Denver Does Well in Colorado Intercollegiate Meet

DENVER, Colorado, October 27. THE University of Denver swimming and diving teams went a combined 7-1 in a five-team dual meet competition Friday night at El Pomar Natatorium, with the Pioneer women's team earning a perfect 3-0 mark and the men's squad going 4-1 in competition against Air Force, Colorado School of Mines, Metro State College of Denver and Colorado College. DU's lone loss was to Air Force.

"I was proud of how we raced today," head coach Brian Schrader said. "I thought we responded well and we're getting better as we move along which is a good sign."

DU women swimmers won seven events, including a pair of relay wins. The women opened the meet with a victory by their `A' relay team in the 200-yard medley with a time of 1:49.79 and won a second relay in the 200-freestyle with a time of 1:41.01. Freshman Olivia Dean (Aurora, Colo.) captured the 200-yard freestyle for DU's first individual win of the day and finished second in the 100-yard backstroke later in the meet. Junior Kelsey Totura (Castle Rock, Colo.) was dominant for the Pioneers in the short freestyle events, winning the 50-free with a time of 24.51 and also capturing the 100-free at 52.93.

Sophomore Michele Lowery (Hailey, Idaho) captured the 500-freestyle with a time of 5:13.24 and was followed closely by senior Harmony Zeller (Arvada, Colo.) at 5:17.98 and Natalie O'Rourke (Auburn, Calif.) at 5:22.76.

"Kelsey gave another strong performance as always and we got some great performances out of Olivia Deand and Michele Lowery," Schrader said.

The men's team had a pair of event winners, as senior Michael Peterson (Ames, Iowa) finished his home career in style, winning the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.35. DU's other winner was sophomore Daniel Vollmer (Ajax, Ontario), who won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 52.01.

"I thought Mike Peterson responded really well today and was extremely proud of Daniel Vollmer willing the 100-back and leading off our 200-relay team."

In the diving competition, men's sophomore Aaron Feight (Littleton, Colo.) won both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions and sophomore Hannah Duckett (Magnolia, Texas) finished second in the women's 1-meter and 3-meter competitions.

The DU men's team defeated CC 167-47; defeated Colorado School of Mines 163-53; defeated Metro State 165-51, and lost to Air Force 124-94.

The women defeated Colorado College 152-37, Colorado School of Mines 141-64, and Metro State 149-23.

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