TUCSON, Ariz. - Swimming and Diving dropped their dual meet against rivals Arizona State 286-111 on the women's side and 227-73 on the men's side. 

The Wildcats kicked off Saturday morning's race with a win in the Women's 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:37.20, putting the Wildcat women in the lead over No. 21 ASU. 

Over in the diving well, Brooke Earley and Gage DuBois led Arizona on the boards, each going two for two taking first in the Women's 3-meter (341.63) and 1-meter (305.05) and the Men's 1-meter (391.05) and 3-meter (377.33). 

After dropping the 1000 Free, Arizona's women grabbed four crucial first place wins in the 200 Free (Julia Heimstead, 1:44.73), 100 Breast (Eleni Gewalt, 1:00.68), 50 Free (Julia Wozniak, 22.48) and 100 Free (Julia Heimstead, 48.73), placing them just behind the Sun Devils. 

Arizona's men trailed No. 1 ASU in each race, yet managed to secure several second and third place finishes to put some points up on the board. 

Top-Three Finishes 

Women's 200 Medley Relay: 1st place, Paige Armstrong, Maddy Ahluwalia, Julia Heimstead, Julia Wozniak (1:37.20)
Women's 200 Free: 1st place, Julia Heimstead (1:44.73), 3rd place, Tia Lindsay (1:47.21)
Women's 100 Breast: 1st place, Eleni Gewalt (1:00.68)
Women's 50 Free: 1st place, Julia Wozniak (22.48), 3rd place, Grace Anderson (22.99)
Women's 100 Free: 1st place, Julia Heimstead (48.73)
Men's 200 Free: 2nd place, Ralph Daleiden (1:33.62)
Women's 100 Fly: 2nd place, Maddy Burt (53.72)
Men's 200 Back: 2nd place, Ognjen Maric (47.62), 3rd place, Ryan Hardy (48.37)
Women's 400 Free Relay: 2nd place, Julia Heimstead, Julia Wozniak, Tia Lindsay, Alyssa Schwengel (3:17.78)
Women's 1000 Free: 3rd place, Ava Sutphin (10:05.19)
Women's 100 Back: 3rd place, Paige Armstrong (53.42)
Women's 200 Fly: 3rd place, Emma Kinsey (1:59.55)
Men's 100 Free: 3rd place, Ralph Daleiden (42.74)
Women's 200 Back: 3rd place, Paige Armstrong (1:58.14)
Men's 200 Back: 3rd place, Will Meyers (1:49.21)
Men's 200 IM: 3rd place, Orion Henderson (1:48.24)
Men's 400 Free Relay: 3rd place, Ralph Daleiden, Tommy Palmer, Jadan Nabor, Orion Henderson (2:54.61)
 

Next Up

For the next three weeks, Arizona will prepare for the Pac-12 Championships taking place in Federal Way, Washington. The championships will begin with Women's Swimming and Men's and Women's Diving running from Wednesday, Feb. 28 to Saturday, March 2. The following week will be the Men's Swimming championships from Wednesday, March 6 to Saturday, March 9. 

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