Dates: Wednesday, February 11–Saturday, February 14 Location: CRWC Natatorium, Houston, TX Defending Champions: UC Santa Barbara women (1x); UC Santa Barbara men (1x) Live Results Schedule of Events (PDF) Championship Central SwimSwam Fan Guide Teams: Cal State Bakersfield, Grand Canyon (men)*, Hawaii, San Diego (women)*, Seattle*, UC Davis (women), UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara Recaps: Night One | Night Two | Night ThreeAfter four days of racing in Houston, the Big West Conference Championships came to a close on Saturday, and the Hawaii men and women both walked away with the overall team titles.
Women’s Team Scores
Hawaii — 798 UC Davis — 692 UCSB — 660 UCSD — 644 San Diego — 350 CSUB — 172 Seattle U — 157Men’s Team Scores
Hawaii — 780 Grand Canyon — 728 UCSD — 571 UCSB — 568 CSUB — 379.5 Seattle U — 273.5Women’s Recap
Only one women’s swimmer earned an automatic NCAA berth on the final night of competition. UC Santa Barbara’s Samantha Banos was their first and only qualifier of the meet, winning the women’s 200 butterfly in 1:56.44.
This swim was just off her lifetime best of 1:56.14 from November, but was more than six tenths under the NCAA standard of 1:57.11.
Banos came in ahead of Zoe Childers from UC Davis, who swam 1:58.12, and Mia Blazevska Eminova‘s 1:59.68 for Hawaii in 3rd.
A few different teams won events on the final night of competition, and the women’s meet was close between 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
San Diego’s Sydney Wilson won the 1650 free in 16:36.45, which was a massive personal best time. She dropped 15 seconds from her previous best of 16:51.70 which she set in March of 2023 to beat UCSD’s Sophia Bell (16:41.00), and San Diego’s Skylar Bruner (16:49.41).
UCSD picked up two event wins in the 200 back and 200 breast, both from previous auto-qualifiers. In the 200 back, Eva Boehlke won in a new Big West record time of 1:56.37, taking six tenths off the 1:56.94 she swam last year. UC Davis’s Emily Scheberies finished 2nd in 1:58.26, less than two tenths ahead of UCSB’s Hazel Derr, who swam 1:58.41 for 3rd.
The 200 breast saw UCSD’s Chloe Braun touch in 2:12.19 for the win. This was three tenths off her lifetime best 2:11.96 from last year. Zofia Tyminska was 2nd in 2:12.58 for Hawaii and Mai Kawahata from UCSB swam 2:13.47 for 3rd.
Hawaii’s Holly Nelson, an NCAA auto-qualifier in the 50 freestyle, won the 100 free in 48.67. This swim was seven hundredths off the AQ time of 48.60, but it was a new personal best by seven hundredths, dropping from the 48.80 she swam in November. Asia Kozan (UCSD — 49.06) and Miranda Stevenson (UCSB — 49.61) finished 2nd and 3rd.
Lovisa Gustavsson from Hawaii won the women’s platform event in another new Big West record of 269.70.
Finally, UC Santa Barbara wrapped up the meet with the win in the 400 freestyle relay. Miranda Stevenson (49.83), Gretta Callison (49.67), Eugenie Lanilis (49.67), and Banos (49.15) swam the final Big West record of the evening on the women’s side. They touched in 3:18.32 to take more than a second off Hawaii’s 2025 record of 3:20.04.
The University of Hawaii finished 2nd in 3:18.46 with Nelson (48.94), Quincy Key (50.18), Mia Blazevska Eminova (50.09), and Zofia Tyminska (49.25).
Men’s Recap
Just like on the women’s side, there was only one NCAA auto qualifier in the men’s meet on the final night. Grand Canyon’s Carter Dooling won the 200 breaststroke in a personal best time of 1:54.56, coming in four tenths under the standard of 1:54.95.
Seattle’s Brendan Ryan finished 2nd (1:56.18) and Hawaii’s Tom Thalau was 3rd (1:56.67).
The Grand Canyon men also won the men’s platform event with Omar Elsayed’s score of 395.75, and the men’s 1650 freestyle with Jacob Pins‘ 15:17.54.
Pins came in ahead of CSUB’s Karsten Eichler (15:22.75) and Landon Egeland from UCSD (15:24.33). Pins is a sophomore and Eichler and Egeland are both freshmen.
The 200 back went to UC San Diego’s Luigi Franco in 1:43.19, just over a tenth ahead of Danielis Kvederis‘ 1:43.30 in 2nd. Hawaii’s Korey Tiel finished 3rd almost two seconds back in 1:45.17.
CSUB’s Vili Sivec took the top spot in the men’s 200 butterfly, setting a new Big West record of 1:42.37, taking almost eight tenths off his own 1:43.13 record from last year. This was also under the AQ time of 1:43.79, but Sivec already earned a qualification in the 100 fly on Friday night.
Despite winning the meet, the Hawaii men only won two events on Saturday. Their first event win came from Karol Ostrowski in the men’s 100 freestyle with his time of 42.41. He came in two tenths ahead of Hawaii teammate Finn Brophy, who was 2nd in 42.67, and four tenths ahead of Grand Canyon’s Guillermo Carrey, who was 3rd in 42.80.
Ostrowski’s swim was a new Big West record time, taking a tenth off his own conference record of 42.51 from last year.
Finally, the Hawaii men won the 400 freestyle relay, locking up the overall meet win. Finn Brophy led them off in 43.24. Tom Thalau swam 43.61 in 2nd. Victor Dagenais swam 43.04 in 3rd, and Ostrowski brought the team home in 42.30. They touched in 2:52.19, shaving a tenth off their previous Big West record of 2:52.26 from last season.
Grand Canyon was 2nd in 2:52.48 with Alex Volkov (43.23), Mario Perez (43.20), Eli Cohen (43.59), and Guillermo Carrey (42.46).
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