DENVER – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs began the 2024-25 campaign and the Front Range Invite on Friday night at Cadet Natatorium.
Luke Milburn led the way for the Denver men with both an individual and a relay win on Friday.
Men's Team Scoring
Air Force – 672.5
Denver - 604
Wyoming – 477.5
Women's Team Scoring
Air Force - 452
Wyoming - 417
Colorado State - 377
Denver – 361.5
Northern Colorado – 168.5
Friday Night Event Wins
Men's 50 Free –
Luke Milburn – 20.99
Men's 200 Back –
Dylan Wright – 1:52.52
Women's 200 Breast -
Jessica Maeda - 2:20.86
Men's 200 Free Relay –
Frank Tirone,
Luke Milburn,
Matija Pantic,
Brandon Chapman – 1:23.68
Men's Platform –
Zyad Morsy – 282.20
Event-by-Event Recap
After opening the meet with a pair of third place finishes in the women's and men's 400 medley relay, the individual events got started with the 500 free.
Sabrina Rachjaibun led the Denver women with a second-place finish in the five-team meet, clocking in at 5:07.88. On the men's side,
Kieran Watson finished second in 4:44.22 and
Finn Holdredge scored fifth in 4:45.62.
Jessica Maeda earned a podium finish in the women's 200 IM, reaching the wall in 2:08.07.
Izzy Burton scored in sixth for the Pioneers with her time of 2:09.95.
Nico Morton took third for the Denver men in 1:55.65, just ahead of his teammate
Marco Nosack who swam the event in 1:56.84 to take fourth.
In the first sprint free of the season,
Megan Lucyshyn took second in the women's 50 free with her time of 24.07.
Ali Beay finished seventh in the 32-swimmer field with a 24.52.
Luke Milburn earned Denver's first win of the evening with a 20.99 in the men's sprint.
Frank Tirone also earned a podium spot, swimming the event in 21.18 to take third.
Dylan Wright made it back-to-back event wins for the Denver men, winning the 200 back in 1:52.52.
Quinn Collins earned Denver its first 1-2 of the season, finishing in 1:55.50.
Mason Bruhn and
Max Roslin gave Denver four swimmers in the top five, finishing in fourth (1:56.34) and fifth (1:58.03), respectively.
Ines Marin earned Denver a spot on the podium in the women's 100 free with her time of 52.63.
Kali Metuzals finished fifth in 52.69. On the men's side,
Matija Pantic and Tirone finished 2-3 in the men's race with times of 46.44 and 46.57, respectively.
Jessica Maeda earned the Denver women its first event win of the season, clocking in at 2:20.86 in the women's 200 breast.
Peyton Mullowney rounded out the podium places with a 2:22.70.
After Denver's women took fourth in the 200 free relay, the Pioneer men closed out the swimming portion of the evening with their first relay win of the season, taking the 200 free with a 1:23.68. The quartet of Tirone, Milburn, Pantic and
Brandon Chapman swam the winning relay for Denver.
In diving on Friday night,
Kaitlin Calvery led the Denver women with a fourth-place finish, scoring a 244.30 on the 3-meter board in the opening meet of the season.
On the men's side,
Zyad Morsy rounded out the podium with a third-place finish in the 1-meter, earning a score of 273.80.
Nathan Cox finished fifth (267.65) and
Colin Breuer took sixth (265.55) to round out Denver's scorers.
In the men's platform on Friday, Morsy earned his first win of the season with a 282.20.
UP NEXT:
The Pioneers will resume action tomorrow at 10 a.m. MT to close out the Front Range Invite.
Denver will leave the state of Colorado for the first time next weekend and head to Bakersfield, California. On Friday, October 11, Denver will compete in the Sprint Classic (2 p.m. MT). Then on Saturday, October 12, the Pioneers will take part in the Roadrunner Invite (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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