Katherine Dyer turned in some of the fastest swims of the weekend and Dylan Crane won four individual events as The Master's University swimming and diving teams competed at Pepperdine's Rodionoff Invitational Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9-10.
Both TMU teams finished second in the meet's Division III scoring bracket behind Cal Lutheran. The men scored 272 points to Cal Lutheran's 322, and the women scored 180 points to the Kingsmen's 310.
Dyer won the 200 free (1:51.36), the 200 breast (2:19.99) and the 100 free (51.33). Her times in the 200 free, the 200 breast and the 200 IM (2:04.61) were all faster than the winning times in the meet's Division I bracket. Megan Sutanto added wins in the 50 free (23.93) and the 100 fly (58.68), with Riley Weikel second in the fly (58.78).
The women also won both of their 400-yard relays. Clara Patterson, Dyer, Weikel and Sutanto won the 400 medley relay in 3:59.65. Sutanto, Dyer, Patterson and Isabella Hiner took the 400 free relay in 3:33.35. The 200 free relay of Sutanto, Dyer, Hiner and Patterson posted the fastest time in the division at 1:37.51.
On the men's side, Crane won the 50 free (21.77), 100 free (47.14), 100 back (53.03) and 200 back (1:55.98). Ethan Soni finished right behind him in both backstroke races, giving TMU 1-2 finishes in each.
Blake Van Vooren won the 200 free (1:44.92) and the 500 free (4:46.45) and was second to Crane in the 100 free (48.12). Tyler Prieb won the 1000 free (10:52.47) with Samuel Chen second (11:11.43).
The men also won the 400 medley relay (3:32.05) with Soni, Tobin Carpenter, Keiden Sutanto and Crane. Crane, Van Vooren, Sutanto and Nolan Hill took the 400 free relay in 3:13.67. Hill was second in the 200 fly (2:02.21), and Keiden Sutanto was second in the 100 fly (52.60).
