June 3, 2018 Results
VANCOUVER, B.C. - University of Denver men's and women's swimmers reached seven more A-Finals on Sunday to bring the weekend total to 20 on the final night of the Mel Zajac Jr. International at the UBC Aquatic Center.
Freshman Emily Vandenberg (Ajax, Ontario) swam Denver's first A-Final of the night, taking ninth in the 50 breast with a 34.15. On the men's side, freshman Adriel Sanes (Rosharon, Texas) also took ninth with a 30.60.
A night after her trip to the podium in the 100 fly, redshirt-junior Heidi Bradley (Victoria, B.C.) qualified for the A-Final in the 200 fly, finishing eighth with a 2:19.12.
Junior Graham Walker (Nairobi, Kenya) earned the best finish of the night to that point for a Pioneer in the 200 fly, reaching the final wall in fifth with a 2:03.40.
Denver's men continued their success in the freestyle events on the weekend. Farber cracked the top four in the 100 free, ahead of U.S. Olympian Ryan Lochte and Denver teammate Stephen Calkins (Calgary, Alberta) who touched the wall in ninth with a 51.36.
Bradley reached her fourth A-Final of the weekend, ultimately taking ninth with a 1:04.74 in the 100 back.
For Denver's results from all three finals from Sunday's events, see below.
Denver Top-30 Finishes by Event (All Distances LCM)
A Final - 1-10 in prelims
B Final - 11-20
C Final - 21-30
Sunday Night
Women's 50 Breast
9th - Emily Vandenberg - 34.15
Men's 50 Breast
9th - Adriel Sanes - 30.60
Women's 200 Fly
8th - Heidi Bradley - 2:19.12
Men's 200 Fly
5th - Graham Walker - 2:03.40
Women's 100 Free
16th - Aysia Leckie - 57.99
23rd - Josie Valette - 58.31
Men's 100 Free
4th - Sid Farber - 50.10
9th - Stephen Calkins - 51.36
18th - Robin Kuebler - 53.08
30th - Adriel Sanes - 55.51
Women's 100 Back
9th - Heidi Bradley - 1:04.74
Saturday Night
Women's 100 Fly
2nd - Heidi Bradley - 1:01.80
5th - Josie Valette - 1:01.83
Men's 100 Fly
11th - Graham Walker - 55.16
12th - Stephen Calkins - 56.01
29th - Robin Kuebler - 59.22
Men's 400 Free
8th - Colin Gilbert - 3:59.63
Women's 50 Back
11th - Heidi Bradley - 30.26
Men's 50 Back
3rd - Cameron Auchinachie - 26.44
5th - Sid Farber - 27.04
Women's 200 IM
22nd - Emily Vandenberg - 2:22.59
Women's 50 Free
16th - Josie Valette - 27.15
21st - Aysia Leckie - 26.71
Men's 50 Free
3rd - Sid Farber - 22.61
5th - Stephen Calkins - 23.30
8th - Cameron Auchinachie - 23.42
10th - Robin Kuebler - 23.98
11th - Jackson Gainer - 23.75
Women's 200 Breast
14th - Emily Vandenberg - 2:42.75
Men's 200 Breast
13th - Adriel Sanes - 2:25.99
Friday Night
Men's 800 Free
4th - Colin Gilbert - 8:20.95
Women's 200 Back
13th - Heidi Bradley - 2:18.47
Women's 100 Breast
10th - Emily Vandenberg - 1:14.41
Men's 100 Breast
18th - Adriel Sanes - 1:07.03
Women's 200 Free
13th - Aysia Leckie - 2:03.84
Men's 200 Free
7th - Colin Gilbert - 1:53.85
25th - Cameron Auchinachie - 1:56.90
Women's 50 Fly
9th - Heidi Bradley - 28.50
Men's 50 Fly
3rd - Sid Farber - 24.52
12th - Graham Walker - 25.60
16th - Adriel Sanes - 25.94
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