DENVER – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs continued their four-meet homestand with a pair of duals on Friday afternoon against Utah's men and New Mexico's women inside El Pomar Natatorium.
 
Team Scores:
Women's:
Denver: 236.5
New Mexico: 61.5
 
Men's:
Utah: 165
Denver: 132
 
Event Winners:
Men's 3-Meter Dive – Trip Gregory – 326.20 – NCAA Zone Cut
Women's 3-Meter Dive – Savanna Berry – 310.25 – NCAA Zone Cut
Women's 400 Medley Relay – Ali Beay, Tenaya Winter, Julia Saxman, Isa Cardenas – 3:42.93
Women's 1000 Free – Genevieve Franklin – 10:21.28
Women's 200 Free – Samantha Synsvoll – 1:50.11
Women's 100 Back – Darian Koler – 56.13
Women's 100 Breast – Tenaya Winter – 1:03.61
Men's 100 Breast – Kito Campbell – 55.02
Women's 200 Fly – Sabrina Rachjaibun – 2:03.67
Men's 200 Fly – Gabe Jones – 1:48.89
Women's 50 Free – Julia Saxman – 23.59
Women's 100 Free – Julia Saxman – 51.97
Women's 200 Back – Darian Koler – 2:01.92
Women's 200 Breast – Peyton Mullowney – 2:16.83
Men's 200 Breast – Nico Morton – 2:00.25
Women's 500 Free – Genevieve Franklin – 4:59.79
Men's 500 Free – Dylan Mes – 4:31.35
Women's 100 Fly – Isa Cardenas – 56.47
Men's 100 Fly – Hamish McLellan – 47.57
Women's 200 IM – Samantha Synsvoll – 2:04.36
Women's 200 Free Relay - Tenaya Winter, Ali Beay, Isa Cardenas, Julia Saxman - 1:33.50
 
How it Happened:
Freshman Trip Gregory won the men's 3-meter dive with a score of 326.20, earning an NCAA Zone Cut in the event. Dakotah Parker led the Denver men in the 1-meter dive with an NCAA Zone Cut score of 301.65, finishing third in the event.
 
In the women's 1-meter, Savanna Berry finished second with an NCAA Zone Cut score of 281.55 and Tatum Brasfield took third with an NCAA Zone Cut score of 278.85. Denver's women swept the podium of the women's 3-meter. Berry won the event with a 310.25, Kaitlin Calvery took second with an NCAA Zone Cut score of 305.30 and Tatum Brasfield earned third with a 278.90.
 
Denver's women opened the swimming portion of its dual with New Mexico taking the top two places in the women's 400 medley relay. Ali Beay, Tenaya Winter, Julia Saxman and Isa Cardenas combined for a time of 3:42.93 to take the top-spot.
 
The Pioneer men took second and third in the 400 medley. Liam Simmons, Kito Campbell, Hamish McLellan and Matija Pantic earned a 3:14.78 to finish just 0.72 seconds off Utah's A-Relay.
 
DU earned a podium sweep in the women's 1000 free on Friday afternoon. Genevieve Franklin earned the event title with her time of 10:21.28, dropping 4.57 seconds off her entry time. Paige Reilly finished second in 10:35.28 and Nika Spehar grabbed third with a 10:36.61.
 
In the men's first distance race of the day, Finn Holdredge led the Pioneers with a second-place finish in the 1000, reaching the final wall in 9:26.80, just 0.35 off the event title.
 
Samantha Synsvoll and Izzy Burton combined for a 1-2 in the women's 200 free, turning in times of 1:50.11 and 1:53.84, respectively. On the men's side, Pierce Bickerton led the Pioneers in the 200 free, clocking in at 1:38.18 to take second.
 
Denver's women earned another 1-2 finish in the women's 100 back. Darian Koler edged teammate Lilly Zippel with a 56.13. Zippel got to the wall in 57.21 to take the second step.
 
Winter and Peyton Mullowney made it three events in a row with a 1-2 finish after taking the top two spots in the 100 breast. Winter reached the final wall in 1:03.61 to just beat out Mullowney's time of 1:03.82.
 
Junior Kito Campbell earned Denver its first men's event win of the afternoon. Campbell took first in 55.02 in the men's 100 breast and Nico Morton grabbed third in the event with a time of 55.73.
 
Sabrina Rachjaibun continued her hot start to the New Year with a win in the women's 200 fly. Rachjaibun swam the event in 2:03.67 to claim her third event title in two meets in 2026. Mina Ada Solaker finished second in 2:07.87. Devon Burnett completed the podium sweep with a time of 2:11.10.
 
In the men's 200 fly, Denver earned a podium sweep. Gabe Jones grabbed Denver's second event win of the meet with a time of 1:48.89. Ian O'Neil finished second in 1:50.99 and Max O'Neil grabbed third with a time of 1:54.03.
 
The first sprint free of the afternoon saw Saxman reach the wall in 23.59 in the 50 free to grab another event title for the Pioneers. Cardenas took third in 23.80, dropping 0.57 seconds off her entry time.
 
Back in the water after a break, Saxman completed the sprint free sweep with a time of 51.97 in the 100 free. Izzy Burton took second of the event with a 52.31.
 
Pantic led Denver's sprinters with a second-place finish in the men's 100, clocking in at 45.10.
 
Koler completed the backstroke sweep, leading a group of four Pioneers to finish in the top four in the 200 back. The Denver junior won in 2:01.92, Zippel finished second in 2:02.31, Solaker took third in 2:05.04 and Maria DelMonte finished fourth with a 2:05.72.
 
Quinn Collins and Max Roslin earned a 2-3 finish in the men's 200 back. Collins reached the wall in 1:48.89 and Roslin clocked in at 1:51.48.
 
Mullowney got to the wall first in the women's 200 breast to earn an event title with a 2:16.83. Winter grabbed second in 2:21.01. Morton led a Denver 1-2 in the men's 200 breast, getting to the wall in 2:00.25. Cota Clise took second in 2:02.15.
 
Franklin completed a women's distance free sweep with her time of 4:59.79 in the 500. Rachjaibun also broke five minutes with her 4:59.96 to take second. Reilly took third in 5:06.45 and Spehar finished fourth with a 5:10.38.
 
After a tight men's 1000 earlier in the meet, the men's 500 free lived up to the hype as well. Dylan Mes edged out Utah's Nolan Arnholt with a 4:31.35 to take the top step on the podium.
 
Cardenas led a 1-2 in the women's 100 fly with her time of 56.47. Beay dropped 0.46 seconds off her entry time to take second with a 56.49.
 
Hamish McLellan earned the Denver men another win in the 100 fly, taking the event with a time of 47.57.
 
Following the final break of the day, Synsvoll led a podium sweep in the women's 200 IM with a time of 2:04.36. Zippel took second in 2:07.00 and Solaker grabbed third with a 2:11.67.
 
In the men's individual medley, Morton took second in 1:50.53 and Jones finished third with a 1:50.84.
 
The final relays of the afternoon saw Denver take the women's 200 with a time of 1:33.50 won by the quartet of Winter, Beay, Cardenas and Saxman. Denver's men finished second in 1:21.67.
 
Up Next:
The Pioneers will welcome BYU's men's and women's programs to El Pomar Natatorium on Saturday morning. Start times on January 10 are set for diving to begin at 10 a.m. MT and swimming to start at 12 p.m. MT.
 
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