12/19/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Dec. 19, 1999
LAS VEGAS - The Rebels were back in the pool Sunday to try to pull away from the other teams in this weekend?s UNLV/SCS Winter Invite. The competition was stiff but UNLV was up for the challenge seeing an enormous amount of success.
On the Men?s side, Jacint Simon placed first in the 200 Fly with a time of 1:48.30. This time beat his season best of 1:50.43 that he set earlier this season against Arizona and Arizona State. The men?s 200 R-Medley team of David Schick, Bobby Middleton, Piotr Kryzskow, and Michael Short posted a first-place finish with a time of 1:30.97. Bobby Middleton shattered his current season best of 56.81 in the 100 Breast that he set at the Big West Shootout. Middleton swam a 55.50 in the preliminaries and a 55.64 in the finals to claim a first-place victory in the event. The 800 R-Free team of Jacint Simon, Quinten Allen, Laurens Vosloo, and Tommy Zauder battled a strong Mission Viejo team to the very last 25 yards. UNLV placed second in the event with a time of 6:54.04.
The women?s 800 R-Free team of Lorena Diaconescu, Dana Penn, Lindsey Whipple, and Ashliegh Crowder placed second to Cal-Berkley with a time of 7:37.06. Lorena Diaconescu swam a 1:48.91 in the 200 Free to place second in the event. This broke her season best time of 1:49.54 that she set against Arizona and Arizona State. The women also scored important points in every event to maintain momentum as they head into the final day of the Winter Invite.
The final day of competition will be on Monday with preliminaries at 9am and finals at 5pm.
