LARAMIE, Wyo. – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs earned a split at Wyoming on Saturday afternoon at Laramie High School.
Team Scores:
Men:
Denver 181
Wyoming 119
Women:
Denver 118
Wyoming 182
Event-by-Event Recap:
In the first individual event of the afternoon, the Pios earned a 2-3 finish in the women's 1000 free.
Daniela Alfaro clocked in at 10:40.53 in the distance race to take second, edging out her teammate
Nika Spehar who reached the final wall in 10:43.49.
Denver swept the podium in the men's first distance race of the dual.
Finn Holdredge took first in 9:52.14,
Joseph Purdy was timed at 9:54.69 and
Max O'Neil recorded a time of 9:59.25 to take third.
In the 200 free, Denver's men earned points with a 2-4 finish in the event.
Kieran Watson swam the 200 in second in 1:42.79,
Dylan Mes took third in 1:43.39 and
Tommy Hancock finished fourth with a time of 1:44.05.
The Pioneer women earned a 2-4 finish of their own in the women's 100 back.
Ali Beay finished second in 57.40,
Darian Koler clocked in at 58.09 to take third and
Lilly Zippel got to the wall fourth-fastest in 58.32.
Dylan Wright picked up another event win for the Pioneers in the 100 back, timing in at 50.97.
Quinn Collins took third for Denver in 51.57.
Denver's women took places 2-4 in the women's 100 breast.
Jessica Maeda finished second in 1:03.92,
Sophia Remington took third in 1:06.38 and
Zoe Lynch grabbed a spot in fourth in 1:06.74.
The Pioneer women swept the podium in their next event, taking the top three spots in the 200 fly.
Mia Moulden led the Denver trio with a time of 2:05.27,
Sabrina Rachjaibun finished second in 2:06.23 and Alfaro rounded out the podium with a 2:07.46.
Brandon Chapman picked up Denver's next win in the men's 200 fly with his time of 1:51.23.
Ian O'Neil took third for the Pios in 1:53.93
In the men's 50 free sprint, Denver took first, third and fourth against the Cowboys.
Frank Tirone clocked in at 20.74 to take first,
Hamish McLellan grabbed third in 21.16 and
Luke Milburn finished fourth in 21.24.
Zyad Morsy won the men's 1-meter dive with a score of 368.33, another NCAA Zone Standard for the Denver senior.
On the other side of the diving break, Denver took the top two spots in the men's 100 free. Tirone completed the sprint-free sweep with a 46.18 in the event.
Matija Pantic was just behind his teammate with a 46.45.
Koler and Zippel combined for a first and third place finish in the women's 200 back. Koler reached the wall in 2:02.88, while Zippel was timed at 2:06.06 to take third.
Wright completed the backstroke event title sweep in the 200 with a time of 1:50.99. Collins took third in 1:54.84 and
Mason Bruhn grabbed fourth in 1:55.39.
Denver's women took spots 2-4 in the women's 200 breast. Maeda was within striking distance of the top spot, finishing in 2:19.31.
Peyton Mullowney rounded out the podium places with a 2:20.78, and
Zoe Lynch finished fourth in 2:26.57.
Marco Nosack won his first event of the afternoon in the men's 200 breast, earning a time of 2:03.27.
Nico Morton took third to score points for the Pios with his 2:07.72.
In the second distance event of the day, Denver's women took spots 2-5 in the women's 500. Rachjaibun led the Denver quartet with her time of 5:07.08, Spehar finished in 5:14.26 to take third,
Tenaya Winter finished fourth in 5:14.72 and
Paige Reilly rounded out the group in fifth with her 5:14.83.
On the men's side, the Pioneers completed another podium sweep in the 500. Mes and Watson finished within 0.04 seconds of each other with the former edging out his teammate with a time of 4:41.71. Holdredge finished third in 4:47.80 to round of the top-three.
Hamish McLellan and Chapman completed a 1-2 in the men's 100 fly with times of 48.94 and 49.78, respectively.
In the second diving event of the day, Morsy finished second with a 309.45 in the three-meter, while teammate
Nathan Cox finished third with a combined score of 297.60.
Kaitlin Calvery finished second on both boards on Saturday to lead the Pioneer women, earning NCAA Zone Cut scores on both boards.
Moulden and Maeda finished 2-3 in the women's 200 IM with their times of 2:11.01 and 2:11:11 on Saturday.
Morton and Nosack earned a 2-3 of their own in the men's race with times of 1:54.07 and 1:55.04.
Denver's men earned a relay win in the 400 free relay when Pantic, Tirone, McClellan and Chapman combined for a time of 3:03.45 to complete Saturday's dual action.
UP NEXT: Denver's divers will return to the water next week for the Cal Diving Invite, set to run January 16-18. The Pioneer swimmers will head to Utah on Friday at 3 p.m. MT before taking on BYU on Saturday at 11 a.m. MT.
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