Courtesy: UNLV Athletics
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV men’s swimming senior Daniel Nicusan has been named the WAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week, the conference office announced Wednesday.
Nicusan, a native of Târgu Mureș, Romania, won the 100 breast against defending national champion Arizona State as part of three top-5 finishes. His first-place time of 52.22 in the 100 breast marked the second-fastest time in program history, coming within eight-hundredths of a second of Adnan Beji‘s school record and currently ranks as the fastest 100 breast time in the country. Additionally, Nicusan placed second in the 200 IM (1:46.94), posting the school’s seventh fastest time in the event, and fourth in the 100 free (44.46).
This is Nicusan’s first career weekly honor and the first weekly recognition for a Rebel swimmer this season.
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He also had the fastest Breaststroke split in the opening 4×50 Medley Relay at :23.31.