LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Occidental College men's and women's swimming and diving teams turned in several strong individual and relay performances Saturday, Nov. 7, competing against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Redlands in a three-team meet in Los Angeles.

The women took down Redlands 157-128, but the men fell narrowly to the Bulldogs, 166-120. CMS ran away with victories in all four matchups. 

The Tigers were led by a strong showing from their women's team, highlighted by multiple top-three finishes and a pair of runner-up relay performances.

On the women's side, Kestrel Linehan finished second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:16.13, while Katie Dannenbring placed third in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:21.61. Sienna Borchert added a second-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke, touching the wall in 2:35.35.

Kathy Munoz also delivered a strong performance, finishing third in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:02.16 and fourth in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:00.65. Fallon Porter placed third in the 50-yard freestyle (25.64 seconds), while Stanley Pelz finished third in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 56.40 seconds.

The Tigers' women's 200-yard medley relay team of Opal Derr, Elle Howson, Munoz and Pelz finished second in 1:52.57, narrowly edging Redlands by six-hundredths of a second. Occidental's A team of Munoz, Borchert, Porter and Pelz also placed third in the 400-yard freestyle relay, finishing in 3:49.03.

On the men's side, Yves Pan led the Tigers with a second-place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle, clocking 10:05.04. Pan later added a fourth-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:56.33.

Reid Lalli turned in a pair of strong performances, finishing fourth in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.76) and 100-yard butterfly (52.87). Cabot Teskey added a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 48.86 seconds.

Occidental also received solid contributions in the diving events. Maisie Smith placed fifth in both the women's 1-meter and 3-meter competitions, while Miles Webb finished fifth in the men's 1-meter event. Ethan Coulthard took fifth in the men's 3-meter competition.

The Tigers return to De Mandel next Saturday to take on Chapman. Dive starts at 10 while swim kicks off at 11.