DENVER – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs wrapped up the opening weekend of the season at the 2024-25 Front Range Invite on Saturday afternoon at Cadet Natatorium.
Zyad Morsy earned Denver its first NCAA cut of the season, winning the 3-meter dive with a score of 353.15.
Men's Team Scoring
Air Force – 1172.5
Denver - 1122
Wyoming – 918.5
Women's Team Scoring
Air Force - 878
Wyoming - 837
Denver – 731.5
Colorado State - 711
Northern Colorado – 394.5
Saturday Afternoon Event Wins
Men's 100 Back –
Dylan Wright – 51.73
Men's 400 Free Relay –
Frank Tirone,
Luke Milburn,
Hamish McLellan,
Dylan Wright – 3:04.37
Men's 3-Meter Dive –
Zyad Morsy – 353.15
Saturday NCAA Standards
Zyad Morsy – 353.15 – NCAA Zone Cut
Event-by-Event Recap
For the second day in a row, both medley relays took third to open the swimming portion of the day before the IMers hit the water for the first individual events of the day.
In the women's 400 IM,
Lilly Zippel finished second in 4:37.07 and
Sabrina Rachjaibun rounded out the podium places with her time of 4:37.65. On the men's side,
Nico Morton finished third in his time of 4:12.53.
Hamish McLellan and
Brandon Chapman finished second and fourth, respectively in the men's 100 fly with times of 50.13 and 51.37.
Ines Marin earned a second-place finish in the women's 200 free, clocking in at 1:53.06.
Nika Spehar and
Kali Metuzals finished seventh and eighth with times of 1:56.79 and 1:56.89.
Dylan Mes took third on the men's side, reaching the final wall in 1:43.86.
In the women's 100 breast,
Jessica Maeda led the Pioneers with a third-place finish in 1:05.15.
Ali Beay led the Denver women in the women's 100 back, clocking in at 58.72. Zippel finished sixth in the 43-swimmer field with a 58.90.
Dylan Wright picked up his second event win of the weekend, part of a 1-5 finish for the Pioneers in the event. Wright clocked in at 51.73 to lead the field.
Quinn Collins finished second in 51.91,
Liam Simmons was scored third in 52.20,
Mason Bruhn took fourth in 52.23 and
Brandon Saeedi finished fifth in 53.86.
Nika Spehar and
Paige Reilly were fifth and sixth, respectively, in the mile race turning in times of 17:59.35 and 18:09.88.
In the men's mile,
Finn Holdredge finished third in 16:44.56.
Denver's men's 400 free relay made it a free relay sweep on the weekend, as the quartet of
Frank Tirone,
Luke Milburn, McLellan and Wright combined for a time of 3:04.37.
UP NEXT:
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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