SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Denver men's swimming program defeated nationally ranked Utah in a dual on Saturday afternoon, taking the road match-up 183-79. Denver's women dropped the dual 160-102 before the two program's return to the state of Colorado to take on Air Force next month.
Denver vs. Utah Dual Scores
Team Scores Through 28 of 28 Events
Men:
[-/21] Denver 183
[21/25] Utah 79
Women:
[-/45] Utah 160
[-/-] Denver 102
Denver opened Saturday's meet with a similar start to Friday's action at BYU, sweeping the two 200 medley relays. For the Denver women,
Natalie Arky (Highlands Ranch, Colo.),
Brandi Vu (Longmont, Colo.),
Kylie Cronin (Marblehead, Mass.) and
Josie Valette (Boulder, Colo.) finished in 1:43.77, while Denver's men's quartet of
Cameron Auchinachie (Binghamton, N.Y.),
Cy Jager (Moscow, Idaho),
Adriel Sanes (Rosharon, Texas) and
Sid Farber (Portland, Ore.) clocked in at 1:30.23.
In the first individual event of the morning,
Colin Gilbert (Kamloops, B.C.) won the 1000 free with a time of 9:35.57.
Andi Johnston (Fort Collins, Colo.) led Denver in the women's race with a second place finish in a time of 10:33.08.
Valette took second in the women's 200 free with her time of 1:53.42. Auchinachie won the men's race in 1:40.63, finishing just ahead of
Hugo Sykes (Weston, Conn.) who took second with a 1:41.56.
Neil Wachtler (Waco, Texas) was the next Pioneer to reach the wall first, taking the 100 back after his 48.83.
Denver's women's took the second and third spots in the 100 breast on Saturday afternoon, as Vu and
Charlotte Simon (Saint Remy, France) finished with times of 1:04.87 and 1:05.12.
Sanes led a Denver trio that swept the podium in the 100 breast. The event winner finished in 56.40, followed by
Anthony Nosack's (Beaverton, Ore.) 57.15 and Jager's 57.40.
Cronin got the Denver women back in the win column with a victory in the 200 fly, taking the race in 2:03.96.
In one of his three event wins of the afternoon, Gilbert completed a Pioneer sweep of the 200 fly with his 1:52.04.
In the back and forth between Auchinachie and Farber this season, it was Farber's turn to win the 50 free, clocking in at 19.90, followed by
Jackson Gainer's (San Jose, Calif.) 20.84 that was good for second place.
Auchinachie did finish first in the 100 free, reaching the wall in 44.42 for his seventh win in the event this season.
Sofia Nosack (Beaverton, Ore.) led Denver's women in the 200 back with a second place finish in a time of 2:04.07. Wachtler won the event for the men to continue to pad the Pioneers lead in the dual after being timed at 1:48.77.
Simon led a trio of Pioneers that took the 2-4 places in the 200 breast. The Denver junior clocked in at 2:19.37, followed by a 2:24.16 from
Ally Yancy (Cave Creek, Ariz.) and a 2:25.18 from
Emily Vandenberg (Ajax, Ontario).
Sanes once again led a trio of Pioneers that included
Anthony Nosack and
Blayze Jessen (Denver, Colo.) to a sweep of the podium in the men's 200 breast. A 2:01.23 won the event for Sanes, 2:06.53 from Nosack earned second and Jessen reached the wall in 2:08.02.
Gilbert completed his distance free sweep with a 4:38.75, while Johnston once again finished second in the event for the Denver women with her 5:09.21.
Valette and Cronin provided a 1-2 punch in the 100 fly with times of 55.52 and 55.78, respectively.
David Mihalic (Ljubljana, Slovenia) completed the Pioneers individual events of the afternoon with a 4:06.42 in the 400 IM.
In the final relay and final event of the road trip, Denver's men captured the 400 free relay as Farber, Sanes, Sykes and Auchinachie combined for a time of 2:59.84 to win the program's fourth 400 free relay this season.
Diving completed at BYU on Saturday to complete the Pioneers sweep in that dual that started yesterday.
Denver vs. BYU Dual Scores
Team Scores Through 32 of 32 Events
Women:
Denver 159.5
BYU 139.5
Men:
Denver 167
BYU 132
Saturday Afternoon's Event Wins
Women's 200 Medley Relay –
Natalie Arky,
Brandi Vu,
Kylie Cronin,
Josie Valette – 1:43.77
Men's 200 Medley Relay –
Cameron Auchinachie,
Cy Jager,
Adriel Sanes,
Sid Farber – 1:30.23
Men's 1000 Free –
Colin Gilbert – 9:35.57
Men's 200 Free –
Cameron Auchinachie – 1:40.63
Men's 100 Back –
Neil Wachtler – 48.83
Men's 100 Breast –
Adriel Sanes – 56.40
Women's 200 Fly –
Kylie Cronin – 2:03.96
Men's 200 Fly –
Colin Gilbert – 1:52.04
Men's 50 Free –
Sid Farber – 19.90
Men's 100 Free –
Cameron Auchinachie – 44.42
Men's 200 Back –
Neil Wachtler – 1:48.77
Men's 200 Breast –
Adriel Sanes – 2:01.23
Men's 500 Free –
Colin Gilbert – 4:36.17
Women's 100 Fly –
Kylie Cronin – 55.52
Men's 400 IM –
David Mihalic – 4:06.42
Men's 400 Free Relay –
Sid Farber,
Adriel Sanes,
Hugo Sykes,
Cameron Auchinachie – 2:59.84
NCAA Standards
Sid Farber – 50 Free – 19.90
UP NEXT: Denver will be back in action on February 1
st when the Pioneers head down I-25 to take on Air Force.
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