Oct. 13, 2017
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DENVER - The University of Denver women's swimming and diving team won five individual events and two relays en-route to their first dual meet victory of 2017-18, topping New Mexico on Friday afternoon at El Pomar Natatorium.
Team Scores
Women
- Denver - 136
- New Mexico - 105
Senior Heidi Bradley (Victoria, B.C.) led the way for the Pioneers with three event wins, recording a victory in the 100 butterfly (55.18), and relay wins in the 200 medley and the 400 free. Classmate Morgan McCormick (Golden, Colo.) added a victory in the 100 back (55.64) and teamed up with Bradley in the 200 medley. Junior Bailey Andison (Smiths Falls, Ontario) and freshman Aysia Leckie (Georgetown, Ontario) also swam on the 200 medley relay that finished in 1:44.28, while Andison won the 100 breast and Leckie was a part of the 400 free relay to round out Denver's multi-event winners on Friday.
Prior to the swimming events on Friday, sophomore Sammy Walker (Los Gatos, Calif.) earned an event win in her season opener, producing a 235.95 in the 1-meter dive. Walker was second in the 3-meter dive, turning in a 242.63.
Following the opening-relay win, Denver took nine of the 19 points in the 200 free with a 2-3-4 finish for senior Maddie Myers (Arvada, Colo. - 1:52.73), sophomore Josie Valette (Boulder, Colo. - 1:55.35) and sophomore Andi Johnston (Fort Collins, Colo. - 1:56.92).
Freshman Emily Vandenberg (Ajax, Ontario) won Denver's first individual event of the campaign, touching the wall first in the 400 IM. Vandenberg won the event by 3.16 seconds with a 4:31.23. Classmate Charlotte Simon (Saint Remy, France) made it a 1-2 finish with her 4:34.39.
Sophomore Kylie Cronin (Marblehead, Mass. - 57.29) and Andison (57.56) combined for five points in the 100 fly to add to Bradley's victory for the Pioneers.
Denver's freestyle swimmers finished 2-3-4 in the 100 free. Leckie touched second with a 52.62, junior Lauren Moden (Parker, Colo.) finished third in 52.98 and senior Morgan Wice-Roslin (Colorado Springs, Colo.) earned a fourth-place finish with a 53.01.
In the lone distance swim of the afternoon, Myers finished second, touching in 5:01.09 in the 500 free.
McCormick won the 100 back, and Denver earned 15 of the 19 points in the event as junior Annelyse Tullier (Dallas, Texas), Simon and freshman Avery Stackle (Austin, Texas) all finished within a second of each other to sweep positions 2-5.
Andison and junior Courtney Laird (Overland Park, Kan.) swam a competitive 100 breast, but Andison extended her lead in the final 25 yards to finish in 1:04.78.
To close out the meet, Denver won the 400 free relay as Moden, Bradley, Wice-Roslin and Leckie combined for a 3:29.57.
During the women's meet on Friday, Denver's men's program took part in an intersquad before their first dual meet tomorrow at Wyoming. The event winners from the men's meet are below.
1-Meter Dive: Alex Morgan - 249.90
3-Meter Dive: Turner Dobbs - 248.85
200 Medley Relay: Anton Loncar, Cy Jager, Stephen Calkins, Jackson Gainer - 1:32.48
200 Freestyle: Colin Gilbert - 1:41.43
400 IM: Kyle Ewoldt - 4:07.37
50 Freestyle: Sid Farber - 20.09 - NCAA B Standard
100 Butterfly: Peter Webster - 51.05
100 Freestyle: Sid Farber - 44.72
500 Freestyle: Colin Gilbert - 4:39.72
200 Freestyle Relay: Stephen Calkins, Jackson Gainer, Ray Bornman, Anton Loncar - 1:23.12
100 Backstroke: Anton Loncar - 49.89
100 Breaststroke: Cy Jager - 58.64
400 Freestyle Relay: Colin Gilbert, Hugo Sykes, Cameron Auchinachie, Sid Farber - 3:07.34
UP NEXT:
Denver's men's and women's programs will travel to Wyoming on Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m. in Laramie.
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