LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV women's swimming and diving team dominated in-state rival UNR, 145-98 Friday at Jim Reitz Pool. With the win, the Rebels secured at least a tie of the three points in the Silver State Series presented by America First Credit Union.
Overall, the Rebels won 10 of the 12 events and had 20 combined top-3 finishes across the individual and relay races.
THE RUNDOWN:
- Earning a victory in the 200 medley relay, the squad of junior
Dominika Trentkiewicz, sophomore
Brinkley Hallgren, junior Fernanda Mendez Guerra and senior
Gina Miller combined for a time of 1:42.07.
- Dominating the 1000 free, junior
Ava Olson won the event with a time of 10:12.72, reaching the wall 14.31 seconds faster than the second-place finisher from UNR.
- Dashing to another Rebel victory, Mendez Guerra won the 50 free with a time of 23.25.
- Sophomore
Grace Wharton added two Scarlet & Gray wins on the day, posting a 2:03.31 in the 200 IM and a 2:05.50 in the 200 back..
- Senior
Erika Carlson also won two events in the 100 free (50.54) and 200 free (1:47.96).
- In a 1-2-3 Rebel sweep of the 500 free, Olson won the event with a time of 4:59.48. Miller (5:02.07) and junior
Marta Klimek (5:05.36) placed second and third, respectively.
- In the 200 fly, sophomore
Lauren Palacios earned a first-place finish with a time of 2:00.43.
- In the 3-meter dive, sophomore
Allyse Abbott placed second with an overall score of 277.13.
- Closing the meet strong, the 200 free relay 'A' team of Mendez Guerra, senior
Averi Webb, Carlson and Miller posted a winning time of 1:32.66.
QUOTABLE: "Our women swam amazing today. Reno is looked at as one of the best teams in our conference and we definitely showed up today. I'm really proud of what we did and how we swam. I'm looking forward to building on this going into conference championships"
-UNLV Head Coach Pat Ota
UP NEXT: The UNLV men's and women's swimming and diving teams will return tomorrow for a Senior Day dual meet against Fresno Pacific. Starting at 10 a.m. PT with diving and will close out with swimming at 11 a.m. PT.
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