Mountain West Championships: UNLV Men and BYU Women Maintain Leads During Day Three

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, February 29. BYU freshman Rachel Grant, UNLV junior Jonas Andersson, and the UNLV men's and women's relay teams etched their names in the MWC Record Book as they set new all-time marks during the third day of competition at the MWC Swimming and Diving Championships.

Grant set a new MWC all-time record in the women's 400 individual medley as she swam a 4:18.94 to bring home the individual title. Grant broke the previous record of 4:20.58, set by UNLV's Julie Babin at the 2004 championships.

Andersson broke Scott Usher's (Wyoming, 2001-05) all-time Conference 100 breaststroke record as he swam a 53.46 to win his first championship title. Andersson's time automatically qualified for the NCAA Championship.

The UNLV women broke their third relay all-time Conference mark of the championship with a time of 3:41.63 in the 400 medley relay. The Rebels broke BYU's record time of 3:42.76, set at last year's championship.

Another UNLV men's relay team broke an all-time Conference record, as the 400 medley relay squad swam a time of 3:13.44 to surpass their own record mark of 3:13.92 set in 2005. The time was also an NCAA-B cut time.

UNLV leads the men's race with 575 points. Wyoming is second with 473 points, followed by BYU (449.50), Air Force (393), TCU (328) and Utah (243.50).

The BYU women extended their lead with a point total of 544, followed by UNLV (432), Wyoming (393.50), Utah (375), Colorado State (237), New Mexico (192), TCU (173.50), San Diego State (121) and Air Force (97).

Special thanks to Mountain West for contributing this report.

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