Final Results

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men's and women's swimming teams closed out their dual meet seasons on Saturday with a loss to Wyoming on the Rebels' Senior Day. In the men's meet, UNLV fell by a score of 169-131, while the Rebel women were handed a 195-103 setback.

"This is obviously not the way we hoped to end our dual meet season," said UNLV head coach Ben Loorz. "But the team swam hard today and showed a lot of life. Our sprint men continue to impress, as do our freshmen women. The senior twins, Kristina and Kimberly Hendrick, were particularly good today as well."

The first win of the meet came from Jan Kutnik in the men's 1000 free, thanks to a time of 9:27.93. The Rebels then swept the 200 free, with Ida Schutt taking first in the women's event 1:53.92 while senior Tom Paco-Pedroni won with a time of 1:39.78 in the men's race. The next win for UNLV was provided by senior Kimberly Hendrick, as she claimed the 200 fly in 2:04.82. Senior Kasey Foley won his first race of the day when he turned in a time of 20.76 in the 50 free, while teammate Or Sabatier was second in 20.82.

Paco-Pedroni notched his second win of the meet when he took the 100 free in 44.38, and Sabatier would post his second runner-up finish of the afternoon after touching the all in 45.70. Kutnik became second double-event winner for UNLV when he swept the distance events by winning the 500 free in 4:36.81. The men provided the next victory as well when Avi Cohen placed first in the 100 fly in 49.60, followed by Dylan Tarazona in second in 50.31.

Kristina Hendrick joined her sister as winners on Saturday as she led a 1-2 finish in the 400 IM after posting a time of 4:27.07. Schutt took second in 4:27.45. UNLV ended the meet with a win in the 400 men's free relay, thanks to the squad of Forrest Beesley, Sabatier, Foley and Paco-Pedroni that posted a first place time of 2:59.87.

Also on Saturday, the UNLV diving corp wrapped up action at the Air Force Diving Invitational. On the men's 1m board, Robert Morgan would finish 13th with a score of 242.75, while Alexander Rojas placed 20th (192.90). Both also competed on the platform, with Morgan placing 15th (162.15) and Rojas recording a 17th place score (117.50).

The best finish of the invitational for the Rebels on Saturday came from Alyssa Arnett on the women's 3m board. She scored 268.55 in the preliminaries before posting a 235.30 in the finals to earn an eighth place finish. Mykayla Fielding was 19th (240.95), Katie Bezte placed 39th (216.30) and Kourtney Clark recorded a 49th place score of 202.25.

Next up for the Rebels is the Mountain West Women's Swimming & Diving Championship Meet, held in San Antonio, Texas on Feb. 15-18. The men will be in action the next week, Feb. 22-25 at the WAC Championship Meet held in Houston, Texas.

"For us the primary goal is, and always has been, performing at our peak at Conference and NCAAs," said Loorz. "We have worked extremely hard this year, and expect big things from the taper process."

Today was the final home meet for 10 Rebel seniors: Foley, Murilo Gustineli, Paco-Pedroni, Brenton Sayers, both Hendrick sisters, Josefine Hippi, Janelle Nguyen, Gozde Tekin and Kelsey Wuoti

"We had some great moments today as we honored our large senior class, and also the retirement of our long-time announcer Brock Fraser," said Loorz. "They will all be missed."