Raymond Miller

Men's Swimming

Sakai second twice as Blues top Boxers

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Pacific senior Michael Saka finished second twice on Friday evening as the Boxers dropped a 143-43 decision at Whitman.

The Boxers opened the meet with a second place finish in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:43.96. Pacific's relay squad was comprised of: junior Aukai Kea (Mililani, Hawaii), senior Derek Dunn (Springfield, Ore.), Sakai (Honolulu, Hawaii) and senior Raymond Miller (Portland, Ore.).

Miller earned the first individual points of the night for Pacific with a second place finish in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:46.25.

Kea was a third place finisher in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23:39, while Sakai finished second at 4:32.53 in the 400-yard individual medley.

Sakai recorded back-to-back second place finishes after posting a 55.51 in the 100-yard butterfly.

Dunn notched a third place finish in the 100-yard freestyle at 51.55, while Kea's 57.28 in the 100-yard backstroke was good for second place.

Freshman Reed Charron (Fort Collins, Colo.) was third with a time of 5:31.14 in the 500-yard freestyle, one event before Dunn swam to third in the 100-yard breaststroke with a season-best 1:04.95.

Pacific's evening came to a close with a third place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:43.79. The Boxers' relay was made up of Miller, senior Michael Hernandez-Michalski, Charron and Alex Hallquist (Hillsboro, Ore.).

The Boxers head to Spokane, Wash. tomorrow for a 1 p.m. start against the Whitworth Pirates.
 
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Players Mentioned

Derek Dunn

Derek Dunn

Sprint/Breast
6' 1"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Michael Hernandez-Michalski

Michael Hernandez-Michalski

Distance/IM
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Aukai Kea

Aukai Kea

Fly/Back
6' 0"
Junior
Jr./Jr.
Raymond Miller

Raymond Miller

Free/Fly
6' 0"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Alex Hallquist

Alex Hallquist

Free
Freshman
Sr./Fr.
Reed Charron

Reed Charron

Distance/IM
Freshman
Fr./Fr.

Players Mentioned

Derek Dunn

Derek Dunn

6' 1"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Sprint/Breast
Michael Hernandez-Michalski

Michael Hernandez-Michalski

Senior
Sr./Sr.
Distance/IM
Aukai Kea

Aukai Kea

6' 0"
Junior
Jr./Jr.
Fly/Back
Raymond Miller

Raymond Miller

6' 0"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Free/Fly
Alex Hallquist

Alex Hallquist

Freshman
Sr./Fr.
Free
Reed Charron

Reed Charron

Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Distance/IM