TEMPE, Ariz. – In a tightly contested women's race that ultimately came down to the wire, the Sun Devils (2-0) earned the upset, 152.5-147.5 over No. 23 Florida State, while the No. 8 ASU men (2-0) earned a convincing victory over the No. 20 Seminoles, 176-124.
"I felt like when we needed to step up, we did," said head swim coach Bob Bowman. "We still have a lot of things to improve on, but, in general, the effort was great over the last two days. The goal is always to swim a little better each week and we want to show progress in certain areas. We need to come back next week and show progress in the technical areas in terms of starts. This was a very tight turnaround and I thought we raced really tough today. I'm very proud of them."
ASU won the first four individual events, highlighted by Ben Olszewski, who continued Friday's winning ways with a 1000 free win by almost 14 seconds. In the next event, the women's 200 free, freshman Emma Nordin came from behind to earn a close victory.
The Sun Devils would later go on a five-event win streak, starting with Zach Poti's 100 back win followed by a 100 breast (Silja Kansakoski/Christian Lorenz) and 200 fly (Caitlyn Wilson/Patrick Park) sweep.
A second five-event win streak would start with the men's 200 back, once again starting with Poti and followed by a 200 breast (Kansakoski/Lorenz) and 500 free (Nordin/Olszewski) sweep.
Andrew Porter (100 fly) and Marlies Ross (200 IM) would win two of the four final individual events.
In an event unusual to regular season competition, the diving teams competed in the platform dive to start the meet, followed by a men's 3-meter and a women's 1-meter.
Sun Devils won three of four diving events, with two of the top three in three of the four events hailing from Arizona State, showing the Sun Devil divers' increasing depth.
"It was a good opportunity for us, because Florida State has some very good divers," said head diving coach Mark Bradshaw. "As it turned out, everyone did a fantastic job and it was a great day weather-wise. Today was also unique in that we competed platform in a dual meet, which doesn't happen too often."
Mara Aiacoboae earned her second win of the weekend, this time in the platform dive, while Youssef Selim earned his third win of the weekend, this time in the 3-meter dive.
Heikki Makikallio finished first in the 3-meter dive, while Selim finished third. Ashley McCool (platform) and Frida Kaellgren (1-meter) earned second place finishes for ASU.
The Sun Devils have back-to-back meets once again next weekend, hosting No. 11/7 USC on Friday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. and No. 21 UCLA on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 11 a.m. Both meets at Mona Plummer Aquatic Center are free to the public.
"I felt like when we needed to step up, we did," said head swim coach Bob Bowman. "We still have a lot of things to improve on, but, in general, the effort was great over the last two days. The goal is always to swim a little better each week and we want to show progress in certain areas. We need to come back next week and show progress in the technical areas in terms of starts. This was a very tight turnaround and I thought we raced really tough today. I'm very proud of them."
ASU won the first four individual events, highlighted by Ben Olszewski, who continued Friday's winning ways with a 1000 free win by almost 14 seconds. In the next event, the women's 200 free, freshman Emma Nordin came from behind to earn a close victory.
The Sun Devils would later go on a five-event win streak, starting with Zach Poti's 100 back win followed by a 100 breast (Silja Kansakoski/Christian Lorenz) and 200 fly (Caitlyn Wilson/Patrick Park) sweep.
A second five-event win streak would start with the men's 200 back, once again starting with Poti and followed by a 200 breast (Kansakoski/Lorenz) and 500 free (Nordin/Olszewski) sweep.
Andrew Porter (100 fly) and Marlies Ross (200 IM) would win two of the four final individual events.
In an event unusual to regular season competition, the diving teams competed in the platform dive to start the meet, followed by a men's 3-meter and a women's 1-meter.
Sun Devils won three of four diving events, with two of the top three in three of the four events hailing from Arizona State, showing the Sun Devil divers' increasing depth.
"It was a good opportunity for us, because Florida State has some very good divers," said head diving coach Mark Bradshaw. "As it turned out, everyone did a fantastic job and it was a great day weather-wise. Today was also unique in that we competed platform in a dual meet, which doesn't happen too often."
Mara Aiacoboae earned her second win of the weekend, this time in the platform dive, while Youssef Selim earned his third win of the weekend, this time in the 3-meter dive.
Heikki Makikallio finished first in the 3-meter dive, while Selim finished third. Ashley McCool (platform) and Frida Kaellgren (1-meter) earned second place finishes for ASU.
The Sun Devils have back-to-back meets once again next weekend, hosting No. 11/7 USC on Friday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. and No. 21 UCLA on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 11 a.m. Both meets at Mona Plummer Aquatic Center are free to the public.