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Women's Swimming & Diving Niko Blankenship

Pioneers Drop First Away Meet of 2021

Denver’s men’s and women’s programs will be back in action next Saturday for the annual sprint eliminator meet at Air Force

GREELEY, Colo. – The University of Denver women's swimming and diving program dropped its first dual meet of the 2021 season, falling at Northern Colorado 160-102 on Saturday
 
Denver Event Wins
100 Breast – Brandi Vu – 1:06.72
200 Back – Natalie Arky – 2:07.94
200 Breast – Charlotte Simon – 2:24.39
 
Meet Highlights
The Pioneers got two swimmers in the top three of the 1000 free,  the first individual event of the evening. Daniela Alfaro finished second in 10:48.50 and Izzy Smith took third in 10:53.50.
 
Denver got two swimmers on the podium for the second time on Saturday in the 200 free as Angie Lindsay and Ines Marin took the second and third spots in the race with times of 1:56.36 and 1:57.94, respectively.
 
Brandi Vu won her second 100 breast event in as many days to give the Pioneers their first event win of the day.
 
A night after winning the 100 back at El Pomar Natatorium, Natalie Arky took the 200 back on Saturday, finishing in 2:07.94.
 
Charlotte Simon made it back-to-back event wins for the Pioneers, winning the 200 breast in 2:24.39. Simon also won the 200 breast on Friday night against Wyoming. Emily Vandenberg and Vu finished third and fourth to give Denver 14 of the 19 points in the event.
 
Lindsay and Alfaro grabbed two of the podium spots in the 500 free with times of 5:11.15 and 5:14.58, respectively.
 
Up Next
Denver's men's and women's programs will be back in action on Saturday, January 30th for the annual sprint eliminator meet at Air Force.
 
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Players Mentioned

Natalie Arky

Natalie Arky

Backstroke/Butterfly
5' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
Angie Lindsay

Angie Lindsay

Freestyle
5' 9"
Sophomore
Charlotte Simon

Charlotte Simon

Breaststroke/IM
6' 2"
Junior
Izzy  Smith

Izzy Smith

Freestyle
5' 6"
Sophomore
Emily Vandenberg

Emily Vandenberg

Breaststroke/IM
5' 5"
Junior
Brandi Vu

Brandi Vu

Breast/IM
5' 4"
Sophomore
Daniela Alfaro

Daniela Alfaro

Butterfly/IM
5' 4"
Freshman
Ines Marin

Ines Marin

Free/Butterfly
5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Natalie Arky

Natalie Arky

5' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
Backstroke/Butterfly
Angie Lindsay

Angie Lindsay

5' 9"
Sophomore
Freestyle
Charlotte Simon

Charlotte Simon

6' 2"
Junior
Breaststroke/IM
Izzy  Smith

Izzy Smith

5' 6"
Sophomore
Freestyle
Emily Vandenberg

Emily Vandenberg

5' 5"
Junior
Breaststroke/IM
Brandi Vu

Brandi Vu

5' 4"
Sophomore
Breast/IM
Daniela Alfaro

Daniela Alfaro

5' 4"
Freshman
Butterfly/IM
Ines Marin

Ines Marin

5' 9"
Freshman
Free/Butterfly