Rebel Women Win on Senior Day

Saturday, January 26

Las Vegas

11 AM

University of Nevada Las Vegas

158

141

University of Wyoming

1/26/2019 4:14:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

By: Rebel women defeat the Cowgirls 158-141 during last home dual meet of the season.

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV swimming teams celebrated its Senior Day Saturday at the Jim Reitz Pool against Wyoming. The Rebel women defeated The Cowgirls 158-141, while the Rebel men fell to Cowboys 150-146.

REBELS OF THE DAY:
Women - The freshman trio of Filio Raftopoulou, Julia Filippova, and Carissa Armijo all won their individual events, while Skylar Moore and Montse Urzua won their first events as Rebels.
Men - Hayden Hemmens, Tazman Abramowicz, and Michal Cukanow turned in multiple individual wins.

THE RUNDOWN - WOMEN:
*Freshman Montse Urzua finished second for the Rebels on 1M with an overall score of 253.28.
*Urzua grabbed first place on 3M with a score of 273.30.
*Starting off the morning, Eva Kim, Skylar Moore, Kate Afanasteva, and Caitlyn Schreiber touched the wall first in the 200 medley relay with a swim of 1:44.63.
*Freshman Filio Raftopoulou swam a 10:20.92 in the 1000 free, securing her a first place finish.
*Freshman Julia Filippova touched the wall first in the 200 free with a time of 1:51.17, followed by sophomore Lauren Smith who touched third (1:55.38).
*Junior Kate Afanasyeva swam a 56.04 after finished second, followed by sophomore Eva Kim who placed third (56.59).
*Freshman Annie Sanguansin touched second in the 100 breast with a 1:06.62, less than 0.3 seconds away from first. Freshman Skylar Moore followed behind in third with a time of 1:07.14.
*Freshman Carissa Armijo touched first in the 200 fly with a swim of 2:03.01.
*Filippova secures another first place finish in the 50 free (23.54), sophomore Caitlyn Schreiber followed in second (23.78).
*Filippova grabs her third win of the day in the 100 free with a time of 51.43.
*Freshman Kacey Kiuchi swam a 2:02.32 in the 200 back, securing her a first place finish.
*Moore touched the wall first in the 200 breast with a 2:23.12.
*Raftopoulou finished first in the 500 free, with a swim of 5:01.68.
*Afanasyeva placed second in the 100 fly with a time of 56.28.
*Armijo grabbed her second win of the day in the 200 IM with a time of 2:06.29.
*The 400 free relay team of Filippova,Raftopoulou, Ava Haase, and Sydney Schuette swam a 3:27.91 after touching second.

THE RUNDOWN - MEN:
*Freshman Tazman Abramowicz took first on 3M with a score of 335.63, sophomore Jesse Cawley took third (306.90).
*Abramowicz grabbed another win on 1M with a 274.20.
*The relay team of Richard Szilagyi, Ivan Zukov, Michal Cukanow, and Sean Gage finished first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:31.72. Bert Phung, Sam Willstrop, Casey McEuen. and Bryan Chaves placed third with a 1:33.23.
*Freshman Wyatt Marsalek touched second in the 1000 free with a time of 9:41.43, freshman Mike Niezgodski followed in third with a 9:43.71.
*Junior Hayden Hemmens placed first in the 200 free (1:38.44), followed by freshman Bryan Chaves who touched third (1:42.43).
*Sophomore Richard Szilagyi placed second in the 100 back with a time of 51.02.
*Freshman Ivan Zukov finished second in the 100 breast with a 56.30, sophomore Sean Gage finished third (56.96).
*Freshman Michal Cukanow placed first in the 200 fly with a time of 1:50.34, followed by freshman Michael Klauss who touched third with a swim of 1:53.79.
*Freshman Casey McEuen finished third in the 50 free with a time of 21.34.
*Szilagyi placed second in the 100 free with a 45.83.
*Hemmens touched the wall first in the 200 back with a 1:49.96.
*Zukov swam a 2:01.72 in the 200 breast, securing second place.
*Hemmens placed third in the 500 free with a swim of 4:42.47.
*Cukanow grabbed his second win of the day in the 100 fly, with a 50.28. Chaves followed in third with a time of 51.49.
*Zukov swam a 1:53.03 in the 200 IM, securing first place.
*Hemmens, Szilagyi, Cukanow, and Gage swam a 3:02.06 in the 400 free relay after touching first.

QUOTABLE-
"As usual, a really close meet in both sides. The guys losing by 4 is a heart breaker, but it is going to make them that much hungrier for Conference in 4 weeks. The team is sharpening up well, we are excited for our last dual meet week."
- HEAD COACH BEN LOORZ

NEXT FOR THE REBELS: The Rebels will hit the road to face Grand Canyon for the last dual meet of the season on Feb. 2 at 11 am.