PROVO, Utah – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs closed out a competitive weekend of swimming in the state of Utah with its dual meet at BYU on Saturday at the Richards Building Pool.
Team Scores:
Men:
BYU 193
Denver 107
Women:
BYU 158
Denver 142
Event-by-Event Recap:
Nika Spehar got Denver in the event win column with the first individual event of the day, taking the 1000 free with a time of 10:14.47.
Paige Reilly finished third with a time of 10:19.70.
On the men's side,
Kieran Watson got Denver started with a second place finish in the first distance race of the day with his time of 9:20.72.
Ines Marin got the Denver women another victory, finishing 1-2 in the 200 free with
Kali Metuzals in times of 1:50.03 and 1:50.50, respectively.
Dylan Mes led the Denver men in the 200 with a second place finish in 1:39.83.
Ali Beay earned a second-place finish to lead the Pioneers in the 100 back with a time of 55.59, while
Jessica Maeda led the Denver women in the 100 breast with a time of 1:02.68 to also take second.
Marco Nosack earned the middle podium spot in the men's 100 breast with a time of 55.70.
Sabrina Rachjaibun earned Denver another win, this time in the 200 fly. Rachjaibun led a Denver 1-2 with a time of 2:01.83, finishing just ahead of teammate
Mia Moulden who clocked in a 2:02.60.
Brandon Chapman took second in the men's 200 fly on Saturday afternoon, reaching the wall in 1:48.49.
In the final event before the break,
Angie Wyand finished second in the 50 free sprint with her time of 23.49.
Frank Tirone led Denver's men in third with a 20.33.
On the other side of the intermission, Metuzals took second in the 100 free with a time of 51.14, while her teammate Wyand took third in 51.37.
Matija Pantic and Tirone finished third and fourth in the men's 100 with times of 45.07 and 45.69, respectively.
Denver swept the women's podium in the 200 back on Saturday.
Mina Ada Solaker led the Pioner trio with a time of 1:59.83.
Lilly Zippel took second in 2:01.45 and
Darian Koler finished third in 2:02.41.
The Pioneer men got their first 1-2 of the day in the 200 back when
Dylan Wright got to the wall first in 1:46.20 and
Quinn Collins took second in 1:48.84.
Maeda once again finished second in a breaststroke event, this time swimming the 200 in 2:15.13. On the men's side, Nosack and
Nico Morton finished 3-4 with their times of 1:59.90 and 2:02.03.
Denver's distance swimmers swept the podium in the women's 500 free. Rachjaibun led the Pioneer trio with her time of 4:59.54,
Daniela Alfaro reached the final wall in second in 5:00.23 and after winning the 1000, Spehar finished third in the 500 with a 5:00.84.
Watson and Mes finished first and third in the men's distance race. Watson got the event win in a time of 4:30.48 and Mes clocked in at 4:32.46.
Marin, Moulden and Beay took spots 2-4 in the women's 100 fly, all turning in finishing times within 0.53 seconds of eachother. Marin was timed at 55.24 to take second, Moulden finished the race in 55.73 and Beay got to the wall in 55.77.
Hamish McLellan led the Denver men in the 100 fly with his second-place finish in a time of 48.08.
Following the final break of the afternoon, Denver earned spots 2-5 in the women's 200 IM. Solaker swam the event in 2:03.66, Zippel reached the final wall in 2:04.93, Maeda clocked in at 2:06.19 and Rachjaibun's busy day continued with a 2:07.62.
Nosack earned a podium spot in the men's 200 with his time of 1:50.29.
UP NEXT: Following its first off weekend of the opening month of 2025, the Pioneers will be back in action on Saturday, February 1, when Denver travels to Colorado Springs for the annual Sprint Eliminator meet with Air Force.
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