Fraire Wins Three Events, Hancock Finishes Fifth at Cuesta Invitational

Izzie Fraire won three events and finished second in another, while Helen Frazer, Kaila Guillemin, and Oceana Heath each turned in top-four performances to lead a contingent of Allan Hancock College women's swimmers during the 41st annual Cuesta College Swim Invitational. Sparked by their efforts, Hancock finished fifth overall in the two-day, 11-team meet.

Fraire won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:32.15, winning by a 10-second margin. She also won the 400-yard individual medley by seven seconds with a time of 4:49.31. The freshman placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a season-best time of 1:08.89, touching the wall nearly five seconds before the runner-up. The Righetti High School graduate finished second in the 200 IM by two seconds, touching the wall in 2:19.22. All together, Fraire accounted for 77 points for the Bulldogs.

Frazer earned 38 total points with three top-eight finishes. She placed fourth in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:48.38 to earn 15 points. She also placed seventh in the 100 fly (1:08.24) and 100-yard individual medley (1:12.81).

Guillemin finished fourth in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 21:30.62. The Santa Ynez Valley native shaved off 61 seconds from her previous-best time to earn 15 points. She also finished 14th to earn three more points in the 500 free (6:27).

Heath racked up a total of 35 individual points. She finished second in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:45.53 to earn 17 points. The Righetti product also claimed seventh in the 400 individual medley with a time of 5:54.61. The sophomore earned six more points for Hancock with a 15th-place showing in the 100 butterfly (1:17.03), and 13th-place finish in the 500 freestyle (6:25.44).

Freshman Anika Smith turned in two eighth-place finishes. She shaved 10 seconds off her best time in the 200-yard backstroke to place eighth in 2:40.39, and finished eighth in the 500 free in 6;16.79, nearly 29 seconds better than her previous fastest time. The Nipomo High School graduate also came in 16th in the 200 individual medley, besting her season-best by 21 seconds and finishing in 2:43.18.

The Bulldogs finished fifth out of 11 women's teams with 210 individual points and 144 relay points for a total of 354 points. Cuesta won the event with 682 points, followed by Bakersfield with 600, Clovis with 550, and Cypress with 390.