11/3/2011 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
Nov. 3, 2011
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men's and swimming and diving teams return to action this weekend with a pair of road dual meets at two former Mountain West rivals. First up will be a meet on Friday at 5 pm against BYU in Provo, Utah, and that will be followed by a Saturday, 11 am meet at Utah in Salt Lake City.
UNLV and BYU are actually still in the same conference for men's swimming, as both programs have moved into the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The Rebels, 2-1 on the season, have several swimmers at the top of the conference in their events, including Stephen Nelms in the 50 and 100 frees, Giacomo Gremizzi in the 200 free and 200 IM , Matt Roe in the 1000 free, Cody Roberts in the 100 back and 100 fly, David Szele in the 100 breast, Andrew Morrell in the 200 breast, and Balint Batka in the 200 fly. This is BYU's first dual meet of the year, while the Utes, members of the Pac-12, are 0-2.
UNLV women, members of the Mountain West, are 0-3 on the season, while BYU (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) is 0-0, and Utah (Pac-12) is 1-2 thus far this year. Leading the Rebels this season is freshman Jessica Marsh, ranked first in the conference in the 500 free and second in the 200 free, while Marley Prothero is first in the 200 breast and second in the 100 breast. Mariah Skeen is also second in the league on the 1-meter board.
