Rebels Sweep BYU In Home Opener - University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics

Friday, November 5

Las Vegas

5:00 PM

University of Nevada Las Vegas

BYU

11/3/2023 8:17:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

RESULTS

The Rebel men topped the Cougars 176-124, while the Scarlet & Gray women won 164.50-135.50

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept BYU in their home opener Friday at Jim Reitz Pool. The Rebel men topped the Cougars 176-124, while the Scarlet & Gray women won 164.5-135.5.

Overall, the Rebels claimed first-place finishes in 22 of 32 events in its matchup with the Cougars.

REBELS OF THE MEET:
*Senior Calysta Bartlett led the meet in points (22 points) with wins in the 100 breast (1:03.12) and 200 IM along with a second-place finish in the 200 breast (2:20.56).
*Adding another pair of victories, freshman Dominika Trentkiewicz swept the 100 back (56.11) and 200 back (2:02.86).
*In the diving events, senior Vika Yanovska dove to NCAA Zone qualifying marks in her sweep on the women's 1-meter (287.70) and 3-meter (307.28) springboards.
*On the men's side, junior Dima Tereshchenko splashed to a sweep of the 1-meter (301.35) and 3-meter events (324.53) with NCAA Zone qualifying scores.
*Junior Adnan Beji remained unbeaten in the breastroke events, taking first in both the 100 breast (53.77) and 200 breast (2:00.24).
*Contributing two more individual wins of his own, senior Cam Castro cruised to first place in the 200 free (1:40.40) and the 500 free (4:33.91).

THE RUNDOWN – WOMEN:
*Starting the day's swim events in the 200 medley relay, UNLV's 'A' team of Trentkiewicz and Bartlett with juniors Cameron Mykkanen and Bridget Sullivan glided to a winning time of 1:43.29. Adding to a 1-2 finish, the Rebel 'B' team (1:43.96) of sophomore Averi Webb, freshman Viola Teglassy, senior Madison Petschauer and junior Pilar Cohen finished second.
*Sophomore Marta Klimek picked up a 200 free win, adding her season-best mark (1:52.08) with a time drop of nearly two seconds.
*Junior Cameron Mykkanen flew her way to a 200 fly victory, logging her personal season-best time (2:04.10) by three-quarters of a second.
*Another Scarlet & Gray 1-2 punch came via Yanovska's win and freshman Chelsey Dorosh's (269.70) second-place finish in the 1-meter diving competition. The latter also tallied an NCAA Zone qualifying mark.
*Assiting Trentkiewicz in a 1-2 sweep of the 100 back, sophomore Averi Webb (56.60) took second.
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THE RUNDOWN – MEN:
*The beginning of the men's swimming competition began with a Rebel win (1:28.02) from the 200 medley relay quartet of freshman Wikus Potgieter, Beji, senior George Ratiu and junior Bryson Huey.
*Freshman Hayden Lambert (9:22.61) earned his first victory in a Scarlet & Gray suit in the 1000 free.
*In the men's first 1-2 sweep, junior Bryson Huey (20.20) and senior George Ratiu (20.22) finished first and second in the 50 free, respectively.
*Ratiu (44.50) and Huey (45.00) then reversed roles in the 100 free as the former won the event and the latter placed second.
*The lone complete event sweep was provided by the Rebels in the 200 back. Freshman Wikus Potgieter (1:49.12), senior McKay Mickelson (1:49.30) and junior Tatsuki Inoue (1:52.50) finished first, second and third, respectively.
*Senior Steven Butler (49.01) swam to another Rebel victory in the 100 fly.
*Rounding out UNLV's victories, the 400 relay team of Castro, Huey, Butler and Ratiu tag teamed for a time of 2:56.75.

QUOTABLE: "It's always great to get a win of course, and we haven't been able to get one against the BYU men in several years, so I'm proud of the team for getting it done. The real test is tomorrow morning, though, in seeing how we can bounce back after an afternoon of hard racing. That will give us a good snapshot of how ready we are for mid-season invites. A huge shout-out to Coach Anne and our divers. They stacked up much better against BYU than a year ago and were instrumental in our wins today."
-UNLV Head Coach Ben Loorz

UP NEXT: The Rebels face a quick turnaround with a dual vs. Utah on Saturday.