Raymond Miller

Men's Swimming

Boxers honor seniors as dual season comes to end

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — The Pacific swim teams closed out the dual season with a pair of losses to Lewis & Clark, despite individual victories by seniors Raymond Miller and Kayla Knock at the Forest Grove Aquatic Center.

The Boxer men fell 139-57, while the Pacific women dropped a 145-57 decision to the Pioneers.

The Pacific women opened the meet with a second place finish in the 400-yard medley relay, as the team of: freshman Grace Connelly (Grants Pass, Ore.), Knock (Colorado Springs, Colo.), junior Maya Okamura (Pukalani, Hawaii) and senior Monica Krubeck (Brush Prairie, Wash.) finished with a time of 4:19.70. The men finished second at 3:45.62, with a team made up of: junior Aukai Kea (Mililani, Hawaii), senior Derek Dunn (Springfield, Ore.), senior Michael Sakai (Honolulu, Hawaii) and Miller (Portland, Ore.).

Pacific freshman Reed Charron (Fort Collins, Colo.) posted a third place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle, with a time of 11:42.16.

Miller earned the Boxers' first win of the day with a 1:50.29 swim in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing over three seconds ahead of the second place finisher.

Krubeck posted a second place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.55, while on the men's side Kea and Dunn finished second and third, respectively. Kea touched the wall at 22.91, while Dunn touched at 23.35.

Maya Okamura was second in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:20.86, while Sakai swam to a time of 2:07.98 in the men's heat.

The 200-yard butterfly saw sophomore Lauren McWilliams (Gilbert, Ariz.) finish third at 2:25.32, before Miller won the men's race at 2:01.45. Miller's 200-yard butterfly victory came by over eight seconds.

Knock notched a third place finish, at 1:00.82, in the 100-yard freestyle. The men's 100-yard freestyle saw Kea and Dunn finish second and third, respectively, with Kea clocking in at 50.82 and Dunn at 51.06.

Connelly and junior Alex Winslow (Bend, Ore.) finished second and third, respectively, in the 200-yard backstroke. Connelly touched at 2:22.85, while Winslow reached the wall at 2:24.67. Senior James Michael Sherman (Portland, Ore.) was second in the men's 200-yard backstroke at 2:21.33.

McWilliams was third in the 500-yard freestyle at 5:51.85, while senior Michael Hernandez-Michalski (Salinas, Calif.) was second in the men's race at 5:26.54.

Knock earned the Boxer women an individual victory in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing with a time of 2:34.82. Okamura glided in at third with a time of 2:36.42.

Pacific's 400-yard freestyle relay team of Connelly, freshman Kimberly Garcia (Hacienda Heights, Calif.), senior Colleen Murphy (Valdez, Alaska) and Krubeck finished second with a time of 3:57.07, while Pacific's men were third at 3:53.27. The Boxers' men's relay side was made up of: Charron, Hernandez-Michalski, senior Alex Hallquist (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Sherman.

Prior to the first swim, Pacific recognized the senior class. The Pacific men's swimming seniors were: Dunn, Hallquist, Hernandez-Michalski, Rayce Houser (John Day, Ore.), Sherman, Miller and Sakai. The Boxers' women's senior class was made up of: Meaghan Conway (Reno, Nev.), Elizabeth Cruz (Castro Valley, Calif.), Knock, Krubeck and Murphy.

The Boxers will next swim at the Northwest Conference Championships at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. The NWC Championships begin at 10 a.m. on February 9.
 
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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.
James Michael Sherman

James Michael Sherman

Free/Breast
5' 8"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Raymond Miller

Raymond Miller

Free/Fly
6' 0"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Michael Sakai

Michael Sakai

Fly/IM
5' 10"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Alex Hallquist

Alex Hallquist

Free
Freshman
Sr./Fr.
Rayce Houser

Rayce Houser

Free/Breast
Freshman
Sr./Fr.
Reed Charron

Reed Charron

Distance/IM
Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Meaghan Conway

Meaghan Conway

Free
5' 3"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Elizabeth Cruz

Elizabeth Cruz

IM/Fly
5' 2"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Kayla Knock

Kayla Knock

IM/Breast
5' 8"
Senior
Sr./Sr.

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
James Michael Sherman

James Michael Sherman

5' 8"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Free/Breast
Raymond Miller

Raymond Miller

6' 0"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Free/Fly
Michael Sakai

Michael Sakai

5' 10"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Fly/IM
Alex Hallquist

Alex Hallquist

Freshman
Sr./Fr.
Free
Rayce Houser

Rayce Houser

Freshman
Sr./Fr.
Free/Breast
Reed Charron

Reed Charron

Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Distance/IM
Meaghan Conway

Meaghan Conway

5' 3"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Free
Elizabeth Cruz

Elizabeth Cruz

5' 2"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
IM/Fly
Kayla Knock

Kayla Knock

5' 8"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
IM/Breast