Pios Sweep Denver Relays in Hicken-Franklin’s Head Coaching Debut

Saturday, October 5

Denver, Colo.

1 p.m.

University of Denver

Denver Relays

Pios Sweep Denver Relays in Hicken-Franklin’s Head Coaching Debut

10/5/2019 6:36:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Results

Both squads will be back in action at El Pomar next weekend

By: Niko Blankenship

DENVER – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs swept the 2019 Denver Relays on Saturday afternoon at El Pomar Natatorium. The meet marked the head coaching debut for former Denver and Minnesota Associate Head Coach Alicia Hicken-Franklin.

Women's Team Scores

Denver – 200
Wyoming – 168
Colorado School of Mines – 64
Adams State - 8

Men's Team Scores

Denver – 200
Wyoming – 154
Colorado School of Mines – 82
Adams State – 4

2019 NCAA Championship qualifier Josie Valette (Boulder, Colo.) led the women's program with four relay victories on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Brandi Vu (Longmont, Colo.) and junior Aysia Leckie (Georgetown, Ontario) each posted three wins and freshman Sofia Nosack (Beaverton, Ore.), senior Kylie Cronin (Marblehead, Mass.), junior Charlotte Simon (Saint Remy, France) and junior Emily Vandenberg (Ajax, Ontario) rounded out the multiple event winners in the first meet of the season.

The Pioneers swept the 2019 Denver Relays on Saturday afternoon at El Pomar Natatorium. #PioneerTogether pic.twitter.com/ElBqjCwuIe
— Denver Swim & Dive (@DU_SwimDive) October 5, 2019

On the men's side, 2019 men's NCAA qualifier Cameron Auchinachie (Binghamton, N.Y.) led the way with six event wins in the Saturday sweep. Junior Adriel Sanes (Rosharon, Texas) and sophomore Patrick Groters (Santa Cruz, Aruba) followed up with four wins apiece, junior Cy Jager (Moscow, Idaho) and senior Hugo Sykes (Weston, Conn.) contributed to three wins each and junior Jackson Gainer (San Jose, Calif.) rounded out the multi event winners on Saturday.

Saturday Afternoon's Event Wins
Event 1 – Women's 200 Medley – Sofia Nosack, Brandi Vu, Josie Valette, Aysia Leckie – 1:43.90
Event 2 – Men's 200 Medley Relay – Patrick Groters, Cy Jager, Adriel Sanes, Cameron Auchinachie – 1:30.00
Event 5 – Women's 3X100 Fly – Kylie Cronin, McKayla Sanchez, Josie Valette – 2:49.75
Event 8 – Men's 3X100 Back – Patrick Groters, Neil Wachtler, Cameron Auchinachie – 2:28.60
Event 9 – Women's 3X100 Breast – Brandi Vu, Charlotte Simon, Emily Vandenberg – 3:15.62
Event 11 – Women's 4X25 Free – Aysia Leckie, Erika Remington, Josie Valette, Sarah Lingen – 43.34
Event 12 – Men's 4X25 Free – Jackson Gainer, Hugo Sykes, Robin Kuebler, Cameron Auchinachie – 37.19
Event 13 – Women's 4X100IM – Charlotte Simon, Ally Yancy, Kylie Cronin, Emily Vandenberg – 4:01.04
Event 14 – Men's 4X100IM – David Mihalic, Adriel Sanes, Cy Jager, Patrick Groters – 3:27.32
Event 16 – Men's 500 Crescendo – Jackson Gainer, Cameron Auchinachie, Hugo Sykes, Colin Gilbert – 3:58.75
Event 17 – Women's 4X25 Medley – Sofia Nosack, Brandi Vu, Josie Valette, Aysia Leckie – 48.02
Event 18 – Men's 4X25 Medley - Patrick Groters, Cy Jager, Adriel Sanes, Cameron Auchinachie – 40.56
Event 20 – Men's 400 Free – Cameron Auchinachie, Darragh Mahns, Adriel Sanes, Hugo Sykes – 3:01.29

UP NEXT: The Denver women's program will host Colorado State for its senior meet on Friday, October 11^th. Diving begins at 2 p.m. MT ahead of the swimming events that will begin at 4 p.m. MT. On Saturday, Denver's men's and women's programs will welcome Colorado Mesa to El Pomar. Diving will begin at 1:15 p.m. MT ahead of the 2 p.m. MT swim meet.

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