By Nick Austin – Spear Reporter
The Spartans finished third out of six teams with a combined score of 334 at the CSUB Sprint Classic at John S. Hillman Aquatic Center.
Sophomore Quincy Key won the 50m freestyle event with a tying first-place time of 23.80.
The 200m relay team of Lais Gasparini e Silva, Dalton Sickon, and Keira Vail placed first with a time of 1:33.80.
This was the Spartans’ best result of their early season. The two previous meets saw the Spartans finish fifth out of six teams.
There were more notable performances from SJSU as four other Spartans finished in the top five of their respective races.
Ellie Shorten finished third in the 100m backstroke with a time of 57.16. Vilma Lindberg was second in both the 100m and 50m breaststroke with a 1:04.24 and a 29.69 respectively.
Veronica Gourley finished fourth in the 100m butterfly and fifth in the 50m butterfly with times of 57.34 and 25.90 respectively. Lais Gasparini e Silva also finished third in the 50m freestyle with a time of 23.87.
The Spartans will swim next at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12 during the Roadrunner Classic at the John S. Hillman Aquatic Center.
