DENVER – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs held a double dual against Wyoming and Colorado Mesa on Senior Saturday inside El Pomar Natatorium.
Team Scores:
Women's:
Denver: 143
Wyoming: 157
Denver: 171.5
Colorado Mesa:128.5
Men's:
Denver: 123
Wyoming: 177
Denver: 147.5
Colorado Mesa: 152.5
Event Winners:
Men's 3-Meter Dive –
Colin Breuer – 339.60 – Seventh in DU history
Women's 100 Back –
Ali Beay – 55.42
Women's 200 Fly –
Sabrina Rachjaibun – 2:02.21
Women's 200 Back –
Darian Koler – 1:59.74
Women's 200 Breast –
Peyton Mullowney – 2:16.00
Women's 100 Fly –
Julia Saxman – 54.40
Men's 100 Fly –
Hamish McLellan – 47.23
Women's 400 IM –
Sabrina Rachjaibun – 4:19.87
Men's 400 IM –
Nico Morton - 3:56.54
How it Happened:
Saturday's Senior Day Meet opened up with a pair of diving events.
Savanna Berry led the Pioneers in the women's 1-meter with an NCAA Zone Cut score of 268.70 to take second.
Tatum Brasfield finished third with a 248.65 to add points for the Pioneers. On the men's side,
Trip Gregory led the Denver men with an NCAA Zone Cut score of 303.50 to take second.
A couple meters higher, Berry took second in the women's 3-meter with a 290.55, while
Kaitlin Calvery scored a 286.0 to finish third, both NCAA Zone Cuts.
Colin Breuer won the men's 3-meter dive with an NCAA Zone Cut of 339.60. Greogry made it a Denver 1-2 with his score of 336.65.
Following the Senior Day ceremony, Denver opened the swimming portion with a second-place finish in the women's 200 medley relay.
Ali Beay,
Tenaya Winter,
Julia Saxman and
Isa Cardenas combined for a time of 1:40.56 to finish just 0.13 seconds off Wyoming's time in the opening race of the meet.
In the first distance race of the day,
Genevieve Franklin took second in the women's 1000 free with her time of 10:18.20.
Nika Spehar was right behind her teammate in 10:21.91.
Finn Holdredge got on the podium for the Denver men with his 9:26.59 to take third, a spot ahead of
Joseph Hancock's 9:29.86.
Pierce Bickerton led Denver in the men's 200 free with his third-place finish in 1:38.58.
Kurt Owens clocked in at 1:39.10 to finish fourth.
Shifting to the backstroke, Beay and
Darian Koler earned Denver its first 1-2 of the day with times of 55.42 and 55.50 in the women's 100 back.
Peyton Mullowney earned the final podium spot of the women's 100 breast, clocking in at 1:03.28. Winter reached the wall in 1:03.84 to finish fourth.
Kito Campbell led the Pioneer men with a second-place finish in the event, getting to the wall in 54.89.
Junior
Sabrina Rachjaibun got Denver back in the win column, taking the 200 fly event title with a 2:02.21.
Gabe Jones got on the podium for Denver's men, earning third in 1:49.53.
The final event of the first half was the 50 free. Cardenas finished third to lead the Pioneer women in 23.66. Saxman finished in a tie for fourth in 23.68.
Hamish McLellan led the Pioneers in the sprint race, taking second in 20.18.
Cardenas matched her third-place finish in the next sprint, clocking in at 50.85 in the 100.
Matija Pantic led the Pioneer men with a 44.59 to take second.
Koler returned Denver to the top step of the podium in the women's 200 back, finishing in 1:59.74.
Maria Delmonte took fourth in 2:05.33 and
Lilly Zippel grabbed fifth in 2:06.46.
Mullowney made it back-to-back wins for the Denver women, taking the 200 breast in 2:16-flat. Winter also punched her ticket to a podium spot, clocking in at 2:18.61.
Denver finished in three of the top five spots in the men's 200 breast.
Nico Morton reached the wall in second to lead the Pioneer trio with a 1:59.70. Campbell was right behind him in 2:01.28 and
Cota Clise grabbed fifth in 2:01.73.
After the second distance races, Saxman got Denver's women back in the win column with her time of 54.40 in the 100 fly.
McLellan gave the Denver men its first swimming win of the afternoon with a 47.23 in the men's 100 fly.
Denver's women earned a clean podium sweep in the women's 400 IM. Rachjaibun reached the wall in 4:19.87 to lead the Pioneer trio.
Mina Ada Solaker clocked in at 4:25.30 to take second and Zippel finished third in 4:26.49.
Morton made it a 400 IM sweep for the Pioneers with his 3:56.54 to wrap-up the individual events.
Up Next:
Denver will have next week off before heading to Colorado Springs to close out the month of January. The Pioneer divers will take part in the three-day Air Force Diving Invite from January 29-31. Denver's swimmers will head down to the Springs on January 31 for the Sprint Eliminator.
DENVER'S HOME FOR COLLEGE SPORTS
Visit DenverPioneers.com for complete coverage of all 18 of DU's NCAA Division I sports.
Like DU Swimming & Diving on Facebook
Follow DU Swimming & Diving on Twitter at @DU_SwimDive
Follow DU Swimming & Diving on Instagram
