Pios to Take 12 Men/12 Women to CSCAA National Invitational Championship

Thursday, March 14

Cleveland, Ohio

University of Denver

CSCAA National Invitational

Pios to Take 12 Men/12 Women to CSCAA National Invitational Championship

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Denver's 24-swimmer team will head to Cleveland March 14-16

By: Niko Blankenship

CLEVELAND – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs will take 12 swimmers each to Cleveland State University March 14-16, 2019, to compete in the College Swimming and Diving Coaches' Association of America National Invitational Championship. This meet will make the first of three-consecutive weekends of championship meets for the Pioneers after sweeping their sixth-straight Summit League titles in February.

"Having our best athletes get NCAA postseason experience is such a valuable thing for our athletes to go thru every opportunity we can get," head coach Brian Schrader said. "Having 24 athletes in the water getting ready for this event and NCAAs makes it a powerful group experience to help everyone to prepare to swim fast at a National level and on a second taper. Our athletes are motivated for the level of competition and the challenge, and we want to build on some of the event records and performances we had last year into higher team finishes."

The meet will consist of swimmers who met NCAA Championship time standards but did not receive an invitation to that national meet. Additionally, both individual event and relay swimmers could automatically qualify for the meet by virtue of winning the event at their conference championship or by attaining other time standards established for the meet.

Schedule of Events (Prelims 8:30 a.m. MT/Finals 4 p.m. MT – Name/Seed/Time)
Thursday, March 14
200 Free Relay (Finals Only)
Men's Relay/3^rd/1:18.96
Women's Relay/4^th/1:30.90

50 Fly
Neil Wachtler/1^st/21.67
Robin Kuebler/12^th/22.45
Adriel Sanes/19^th/22.60
Trent Panzera/28^th/22.86
Jackson Gainer/53^rd/23.74
Kylie Cronin/5^th/24.84
McKayla Sanchez/18^th/25.30
Sarah Lingen/50^th/26.01

50 Breast
Cy Jager/5^th/25.18
Anthony Nosack/22^nd/26.15
Brandi Vu/3^rd/28.62
Courtney Laird/15^th/29.30

500 Free
Colin Gilbert/1^st/4:16.94
Annelyse Tullier/8^th/4:46.32
Andi Johnston/25^th/4:50.11

50 Back
Heidi Bradley/4^th/25.24
Annelyse Tullier/9^th/25.46
Aysia Leckie/38^th/26.72

200 IM
Neil Wachtler/8^th/1:47.17
Adriel Sanes/17^th/1:48.30
David Mihalic/20^th/1:48.71
Anthony Nosack/31^st/1:50.73
Craig Robrock/34^th/1:50.92
Trent Panzera/38^th/1:51.68
Emily Vandenberg/20^th/2:02.63
Kylie Cronin/22^nd/2:02.77
Charlotte Simon/34^th/2:03.50
Brandi Vu/37^th/2:03.62
McKayla Sanchez/55^th/2:05.64

50 Free
Jackson Gainer/6^th/19.92
Robin Kuebler/13^th/20.24
Hugo Sykes/16^th/20.31
Darragh Mahns/30^th/20.65
Lauren Moden/7^th/22.85
Aysia Leckie/29^th/23.15
Sarah Lingen/40^th/23.25

400 Medley Relay (Finals Only)
Men's Relay/2^nd/3:10.85
Women's Relay/5^th/3:37.89

Friday, March 15
200 Medley Relay (Finals Only)
Men's Relay/2^nd/1:25.79
Women's Relay/4^th/1:38.38

400 IM
David Mihalic/11^th/3:53.07
Trent Panzera/14^th/3:54.28
Craig Robrock/22^nd/4:01.00
Emily Vandenberg/19^th/4:20.35
McKayla Sanchez/26^th/4:21.32
Charlotte Simon/27^th/4:21.51

100 Fly
Cy Jager/23^rd/48.70
Jackson Gainer/54^th/53.05
Kylie Cronin/6^th/53.50
Sarah Lingen/41^st/55.40

200 Free
Colin Gilbert/6^th/1:36.06
Hugo Sykes/7^th/1:36.37
Darragh Mahns/25^th/1:38.91
Robin Kuebler/28^th/1:39.15
Aysia Leckie/7^th/1:47.08
Annelyse Tullier/10^th/1:47.62
Andi Johnston/19^th/1:48.68

100 Breast
Adriel Sanes/13^th/54.46
Anthony Nosack/27^th/55.80
Brandi Vu/12^th/1:01.78
Charlotte Simon/18^th/1:02.28
Courtney Laird/25^th/1:02.84
Emily Vandenberg/37^th/1:03.28

100 Back
Neil Wachtler/4^th/47.36
Heidi Bradley/14^th/54.35
Lauren Moden/32^nd/55.70

800 Free Relay (Finals Only)
Men's Relay/7^th/6:31.91
Women's Relay/5^th/7:13.66

Saturday, March 16
1000 Free
Colin Gilbert/3^rd/9:23.42
Andi Johnston/18^th/10:21.57

1650 Free
Colin Gilbert/1^st/14:58.57
Andi Johnston/18^th/16:46.63

100 IM
Cy Jager/1^st/49.94
Craig Robrock/3^rd/51.73
David Mihalic/35^th/1:48.71 (200)
Courtney Laird/33^rd/59.98

200 Back
Neil Wachtler/3^rd/1:44.09
Heidi Bradley/10^th/1:57.32

100 Free
Hugo Sykes/10^th/43.98
Robin Kuebler/16^th/44.48
Darragh Mahns/19^th/44.70
Jackson Gainer/27^th/44.98
Lauren Moden/17^th/49.96
Aysia Leckie/20^th/50.07
Sarah Lingen/31^st/50.34
Annelyse Tullier/41^st/50.74

200 Breast
Adriel Sanes/6^th/1:57.95
Anthony Nosack/19^th/2:01.11
Cy Jager/25^th/2:03.58
Craig Robrock/28^th/2:04.00
Charlotte Simon/6^th/2:13.84
Brandi Vu/24^th/2:16.59
Emily Vandenberg/33^rd/2:17.02
Courtney Laird/55^th/2:21.58

200 Fly
Trent Panzera/23^rd/1:49.91
David Mihalic/24^th/1:50.18
Kylie Cronin/8^th/1:58.55
McKayla Sanchez/18^th/2:01.76

400 Free Relay (Finals Only)
Men's Relay/2^nd/2:54.25
Women's Relay/10^th/3:21.28

Josie Valette (Boulder, Colo.) will head to the NCAA Women's Championship March 20-23 in Austin, Texas, while sophomore Zora Opalka (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) will compete in the NCAA Zone Diving prelims March 11-13 in Flagstaff, Ariz.

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