PRINCETON, N.J. – A trio of juniors in Adriel Sanes (Rosharon, Texas), Charlotte Simon (Saint Remy, France) and Cameron Auchinachie (Binghamton, N.Y.) all recorded individual event wins, while Denver broke its third relay school record of the weekend, this time snapping the 400 free mark, on the final night of competition at the 2019 Big Al Open on Sunday at Denunzio Pool.
 
Sanes broke his own school record in the 200 breast on Sunday night, swimming the event 0.29 seconds faster than his performance in the 2018 Summit League Swimming and Diving Championships. A few events later, Auchinachie, redshirt-junior Sid Farber (Portland, Ore.), senior Hugo Sykes (Weston, Conn.) and Sanes swam the 400 free relay in 2:51.99, 0.45 seconds faster than Auchinachie, Stephen Calkins, Ray Bornman and Farber swam the event at the 2018 NCAA Championships.
 
Senior Andi Johnston (Fort Collins, Colo.) finished sixth with a 16:50.79, while sophomore Angie Lindsay (Beaverton, Ore.) took 10th with a 17:09.62. 
 
On the men's side, with distance specialist Colin Gilbert (Kamloops, B.C.) at the U.S. Open, Denver turned to freshman Riley Babson (Vail, Ariz.) and senior Jesse Haraden (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) to lead the Pioneers distance effort. Babson took fourth with an NCAA B Standard time of 15:21.73, improving on his previous mile time by nearly 45 seconds. Haraden finished fifth with a 15:24.87, also good enough for an NCAA B Standard. Junior Nathan Rock (Boulder, Colo.) improved on his personal best by nearly 15 seconds to take 14^th.
 
Following the distance swims, freshman Sofia Nosack (Beaverton, Ore.) finished fourth and sophomore Natalie Arky (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) finished seventh in the 200 back with times of 1:57.24 and 2:00.79, respectively. For the men's backstroke, senior Neil Wachtler (Waco, Texas) clocked in at 1:48.16 to finish fifth.
 
Junior Aysia Leckie (Georgetown, Ontario) took 14^th in the 100 free with a time of 51.07 to take 14^th, the lone Pioneer scorer in the event.
 
Denver's men's freestylers watched Farber jump up a spot from this morning's prelims to take second, 0.38 seconds behind Auchinachie. Both swimmers broke 43 seconds in the final. Auchinachie swam it in 42.54 while Farber finished in 42.92, both of which were NCAA B Standard times. In the B-Final, Sykes reached the wall in 12^th (44.74), sophomore Darragh Mahns (Missoula, Mont.) finished 15^th (45.33) and freshman Spencer Adrian (Portland, Ore.) touched in 16^th (45.34).
 
Simon picked up the Denver women's program's first event win of the weekend, taking first in the 200 breast on Sunday night with a 2:14.20. Junior Ally Yancy (Cave Creek, Ariz.) dropped nearly two seconds off her prelim time to take fourth in 2:17.95, while junior Emily Vandenberg (Ajax, Ontario) finished sixth in 2:18.49 and sophomore Brandi Vu (Longmont, Colo.) finished seventh with a 2:19.13. In the B-Final, freshman Sophia Bricker (Colorado Springs, Colo.) touched the wall in 13^th in 2:22.19.
 
In addition to Sanes' school record 200 breast time of 1:55.95, Denver's men got points in the 200 breast from junior Anthony Nosack (Beaverton, Ore.), who took 11^th with a 2:01.27 and junior Cy Jager (Moscow, Idaho), who finished 15^th with a 2:02.78.
 
Senior Josie Valette (Boulder, Colo.) shaved 0.19 seconds off her prelim time from this morning's 200 fly to climb up to second in the finals on Sunday night with a 1:58.62. Senior Kylie Cronin (Marblehead, Mass.) finished eighth in the final with a 2:00.39, while junior Uma Knaven (Chapel Hill, N.C.) reached the final wall in 2:06.07 to take 16^th. Sophomore David Mihalic (Ljubljana, Slovenia) was the lone point scorer for the Denver men in the 200 fly with his 1:48.51. Mihalic improved his 200 fly time by 1.99 seconds from this morning's prelims.
 
Denver's women closed out its weekend with a fourth place finish in the 400 free relay with Valette, freshman Erika Remington (Cedarburg, Wis.), senior Sarah Lingen (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Leckie completing the race in 3:22.85.
 
Sunday Night's School Records
200 Breast – Adriel Sanes – 1:55.95
400 Free Relay – Cameron Auchinachie, Sid Farber, Hugo Sykes, Adriel Sanes – 2:51.99
 
Sunday Night's Event Wins
100 Free – Cameron Auchinachie – 42.54
200 Breast – Charlotte Simon – 2:14.20
200 Breast – Adriel Sanes – 1:55.95
400 Free Relay – Cameron Auchinachie, Sid Farber, Hugo Sykes, Adriel Sanes – 2:51.99
 
Sunday Night's NCAA Standards
1650 Free – Riley Babson – 15:21.73 – NCAA B
1650 Free – Jesse Haraden – 15:24.87 – NCAA B
100 Free – Cameron Auchinachie – 42.54 – NCAA B
100 Free – Sid Farber – 42.92 – NCAA B
200 Breast – Adriel Sanes – 1:55.95 – NCAA B
200 Breast – Josie Valette – 1:58.62 – NCAA B
400 Free Relay – Cameron Auchinachie, Sid Farber, Hugo Sykes, Adriel Sanes – 2:51.99 – NCAA B
100 Free (Leadoff Leg) – Cameron Auchinachie – 42.60 – NCAA B
 
Sunday Night's Personal Bests
Izzy Smith – 1650 Free – 17:17.38
Riley Babson – 1650 Free – 15:21.73
Jesse Haraden – 1650 Free - 15:24.87
Nathan Rock – 1650 Free – 15:43.60
Sofia Nosack – 200 Back – 1:57.24
Gaby Antonini – 200 Back – 2:06.35
Adriel Sanes – 200 Breast – 1:55.95
Harrison Fudge – 200 Breast – 2:02.32
Alexander Blom – 200 Breast – 2:03.80
Olivia Kercheval-Roig – 200 Fly – 2:04.26
David Mihalic – 200 Fly – 1:48.51
 
Sunday Morning NCAA Standards
100 Free – Cameron Auchinachie – 43.06 – NCAA B
100 Free – Sid Farber – 43.39 – NCAA B
200 Breast – Adriel Sanes – 1:56.98 – NCAA B
200 Fly – Josie Valette – 1:58.81 – NCAA B
 
Sunday Morning Personal Bests
Sofia Nosack – 200 Back – 1:59.23
Natalie Arky – 200 Back – 1:59.53
Izzy Smith – 200 Back – 2:06.97
Gaby Antonini – 200 Back – 2:07.68
Erika Remington – 100 Free – 51.31
Livi Schmid – 100 Free – 51.65
Angie Lindsay – 100 Free – 51.73
Spencer Adrian – 100 Free – 44.96
Maximus Addington – 100 Free – 46.70
Andrew Ottavianelli – 100 Free – 47.63
Jake Mitchell – 100 Free – 47.73
Sophia Bricker – 200 Breast – 2:21.65
Maggie McHugh – 200 Breast – 2:26.78
Cy Jager – 200 Breast – 2:02.36
Alexander Blom – 200 Breast – 2:04.57
 
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
 
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