LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's and women's swimming and diving teams will face off against Grand Canyon in their Senior Meet Saturday at Jim Reitz Pool.
The competition will begin at 11 a.m. PT. After the meet, the Rebels will be honoring 14 seniors with a special ceremony.
Fans can follow the meet via livestream on the UNLV Athletics YouTube channel, as well as through live results link here and on the Meet Mobile app. Official meet results will be posted on UNLVRebels.com.
LAST TIME OUT: The Scarlet & Gray men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept Wyoming last weekend. Over the two-day meet, the Rebels collected 45 victories and 94 top-3 finishes.
REBELS ATOP THE MOUNTAIN WEST: The Rebels' 800 free relay team of sophomore Ava Olson, freshman Grace Wharton, junior Erika Carlson and senior Bridget Sullivan leads the conference in the event with a time of 7:13.05.
REBELS LEADING THE WAC: The Rebel men have six WAC-leading individual times this season, headlined by senior Daniel Nicusan in the 100 breast (52.11), 200 breast (1:53.65) and in the 200 IM (1:45.12). Also adding conference-best times are 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 has posted this season's current conference-best time of 1:25.61.
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).
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