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Swimming & Diving

Swimming & Diving Turns In 21 Top-5 Finishes On Day Two of Invite

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's and women's swimming and diving teams turned in a combined 21 top-5 event finishes, including four wins, during Sunday night's finals session of the UNLV Invitational at Jim Reitz Pool.

THE RUNDOWN – WOMEN:
*Junior Blanka Bokros garnered the first top-five individual finish on the women's side, logging a second-place time of 54.95 in the 100 fly.
*In a tight 200 free final heat, freshmen Marta Klimek (1:48.98) and Erika Carlson (1:49.55) provided respective second- and third-place finishes for the Rebels. The latter touched the final wall just under four-tenths of a second after the top finisher from UCLA Maya Wilson (1:48.60).
*Senior Teneka Ash (1:52.87) held off the fourth-place challenger from ??? for the third-place finish in the 'B' final and 11th place overall.
*Leading the 200 free 'C' final wire-to-wire was freshman Kayleigh Lovell for the heat win off a time of 1:51.01. The Scarlet & Gray freshman Ashley Hughes came out on top in the 'D' final of the 200 free, taking first with a time of 1:52.34.
*Representing the Rebels in the 100 breast top 8 were junior Tosia Iwanowska (1:0 2.77) in fourth and freshman Jillian Moses in seventh (1:03.68). Junior Ruby Howell (1:03.66) gave the Rebels their third heat win in the 'B' final and pitched in a ninth-place overall finish.
*Earlier in the night, senior Gabby Lizzul (4:29.29) swam to an eighth-place finish in the 400 IM as one of the Rebel women's seven top-10 finishes.
*The last of the top-5 UNLV women's finishes was earned by junior diver Vika Yanovska (273.30), who finished third in the 1-meter finals.
*In the 200 medley relay, UNLV's A team (Webb, Bartlett, Bokros, Cohen) shaved more than two seconds off their seed time with a season-best time of 1:41.25 to take second.
*Closing the night, the Scarlet & Gray's 'A' 800 free relay team (Lovell, Klimek, Bokros, Carlson) took second, surpassing its previous top time this year by over 12 seconds with a season-best mark of 7:22.75.

THE RUNDOWN – MEN:
*Sophomore Adnan Beji won the 100 breaststroke event, clocking yet another NCAA 'B' cut time of 53.22 seconds. The mark was less than two-tenths of a second shy of his season-best swim in the event (53.04).
*The UNLV men also won the 400 IM with a 1-2-3 event sweep, including sophomore Mike Breitbart in first (3:55.08), freshman Ian Belflower in second (3:57.98) and junior McKay Mickelson in third (4:01.23). Freshman Hilton Aitken chimed in with an additional fifth-place finish with a time of 4:02.92.
*The Rebel 'A' team (Bolanos, Beji, Ratiu, Hemmens) grabbed a 200 medley relay (1:25.75) win as part of the Scarlet & Gray's four victories.
*In the men's 3-meter diving event, sophomore Dima Tereshchenko (308.30) spearheaded a 1-2 UNLV sweep with his second victory of the weekend. Junior Jamie Spilchak (281.65) capped the sweep with his second-place finish.
*A trio of Rebels also placed inside the top 5 of the 100 fly, as senior Steven Butler (48.77) freshman Kris Matuszewski (48.95) and sophomore Bryson Huey (49.08) finished in second, third and fourth, respectively.
*Headlining another pair of top-5 UNLV finishes in the 200 free, senior Cam Castro finished second (1:38.63) and sophomore Andrew Navarro (1:41.94) came just two spots behind in fourth.
*Charging ahead of the pack in the 800 free relay, UNLV's 'A' team (Castro, Navarro, Esenwein, Hemmens) prevailed for the win (6:41.03) in a 1-2 sweep that saw its 'B' squad (Matuszewski, Aitken, Ratiu, Huey) finish second (6:41.44).

UP NEXT: The three-day invite moves onto Monday's finale at Jim Reitz Pool, with prelims at 9:30 a.m. PT and finals at 5 p.m. PT.
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Players Mentioned

Teneka Ash

Teneka Ash

Fly/Free
5' 9"
Senior
Blanka Bokros

Blanka Bokros

Fly
5' 6"
Sophomore
Steven Butler

Steven Butler

Sprint Free
6' 4"
Junior
Ruby Howell

Ruby Howell

Breast/IM
5' 11"
Sophomore
Tosia Iwanowska

Tosia Iwanowska

Breast
5' 6"
Sophomore
Gabby Lizzul

Gabby Lizzul

Fly
5' 6"
Senior
McKay Mickelson

McKay Mickelson

Back/IM
6' 1"
Sophomore
Jamie Spilchak

Jamie Spilchak

Diving
5' 8"
Sophomore
Vika Yanovska

Vika Yanovska

Diving
5' 4"
Sophomore
Bryson Huey

Bryson Huey

Sprint
6' 2"
Freshman
Dima Tereshchenko

Dima Tereshchenko

Diving
6' 1"
Freshman
Adnan Beji

Adnan Beji

Breast
6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Teneka Ash

Teneka Ash

5' 9"
Senior
Fly/Free
Blanka Bokros

Blanka Bokros

5' 6"
Sophomore
Fly
Steven Butler

Steven Butler

6' 4"
Junior
Sprint Free
Ruby Howell

Ruby Howell

5' 11"
Sophomore
Breast/IM
Tosia Iwanowska

Tosia Iwanowska

5' 6"
Sophomore
Breast
Gabby Lizzul

Gabby Lizzul

5' 6"
Senior
Fly
McKay Mickelson

McKay Mickelson

6' 1"
Sophomore
Back/IM
Jamie Spilchak

Jamie Spilchak

5' 8"
Sophomore
Diving
Vika Yanovska

Vika Yanovska

5' 4"
Sophomore
Diving
Bryson Huey

Bryson Huey

6' 2"
Freshman
Sprint
Dima Tereshchenko

Dima Tereshchenko

6' 1"
Freshman
Diving
Adnan Beji

Adnan Beji

6' 1"
Freshman
Breast