UNLV vs BYU
- November 3, 2023
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: UNLV Athletics
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams swept BYU in their home opener Friday at Jim Reitz Pool. The Rebel men topped the Cougars 176-124, while the Scarlet & Gray women won 164.5-135.5.
Overall, the Rebels claimed first-place finishes in 22 of 32 events in its matchup with the Cougars.
REBELS OF THE MEET:
*Senior Calysta Bartlett led the meet in points (22 points) with wins in the 100 breast (1:03.12) and 200 IM along with a second-place finish in the 200 breast (2:20.56).
*Adding another pair of victories, freshman Dominika Trentkiewicz swept the 100 back (56.11) and 200 back (2:02.86).
*In the diving events, senior Vika Yanovska dove to NCAA Zone qualifying marks in her sweep on the women’s 1-meter (287.70) and 3-meter (307.28) springboards.
*On the men’s side, junior Dima Tereshchenko splashed to a sweep of the 1-meter (301.35) and 3-meter events (324.53) with NCAA Zone qualifying scores.
*Junior Adnan Beji remained unbeaten in the breastroke events, taking first in both the 100 breast (53.77) and 200 breast (2:00.24).
*Contributing two more individual wins of his own, senior Cam Castro cruised to first place in the 200 free (1:40.40) and the 500 free (4:33.91).
THE RUNDOWN – WOMEN:
*Starting the day’s swim events in the 200 medley relay, UNLV’s ‘A’ team of Trentkiewicz and Bartlett with juniors Cameron Mykkanen and Bridget Sullivan glided to a winning time of 1:43.29. Adding to a 1-2 finish, the Rebel ‘B’ team (1:43.96) of sophomore Averi Webb, freshman Viola Teglassy, senior Madison Petschauer and junior Pilar Cohen finished second.
*Sophomore Marta Klimek picked up a 200 free win, adding her season-best mark (1:52.08) with a time drop of nearly two seconds.
*Junior Cameron Mykkanen flew her way to a 200 fly victory, logging her personal season-best time (2:04.10) by three-quarters of a second.
*Another Scarlet & Gray 1-2 punch came via Yanovska’s win and freshman Chelsey Dorosh’s (269.70) second-place finish in the 1-meter diving competition. The latter also tallied an NCAA Zone qualifying mark.
*Assiting Trentkiewicz in a 1-2 sweep of the 100 back, sophomore Averi Webb (56.60) took second.
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THE RUNDOWN – MEN:
*The beginning of the men’s swimming competition began with a Rebel win (1:28.02) from the 200 medley relay quartet of freshman Wikus Potgieter, Beji, senior George Ratiu and junior Bryson Huey.
*Freshman Hayden Lambert (9:22.61) earned his first victory in a Scarlet & Gray suit in the 1000 free.
*In the men’s first 1-2 sweep, junior Bryson Huey (20.20) and senior George Ratiu (20.22) finished first and second in the 50 free, respectively.
*Ratiu (44.50) and Huey (45.00) then reversed roles in the 100 free as the former won the event and the latter placed second.
*The lone complete event sweep was provided by the Rebels in the 200 back. Freshman Wikus Potgieter (1:49.12), senior McKay Mickelson (1:49.30) and junior Tatsuki Inoue (1:52.50) finished first, second and third, respectively.
*Senior Steven Butler (49.01) swam to another Rebel victory in the 100 fly.
*Rounding out UNLV’s victories, the 400 relay team of Castro, Huey, Butler and Ratiu tag teamed for a time of 2:56.75.
QUOTABLE: “It’s always great to get a win of course, and we haven’t been able to get one against the BYU men in several years, so I’m proud of the team for getting it done. The real test is tomorrow morning, though, in seeing how we can bounce back after an afternoon of hard racing. That will give us a good snapshot of how ready we are for mid-season invites. A huge shout-out to Coach Anne and our divers. They stacked up much better against BYU than a year ago and were instrumental in our wins today.”
-UNLV Head Coach Ben Loorz
UP NEXT: The Rebels face a quick turnaround with a dual vs. Utah on Saturday.
Courtesy: BYU Athletics
LAS VEGAS — Despite winning seven events, BYU women’s swim and dive dropped its dual meet at UNLV 164.5-135.5 on Friday at Jim Reitz Pool at Buchanan Natatorium.
“UNLV was better than us today,” said BYU head coach Shari Skabelund. “We fought hard and had some breakthroughs in close races. I’m really proud of the way our kids stepped up and competed with heart.”
Halli Williams and Regan Geldmacher each won two events while Mackenzie Lung, Emma Marusakova and the 400 relay squad did as well.
Williams clocked a season-best 23.44 to win the 50 free by 0.26 seconds over the Rebels’ Pilar Cohen. The junior from Houston, Texas then won the 100 free at 51.42 before combining with Kara Martinson, Lily Flint and Julia Bartell to win the 400 free relay at 3:26.68.
Geldmacher mastered the distance events on Friday with wins in both 500 and 1000 free competition. Neck and neck with UNLV’s Gina Miller, Geldmacher touched the wall just 0.8 seconds ahead of Miller and won the 500 free at 4:59.05. The junior from West Richland, Washington started the day firing on all cylinders as she cut over four seconds off her entry time to win the 1000 free at 10:14.75.
Marusakova posted her third win in two meets with a top-time in the 100 fly at 55.82. Lung clocked 2:18.41 in the 200 breast to win by over two seconds.
Alexia Jackson and Brooklyn Larson took second and third, respectively in 3-meter (6 dives) diving with Larson improving by over 26 points to post a personal best 291.30. Freshman Aubryn Ordyna also added 25 points to her best and took fifth at 241.20.
After a week off, BYU returns to action with swimmers competing at the Mizzou Invitational in Columbia, Missouri Nov. 15-18 while divers do so at the SMU Invite in Dallas, Texas Nov. 16-18.
LAS VEGAS — BYU men’s swim and dive fell to UNLV 176-124 in its dual meet versus the Rebels on Friday at Jim Reitz Pool at Buchanan Natatorium.
“UNLV was better than us today,” said BYU head coach Shari Skabelund. “We fought hard and had some breakthroughs in close races. I’m really proud of the way our kids stepped up and competed with heart.”
Tama Tuitama scored 12 points to go along with Brad Prolo and Jordan Tiffany’s nine a-piece. Emerson Edwards posted eight points while Mickey Strauss, Russell Haws and Abraham Barragan each pitched in six points.
Tuitama finished the day strong with a win in the 200 individual medley at 1:50.99. The senior from Las Vegas also upped BYU’s score with three points in the 200 free at 1:42.26.
Prolo began the day helping the 200 medley relay squad to a runner-up finish at 1:28.67, then scored big for the Cougars as he won the 200 fly. At 1:48.37, Prolo beat UNLV’s Colby Raffel by over two seconds and sealed his third event win in two meets. Prolo also took third in the 200 breast and fifth in the 200 IM.
Tiffany’s win came at 47.14 in the 100 back, just two-hundredths of a second off his No. 2 all-time mark at BYU set on Oct. 13 at TCU. The junior from Pleasant Grove, Utah is ranked 28th nationally in the 100 back and beat the nation’s No. 25 100 back swimmer in the Rebels’ Wikus Potgieter.
Edwards earned eight points off two runner-up finishes. The junior from Columbia, South Carolina swam 2:03.63 in the 200 breast and 56.11 in the 100 breast.
Barragan registered points for BYU with a second-place finish in the 1000 free, third in the 500 free and fourth in the 200 fly.
Strauss and Haws led the Cougar divers on Friday with each recording a runner-up spot. Strauss posted a 322.28 in the 3-meter (6 dives) to take second, then came in fourth in the 1-meter. Haws scored 285.53 to come in second in the 1-meter before boosting his previous 3-meter score by nearly 19 points to take fourth at 306.08.
After a week off, BYU returns to action with swimmers competing at the Mizzou Invitational in Columbia, Missouri Nov. 15-18 while divers do so at the SMU Invite in Dallas, Texas Nov. 16-18.
