USAFA, Colo. – The University of Denver men's and women's swimmers dropped their duals with Air Force on Saturday in the 2025 Colorado Sprint Championships inside Cadet Natatorium.
Team Scores:
Men:
Air Force 194
Denver 184
Women:
Air Force 192
Denver 186
Event-by-Event Recap:
In the first individual event of the day, Denver's women took the top four spots in the women's 200 free.
Ines Marin led the Pioneer quartet with an 1:52.38,
Nika Spehar finished second in 1:53.34,
Kali Metuzals rounded out the podium places with a 1:53.45 and
Daniela Alfaro took fourth in 1:53.51.
The first of three segments of sprint events were the prelim events took place to trim the sprint fields down to eight swimmers.
Following the prelims, Denver's women took the top five spots in the 500 free on Saturday. Alfaro took first in 5:02.78,
Paige Reilly grabbed second in 5:04.31, Spehar took third in 5:06.86,
Sabrina Rachjaibun finished fourth in 5:06.99 and
Kiki Lindsay finished fifth in 5:08.81.
After the women's distance race, the sprint races took eight racers to the semifinal stage in each event, dwindling down the field to four for the finals later in the meet.
Kieran Watson won the men's distance race finishing the 500 in 4:35.35.
Denver's women had three swimmers in the 50 fly finals. Marin got back in the win column with a 25.23, edging out a tie for second that included Pioneer
Ali Beay.
The Pioneer men grabbed the final two podium spots in the 50 fly.
Hamish McLellan took second in 21.84 and
Brandon Chapman finished third in 22.18.
Beay scored more points for the Pioneers in the 50 back, taking second in the finals session with a 26.08.
On the men's side, Denver had three swimmers in the final, led by
Dylan Wright who won the 50 back with a 23.09, just ahead of
Max Roslin who finished second in 23.28.
Zoe Lynch got the Denver women back to the top step of the podium in the 50 breast with her time of 28.93.
Megan Lucyshyn and
Angie Wyand finished 2-3 in the women's 50 free final with times of 23.54 and 23.76, respectively.
Frank Tirone outswam the field in the 50 free on the men's side with a 20.13.
Back to full fields for the remainder of the meet,
Mina Ada Solaker won the 200 IM with her time of 2:05.58. Rachjaibun rounded out the podium places with a time of 2:08.04.
Nico Morton earned a 200IM podium spot on the men's side, taking third in 1:52.20.
Diving scores from the 2025 Air Force Diving Invite were counted into the team scores of this meet.
UP NEXT:
Denver will be back inside El Pomar Natatorium for the final time in the 2024-25 season next weekend when the Pioneers host the 2025 First Chance Invitational. Diving begins at 11 a.m. on Friday before the swimming action gets underway at 3 p.m. MT. Saturday's action only features swimming, which begins at 10 a.m. MT.
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