The University of Denver men’s swimming and diving fell to Air Force 187.5- 162.5 on Saturday in Colorado Springs.
“Today was a tough loss to take,” head swim coach Brian Schrader said. “I felt we raced well. Air Force was good today and it was an event format we welcome, but perhaps doesn’t play to our current strengths. Dylan Bunch was great, as was Jeremiah Zgliczynski. We also saw some great racing from Kyle Milberg, Kyle Robrock and Patrick Guillory.”
Kyle Robrock (Savage, Minn.) led the Pioneers, posting three individual event wins. The sophomore was victorious in all three heats of the 50 back (23.32), (23.37) and (23.17).
Claiming two top times for Denver was Dylan Bunch (Boulder City, Nev.). Bunch garnered first-place in the 200 free (1:41.55) and the 500 free (4:36.37). Also swimming to individual wins were Jeremiah Zgliczynski (Littleton, Colo.) and Kyle Milberg (Littleton, Colo.). Zgliczynski won the 200 IM (1:52.80), while Milberg came away with a first in the 50 fly (22.39).
Pioneer Ross Edfort (Somerset, N.J.) once again received the best scores in diving. The junior placed first in the 3-meter dive (325.70) and third in the 1-meter dive (276.80).
“The Air Force Diving Invitational is a great meet for us,” head diving coach Channing Kimball said. “It offers strong competition and helps prepare the divers for the conference championship. Each diver had improvements, and Ross did a great job making finals on each board. We had a great time and feel energized as we approach the conference meet.”
The University of Denver swimming and diving teams next travel to The Summit League Championships Wednesday, Feb. 19 in Indianapolis, Ind.
The Texas A&M men’s and women’s diving teams finished the final day of the Air Force Academy Invitational Saturday at the Cadet Natatorium. The Aggies finish the weekend with three top score victories and eight other top ten finishes.
Building on his success from day one, junior Ford McLiney grabbed the runner-up spot in the platform and 1-meter springboard competitions. Off the platform McLiney scored a final of 340.05 through six dives. Finishing 13th in the platform finals was freshman Zach Stockton with a score of 229.80. From the springboard McLiney scored 364.60. Senior Adam Ruiz came in 5th in the 1-meter with 319.95 while freshman Colton Haffey finished 10th with 308.20.
Following her victory in the 1-meter Friday, freshman Madison Hudkins finished the 3-meter event in 4th place with a 296.40-point final score. Fellow freshman Zoe Alaniz had a final score of 267.20 to finish 12th.
The divers will rejoin the swimmers to compete next at the Southeastern Conference Championships from February 18-22 in Athens, Georgia.
Jacob Crayne won on both the 1-meter and platform to lead the Utes on the second day of the Air Force Diving Invitational.
Crayne won the 1-meter with a score of 365.75. On platform he had a score of 353.10. Taking third in the 1-meter was Josiah Purss with a score of 344.75.
In 3-meter dives, Kersten Merry took third with a score of 298.95.
In platform dives, Caleb Herrick placed eleventh with a score of 236.65.
Utah swimming and diving only has two more dual meets remaining before the Pac-12 Championships. The women host Washington State on Feb. 8, celebrating senior day. The men will compete against USC on Feb. 22.
At the Air Force Academy over the weekend, the BYU men’s team had three top-10 finishes in the men’s 3-meter finals. Nicholas Suder finished in fourth with a score of 355.00. Freshman Bryce Farabee took sixth with a score of 334.60. And in ninth place was Edward Young who score 305.55 points.
Suder also finished fourth as the top BYU finalist in the men’s 1-meter. He scored a total 323.25 points in the event.
For the women’s team, MacKenzie Rands as the top BYU finalist scoring 280.50 points for eight place in the women’s 3-meter. Teammate Raleigh Willams Taylor finished tenth with a score of 278.55
Willams Taylor was the only Cougar to place in the women’s 1-meter, taking 10th again with 258.70 points.
