DENVER – The University of Denver men's swimming and diving team defeated Colorado Mesa 210-88 to open its dual schedule on Saturday evening at El Pomar Natatorium.
2019 men's NCAA qualifier
Cameron Auchinachie (Binghamton, N.Y.) and junior
Adriel Sanes (Rosharon, Texas) earned two individual wins and were a part of both of Denver's relay victories on Saturday. Distance specialist
Colin Gilbert (Kamloops, B.C.) led the Pioneers with three individual event victories, reaching the wall first in the 1000 free, 200 fly and 500 free.
In all, eight different Pioneers earned individual event wins with
Neil Wachtler (Waco, Texas),
Hugo Sykes (Weston, Conn.),
Patrick Groters (Santa Cruz, Aruba),
Graham Walker (Nairobi, Kenya) and
David Mihalic (Ljubljana, Slovenia) earning top points in their events to lead Denver to a clean sweep of the 14 swimming races.
Saturday Evening's Event Wins
Event 1 – 400 Medley Relay –
Neil Wachtler,
Cy Jager,
Adriel Sanes,
Cameron Auchinachie – 3:22.67
Event 2 – 1000 Free –
Colin Gilbert – 9:39.73
Event 3 – 200 Free –
Hugo Sykes – 1:42.00
Event 4 – 100 Back –
Neil Wachtler – 51.26
Event 5 – 100 Breast –
Adriel Sanes – 56.49
Event 6 – 200 Fly –
Colin Gilbert – 1:52.76
Event 7 – 50 Free –
Cameron Auchinachie – 20.36
Event 9 – 100 Free –
Cameron Auchinachie – 45.16
Event 10 – 200 Back –
Patrick Groters – 1:52.53
Event 11 – 200 Breast –
Adriel Sanes – 2:02.58
Event 12 – 500 Free –
Colin Gilbert – 4:42.74
Event 13 – 100 Fly –
Graham Walker – 51.06
Event 15 – 200 IM –
David Mihalic – 1:54.74
Event 16 – 200 Free Relay –
Cameron Auchinachie,
Hugo Sykes,
Adriel Sanes,
Jackson Gainer – 1:21.73
UP NEXT: Denver's men will be back in action next Saturday against Air Force at 1 p.m. MT at El Pomar Natatorium. The meet will serve as the men's Senior Day meet.
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