PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs set another school record, turned in six more NCAA Standards and recorded 12 personal best times to cap off the second day of competition at the 2019 Big Al Open on Saturday night at Denunzio Pool.
Denver's women opened the night with a podium finish in the women's 200 medley relay when
Natalie Arky (Highlands Ranch, Colo.),
Brandi Vu (Longmont, Colo.),
Kylie Cronin (Marblehead, Mass.) and
Josie Valette (Boulder, Colo.) combined for a time of 1:40.51.
Following a 200 free relay school record and NCAA automatic qualification swim in a time trial this afternoon by junior
Cameron Auchinachie (Binghamton, N.Y.), redshirt-junior
Sid Farber (Portland, Ore.), junior
Cy Jager (Moscow, Idaho) and classmate
Adriel Sanes (Rosharon, Texas), the quartet set another school record this evening, combining for a time of 1:24.63 in the 200 medley on Saturday night. Tonight's school record bested the previous record by 1.10 seconds, previously held by
Neil Wachtler (Waco, Texas), Jager,
Stephen Calkins and Farber's swim in 2018. Denver's swim on Saturday was good enough for an NCAA B Standard and the event win.
In the first individual event of the evening, junior
Charlotte Simon (Saint Remy, France) clocked in at 4:25.89 to take eighth in the 400 IM. Junior
Emily Vandenberg (Ajax, Ontario) and classmate
Uma Knaven (Chapel Hill, N.C.) took 11
th and 14
th, respectively, with times of 4:23.97 and 4:26.06.
Freshman
Riley Babson (Vail, Ariz.) and sophomore
David Mihalic (Ljubljana, Slovenia) finished 1-2 in the B-Final of the men's 400 IM, including a personal best time of 3:52.00 from Babson.
Denver grabbed two podium spots in the women's 100 fly on Saturday night. Valette swam the event in 53.28, edging out Cronin who reached the wall in 53.91 to take third. In the B-Final, junior
Deniz Ozkan (Istanbul, Turkey) recorded a 14
th place finish with her time of 55.28.
Farber gave Denver another podium finish in the 100 fly, clocking in at 47.13, a new personal best and NCAA B Standard for the redshirt-junior. Redshirt-senior
Graham Walker (Nairobi, Kenya) finished 16
th with his 49.71.
Junior
Aysia Leckie (Georgetown, Ontario) reached the wall in the 200 free in 1:50.69 to take seventh in the A-Final.
Livi Schmid (Fairfax Station, Va.),
Andi Johnston (Fort Collins, Colo.) and freshman
Sofia Nosack (Beaverton, Ore.) scored for the Pioneers with 13
th, 15
th and 16
th place finishes.
Senior
Hugo Sykes (Weston, Conn.) shaved 0.18 seconds off his prelims time to finish fourth in the 200 free in 1:37.22. Sophomore
Darragh Mahns (Missoula, Mont.) finished seventh in the A-Final with a 1:39.38. Freshman
Spencer Adrian (Portland, Ore.) scored out of the B-Final for Denver with a time of 1:38.63 (13
th).
Vu's time of 1:02.74 was good enough to finish fifth in the 100 breast on Saturday night. Freshman
Sophia Bricker (Colorado Springs, Colo.) turned in another personal best in the event to take ninth with a 1:04.01. Denver got additional points from Vandenberg in 12
th (1:04.34), Simon in 13
th (1:05.15) and Yancy in 15
th (1:05.51).
On the men's side, Sanes and Jager kept the top two spots in the 100 breast from this morning's prelims. Sanes edged out his teammate with a 53.57, 0.03 seconds ahead of Jager, who dropped 0.47 seconds off his Saturday morning time with a 53.60. Junior
Anthony Nosack (Beaverton, Ore.) finished 12
th in 55.38 and
Harrison Fudge (Stanford, Ill.) took 13
th in 55.61.
Arky dropped 0.57 seconds off her 100 back prelim time from this morning to win the B-Final with a 55.39 to highlight Denver's women's swimmers in the event on Saturday.
Auchinachie matched Arky's improvement in the 100 back, shaving off 0.57 seconds off his prelims time from this morning to turn in a 46.23. Wachtler rounded out the podium, improving on his prelim time from this morning as well with a 47.84.
Following a break, Denver's 800 free relay finished fourth on the women's side with a 7:23.39 on swims from Schmid, Nosack, Johnston and Leckie. Denver's men got on the podium with a 6:30.03 with swims from Auchinachie, Sykes, Mahns and Farber.
In men's diving on Saturday,
Alex Morgan (Dyer, Ind.) took ninth with a 242.00.
Saturday Night's School Records
200 Medley Relay –
Cameron Auchinachie,
Cy Jager,
Adriel Sanes,
Sid Farber – 1:24.64
Saturday Night's NCAA Standards
200 Medley Relay –
Cameron Auchinachie,
Cy Jager,
Adriel Sanes,
Sid Farber – 1:24.64 – NCAA B
100 Fly –
Josie Valette – 53.28 – NCAA B
100 Fly –
Sid Farber – 47.13 – NCAA B
100 Breast –
Adriel Sanes – 53.57 – NCAA B
100 Breast –
Cy Jager – 53.60 – NCAA B
100 Back –
Cameron Auchinachie – 46.23 – NCAA B
Saturday Night's Event Wins
200 Medley Relay –
Cameron Auchinachie,
Cy Jager,
Adriel Sanes,
Sid Farber – 1:24.64
100 Breast –
Adriel Sanes – 53.57
100 Back –
Cameron Auchinachie – 46.23
Saturday Night's Personal Bests
Riley Babson – 400 IM – 3:52.00
Natalie Arky – 100 Fly – 56.02
Sid Farber – 100 Fly – 47.13
Robin Kuebler – 100 Fly – 50.31
Livi Schmid – 200 Free – 1:50.05
Riley Babson – 200 Free – 1:39.21
Nathan Rock – 200 Free – 1:40.29
Sophia Bricker – 100 Breast – 1:04.01
Ian Shultz – 100 Breast – 57.08
Natalie Arky – 100 Back - 55.39
Gaby Antonini – 100 Back – 57.72
Cameron Auchinachie – 100 Back – 46.23
Saturday Morning's School Records
200 Free Relay –
Cameron Auchinachie,
Sid Farber,
Cy Jager,
Adriel Sanes – 1:17.09
Saturday Morning's NCAA Standards
100 Fly –
Josie Valette – 53.19 – NCAA B
100 Fly –
Sid Farber – 47.41 – NCAA B
100 Breast –
Adriel Sanes – 53.50 – NCAA B
100 Breast –
Cy Jager – 53.34 – NCAA B
100 Back –
Cameron Auchinachie – 46.80 – NCAA B
200 Free Relay –
Cameron Auchinachie,
Sid Farber,
Cy Jager,
Adriel Sanes – 1:17.09 – NCAA A
Saturday Morning's Personal Bests
Riley Babson – 400 IM – 3:56.27
Natalie Arky – 100 Fly – 56.26
Olivia Kercheval-Roig – 100 Fly – 57.74
Sid Farber – 100 Fly – 47.41
Sofia Nosack – 200 Free – 1:50.71
Livi Schmid – 200 Free – 1:51.54
Melissa Funes – 200 Free – 1:54.87
Darragh Mahns – 200 Free – 1:38.37
Spencer Adrian – 200 Free – 1:38.50
Riley Babson – 200 Free – 1:40.14
Nathan Rock – 200 Free – 1:40.45
Maximus Addington – 200 Free – 1:41.97
Jake Mitchell – 200 Free – 1:42.47
Sophia Bricker – 100 Breast – 1:04.20
Maggie McHugh – 100 Breast – 1:06.32
Adriel Sanes – 100 Breast - 53.50
Anthony Nosack – 100 Breast – 55.30
Harrison Fudge – 100 Breast – 55.63
Alexander Blom – 100 Breast – 56.92
Ian Shultz – 100 Breast – 57.93
Natalie Arky – 100 Back - 55.96
Gaby Antonini – 100 Back – 58.98
Cameron Auchinachie – 100 Back – 46.80
Friday's NCAA School Records
Cameron Auchinachie – 50 Free – 19.13 (tied his own record set last season)
Friday Night's NCAA Standards
200 Free Relay –
Cameron Auchinachie,
Sid Farber,
Jackson Gainer,
Adriel Sanes – 1:17.40 – NCAA B
500 Free –
Riley Babson – 4:22.55 – NCAA B
50 Free –
Cameron Auchinachie – 19.13 – NCAA B
50 Free –
Sid Farber – 19.26 – NCAA B
Friday Night's Event Wins
200 Free Relay –
Cameron Auchinachie,
Sid Farber,
Jackson Gainer,
Adriel Sanes – 1:17.40
50 Free –
Cameron Auchinachie – 19.13
400 Medley Relay –
Neil Wachtler,
Cy Jager,
Adriel Sanes,
Cameron Auchinachie – 3:10.98
Friday Night's Personal Bests
Angie Lindsay – 500 Free – 4:53.39
Sofia Nosack – 500 Free – 4:58.36
Olivia Kercheval-Roig – 500 Free – 5:03.00
Riley Babson – 500 Free – 4:22.55
Nathan Rock – 500 Free – 4:29.82
Jake Mitchell – 500 Free – 4:36.64
Kylie Cronin – 200 IM - 2:02.65
Cameron Auchinachie – 50 Free – 19.13 (tied his own record set last season)
Adriel Sanes – 200 IM – 1:47.23
Cy Jager – 50 Free – 20.44
Natalie Arky – 100 Back (leadoff leg of medley relay) – 54.94
Friday Morning's NCAA Standards
Sid Farber – 50 Free – 19.18 – NCAA B Standard
Cameron Auchinachie – 50 Free – 19.30 – NCAA B Standard
Friday Morning's Personal Bests
Sofia Nosack – 500 Free – 5:00.30
Riley Babson – 500 Free – 4:24.39
Ian Shultz – 500 Free – 4:32.77
Jake Mitchell – 500 Free – 4:36.94
Kylie Cronin – 200 IM - 2:02.66
McKayla Sanchez – 200 IM – 2:04.79
Maggie McHugh – 200 IM – 2:13.05
Adriel Sanes – 200 IM – 1:47.95
Alexander Blom – 200 IM – 1:55.25
Josie Valette – 50 Free – 23.05
Erika Remington – 50 Free – 23.38
Melissa Funes – 50 Free – 23.58
Livi Schmid – 50 Free – 23.69
Natalie Arky – 50 Free – 24.19
Sophia Bricker – 50 Free – 24.43
Gaby Antonini – 50 Free – 24.98
Sid Farber – 50 Free – 19.18
Spencer Adrian – 50 Free – 20.50
Cy Jager – 50 Free – 20.59
Remaining Weekend Schedule
Sunday, December 8 – Prelims at 8 a.m. MT/Finals at 4 p.m. MT (1650 Free Sunday afternoon)
200 Back
100 Free
200 Breast
200 Fly
Break
400 Free Relay
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