REBELS TO HOST ANNUAL UNLV INVITATIONAL THIS WEEKEND
UNLV will compete against Cal Baptist, UCLA, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Lewis & Clark, Cal Poly and Fresno Pacific
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The UNLV’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will host their annual UNLV Invitational this weekend from Saturday-Monday, Dec. 17-19, at Jim Reitz Pool.
The invite starts each day with swimming prelims at 9:30 a.m. PT, which will be followed by swimming finals at 5 p.m. PT. For the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions, prelims will begin at 1 p.m. PT and finals are set for 8 p.m. PT during the Saturday and Sunday portions of the meet. Additionally, the Rebel divers will jumpstart their weekend Friday in the platform event at California Baptist’s Lancer Invite.
Among a 10-team pool, the Rebels will be competing against UCLA, CBU, Cal Poly, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, Lewis & Clark, Cal Poly and Fresno Pacific.
Fans can watch the meet via livestream on the UNLV Athletics YouTube channel, as well as the live results link here and the Meet Mobile app with a paid subscription.
LAST TIME OUT: At the prestigious Minnesota Invite two weeks ago, the Scarlet & Gray ended the event with six different swimmers earning ‘B’ cuts across seven events. In a meet that featured several nationally ranked squads, including the No. 1 Texas men’s and women’s programs, UNLV posted 34 top-32 finishes across all event finals at the four-day meet.
REBEL WOMEN LEADERS: Leading the Rebel women with multiple team-best times this season are juniors Blanka Bokros in the 100 fly (54.47) and 200 fly (1:57.47), Calysta Bartlett in the 100 breast (1:01.45), 200 breast (2:15.37) and 200 IM (2:02.11) as well as Malia Fernandez in the 50 free (23.52) and 100 free (51.41).
REBEL MEN LEADERS: The UNLV men’s team is headlined by five current season-best marks from senior Panos Bolanos in the 100 back (46.83), 200 back (1:42.72), 100 free (43.34), 200 free (1:35.52) and 500 free (4:23.20). Joining Bolanos atop the Rebel men’s leaderboard in more than one event is sophomore Adnan Beji in the 100 breast (53.04) and 200 breast (1:56.41).