Denver Sweeps Mines on Senior Day

Friday, January 3

Denver, Colo.

12 p.m. MT

University of Denver

164

Colorado School of Mines

Results

1/3/2025 5:46:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

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The Pioneers turn in impressive showing to begin the New Year

By: Niko Blankenship

DENVER – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs earned a sweep over Colorado School of Mines to open the 2025 portion of its schedule on Friday afternoon inside El Pomar Natatorium.

Team Scores:
Men:
Denver 164
Mines 41

Women:
Denver 169
Mines 34

Event-by-Event Recap:
Denver opened the meet with a win in the women's 200 medley relay. Haley Chesno, Jessica Maeda, Mia Moulden and Megan Lucyshyn combined for a time of 1:42.51 to take the top spot

On the men's side, Dylan Wright, Marco Nosack, Brandon Chapman and Frank Tirone made it a DU sweep in the medley relay with a time of 1:29.24.

In the first distance swim of the afternoon, the Pioneers swept the podium in the women's 1000 free. Daniela Alfaro led the Pioneer trio with a 10:16.98, Paige Reilly finished second in 10:24.88 and Tessa Lindstrom clocked in at 10:31.47 to finish third.

Kieran Watson led the men's distance swimmers with a 9:28.65 to win the men's 1000. Max O'Neil took third in 9:36.56 to round out the podium places in the distance race.

Denver's women once again swept the podium places in the women's 200 free. Ines Marin led the field in a time of 1:50.80, Sabrina Rachjaibun clocked in at 1:51.67 to take second and Tenaya Winter reached the wall third in 1:52.58.

The Pioneers took the top four spots in the men's 200 free. Dylan Mes won the race with an 1:39.24. Tommy Hancock finished second in 1:42.16, Will Melsha took third in 1:42.23 and Brandon Saeedi got to the wall in fourth in 1:42.44.

Lucyshyn won the 50 free sprint on the women's side with a 23.38, while Tirone completed the sweep with a 20.18 to lead the men's field. Denver's women earned four of the top five spots with Mary O'Neil rounding out the podium places with a third-place finish in 23.95. Denver's men swept the podium with Hamish McLellan (20.43) and Matija Pantic (20.84) rounding out the Pio trio.

In the women's 400 IM, Denver earned the top six places. Mina Ada Solaker led the Denver group with a 4:22.75 to earn the event win. Peyton Mullowney finished second in 4:28.95 and Lilly Zippel took third in 4:30.17.

The Pioneers also swept the podium in the men's 400 IM. Nico Morton took the top step with a 3:57.94. Noah Laird finished second in 4:00.39 and Marco Nosack took third in 4:01.32.

In the women's 200 fly, Moulden reached the wall in first with a 2:01.01. Alfaro finished second in 2:04.29 and Rachjaibun took third in 2:05.07. Chapman led Denver's men with a 1:48 flat, followed by Watson's 1:52.56 and Ian O'Neil's 1:52.75 to complete another Denver podium sweep.

Kali Metuzals led the field in the women's 100 free with a time of 50.99. Angie Wyand took second in the final sprint free of the day with a time of 51.31. After taking second in the men's 50 free earlier in the meet, McLellan won the 100 free with a time of 45.09. Hancock rounded out the podium places in the event with a 45.84.

Denver had three swimmers within a second and a half of each other in the women's 200 back. Chesno won the race with a 2:03.33. Zippel finished second in 2:04.43 and Darian Koler took third in 2:04.63.

On the men's side, seven Pioneers improved on their seed time in the men's 200 back. Wright led the Denver group with a time of 1:45.46 to take first in the race. Quinn Collins finished second in 1:48.89 and Mason Bruhn took the third and final podium place with a 1:49.54.

Rounding out the distance events for Friday's meet was the 500 free. Winter led the women's field with a time of 5:03.21. Nika Spehar took second in 5:10.01 and Tessa Lindstrom grabbed third in 5:11.87.

On the men's side, Finn Holdredge won the 500 free with a 4:35.51 and Connor Hughes finished third in 4:43.56.

In the final individual meets of the day, Jessica Maeda won the women's 200 breast with a time of 2:13.30, finishing ahead of Mullowney, who took second in 2:16.36.

On the men's side, Joseph Purdy edged out teammate Luca Foord to win the men's 200 breast. Purdy clocked in at 2:04.54, just 0.14 seconds ahead of his teammate.

Friday's Senior Day meet ended with the 400 free relays which Denver swept. Denver's women's quartet of Marin, Metuzals, Lucyshyn and Wyand combined for a time of 3:22.76, while Tirone, McLellan, Matija Pantic and Luke Milburn won the men's race in 2:59.30.

UP NEXT: Denver will hit the road next week to take on Wyoming on Saturday at 11 a.m. MT.

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