Jan. 7, 2017
Final Results
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs won 13 combined events in a meet against Utah and Harvard (men only) on Saturday at the UTE Natatorium.
The Pioneers opened the meet with a win in the women's 200 medley relay as 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 1:44.29. The win in the event is the Pioneer women's second this season.
Junior Maddie Myers (Arvada, Colo.) picked up the second Denver win as Myers and classmate Karly Haraden (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) touched 1-2 in the women's 1000 free with times of 10:27.29 and 10:30.83, respectively. Senior Nicole Cassou (Castle Rock, Colo.) and junior Grace Sommerville (Ashburton, New Zealand) rounded out the top five finishes for the Pioneers in the distance event. Myers' 1000 free win is her second this season.
Roas won Denver's third-consecutive women's event touching first in the 200 free with a time of 1:53.30. The senior's win made her the third Pioneer to win the 200 free this season.
McCormick made it four women's events in four for the Pioneers, clocking in at 57.13 for her fourth win in the 100 yard backstroke this season. Junior Anton Loncar (Hillsboro, Ore.) led the men in the event with a second place finish and a time of 49.21.
Redshirt-senior Andrew Torres (Arvada, Colo.) picked up Denver's first men's event win of the meet with a time of 1:50.36 in the 200 butterfly, nearly 1.7 seconds ahead of the next closest swimmer. The win is the Pioneers' first in the 200 butterfly this season.
The Pioneers swept the sprint race in the 50 free with Roas and redshirt-senior Kyle Robrock (Savage, Minn.) touching first in their respective races. Roas won her race by 0.31 seconds for her first and the Pioneers' second event win in the 50 free this season, while Robrock out-touched the next closest swimmer by 0.05 seconds, clocking in at 20.78 for his second win in the event this season.
Following a break for diving, Roas was right back in the pool with a victory in the 100 free, finishing the race at 51.14 in her fourth win in the event this year. Freshman Sid Farber (Portland, Ore.) and Robrock led the Pioneers in the men's race with second and third place finishes, respectively at times of 45.87 and 45.92.
McCormick won her third race of the day with her fifth victory in the 200 backstroke in 2016-17, touching the wall at 2:01.34. Loncar made it a sweep for the Pioneers in the 200 back, winning his third race in the event this season with a time of 1:47.55.
Myers made it two distance victories in two races with her third win in the 500 free at a time of 5:04.64.
Bradley picked up her fourth victory for the Pioneers in the 100 butterfly as the junior was clocked at 56.55 Saturday. Torres was 0.09 seconds short of sweeping the men's butterfly races, touching the wall second in the 100 with a time of 48.89.
Following the final diving break of the afternoon, Robrock earned Denver its final event win of the day in the 100 IM, touching at 50.40.
Freshman Sammy Walker (Los Gatos, Calif.) led the Denver divers on Saturday with second place finishes in both the one-meter (239.18) and the three-meter (242.40).
Up Next:
Denver's men's and women's programs will be back in action next weekend for a two-day meet at El Pomar Natatorium. Denver welcomes Minnesota and Wyoming to the Mile High City beginning Friday at 4 p.m. MT. Saturday's action starts at 12 p.m. MT.
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