REBELS CRUISE TO HOME-OPENING SWEEP OVER SIMON FRASER
The UNLV men’s and women’s swimming teams won 22 events Saturday as they swept Simon Fraser in their home-opening dual weekend of short-course meter competition at Jim Reitz Pool.
The Rebel men topped the Red Leafs 166-57, while the Scarlet & Gray women won 157-67.
During the two-day dual meet, the Rebels collected a staggering 45 victories in their matchup against Simon Fraser.
THE RUNDOWN – WOMEN:
– The Rebels claimed an event victory in the 200 medley relay (1:53.29) behind the efforts of sophomore Dominika Trentkiewicz (28.42), graduate student Heather Gardner (31.63), freshman Lauren Palacios (27.60) and senior Pilar Cohen (25.64).
– In a 1-2-3 Scarlet & Gray sweep in the 200 free, junior Marta Klimek(2:02.37), freshman Grace Wharton (2:03.37) and senior Bridget Sullivan finished first through third (2:03.57), respectively.
– Gardner earned two individual victories, dashing her way to a first-place finish in the 50 free (26.37) and in the 100 breast (1:10.67).
– The Scarlet & Gray dominated the 100 IM race as Trentkiewicz (1:04.46), graduate student Madison Petschauer (1:05.16) and freshman Caroline Waters (1:06.66) pounded out a 1-2-3 finish in the event.
– Palacios (1:02.09) and Trentkiewicz (1:02.55) piled on a 1-2 finish in the 100 fly.
– Junior Erika Carlson earned a victory in the 100 free, logging a time of 55.51.
– Sullivan posted a first-place finish in the 100 back (1:02.53), while junior Averi Webb (1:02.89)completed a 1-2 sweep in second place.
– UNLV earned another 1-2-3 sweep in the 200 IM as Carlson finished first (2:15.13), Wharton came in second (2:18.13) and Petschauer touched in third place (2:23.46).
– In the 200 free relay, the ‘A’ team quartet of Cohen (25.98), freshman Cadence Johnston (26.99), Webb (25.40) and Sullivan (25.51) posted a first-place time of 1:43.88.
– Sophomore Ava Olson provided a second-place finish (8:45.78) in the 800 free, while senior Gina Miller followed in third (8:54.43).
THE RUNDOWN – MEN:
– In the 200 medley relay, the Rebel ‘A’ squad of sophomore Tatsuki Inoue (25.41), senior Adnan Beji (26.80), freshman Emil Perez (23.78) and sophomore Ambrus Barcsak (22.87) earned a victory with a time of 1:38.86.
– Sweeping the top two spots in the 800 free, sophomore Hayden Lambert took the victory with an 8:15.71 and freshman Caleb Manning placed second (8:16.40).
– Freshman Kiril Stepanov earned a victory in the 200 free, clocking a time of 1:49.91. Adding a top-3 finish in the event, Josh Peters swam a third-place time of 1:52.59.
– In a 1-2 Rebel finish in the 50 free, Perez claimed the victory with a 22.77 and Beji (23.80) followed closely behind in second.
– In the 100 IM, senior Michael Breitbart earned the victory, reaching the wall in 55.59 seconds, while sophomore Kyle Adamson (57.96) followed in second.
– Adding another 1-2-3 event sweep in the 100 fly, Perez (54.32), senior Cooper Kiel (54.41) and senior McKay Mickelson (54.95) placed first, second and third, respectively.
– The Rebels picked up other individual victories from redshirt sophomore Colby Raffel in the 400 free (3:57.56), Barcsak in the 100 free (50.36), Inoue in the 100 back (54.56) and Beji in the 100 breast (59.63).
– Completing a 1-2-3 sweep of both men’s and women’s 200 IM events, Kiel claimed the victory (2:00.51), while in second was Raffel (2:01.88) and Mickelson ended up taking third (2:06.46).
– Earning a victory in the 200 free relay, the squad of Stepanov (23.72), freshman Gabriel Schreiber (23.74), Barcsak (22.79) and Breitbart (22.67) dashed to a time of 1:32.92.
QUOTABLE: “It’s a skill to race back-to-back days and continue to compete at a high level. I’m proud of the energy and effort the team put forward. Racing short course meters is different, but it removes the expectations and gets the swimmers to just race and work on strategy. It was a great weekend to help us get ready for Utah and BYU.”
-UNLV Head Coach Pat Ota
UP NEXT: The Rebels will return to action when they travel for a dual meet against Utah on Friday, November 1.