UNLV SWIMMING DROPS ROAD DUAL MEET AT UTAH - University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics

Saturday, November 7

Salt Lake City, Utah

10:00 AM

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Utah

Michelle Troup anxiously awaits her finishing time

11/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving

Nov. 7, 2015

Results

SALT LAKE CITY (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men's and women's swimming and diving teams were swept in a road dual meet on Saturday at former conference rival Utah. The men suffered a 189.5-104.5 defeat, while the women lost 120 to Utah's 179.

Despite the differences in scores, the women were able to win an impressive six events at the meet, while adding several second and third-place swims. Among those victories were Michelle Troup in the 200 free and 100 free, Elena Gavrilova in the 50 back, Lina Rathsack in the 50 breast, and Julia Fehervari in the 50 free. The women continued to shine in the 200 free relay, as the team of Fehervari, Troup, Rathsack, and Gavrilova placed first while the 'B' team of Zeineb Khalfallah, Sydney Schuette, Kelsey Wuoti and Kyndal Phillips were a close second.

The men's team on the other hand turned in four total wins on the day and were in several more tight swims. Posting wins were Dylan Tarazona in the 100 fly, followed by Dillon Virva in the 50 free and 100 fly. The relay team of Virva, Forrest Beesley, Joseph Starkweather and Kasey Foley won the 200 free while Christian Sobczak, Tarazona, JP Piotrowski, and Murilo Gustineli were also second in the event.

"This weekend told us a lot about where we are with our training," said UNLV Interim Head Coach Bobby Folan. "Coming up here to altitude is always tough. We struggled a bit backing up from last night but we raced hard throughout the meet. We had some great individual performances but definitely have some work to do as a team.

The Rebels will be back in the pool for practices before next returning to action at the Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta on Nov. 19-21.

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