By Devin Javens, Swimming World College Intern.
Day two of the 2019 Western Athletic Conference kicked off with the 200 freestyle relays followed by the women’s 1-meter diving finals, 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle, and the men’s 3-meter diving finals.
The Northern Arizona University women continued their domination of the women’s team scores with a total of 321.5 points. They have created a considerable gap ahead of the current second place team, the University of Northern Colorado (209.5 points). Currently sitting in third place with a total of 197 points is the University of Idaho, only one point ahead of New Mexico State University (196 points).
The Grand Canyon men continued their hot streak in the pool, winning two out of the three individual swimming events and claiming the only relay of the night. They are currently sitting in first place with 284 points, however the University of Wyoming is sitting arguably close in second place with a total of 259 points. Only one point is separating the third and fourth place teams, California Baptist University (230) and U.S. Air Force Academy (229).
Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay
The women from the University of Colorado took another relay win, securing the gold in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:31.32. In a similar fashion to last night’s 200 medley relay, Madelyn Moore led off the relay. She was followed by teammates, Morgan King, Nicole Depooter, and Emily Hamel. Hamel threw down the fastest split in event with a time of 22.44.
Northern Arizona took second place with a time of 1:32.09 despite their fourth place seed going into the finals. They were followed by Grand Canyon, finishing not too far behind with a 1:32.31. Also in the final heat was CSU Bakerfield (1:32.90), California Baptist University (1:33.34), University of Idaho (1:33.36), New Mexico State University (1:33.55), and Seattle University (DQ).
Event 15 Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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WAC: # 1:28.94 3/18/1999 SMU
WAC Champs: R 1:30.21 2/25/1999 SMU, SMU
1:28.61 D1 A Standard
1:29.36 D1 B Standard
1:35.99 NICA
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Northern Colo 'A' 1:32.95 1:31.32 NICA 40
1) Moore, Madelyn FR 2) r:0.30 King, Morgan FR
3) r:0.23 Depooter, Nicole FR 4) r:0.47 Hamel, Emily JR
22.67 45.61 (22.94)
1:08.88 (23.27) 1:31.32 (22.44)
2 Northern Ariz 'A' 1:34.57 1:32.09 NICA 34
1) Rodriguez, Elisa SO 2) r:0.40 Smith, Katherine FR
3) r:0.13 Schmidt, Andrea SR 4) r:0.14 Nichols, Maranda SO
22.65 46.34 (23.69)
1:09.15 (22.81) 1:32.09 (22.94)
3 Grand Canyon 'A' 1:33.17 1:32.31 NICA 32
1) *Forrest, Kyra FR 2) r:0.20 *Mashaly, Roaia JR
3) r:0.44 McCray, Kenya JR 4) r:0.24 *Muteti, Emily SO
23.51 46.26 (22.75)
1:09.69 (23.43) 1:32.31 (22.62)
4 CSUB 'A' 1:34.34 1:32.91 NICA 30
1) D'Arcy, Autumn FR 2) r:+0.0 Abshire, Abigail FR
3) r:0.18 Cosgrove, Maddie JR 4) r:0.17 Cooke, Alisa JR
23.21 46.54 (23.33)
1:09.55 (23.01) 1:32.91 (23.36)
5 CBU 'A' 1:35.59 1:33.34 NICA 28
1) Kelly, Mckenzie FR 2) r:0.11 Rhodes, Isabella FR
3) r:0.06 Oeser, Grace SR 4) r:0.36 Smirnova, Rita FR
23.79 46.67 (22.88)
1:10.27 (23.60) 1:33.34 (23.07)
6 Idaho 'A' 1:34.66 1:33.36 NICA 26
1) Hale, Katie FR 2) r:0.32 Crocker, Natalie FR
3) r:0.18 Pannecoucke, Aileen SR 4) r:0.29 Fisk, Leah SR
23.30 46.60 (23.30)
1:10.23 (23.63) 1:33.36 (23.13)
7 New Mexico St 'A' 1:35.57 1:33.55 NICA 24
1) Kocijan, Neza FR 2) r:0.27 Oliva-Aun, Airam FR
3) r:0.23 Hemburrow, Lauren FR 4) r:0.14 Ivanov, Anabel FR
23.74 46.89 (23.15)
1:10.13 (23.24) 1:33.55 (23.42)
-- Seattle U 'A' 1:37.92 DQ
1) Plamondon, Allison SO 2) r:0.16 Van Stone, Jayna JR
3) r:0.43 Thompson, Margaux JR 4) r:-0.14 Carr, Sarah FR
23.89 47.44 (23.55)
1:11.58 (24.14) DQ (23.58)
Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay
The Grand Canyon University men are now three-for-three in relays as they secured yet another victory in the 200 freestyle relay Thursday evening. The relay of Mazen Shoukri, Bodgan Plavin, Daniil Antipov, and Mark Nikolaev finished with a time of 1:18.17, a considerable distance ahead of California Baptist University (1:18.95). Grand Canyon’s anchor, Nikolaev, was the only one in the field to break 19 seconds, swimming a split of 18.82.
Touching third was the team from U.S. Air Force Academy, finishing with a time of 1:20.10. Behind them was the University of Wyoming (1:20.52), CSU Bakersfield (1:20.64), University of Nevada Las Vegas (1:20.77), and Seattle University (1:21.69).
Event 16 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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WAC: # 1:17.12 3/26/2015 UNLV
WAC Champs: R 1:17.44 2/26/2015 UNLV, UNLV
O Sabatier, D Virva, T Paco-Pedroni, S Lameynardie
1:17.41 D1 A Standard
1:18.11 D1 B Standard
1:24.99 NICA
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Grand Canyon 'A' 1:17.61 1:18.17 NICA 40
1) *Shoukri, Mazen FR 2) r:0.17 *Plavin, Bogdan SR
3) r:0.33 *Antipov, Daniil SR 4) r:0.17 *Nikolaev, Mark SR
20.54 39.68 (19.14)
59.35 (19.67) 1:18.17 (18.82)
2 CBU 'A' 1:21.88 1:18.95 NICA 34
1) Heidrich, Jerome SR 2) r:0.10 Leahy, Jacob SO
3) r:0.38 Schuster, Brandon JR 4) r:0.19 Walters, Josh SO
19.92 39.27 (19.35)
59.36 (20.09) 1:18.95 (19.59)
3 Air Force 'A' 1:22.23 1:20.10 NICA 32
1) McAnany, Cole JR 2) r:0.27 Lattin, Matthew FR
3) r:0.17 Gwin, Isaac FR 4) r:0.31 Shepard, Corey FR
20.81 40.66 (19.85)
1:00.49 (19.83) 1:20.10 (19.61)
4 Wyoming 'A' 1:22.45 1:20.52 NICA 30
1) Musser, PJ JR 2) r:0.32 Bouda, James FR
3) r:0.36 Sloan, Grant FR 4) r:0.41 Murphy, David SR
20.20 40.28 (20.08)
1:00.41 (20.13) 1:20.52 (20.11)
5 CSUB 'A' 1:22.20 1:20.64 NICA 28
1) Brimer, Ryan SO 2) r:0.27 Hart, Michael JR
3) r:0.33 Hickman, Noah SO 4) r:0.39 Campbell, Richie JR
20.74 40.76 (20.02)
1:00.65 (19.89) 1:20.64 (19.99)
6 U N L V 'A' 1:22.90 1:20.77 NICA 26
1) *Chavez, Bryan SO 2) r:0.08 Szilagyi, Richard SO
3) r:0.36 McEuen, Casey FR 4) r:0.25 Gage, Sean SO
20.46 40.60 (20.14)
1:00.81 (20.21) 1:20.77 (19.96)
7 Seattle U 'A' 1:22.43 1:21.69 NICA 24
1) Raper, Greg JR 2) r:0.23 Parker, Isaac SO
3) r:0.18 Keane, Ian SR 4) r:0.16 Goodspeed, Tyler FR
20.34 40.85 (20.51)
1:01.28 (20.43) 1:21.69 (20.41)
Women’s 1-Meter Diving
Northern Arizona University senior, Tatiana Kurach, continued her reign on the diving boards with another victory. Similar to last night, she was again the only female diver to earn a score over 300 and finished with a total of 313.35 points.
Kurach wasn’t the only woman from Northern Arizona to bring the heat tonight, as a trio of divers from Northern Arizona secured 1-2-and-3 finishes. Taking second was Jenny Cheetham (297.15) and third, Chris Torrente (288.85).
Women’s 500 Freestyle
Two freshmen swimmers took charge of the 500 yard freestyle and claimed both first and second place finishes. Rebecca Oviedo from California Baptist University secured gold and was the only woman to break 4:50 in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:49.27. She was followed by Rose Saya from the University of Northern Colorado with a time 4:51.49. Finishing third was Northern Arizona University’s Monique King (4:52.05).
Event 7 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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WAC: # 4:37.72 3/20/2003 Flavia Rigamonti SMU, SMU
WAC Champs: R 4:38.48 2/27/2003 Flavia Rigamonti SMU, SMU
4:36.30 D1 A Standard
4:47.20 NICA
4:47.20 D1 B Standard
5:01.99 NICB
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Oviedo, Rebecca FR CBU 4:51.45 4:49.27 NICB 20
26.30 54.84 (28.54)
1:23.64 (28.80) 1:52.91 (29.27)
2:22.44 (29.53) 2:51.99 (29.55)
3:21.47 (29.48) 3:51.23 (29.76)
4:20.51 (29.28) 4:49.27 (28.76)
2 Saya, Rose FR Northern Colo 4:53.28 4:51.49 NICB 17
26.39 54.67 (28.28)
1:23.57 (28.90) 1:52.79 (29.22)
2:22.53 (29.74) 2:52.42 (29.89)
3:22.73 (30.31) 3:52.60 (29.87)
4:22.66 (30.06) 4:51.49 (28.83)
3 King, Monique SR Northern Ariz 4:53.51 4:52.05 NICB 16
26.26 54.41 (28.15)
1:22.93 (28.52) 1:51.90 (28.97)
2:20.80 (28.90) 2:49.70 (28.90)
3:19.23 (29.53) 3:49.43 (30.20)
4:20.92 (31.49) 4:52.05 (31.13)
4 Fisk, Leah SR Idaho 4:55.49 4:54.57 NICB 15
25.40 53.61 (28.21)
1:22.54 (28.93) 1:52.15 (29.61)
2:22.13 (29.98) 2:52.65 (30.52)
3:23.18 (30.53) 3:53.99 (30.81)
4:24.54 (30.55) 4:54.57 (30.03)
5 Zavala, Sabrina SR CSUB 4:57.66 4:55.90 NICB 14
27.22 56.39 (29.17)
1:26.01 (29.62) 1:55.83 (29.82)
2:25.82 (29.99) 2:55.94 (30.12)
3:26.16 (30.22) 3:56.55 (30.39)
4:26.63 (30.08) 4:55.90 (29.27)
6 Robertson, Sunn FR Northern Colo 4:56.27 4:56.06 NICB 13
26.73 55.47 (28.74)
1:24.61 (29.14) 1:54.06 (29.45)
2:23.85 (29.79) 2:54.40 (30.55)
3:25.16 (30.76) 3:56.20 (31.04)
4:26.76 (30.56) 4:56.06 (29.30)
7 Mergel, Mackenz JR CBU 4:55.42 4:58.72 NICB 12
26.87 55.92 (29.05)
1:25.35 (29.43) 1:55.14 (29.79)
2:25.22 (30.08) 2:55.57 (30.35)
3:26.16 (30.59) 3:57.58 (31.42)
4:28.57 (30.99) 4:58.72 (30.15)
8 Topcu, Buse SO CBU 4:57.58 5:04.76 11
26.82 56.15 (29.33)
1:26.33 (30.18) 1:57.25 (30.92)
2:28.14 (30.89) 2:59.34 (31.20)
3:30.89 (31.55) 4:02.53 (31.64)
4:34.18 (31.65) 5:04.76 (30.58)
Men’s 500 Freestyle
Grand Canyon senior, Daniil Antipov, continued to dominate the meet as he finished first in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 4:18.73. He was the first of the two swimmers in the final heat to break 4:20. The other was the second place finisher from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Hayden Hemmens (4:19.94). Taking third was the freshmen from the University of Wyoming, Ryan Netzel, finishing at a time of 4:24.42.
Event 8 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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WAC: # 4:16.71 3/27/2014 Mitchell L Huxhold CSUB, CSUB
WAC Champs: R 4:17.23 2/27/2014 Mitchell L Huxhold CSUB, CSUB
4:12.22 D1 A Standard
4:23.34 NICA
4:23.34 D1 B Standard
4:40.89 NICB
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 *Antipov, Danii SR Grand Canyon 4:25.77 4:18.73 NICA 20
23.23 49.14 (25.91)
1:15.25 (26.11) 1:41.46 (26.21)
2:07.69 (26.23) 2:33.98 (26.29)
3:00.58 (26.60) 3:27.11 (26.53)
3:53.17 (26.06) 4:18.73 (25.56)
2 Hemmens, Hayden JR U N L V 4:22.53 4:19.94 NICA 17
23.21 48.97 (25.76)
1:15.27 (26.30) 1:41.77 (26.50)
2:08.30 (26.53) 2:34.93 (26.63)
3:01.22 (26.29) 3:28.03 (26.81)
3:54.47 (26.44) 4:19.94 (25.47)
3 Netzel, Ryan FR Wyoming 4:26.00 4:24.42 NICB 16
24.04 50.13 (26.09)
1:16.32 (26.19) 1:43.15 (26.83)
2:09.93 (26.78) 2:36.75 (26.82)
3:03.81 (27.06) 3:31.02 (27.21)
3:58.18 (27.16) 4:24.42 (26.24)
4 Lochmaier, Pete SO Air Force 4:25.36 4:25.90 NICB 15
23.71 49.42 (25.71)
1:15.81 (26.39) 1:42.60 (26.79)
2:09.71 (27.11) 2:36.72 (27.01)
3:03.92 (27.20) 3:31.47 (27.55)
3:59.08 (27.61) 4:25.90 (26.82)
5 Harlan, Jacob JR Wyoming 4:28.90 4:27.11 NICB 14
24.02 50.10 (26.08)
1:17.02 (26.92) 1:43.84 (26.82)
2:10.70 (26.86) 2:37.71 (27.01)
3:05.07 (27.36) 3:32.70 (27.63)
4:00.30 (27.60) 4:27.11 (26.81)
6 Borgert, Seth JR Wyoming 4:26.10 4:28.59 NICB 13
23.98 50.04 (26.06)
1:16.64 (26.60) 1:43.53 (26.89)
2:10.37 (26.84) 2:37.38 (27.01)
3:04.82 (27.44) 3:33.17 (28.35)
4:01.26 (28.09) 4:28.59 (27.33)
7 Shore, Tanner SR CBU 4:29.58 4:32.77 NICB 12
24.16 50.66 (26.50)
1:17.93 (27.27) 1:45.51 (27.58)
2:13.48 (27.97) 2:41.59 (28.11)
3:10.04 (28.45) 3:38.70 (28.66)
4:06.83 (28.13) 4:32.77 (25.94)
8 Van Krimpen, Ow SR CSUB 4:28.86 4:33.05 NICB 11
24.31 50.56 (26.25)
1:17.61 (27.05) 1:44.79 (27.18)
2:12.07 (27.28) 2:39.97 (27.90)
3:08.36 (28.39) 3:37.12 (28.76)
4:05.77 (28.65) 4:33.05 (27.28)
Women’s 200 IM
Autumn D’Arcy from CSU Bakersfield was yet another freshmen who continued to dominate the women’s individual events of the evening. She lead the race from start to finish and was the only swimmer in the field to go under 2:00. D’Arcy finished with a time of 1:59.97 and was followed by Northern Colorado sophomore, Petra Kis (2:00.87). Taking third place was Isabella Rhodes, touching the wall at a time of 2:02.11.
Event 9 Women 200 Yard IM
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WAC: # 1:55.64 2/26/1999 Martina Moravcova SMU, SMU
WAC Champs: R 1:56.43 2/25/1999 Martina Moravcova SMU, SMU
1:54.31 D1 A Standard
1:59.94 NICA
1:59.94 D1 B Standard
2:06.99 NICB
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 D'Arcy, Autumn FR CSUB 2:00.43 1:59.97 NICB 20
25.49 54.66 (29.17)
1:31.47 (36.81) 1:59.97 (28.50)
2 Kis, Petra SO Northern Colo 2:02.66 2:00.87 NICB 17
26.61 57.56 (30.95)
1:32.27 (34.71) 2:00.87 (28.60)
3 Rhodes, Isabell FR CBU 2:02.13 2:02.11 NICB 16
25.79 55.30 (29.51)
1:32.38 (37.08) 2:02.11 (29.73)
4 Longfellow, Emi JR CBU 2:03.43 2:02.17 NICB 15
25.83 55.86 (30.03)
1:32.34 (36.48) 2:02.17 (29.83)
5 McDonagh, Niamh SO Northern Ariz 2:03.41 2:02.22 NICB 14
26.93 57.83 (30.90)
1:32.96 (35.13) 2:02.22 (29.26)
6 Wood, Lauren SR New Mexico St 2:03.11 2:03.06 NICB 13
27.48 58.85 (31.37)
1:33.77 (34.92) 2:03.06 (29.29)
7 McInelly, Marin SO Grand Canyon 2:03.24 2:03.62 NICB 12
26.88 58.18 (31.30)
1:33.78 (35.60) 2:03.62 (29.84)
8 Haynes, Jayssie JR CSUB 2:03.30 2:03.75 NICB 11
26.76 59.28 (32.52)
1:34.39 (35.11) 2:03.75 (29.36)
Men’s 200 IM
Mark Nikolaev contributed to Grand Canyon’s huge domination in the pool by securing yet another win in the 200 IM. He finished with a time of 1:44.40, finishing almost 3 seconds ahead of the second place finisher, Air Force’s Zach Nelson (1:47.11). Finishing in third place was the junior from California Baptist University, Brandon Schuster with a time of 1:47.33.
Event 10 Men 200 Yard IM
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WAC: # 1:43.43 11/15/2018Mark Nikolaev, GCU-AZ
WAC Champs: R 1:43.60 2/22/2018 Mark Nikolaev, GCU-AZ
1:41.34 D1 A Standard
1:46.77 NICA
1:46.77 D1 B Standard
1:55.49 NICB
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 *Nikolaev, Mark SR Grand Canyon 1:46.38 1:44.40 NICA 20
23.00 47.69 (24.69)
1:19.66 (31.97) 1:44.40 (24.74)
2 Nelson, Zach JR Air Force 1:47.61 1:47.11 NICB 17
23.05 50.03 (26.98)
1:20.08 (30.05) 1:47.11 (27.03)
3 Schuster, Brand JR CBU 1:48.21 1:47.33 NICB 16
23.67 51.27 (27.60)
1:22.15 (30.88) 1:47.33 (25.18)
4 Gwin, Isaac FR Air Force 1:47.27 1:48.09 NICB 15
23.00 49.90 (26.90)
1:22.05 (32.15) 1:48.09 (26.04)
5 Moseley, Robert FR CBU 1:48.71 1:48.19 NICB 14
23.52 50.32 (26.80)
1:22.12 (31.80) 1:48.19 (26.07)
6 Rogic, Kristofe SO CSUB 1:49.22 1:48.58 NICB 13
22.67 49.36 (26.69)
1:22.61 (33.25) 1:48.58 (25.97)
7 Love, Brayden SO Wyoming 1:48.30 1:48.67 NICB 12
22.61 50.13 (27.52)
1:22.63 (32.50) 1:48.67 (26.04)
8 Bouda, James FR Wyoming 1:49.23 1:50.33 NICB 11
24.03 51.80 (27.77)
1:24.22 (32.42) 1:50.33 (26.11)
Women’s 50 Freestyle
In a thrilling final heat of the 50 freestyle, Northern Arizona’s Elis Rodriguez and Northern Colorado’s Madelyn Moore tied for first place with a time of 22.71 They were followed by Emily Hamel who took third with a time of 22.95. The top three finishers were the only female swimmers in the heat to break 23 seconds.
Event 11 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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WAC: # 21.77 3/17/1994 Amy Van Dyken CSU, CSU
WAC Champs: R 22.30 2/24/2011 Amber Boucher BSU, BSU
21.74 D1 A Standard
22.76 NICA
22.76 D1 B Standard
23.89 NICB
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Rodriguez, Elis SO Northern Ariz 22.63 22.71 NICA 18.5
1 Moore, Madelyn FR Northern Colo 22.50 22.71 NICA 18.5
3 Hamel, Emily JR Northern Colo 22.90 22.95 NICB 16
4 Hale, Katie FR Idaho 23.19 23.22 NICB 15
5 Kocijan, Neza FR New Mexico St 23.21 23.26 NICB 14
6 *Muteti, Emily SO Grand Canyon 23.23 23.29 NICB 13
7 *Mashaly, Roaia JR Grand Canyon 23.42 23.30 NICB 12
8 Smirnova, Rita FR CBU 23.45 23.38 NICB 11
Men’s 50 Freestyle
The final heat of men’s 50 freestyle was naturally a tight race for first place, however Jerome Heinrich from California Baptist University just narrowly edged out Grand Canyon University’s Bogdan Plavin (19.57) with a time of 19.53. Heinrich broke Grand Canyon’s hot winning streak in the swimming pool on night two of finals. In third place was the freshman from U.S. Air Force Academy, Matthew Lattin, with a time of 20.02.
Event 12 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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WAC: # 19.07 3/24/2016 Dillon R Virva UNLV, U N L V
WAC Champs: R 19.09 2/25/2016 Dillon R Virva UNLV, U N L V
19.00 D1 A Standard
19.96 NICA
19.96 D1 B Standard
21.39 NICB
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Heidrich, Jerom SR CBU 19.82 19.53 NICA 20
2 *Plavin, Bogdan SR Grand Canyon 19.96 19.57 NICA 17
3 Lattin, Matthew FR Air Force 19.93 20.02 NICB 16
4 Raper, Greg JR Seattle U 20.26 20.12 NICB 15
5 *Shoukri, Mazen FR Grand Canyon 20.05 20.13 NICB 14
6 *Janin, Florent FR Grand Canyon 20.03 20.19 NICB 13
7 Walters, Josh SO CBU 20.11 20.20 NICB 12
8 McAnany, Cole JR Air Force 20.22 20.79 NICB 11
Men’s 1-Meter Diving
After finishing second last night in men’s 3 meter diving, University of Nevada Las Vegas freshmen, Tazman Abramowicz, delivered a stellar performance on the 3 meter. Not only did he secure a first place finish, but he also broke the WAC Championship record with a total score of 365.40. The prior record was a score of 361.00.
Finishing second was Ryan Russi from Wyoming with a total of 342.05 points. Jesse Cawley from the University of Nevada Las Vegas finished in third place with a score of 330.20.
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