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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The UNLV men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams wrapped up their annual UNLV Finis Invitational on Wednesday at Jim Reitz Pool.
The Rebel men won with a tally of 979 points for a 112 advantage over the second-place finisher Colorado Mesa. The Scarlet & Gray women placed second with 785 total points, behind only No. 24 UCLA who ended up taking the victory with 1,314.50 total points.
THE RUNDOWN – WOMEN:
– Starting the night, senior Heather Gardner placed third in the 100 IM, posting a time of 57.26.
– Freshman Grace Wharton finished third in the 200 back, putting up a season-best time of 1:58.85.
– The Scarlet & Gray women collected three top-10 finishes in the 100 free as junior Erika Carlson led the trio in third place (49.94). Seniors Bridget Sullivan (50.63) and Pilar Cohen (50.81) came in fifth and sixth, respectively.
– Gathering a top-10 finish in the 200 breast, junior Jillian Moses swam a sixth-place time of 2:17.86.
– Sophomore Ava Olson claimed a fourth-place time of 2:00.69 in the 200 fly. Her time went down as the eighth fastest in program history.
– The 200 fly also saw freshman Lauren Palacios notch a 10th-place overall finish (2:05.36).
– The Rebels’ 400 free relay ‘A’ team of Sullivan, Carlson, Cohen and junior Averi Webb earned a second-place finish with a time of 3:19.61.
– Adding a top-10 finish in the 400 free relay, the ‘B’ squad of Wharton, junior Kyra Tonsil, junior Marta Klimek and Gardner combined for an eighth-place finish (3:27.06).
– In the 1-meter event, senior Vika Yanovska earned a fifth-place finish with a final score of 244.45 and freshman Allyse Abbott placed sixth with a score of 230.35.
THE RUNDOWN – MEN:
– In a 1-2 finish of the men’s 100 IM, senior Daniel Nicusan won with a season-best time of 48.04 seconds and senior Cooper Kiel took second on a season-best time of 49.42 seconds. Adding a top-5 finish in the event, senior Adnan Beji touched in fourth (49.89).
– Adding a third-place finish in the 200 back, sophomore Tatsuki Inoue swam a season-best mark in 1:45.24 seconds.
– Following closely behind Inoue, sophomore Wikus Potgieter (1:45.88) and sophomore Kyle Adamson (1:47.29) tacked on fourth and fifth-place finishes, respectively.
– Collecting another top-10 Rebel finish in the 200 back, sophomore Ambrus Barcsak finished ninth with a season-best swim of 1:48.09.
– Redshirt freshman Emil Perez added a fourth-place finish in the 100 free (44.47) and freshman Kiril Stepanov notched a 10th-place finish (44.86) in the same event.
– The men’s 200 fly saw four Scarlet & Gray swimmers record top-10 finishes, led by junior Ian Belflower’s second-place finish (1:45.90) with the eighth fastest time in program history. Redshirt sophomore Colby Raffel placed third in the 200 fly (1:46.12). Additionally, seniors McKay Mickelson (1:50.55) and Andrew Navarro (1:50.98) swam to sixth and seventh-place finishes, respectively.
– The 400 free relay ‘A’ squad of Perez, Potgieter, Stepanov and Nicusan took third in a time of 2:56.51.
– The 400 free relay ‘B’ contingent of Kiel, junior Josh Peters, freshman Lucas Diermayr and senior Michael Breitbart teamed up to finish seventh (3:00.76).
– In the 3-meter event, sophomore Alex Vazquez earned a third-place finish with a final score of 343.65.
UP NEXT:
The UNLV men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will return to action for their double dual against Cal Baptist and UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, Jan. 4, at 1 p.m. PT.
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