LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's and women's swimming and diving teams will host their annual UNLV Finis Invitational this week from Monday-Wednesday, Dec. 16-18, at Jim Reitz Pool.
The meet starts each day with swimming prelims at 9:30 a.m. PT, followed by swimming finals at 5 p.m. PT. For diving events, prelims will begin at 1 p.m. PT, followed by the diving finals at 7:30 p.m. PT on Monday and Tuesday.
Seven teams are slated to compete against the Rebels, including UCLA's No. 24 women's squad, Wyoming, Cal Baptist, Colorado Mesa, Cal Poly, Linfield and UOP.
Fans can follow the action via livestream on the UNLV Athletics YouTube channel, as well as live results here or on the Meet Mobile app. Results will be posted each day on UNLVRebels.com.
WAC LEADERS: The Rebel men have six WAC-leading times this season, headlined by senior Daniel Nicusan in the 100 breast (52.11), 200 breast (1:53.65) and 200 IM (1:45.12). Other conference-best times include sophomore Tatsuki Inoue in the 200 back (1:43.89) and junior Ian Belflower in the 200 fly (1:44.71). Additionally, the 200 medley relay squad of sophomore Wikus Potgieter, senior Adnan Beji, redshirt freshman Emil Perez and Nicusan posted a time of 1:25.61, which ranks atop of the conference in the event.
MOUNTAIN WEST LEADERS: The Scarlet & Gray women currently hold two of the Mountain West's fastest times with sophomore Ava Olson in the 1000 free (9:57.57) and the 800 free relay team of Olson, freshman Grace Wharton, junior Erika Carlson and senior Bridget Sullivan recording a conference-best time of 7:13.05.
DIVING SEASON LEADERS: Leading the Rebels on the women's side is senior Vika Yanovska, while sophomore Alex Vazquez and senior Dima Tereshchenko lead the way for the men. Yanovska leads the Scarlet & Gray on the women's 1-meter springboard (318.00), 3-meter springboard (339.50) and on platform (257.65). Vazquez has team-best scores in the men's 1-meter (372.75) and in the 3-meter (453.95), while Tereshchenko has a team-best score on platform (355.65).
ADMISSION: The cost to attend the meet is $10 per session or $30 for an all-session pass.
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