Friday, January 18
Las Vegas
5 pm
University of Nevada Las Vegas
vs
Friday Night Lights (UCSB, Denver)
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1/17/2019 11:03:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men and women's swimming teams will host Denver and UCSB this weekend at the Jim Reitz Pool. The action will begin Friday night at 5pm for the annual Friday Night Lights meet, followed by a regular dual meet on Saturday at 10am. Meanwhile, the Rebel diving squad will be competing at the UCLA Dive Invite at the Spieker Aquatic Center.
Leading the Rebel men is freshman Wyatt Marsalek, who holds the second fastest time in the WAC in the 1000 free (9:47.21) and the third fastest in the 1650 (15:45.68). Junior Hayden Hemmens currently ranks sixth in the WAC in the 200 free (1:38.44), 500 free (4:29.53), and 200 back (1:49.06), while freshman Michal Cukanow is ranked third in the 200 fly (1:48.02) and sixth in the 100 fly (49.02).
One of the top swimmers of the women's side is freshman Julia Filippova, two time recipient of the Mountain West Swimmer of the Week award who is ranked third in the MW in the 200 free (1:48.15) and sixth in the 100 free (50.10). Freshman Carissa Armijo holds the ninth fastest time in the 500 free (4:50.64) and the tenth fastest time in the 200 fly (2:02.50).
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"It's always an exciting weekend to host our oldest rival, UCSB. But this is a first, to host them with Denver. It should be a fast weekend, as these are the two best mid-majors in the country on the men's side."
-HEAD COACH BEN LOORZ
NEXT FOR THE REBELS: The Rebels will host Wyoming during their Senior Day at the Jim Reitz Pool Saturday January 26th at 10 am.
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