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Swimming & Diving

Rebels Wrap Up Winter Invitational

Dec. 15, 2014

Complete Results

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men's and women's swimming and diving teams won a total of nine events on Monday night to wrap up the three-day UNLV Winter Invitational at Buchanan Natatorium. The Rebels finished first in both team standings, with the women scoring 877.5 points and the men 1,177.5.

The night began with the 1650 free, and the lone Rebel in the event, Matt Roe, won in a time of 15:47.16. The next event was the 200 back, which saw two Rebels place in the top eight of the women's side. That included a first-place swim by Jessica Wong (2:00.00), while Kyndal Phillips placed fourth (2:03.30). Henrique Machado was the men's winner thanks to a swim of 1:46.25. Collin Baldacci was third (1:50.28) and Hannon Daigler fifth (1:53.45).

UNLV swept the next event as well, the 100 free. Julia Fehervari posted a winning time of 50.21, while Michelle Troup was third (51.41) and Elena Gavrilova fifth (51.64). The Rebel men took the top four spots, led by Tom Paco-Pedroni (43.27), Or Sabatier (44.19), Caio Dini (45.10) and Forrest Beesley (46.14). Dillon Virva placed seventh and Machado added an eighth place finish.

In the 200 breast, Lina Rathsack led the women's efforts with a runner-up time of 2:14.64 while Kristina Hendrick posted a seventh place swim (2:21.24). Boris Kulizhnikov was the men's winner, posting a 2:01.61. Also in the top eight was Francois Van Wynsberghe in fifth (2:10.04) and Hannon Daigler in eighth (2:14.21).

Gözde Tekin led the Rebel women in the 200 fly, placing third in 2:04.71, and that was followed by Kimberly Hendrick in fifth in 2:05.67. The Rebels posted a 1-2-3 sweep on the men's side. Avi Cohen was the winner, turning in a time of 1:48.59, while RIggert was second (1:50.77) and Collin Baldacci third (1:52.90). Joseph Starkweather added a fifth-place swim (1:54.83) as well.

The meet's final event was the 400 free relay. Julia Fehervari, Rathsack, Gavrilova and Troup won the women's race in 3:22.38, and the men's team of Paco-Pedroni, Sabatier, Dini and Virva turned in a winning time of 2:58.16.

The Rebels will next be in action on Tuesday, Jan. 6, with a dual meet at Bakersfield.

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Players Mentioned

Forrest Beesley

Forrest Beesley

Sprint Free
6' 2"
Freshman
HS
Avi Cohen

Avi Cohen

Fly
5' 9"
Freshman
HS
Caio Dini

Caio Dini

Free/Back
Sophomore
1L
Boris Kulizhnikov

Boris Kulizhnikov

Breast/IM
6' 3"
Freshman
HS
Or Sabatier

Or Sabatier

Free
6' 1"
Sophomore
TR
Joseph Starkweather

Joseph Starkweather

Free/Fly
5' 10"
Freshman
HS
Collin Baldacci

Collin Baldacci

Fly/Back/IM
6' 4"
Freshman
HS
Hannon Daigler

Hannon Daigler

IM/Free
5' 9"
Sophomore
TR
Henrique Machado

Henrique Machado

Back
5' 10"
Freshman
Tom Paco-Pedroni

Tom Paco-Pedroni

Free
6' 2"
Freshman
Matt Roe

Matt Roe

Distance Free
6' 1"
Sophomore
Dillon Virva

Dillon Virva

Fly/Free
5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Forrest Beesley

Forrest Beesley

6' 2"
Freshman
HS
Sprint Free
Avi Cohen

Avi Cohen

5' 9"
Freshman
HS
Fly
Caio Dini

Caio Dini

Sophomore
1L
Free/Back
Boris Kulizhnikov

Boris Kulizhnikov

6' 3"
Freshman
HS
Breast/IM
Or Sabatier

Or Sabatier

6' 1"
Sophomore
TR
Free
Joseph Starkweather

Joseph Starkweather

5' 10"
Freshman
HS
Free/Fly
Collin Baldacci

Collin Baldacci

6' 4"
Freshman
HS
Fly/Back/IM
Hannon Daigler

Hannon Daigler

5' 9"
Sophomore
TR
IM/Free
Henrique Machado

Henrique Machado

5' 10"
Freshman
Back
Tom Paco-Pedroni

Tom Paco-Pedroni

6' 2"
Freshman
Free
Matt Roe

Matt Roe

6' 1"
Sophomore
Distance Free
Dillon Virva

Dillon Virva

5' 11"
Freshman
Fly/Free