FOREST GROVE, Ore. — The George Fox men's and women's swim teams kicked off their season with a clean-sweep against the Pacific Boxers, women's team score of 143, the men with, 139.5. 

Top Performances
The women pulled through, taking the top two spots in the 200-yard medley relay. Team B consisted of Peyton Atkins, Heidi Gray, Leah Bernard, and Claire Kuiper with a time of 1:58.57. Team A was close behind, 1:59.34, with Leah Meeuwsen, Kyah Weeber, Ellie Hoover, and Donna Talmadge. 

The men also had a race against each other, with Team A finishing with 1:44.96: Christopher McLellan, Jack Orsat, Brody Hollis, and Mitchel Gray. Team B followed up with 1:47.32 (Issac Janbay, Strom Nordeng, Cody Moreland, and Tobin Jansen). 

Sophomore Gabbie Patti took first in two events, the 200-yd freestyle (1:57.29), and the 100-yd backstroke, 59.41. Meeuwsen followed suit, first in the 100-yd freestyle, 58.20, and the breaststroke, 1:11.68.

Bernard showed up in the top two, first claiming the number one spot for the 100-yd butterfly, 1:04.32, and in second for the 50-yd freestyle, 26.24. Jared Gray was similar, first in 100-yd freestyle (53.01), and second in the breaststroke, 1:05.98. 

It was balanced wins across the board. For the 200-yd freestyle, Jesse Urback took second, 2:12.47. On the men's side, Liam Juvan finished first (1:58.40), Micah Hugo tracking with 1:59.22. The 50 yd freestyle brought more top times for Fox, Talmadge first with 26.04. The men completed in their respective places, M. Gray, 23.8,6 and Nordeng, 24.38.

The 400-yd individual medley stayed on the consistent order of places, Hoover being the women to finish in first (5:05.56), while the two men snagged first and second, Wyatt Greene (4:38.69) and Janbay (5:01.06). 

Moreland took second in the 100-yrd butterfly, 57.68. Kuiper (women) and Liam Juvan (men) were second in 100-yard freestyle, 59.12 and 53.19. More Bruins took first place in their events; McLellan (100-yard backstroke, 58.66), Milina Whipps, 6:09.79, and Hugo, 5:25.18 (500-yd freestyle), and H. Gray,1:16.50, and Nordeng, 1:02.40. (100-yrd breaststroke). 

In the same order of events, more Bruins followed the trail in second; Greene (backstroke), 1:01.86, Kiniry (freestyle), 5:38.62, and H. Gray (breaststroke) 1:16.50. 

The 200-yard freestyle relay wrapped up the packed day, with the women's Team A for Fox coming in at 1:51.03, including Jesse Urback, Whipps, Belinda Stoye, and Patti. Team B was Zoey Stapelman, Hoover, Clara Green, and Erika Emig with 1:54.69. The men were within four seconds of each other. The first team was McLellan, Kiniry, Juvan, and J. Gray (1:37.85). The team in second swam 1:41.61 - Greene, Kisen Goforth, Tobin Jansen, and Hugo. 

The Bruins took the winning overall team scores on both sides - the women with 143, and the men at 139.5. Pacific came in at 36 and 22.5. 

Coach's Thoughts
"Tonight was a really fun way to kick off the season for both our men's and women's teams," Bruin head coach Natalie Turner said, "We were really pleased with the effort, energy, and times we saw across the board. It was especially exciting to see several of our freshmen step up and win events in their first collegiate meet, alongside some great performances from our returning upperclassmen. We had a lot of success throughout the individual events and relays, and I was really proud of how our teams competed and supported one another. It was a great start to the weekend, and we're excited to carry that momentum into tomorrow's meet at Willamette."

What Happens Next
The Bruins will keep their season rolling against Willamette in Salem on Saturday, October 31st at 11 a.m.