BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs earned seven event wins at the 2024 CSUB Sprint Classic on Friday inside the John S. Hillman Memorial Aquatic Center.
Denver's women won the six-team event, while the Pioneer men finished second in a four-time field.
Women's Team Scoring
Denver - 494
UC Santa Barbara – 481.5
San Jose State - 334
UC Davis – 327.5
Cal State Bakersfield – 187.5
Pepperdine – 139.5
Men's Team Scoring
UC Santa Barbara – 575.5
Denver – 542.5
Seattle - 349
Cal State Bakersfield - 306
Friday Event Wins
Women's 1000 Free –
Sabrina Rachjaibun – 10:25.66
Men's 1000 Free –
Finn Holdredge – 9:30.14
Women's 800 Free Relay –
Ines Marin,
Kali Metuzals,
Sabrina Rachjaibun,
Nika Spehar – 7:33.63
Men's 1-Meter Dive –
Zyad Morsy – 300.75
Women's 50 Back –
Ali Beay – 26.45
Men's 50 Back –
Dylan Wright – 23.63
Women's 200 IM –
Lilly Zippel – 2:06.81
NCAA Zone Cuts
Zyad Morsy – 1-Meter Dive - 300.75
Event-by-Event Recap
In Friday's diving events,
Zyad Morsy earned his second NCAA Zone Cut of the season, pairing his 3-meter cut last week with a 1-meter cut this week, combining for a score of 300.75.
Colin Breuer finished third with a score of 284.65. On the women's side,
Kaitlin Calvery finished third in the women's 3-meter, recording a score of 239.80.
Denver opened the meet with a second-place finish in the women's 200 medley relay as
Ali Beay,
Jessica Maeda,
Ines Marin and
Megan Lucyshyn combined for a time 1:44.91.
In the first distance swim of the weekend,
Sabrina Rachjaibun,
Nika Spehar and
Paige Reilly completed a podium sweep in the 1000 free for the Pioneers, turning in times of 10:25.66, 10:29.53 and 10:30.77, respectively.
Denver's men's distance swimmers also swept the podium on Friday afternoon.
Finn Holdredge reached the wall first in a time of 9:30.14, while
Kieran Watson (9:36.91) and
Joseph Purdy (9:38.34) rounded out the top three spots.
Beay led Denver's women with a second-place finish in the 50 fly in the six-team field, clocking in at 25.50.
A couple of events later,
Lilly Zippel and
Izzy Burton recorded fourth and fifth place finishes in the women's 100 back, turning in times of 57.46 and 57.98.
Denver's men's backstrokers put three in the top five in the 100.
Dylan Wright led the Denver trio in third with a 50.45, followed by
Quinn Collins' time of 51.38 and
Liam Simmons swim of 52.11.
The meet moved onto the breaststroke where Maeda and
Zoe Lynch led the Pioneers with third (1:04.92) and fourth (1:04.98) place finishes in the 100, respectively.
Marin, Metuzals, Rachjaibun and Spehar combined to give Denver its first women's relay win of the season as the quartet turned in a time of 7:33.63 in the 800 free relay. The Pioneer men's group of Wright, Watson,
Brandon Saeedi and Mes turned in a 6:48.76 to finish second.
Flipping right back to breaststroke, Maeda and Lynch finished fourth and fifth in the 50 to lead the Pioneers in the event.
Nico Morton earned a third-place finish for the Denver men and Purdy finished fifth in the men's 50 breast.
Beay earned an event win for the Pios in the women's 50 back, turning in a time of 26.45. Zippel finished third in 26.76.
Wright won the Denver men its third event of the afternoon with a 23.63 in the 50 back. Simmons finished third in 23.86 and Collins took fourth.
Marin led Denver in the women's 100 fly on Friday, reaching the wall in 56.64 to take second.
Hamish McLellan led the Denver men in the 100 fly with a fourth-place time of 49.68.
Brandon Chapman tied for fifth with a time of 50.42.
Zippel earned a Pios event victory in the women's 200 IM, reaching the wall in 2:06.81. Rachjaibun, Burton and Maeda earned spots 4-6 to score points for the Pioneers. On the men's side, Morton finished third in 1:52.50 and
Marco Nosack took fourth in 1:54.81.
UP NEXT:
Denver will stay in Bakersfield tomorrow to take part in the 2024 Roadrunner Invite. First swim is set for 11 a.m. MT.
The Pioneers will open their home calendar on Saturday, October 19, when Denver hosts Washington State and Air Force (Swimming 11 a.m./Diving 3:30 p.m.).
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