PROVO, Utah (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV women's swimming and diving team won their road dual meet at BYU, 162-138, while the Rebel men fell, 173-128, on Saturday at Richards Building Pool.
In total, the Rebels combined to win 15 events, with 10 of those coming from the women's squad and five coming from the men's group.
THE RUNDOWN – WOMEN:
- Sophomore Ava Olson enjoyed a perfect weekend in the 1000 free, claiming a winning time of 10:12.52. Additionally, junior Ashley Hughes posted a third-place finish in the event (10:29.48).
- In a 1-2-3-4 sweep of the 200 free, junior Erika Carlson claimed the win (1:48.86), senior Gina Miller came in second (1:49.33) along with junior Marta Klimek in third (1:50.74). Senior Bridget Sullivan rounded out the group in fourth (1:51. 36) as she exhibitioned the event.
- Taking the top two spots in the 100 back, sophomore Dominika Trentkiewicz earned the victory with a time of 54.43 and freshman Halayna Montrichard followed in second (55.87).
- Carlson took her second victory of the day in the 100 free, touching the wall in a time of 50.30. Adding a top-3 finish in the event was Sullivan coming in third (50.86).
- More individual wins came from Miller in the 500 free (4:55.39) and Freshman Lauren Palacios in the 200 fly (2:04.11).
- Freshman Grace Wharton claimed a first-place finish in the 200 back (1:59.44) and Montrichard took second (2:01.12).
- In her third victory of the meet, Carlson won in the 200 IM marking a time of 2:02.05 and Wharton hauled in a third-place time of 2:02.94.
- In the one-meter competition, senior Vika Yanovska earned the victory with a score of 275.18. Additionally, she placed third in the 3-meter dive (285.45).
- The Scarlet & Gray 400 free relay 'A' team of Sullivan, junior Averi Webb, senior Pilar Cohen and Carlson combined for a first-place time of 3:22.35.
- In the 50 free, Sullivan (23.31) and Cohen (23.33) placed second and third, respectively.
- The Rebels added two top three finishes in the 100 fly, Palacios (55.89) and Webb (56.08) placed second and third, respectively.
- The Rebels' 200 medley relay 'A' team of Trentkiewicz, senior Heather Gardner, Webb and Cohen put up a second-place finish (1:42.14) and the 'B' squad of Montrichard, sophomore Viola Teglassy, Palacios and Miller followed closely behind in third 1:43.17.
THE RUNDOWN – MEN:
- Starting the day strong, the 200 medley relay 'A' team claimed a victory. The squad of sophomore Wikus Potgieter, senior Adnan Beji, redshirt freshman Emil Perez and senior Daniel Nicusan posted a winning time of 1:26.87.
- In a 1-2 sweep of the 100 breast, Nicusan took first, reaching the wall in 55.22 while Beji swam a second-place time of 53.78.
- Sophomore Alex Vazquez dominated the men's diving events, placing first in the 1-meter dive (328.43) and on the 3-meter springboard (392.40).
- Nicusan completed the day's breastroke sweep, adding another victory in the 200 breast (1:57.58) with Beji placing third (1:59.55).
- In the 1000 free, sophomore Hayden Lambert placed second (9:28.76) and freshman Caleb Manning placed third (9:36.86).
- Perez posted multiple second-place finishes in the 100 free (44.55) and in the 100 fly (48.03).
- Rebels that also contributed second-place finishes were Potgieter in the 100 back (48.44), junior Ian Belflower in the 200 fly (1:46.60) and sophomore Tatsuki Inoue in the 200 back (1:47.57).
- Adding multiple top-3 finishes, senior Cooper Kiel placed second in the 200 IM (1:48.43) and third (1:38.07) in the 200 free.
- In the 500 free, placing second was Manning (4:33.31) and behind him was Lambert in third (4:35.80).
- Senior Dima Tereshchenko added multiple top-3 finishes, taking second in the 3-meter dive (307.20) and third on the 1-meter board (322.35).
QUOTABLE: "I'm really proud of all the great racing this weekend. Our women really stepped up and showed some grit beating a Big 12 school. The men need to work on winning more of those close races. If a few second places flip to first it could have changed the outcome of the meet. For both teams, we've got to get back to work to prepare for midseason competition."
-UNLV Head Coach Pat Ota
UP NEXT: The UNLV men's and women's diving teams will head up to the Golden State for the Trojan Diving Invitational hosted by USC on Fri-Sun, Nov. 22-24 at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. On the swimming side, the Scarlet & Gray returns to competition next month at the Minnesota Invitational being held from December 4-6.
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