HAYWARD, Calif., -- The No. 25-ranked Cal State East Bay swim team wrapped up its 2019-20 regular season on Saturday with its final home meet on a gorgeous sunny day at Pioneer Pool. The Pioneers defeated Fresno Pacific in a dual between two of the top squads in the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference by a final score of 140.5-64.5.
 
The meet was preceded by an emotional "Senior Day" ceremony, during which East Bay celebrated the careers of its five seniors — Madison Chase, Allie Klinger, Abigail Mitchell, Lauren Ostrander and Victoria Zukeran — who raced in Pioneer Pool for the final time this afternoon.
 
The Pioneers posted several impressive performances in their final competitive tune-up before next month's PCSC Championships, as they claimed victories in eight of the 11 events. CUSEB also had the top two finishers in five of those wins.
 
The CSUEB "A" foursome of sophomore Alondra Ortiz, freshman Tori Padilla, Zukeran and sophomore Isabel Rishwain opened the day with second place in the 400 Medley Relay. The quartet of freshman Katrionna Furness, sophomore Rebecca Bay, junior Sofia Moufarrej and Mitchell notched third place.
 
The Pioneers had the top two finishers in the next event, with junior Landry Walker leading the way for the East Bay in place in the 1000 Free in 10:57.54. Freshman Morgan Frank finished second with a time of 11:00.87.
 
East Bay claimed the top three spots in the 200 Free led by junior Serene Augustain in first at 1:57.44. Fellow juniors Maddie Wittkowske and Kelee Shimizu followed with second and third place finishes.
 
Klinger couldn't quite chase down FPU's Arianne Kooijinga in the 50 Free, taking second place by seven hundredths of a second in 24.63. Furness and Ostrander compiled third and fourth place finishes.
 
East Bay had a solid showing in the next two events, the 200 IM and the 100 Fly, as Zukeran took first place in both events. The senior finished at 2:14.04 in the 200 IM and at a time of 58.40 in the 100 Fly.  Sophomore Rebecca Bay and Mitchell took third and fourth, respectively, in the 200 IM and Moufarrej placed second in the 100 Fly.
 
Klinger notched another first place victory in the 100 Free clocking a time of 54.99. Rishwain tied FPU's Meghan Go for second place at 55.38 and Frank came in fourth at a time of 55.91.
 
The Pioneers continued their winning ways in the 100 Back finishing in the top three spots.  Ortiz tallied a first place victory with a time of 1:01.33. Furness followed in second at 1:02.21 and sophomore Paige Branson took third in a time of 1:02.70.
 
East Bay collected another top three finishes in the 500 Free led by Augustain's first place finish in 5:16.09. Junior Peyton Wayment was just behind Augustain at 5:17.45 with Wittkowske placing third.
 
In the final individual event of the day, the 100 Breast was the lone event in which a Pioneer swimmer did not finish in second place. Despite that, Padilla touched the wall in third followed by Bay and Walker in fourth and fifth.
 
The Pioneers had a solid showing in the 400 Free Relay to finish the meet, as the quartet of Klinger, Augustain, Frank and Rishwain finished in first just ahead of FPU with a time of 3:36.10.
 
The team now has a little over two weeks before hopping a flight to SoCal for the 2019-20 PCSC Championships, held Feb. 12-15 at ELAC Swimming Pool in East Los Angeles.