Day 1 Results

DENVER - The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs grabbed four event wins, lead Wyoming, but trail to Minnesota through the first day of two on Friday night at El Pomar Natatorium. [RV men/16 women] Minnesota, Wyoming and [24/26] Denver will get back in the water tomorrow as diving begins at 9:30 a.m. MT, Denver's Senior Day ceremony starts at 11:45 a.m., and the final 16 events of the swimming portion of the meet begin at 12 p.m.

Team Scores Through 18 of 34 Events

Men

Minnesota leads Wyoming 125.5 - 41.5

Denver leads Wyoming 118-49

Minnesota leads Denver 96.5 - 70.5

Women

Minnesota leads Wyoming 118-49

Denver leads Wyoming 124-43

Minnesota leads Denver 93-74

The Pioneers opened up their first home meet of 2017 with a second place finish in the 200 medley relay. Junior Morgan McCormick (Golden, Colo.), sophomore Bailey Andison (Smiths Falls, Ontario), junior Heidi Bradley (Victoria, B.C.) and senior Johanna Roas (Munich, Germany) combined for a time of 1:42.75. Denver's B-relay finished fourth in the event with a time of 1:45.31.

Denver's men followed up a women's swim that was within a second of the pool record with what would have been a pool record of their own had they not been beaten out by Minnesota's 200 medley relay. Junior Anton Loncar (Hillsboro, Ore.), senior Tim Cottam (Sydney, Australia), redshirt-senior Kyle Robrock (Savage, Minn.) and freshman Sid Farber (Portland, Ore.) combined for the second-place time of 1:29.25 (previous pool record 1:29.89). Minnesota's A-relay finished at 1:28.70.

The Crimson and Gold followed the relay swims with a sweep of the 1000 freestyle. Junior Maddie Myers (Arvada, Colo.) earned her third win of the year in the distance race with a time of 10:16.71, while freshman Colin Gilbert (Kamloops, B.C.) picked up his second win in the event by over four seconds, touching at 9:28.15. Junior Karly Haraden (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) touched fourth in her race with a time of 10:25.82.

Myers got back in the pool for the fifth event of the evening, leading the Pioneers with a second place time of 1:52.42 in the 200 free. Sophomore Annelyse Tullier (Dallas, Texas) touched fourth at 1:53.38 in the event. Junior Ray Bornman (Mackay, Queensland) and senior Luke Williams (Scottsdale, Ariz.) finished third and fifth on the men's side with times of 1:41.28 and 1:41.59, respectively.

Roas and McCormick earned Denver points in the 100 back with times of 55.18 (second) and 56.62 (third). Juniors Anton Loncar (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Jared Smith (Boulder City, Nev.) also picked up second and third place finishes for the Pioneers in the 100 back, touching at 48.22 and 50.50.

Senior Amanda Sanders (Superior, Colo.) and Andison finished second and fifth, respectively, in the 100 breast with times of 1:02.64 and 1:03.81, while Cottam and senior Patrick Guillory (Meadows Place, Texas) finished third and fifth in a tightly-contested men's 100 breast.

The Pioneers took three of the top four spots in the 200 fly as Bradley (second/2:06.69), sophomore Avery Niemann (Oklahoma City, Okla. - third/2:07.15) and junior Grace Sommerville (Ashburton, New Zealand - fourth/2:07.92) all finished a little more than a second apart.

Denver's men picked up an event win in the 200 butterfly when redshirt-senior Andrew Torres (Arvada, Colo.) and sophomore Kyle Ewoldt (Gilbert, Ariz.) led the pack with times of 1:49.65 and 1:50 flat. The 200 fly win for Torress is his second of the season. Junior Ben Ussery (Austin, Texas) made it three of the top four spots for Denver in the event with a time of 1:52.83.

To the speedsters, junior Morgan Wice-Roslin (Colorado Springs, Colo.) turned in a time of 23.43 in the 50 free to finish second and sophomore Lauren Moden (Parker, Colo.) touched third in 24.04. Robrock and Farber finished second and fourth on the men's' side with times of 20.25 and 20.65.

Andison and Sanders touched 1-2 in the 200 IM for the Pioneers at times of 2:03.96 and 2:05.85, respectively, to earn the Pioneers their fourth victory of the day.

The Pioneers' 800 free relays capped off the night with Denver taking second and fourth on the women's side and second and fifth on the men's side. The men's distance relay at the front was decided by just two-tenths of a second.

Day 2 Schedule - Saturday

Diving - 9:30 a.m.

Senior Day - 11:45 a.m.

Swimming - 12 p.m.

200 Free Relay

400 IM

100 Free

200 Back

100 Fly

500 Free

Break

200 Breast

400 Free Relay

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