PHARR, Texas (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's swimming and diving team earned two podium finishes and set a school record on Wednesday's opening night of the MPSF Championships at City of Pharr-PSJA Natatorium.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY:
Starting the meet strong, the Scarlet & Gray 200 medley relay 'A' team of junior Wikus Potgieter (21.32), sophomore Ty Schneider (23.45), redshirt sophomore Emil Perez (20.79) and senior Bryson Huey (18.56) posted the fastest time in school history (1:24.12) and won a fourth consecutive conference title in the event. Additionally, the time went down as new MPSF and pool records.
In another podium finish, the Rebels' 800 free relay team of senior Colby Raffel, sophomores Kiril Stepanov, Gabriel Schreiber and junior Ambrus Barcsak earned a bronze medal with a time of 6:26.15.
In the 3-meter dive finals, freshman Evan Stingley earned a fourth-place finish with the fourth-best score in program history (352.70).
QUOTABLE: "Night one is always just dipping your toes in the water. There's a lot of racing left in the week. We got a great swim from our 200 medley relay and Evan really stepped up on the 3-meter! The 800 free relay wasn't what we wanted, but our guys are hungry to come back tomorrow and swim fast!"
-UNLV Head Coach Pat Ota
UP NEXT: The championship meet picks back up Thursday with prelims at 8 a.m. PT and finals at 4 p.m. PT.
2026 MPSF Swimming & Diving Championships
City of Pharr-PSJA Natatorium
Pharr, Texas
Wednesday, February 25
Day One Results
Team Scoring
1. Cal Baptist - 113
2. Air Force - 110
3. UNLV - 91
4. Wyoming - 77
5. Pacific - 58
6. Incarnate Word - 49
Top-8 Finishes
200 medley relay – 1st place - 1:24.12 (Potgieter, Schneider, Perez, Huey)
800 free relay – 3rd place - 6:26.15 (Raffel, Stepanov, Schreiber, Barcsak)
3-meter – 4th place - 352.70 (Stingley)
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