2020 WAC Championships: Air Force Claims Men’s Title; Northern Arizona Wins Women’s

The Air Force Academy men’s swimming and diving team clinched their third WAC Championships title in the last five years Saturday afternoon, Feb. 29, at the CRWC Natatorium on the campus of the University of Houston. The Falcons finished with a new modern WAC record 864 points and finished 172 points ahead of the second place team.

Air Force won the team title with 864 points, while UNLV (692), Grand Canyon (559.5) and Wyoming (539) rounded out the top-four. CBU finished in fifth as a team, with 423.5 points. CSU Bakersfield (341.5) and Seattle U (139.5) took sixth and seventh.

In the women’s meet, Northern Arizona won its sixth-straight WAC title with 677.5 points. CBU scored 579 to hold off Grand Canyon (561). NM State (497) and CSU Bakersfield (434) took fourth and fifth, respectively, while Northern Colorado (370), Idaho (307.5) and Seattle U (168) rounded out the eight-team standings.

• Complete Meet Results

“It was a phenomenal WAC Championships, winning more events this past weekend then we have in the past decade,” Air Force coach Rob Clayton said. “At the Air Force Academy we talk about resiliency, and we talk about flexibility, and it was a weekend where there were a lot of things thrown our way, but the guys showed up and were just undeterred when the situation changed and they adapted and dominated the meet.”

On the final day there were seven more events contested, and AF continued to assert its dominance, winning three more. Overall on the weekend, the Falcons won 11 of the 21 events. Air Force also set nine school records, while also putting 30 new times in the all-time Academy top-10.

The final day of the championships started with the 1650 freestyle, where freshman Jaykob Williams led the pack from start to finish, taking gold with a 15:10.86, finishing ahead of the second place swimmer by almost 10 seconds. His time was good for the fourth-fastest in program history. In fifth, sophomore Adam Grimm clocked in with a 15:25.78, which was the ninth-quickest for the Falcons all-time.

In the 200 back, senior Cole McAnany placed fourth with a new school record time of 1:43.71, while sophomore Isaac Gwin took sixth with a 1:44.92, which was the second-fastest program time.

Then in the 100 free, AF took three spots in the top 10, with sophomore Matthew Lattin taking silver with a 43.43, the third-fastest time in Academy history. Freshman Wen Zhang took fourth (43.82) and sophomore Corey Shepard seventh (44.18). Zhang’s time was seventh-fastest and Shepard’s ninth. Also setting top-10 times in the 100 free were sophomore Wyatt Boswell, who swam a 44.17 in an exhibition, and sophomore Andrew Limpert with a 44.18 in a time trial.

Moving on to the 200 breast, senior Zach Nelson took his third gold medal of the weekend after blowing away the competition with a new school record time of 1:54.83. Right behind him in second place was freshman Tory Bartlett who clocked in with a 1:57.19 to set the fifth-fastest time in AF history.

The final individual school record that was broken came in the 200 fly, as Limpert swam to a second place finish with a time of 1:44.47. Also in the top-10 were sophomore Aaron Pang, who took fifth, and sophomore Logan Davis, who placed seventh. Davis’ time of 1:48.24 was the tenth-fastest in program history.

In the final swimming event of the Championships, the 400 free relay, the Falcons but a bow on the dominating weekend, as the squad of Lattin, Gwin, Zhang, and Shepard, placed first with a new school record time of 2:53.83.

Finally, in the diving well, the platform dive was contested on the final day. Junior Cole Armagost continued his solid weekend with a second place finish. In the prelim round, Armagost was the highest point scorer with a 321.30.

For the women, Northern Arizona University’s women’s swimming and diving has won the Western Athletic Conference Championships. Today marks their seventh straight win, taking the trophy home with 677.5 points, almost 100 more than California Baptist, who finished in second (579).

“I am so proud of the efforts of our entire team,” NAU coach Andy Johns said. “Dealing with adversity of schedule changes and only timed finals, they were the best team the last two days, with the most energy and the best attitude on deck. A challenging year with lots of struggles, but this team showed the heart of a champion the last two days and won a well-deserved title.”

During the last four days, the Lumberjacks earned six individual gold medals, with two swimmers having two first-place finishes: Elisa Rodriguez and Lainie Bell.

WAC Championships: Men’s 1,650 Freestyle

Air Force’s Jaykob Williams won the 1,650 freestyle in an NCAA B cut time of 15:10.86.

Wyoming’s Ryan Netzel was second in 15:20.03, followed by Grand Canyon’s Alonso Carazo Barbero (15:21.51) and UNLV’s Chris Mykkanen (15:25.34).

 Event 32  Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
          WAC: # 14:46.31  12/2/2017 Brad Gonzales UNLV, UNLV
   WAC Champs: R 14:47.18  3/1/2014  Mitchell Huxhold  CSUB, CSUB
                 14:37.31  D1 A Standard
                 15:26.19  D1 B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 Williams, Jayko  FR Air Force        15:26.01   15:10.86 D1 B    20  
             25.24        52.74 (27.50)
        1:20.43 (27.69)     1:48.55 (28.12)
        2:16.82 (28.27)     2:44.63 (27.81)
        3:12.77 (28.14)     3:40.84 (28.07)
        4:09.28 (28.44)     4:37.44 (28.16)
        5:05.28 (27.84)     5:33.59 (28.31)
        6:01.65 (28.06)     6:29.49 (27.84)
        6:57.72 (28.23)     7:25.69 (27.97)
        7:53.19 (27.50)     8:20.97 (27.78)
        8:48.85 (27.88)     9:16.55 (27.70)
        9:44.08 (27.53)    10:11.60 (27.52)
       10:39.21 (27.61)    11:06.49 (27.28)
       11:33.82 (27.33)    12:01.04 (27.22)
       12:28.53 (27.49)    12:55.76 (27.23)
       13:23.02 (27.26)    13:50.46 (27.44)
       14:17.96 (27.50)    14:45.25 (27.29)    15:10.86 (25.61)
  2 Netzel, Ryan     FR Wyoming          15:18.11   15:20.03 D1 B    17  
             25.70        53.65 (27.95)
        1:21.56 (27.91)     1:49.70 (28.14)
        2:17.78 (28.08)     2:45.58 (27.80)
        3:13.38 (27.80)     3:41.22 (27.84)
        4:09.34 (28.12)     4:37.28 (27.94)
        5:05.22 (27.94)     5:33.24 (28.02)
        6:01.29 (28.05)     6:29.33 (28.04)
        6:57.12 (27.79)     7:25.01 (27.89)
        7:52.78 (27.77)     8:20.76 (27.98)
        8:48.99 (28.23)     9:17.13 (28.14)
        9:45.07 (27.94)    10:12.97 (27.90)
       10:40.93 (27.96)    11:08.94 (28.01)
       11:37.50 (28.56)    12:05.62 (28.12)
       12:33.55 (27.93)    13:01.75 (28.20)
       13:29.73 (27.98)    13:57.92 (28.19)
       14:25.54 (27.62)    14:53.59 (28.05)    15:20.03 (26.44)
  3 Carazo Barbero,  SO Grand Canyon     15:29.70   15:21.51 D1 B    16  
             25.05        52.59 (27.54)
        1:20.47 (27.88)     1:48.58 (28.11)
        2:16.65 (28.07)     2:44.63 (27.98)
        3:12.69 (28.06)     3:40.79 (28.10)
        4:09.11 (28.32)     4:37.36 (28.25)
        5:05.57 (28.21)     5:33.64 (28.07)
        6:01.67 (28.03)     6:29.77 (28.10)
        6:57.96 (28.19)     7:26.21 (28.25)
        7:54.54 (28.33)     8:22.65 (28.11)
        8:50.88 (28.23)     9:19.14 (28.26)
        9:47.29 (28.15)    10:15.70 (28.41)
       10:43.93 (28.23)    11:12.30 (28.37)
       11:40.35 (28.05)    12:08.45 (28.10)
       12:36.58 (28.13)    13:04.73 (28.15)
       13:32.99 (28.26)    14:01.33 (28.34)
       14:29.07 (27.74)    14:55.99 (26.92)    15:21.51 (25.52)
  4 Mykkanen, Chris  FR U N L V          15:27.60   15:25.34 D1 B    15  
             24.70        51.63 (26.93)
        1:18.80 (27.17)     1:46.20 (27.40)
        2:14.27 (28.07)     2:42.27 (28.00)
        3:10.24 (27.97)     3:38.48 (28.24)
        4:06.75 (28.27)     4:35.14 (28.39)
        5:03.69 (28.55)     5:32.19 (28.50)
        6:00.51 (28.32)     6:29.04 (28.53)
        6:58.00 (28.96)     7:26.71 (28.71)
        7:55.37 (28.66)     8:24.27 (28.90)
        8:52.53 (28.26)     9:20.38 (27.85)
        9:48.43 (28.05)    10:16.65 (28.22)
       10:45.07 (28.42)    11:13.24 (28.17)
       11:41.56 (28.32)    12:09.95 (28.39)
       12:38.54 (28.59)    13:07.27 (28.73)
       13:35.71 (28.44)    14:03.73 (28.02)
       14:31.35 (27.62)    14:58.76 (27.41)    15:25.34 (26.58)
  5 Grimm, Adam      SO Air Force        15:29.42   15:25.78 D1 B    14  
             25.10        52.20 (27.10)
        1:20.18 (27.98)     1:48.09 (27.91)
        2:15.89 (27.80)     2:43.93 (28.04)
        3:11.87 (27.94)     3:40.03 (28.16)
        4:08.35 (28.32)     4:36.34 (27.99)
        5:04.44 (28.10)     5:32.54 (28.10)
        6:00.90 (28.36)     6:29.38 (28.48)
        6:57.80 (28.42)     7:26.19 (28.39)
        7:54.67 (28.48)     8:22.93 (28.26)
        8:51.68 (28.75)     9:20.08 (28.40)
        9:48.36 (28.28)    10:17.06 (28.70)
       10:45.61 (28.55)    11:14.04 (28.43)
       11:42.49 (28.45)    12:10.94 (28.45)
       12:39.50 (28.56)    13:07.37 (27.87)
       13:35.31 (27.94)    14:03.80 (28.49)
       14:31.94 (28.14)    14:59.49 (27.55)    15:25.78 (26.29)
  6 Lyubavskiy, Mik  FR Grand Canyon     15:26.80   15:34.22         13  
             24.47        51.21 (26.74)
        1:18.38 (27.17)     1:45.75 (27.37)
        2:13.05 (27.30)     2:40.49 (27.44)
        3:07.82 (27.33)     3:35.51 (27.69)
        4:03.13 (27.62)     4:30.84 (27.71)
        4:58.97 (28.13)     5:26.93 (27.96)
        5:55.09 (28.16)     6:23.44 (28.35)
        6:51.62 (28.18)     7:20.03 (28.41)
        7:48.65 (28.62)     8:17.12 (28.47)
        8:45.71 (28.59)     9:14.36 (28.65)
        9:43.07 (28.71)    10:11.62 (28.55)
       10:40.41 (28.79)    11:09.25 (28.84)
       11:38.11 (28.86)    12:07.15 (29.04)
       12:36.33 (29.18)    13:05.23 (28.90)
       13:34.76 (29.53)    14:04.90 (30.14)
       14:35.00 (30.10)    15:05.75 (30.75)    15:34.22 (28.47)
  7 Castro, Cameron  FR U N L V          15:44.64   15:34.41         12  
             25.14        52.39 (27.25)
        1:20.29 (27.90)     1:48.36 (28.07)
        2:16.54 (28.18)     2:44.93 (28.39)
        3:13.30 (28.37)     3:41.80 (28.50)
        4:10.37 (28.57)     4:39.02 (28.65)
        5:07.66 (28.64)     5:36.12 (28.46)
        6:04.62 (28.50)     6:33.18 (28.56)
        7:01.45 (28.27)     7:29.74 (28.29)
        7:57.90 (28.16)     8:26.24 (28.34)
        8:54.69 (28.45)     9:23.13 (28.44)
        9:51.88 (28.75)    10:20.59 (28.71)
       10:49.35 (28.76)    11:18.20 (28.85)
       11:47.19 (28.99)    12:16.28 (29.09)
       12:45.11 (28.83)    13:14.41 (29.30)
       13:43.00 (28.59)    14:11.59 (28.59)
       14:39.80 (28.21)    15:08.59 (28.79)    15:34.41 (25.82)
  8 Jaszczak, Wikto  SR Grand Canyon     15:50.09   15:34.58         11  
             25.65        53.22 (27.57)
        1:21.02 (27.80)     1:48.96 (27.94)
        2:17.13 (28.17)     2:45.53 (28.40)
        3:13.98 (28.45)     3:42.30 (28.32)
        4:10.87 (28.57)     4:39.44 (28.57)
        5:08.08 (28.64)     5:36.76 (28.68)
        6:05.44 (28.68)     6:34.19 (28.75)
        7:02.69 (28.50)     7:31.36 (28.67)
        8:00.08 (28.72)     8:28.65 (28.57)
        8:57.27 (28.62)     9:26.00 (28.73)
        9:54.56 (28.56)    10:23.31 (28.75)
       10:51.98 (28.67)    11:20.74 (28.76)
       11:49.63 (28.89)    12:18.46 (28.83)
       12:47.26 (28.80)    13:16.31 (29.05)
       13:45.18 (28.87)    14:13.92 (28.74)
       14:42.04 (28.12)    15:09.69 (27.65)    15:34.58 (24.89)

WAC Championships: Women’s 1,650 Free

Grand Canyon’s Talita Te Flan won the women’s 1,650 free in 16:48, followed by California Baptist’s Rebecca Oviedo (16:54.23) and Idaho’s Brianna Lucien (17:05.30).

 Event 31  Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
          WAC: # 15:40.41  3/1/2003  Flavia Rigamonti SMU, SMU
   WAC Champs: R 15:40.41  3/1/2003  Flavia Rigamonti SMU, SMU
                 15:52.41  D1 A Standard
                 16:30.59  D1 B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 Te Flan, Talita  SR Grand Canyon     17:11.38   16:48.66         20  
             27.89        58.12 (30.23)
        1:28.71 (30.59)     1:59.51 (30.80)
        2:30.27 (30.76)     3:00.94 (30.67)
        3:31.74 (30.80)     4:02.61 (30.87)
        4:33.32 (30.71)     5:03.90 (30.58)
        5:34.76 (30.86)     6:05.47 (30.71)
        6:36.46 (30.99)     7:07.12 (30.66)
        7:38.02 (30.90)     8:09.08 (31.06)
        8:39.78 (30.70)     9:10.49 (30.71)
        9:41.28 (30.79)    10:12.12 (30.84)
       10:42.98 (30.86)    11:13.72 (30.74)
       11:44.14 (30.42)    12:14.86 (30.72)
       12:45.61 (30.75)    13:16.56 (30.95)
       13:47.65 (31.09)    14:18.46 (30.81)
       14:49.12 (30.66)    15:19.58 (30.46)
       15:49.72 (30.14)    16:19.82 (30.10)    16:48.66 (28.84)
  2 Oviedo, Rebecca  SO CBU              16:49.61   16:54.23         17  
             27.90        58.32 (30.42)
        1:28.91 (30.59)     1:59.63 (30.72)
        2:30.45 (30.82)     3:00.86 (30.41)
        3:31.73 (30.87)     4:02.60 (30.87)
        4:32.96 (30.36)     5:03.77 (30.81)
        5:34.59 (30.82)     6:05.27 (30.68)
        6:36.24 (30.97)     7:07.03 (30.79)
        7:38.00 (30.97)     8:08.79 (30.79)
        8:39.69 (30.90)     9:10.69 (31.00)
        9:41.28 (30.59)    10:12.21 (30.93)
       10:43.19 (30.98)    11:13.99 (30.80)
       11:44.73 (30.74)    12:15.47 (30.74)
       12:46.40 (30.93)    13:16.91 (30.51)
       13:47.84 (30.93)    14:18.64 (30.80)
       14:49.55 (30.91)    15:20.30 (30.75)
       15:51.29 (30.99)    16:22.97 (31.68)    16:54.23 (31.26)
  3 Lucien, Brianna  SR Idaho            17:31.97   17:05.30         16  
             27.94        57.81 (29.87)
        1:28.56 (30.75)     1:59.56 (31.00)
        2:30.47 (30.91)     3:01.46 (30.99)
        3:32.62 (31.16)     4:04.12 (31.50)
        4:35.72 (31.60)     5:07.09 (31.37)
        5:38.59 (31.50)     6:10.19 (31.60)
        6:41.62 (31.43)     7:13.32 (31.70)
        7:44.91 (31.59)     8:16.44 (31.53)
        8:48.29 (31.85)     9:20.22 (31.93)
        9:52.04 (31.82)    10:23.79 (31.75)
       10:55.53 (31.74)    11:27.21 (31.68)
       11:58.17 (30.96)    12:29.22 (31.05)
       13:00.43 (31.21)    13:31.63 (31.20)
       14:02.80 (31.17)    14:33.69 (30.89)
       15:04.60 (30.91)    15:35.13 (30.53)
       16:05.49 (30.36)    16:35.88 (30.39)    17:05.30 (29.42)
  4 Mergel, Mackenz  SR CBU              17:36.21   17:07.25         15  
             27.56        57.93 (30.37)
        1:28.66 (30.73)     1:59.58 (30.92)
        2:30.39 (30.81)     3:01.29 (30.90)
        3:32.23 (30.94)     4:03.28 (31.05)
        4:34.20 (30.92)     5:05.17 (30.97)
        5:36.10 (30.93)     6:06.98 (30.88)
        6:37.78 (30.80)     7:08.89 (31.11)
        7:40.12 (31.23)     8:11.59 (31.47)
        8:42.86 (31.27)     9:14.23 (31.37)
        9:45.62 (31.39)    10:17.02 (31.40)
       10:48.51 (31.49)    11:20.07 (31.56)
       11:51.50 (31.43)    12:23.37 (31.87)
       12:55.07 (31.70)    13:26.81 (31.74)
       13:58.44 (31.63)    14:30.06 (31.62)
       15:02.01 (31.95)    15:33.79 (31.78)
       16:05.39 (31.60)    16:36.79 (31.40)    17:07.25 (30.46)
  5 Villeda, Astrid  SO Northern Ariz    17:17.66   17:07.61         14  
             28.08        58.08 (30.00)
        1:28.84 (30.76)     1:59.79 (30.95)
        2:30.69 (30.90)     3:01.66 (30.97)
        3:32.71 (31.05)     4:04.06 (31.35)
        4:35.29 (31.23)     5:06.74 (31.45)
        5:38.10 (31.36)     6:09.40 (31.30)
        6:40.85 (31.45)     7:12.14 (31.29)
        7:43.63 (31.49)     8:15.06 (31.43)
        8:46.31 (31.25)     9:17.89 (31.58)
        9:49.22 (31.33)    10:20.58 (31.36)
       10:51.88 (31.30)    11:23.24 (31.36)
       11:54.83 (31.59)    12:26.28 (31.45)
       12:57.57 (31.29)    13:28.84 (31.27)
       14:00.44 (31.60)    14:31.88 (31.44)
       15:03.61 (31.73)    15:35.19 (31.58)
       16:06.70 (31.51)    16:37.51 (30.81)    17:07.61 (30.10)
  6 Peltz, Lucy      JR CSUB             17:34.84   17:14.07         13  
             28.04        58.47 (30.43)
        1:29.38 (30.91)     2:00.35 (30.97)
        2:31.82 (31.47)     3:03.05 (31.23)
        3:34.14 (31.09)     4:05.55 (31.41)
        4:36.80 (31.25)     5:08.00 (31.20)
        5:39.41 (31.41)     6:10.90 (31.49)
        6:42.26 (31.36)     7:13.74 (31.48)
        7:45.19 (31.45)     8:16.99 (31.80)
        8:48.50 (31.51)     9:20.29 (31.79)
        9:51.82 (31.53)    10:23.36 (31.54)
       10:54.91 (31.55)    11:26.63 (31.72)
       11:58.36 (31.73)    12:29.93 (31.57)
       13:01.73 (31.80)    13:33.36 (31.63)
       14:05.06 (31.70)    14:36.75 (31.69)
       15:08.76 (32.01)    15:40.52 (31.76)
       16:12.20 (31.68)    16:43.63 (31.43)    17:14.07 (30.44)
  7 Aguilar, Martha  FR CBU              17:16.19   17:16.89         12  
             27.75        58.28 (30.53)
        1:29.19 (30.91)     2:00.00 (30.81)
        2:30.82 (30.82)     3:01.84 (31.02)
        3:33.16 (31.32)     4:04.39 (31.23)
        4:35.82 (31.43)     5:07.23 (31.41)
        5:38.80 (31.57)     6:10.11 (31.31)
        6:41.83 (31.72)     7:13.41 (31.58)
        7:44.65 (31.24)     8:16.47 (31.82)
        8:48.05 (31.58)     9:19.80 (31.75)
        9:51.98 (32.18)    10:23.81 (31.83)
       10:55.44 (31.63)    11:27.27 (31.83)
       11:59.11 (31.84)    12:30.76 (31.65)
       13:02.60 (31.84)    13:34.35 (31.75)
       14:06.47 (32.12)    14:38.13 (31.66)
       15:10.01 (31.88)    15:42.13 (32.12)
       16:13.82 (31.69)    16:45.82 (32.00)    17:16.89 (31.07)
  8 Kayfes, Natalie  FR Northern Colo    17:49.05   17:20.24         11  
             29.15      1:00.90 (31.75)
        1:32.79 (31.89)     2:04.56 (31.77)
        2:36.37 (31.81)     3:07.67 (31.30)
        3:39.40 (31.73)     4:11.02 (31.62)
        4:42.44 (31.42)     5:13.76 (31.32)
        5:44.90 (31.14)     6:16.51 (31.61)
        6:48.46 (31.95)     7:20.16 (31.70)
        7:51.75 (31.59)     8:23.80 (32.05)
        8:55.60 (31.80)     9:27.17 (31.57)
        9:58.77 (31.60)    10:30.21 (31.44)
       11:01.88 (31.67)    11:33.89 (32.01)
       12:05.81 (31.92)    12:37.34 (31.53)
       13:09.38 (32.04)    13:41.43 (32.05)
       14:13.01 (31.58)    14:44.64 (31.63)
       15:15.71 (31.07)    15:46.47 (30.76)
       16:17.57 (31.10)    16:49.17 (31.60)    17:20.24 (31.07)

WAC Championships: Men’s 200 Back

UNLV went 1-2-3 in the 200 back as Panos Bolanos won in 1:41.20, followed by Ogi Maric (1:41.87) and Hayden Cornellison (1:43.21).

 Event 34  Men 200 Yard Backstroke
=========================================================================
          WAC: # 1:40.81  2/24/2018 Mark Nikolaev, GCU-AZ
   WAC Champs: R 1:40.81  2/24/2018 Mark Nikolaev, GCU-AZ
                 1:39.16  D1 A Standard
                 1:45.04  D1 B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 Bolanos, Panos   FR U N L V           1:42.22    1:41.20 D1 B    20  
             23.33        48.73 (25.40)
        1:14.67 (25.94)     1:41.20 (26.53)
  2 Maric, Ogi       FR U N L V           1:46.48    1:41.87 D1 B    17  
             23.88        49.72 (25.84)
        1:15.90 (26.18)     1:41.87 (25.97)
  3 Cornellison, Ha  SO U N L V           1:47.07    1:43.21 D1 B    16  
             24.86        51.33 (26.47)
        1:17.25 (25.92)     1:43.21 (25.96)
  4 McAnany, Cole    SR Air Force         1:48.17    1:43.71 D1 B    15  
             24.80        51.05 (26.25)
        1:17.77 (26.72)     1:43.71 (25.94)
  5 Rogic, Kristofe  JR CSUB              1:48.49    1:43.84 D1 B    14  
             23.87        49.83 (25.96)
        1:16.60 (26.77)     1:43.84 (27.24)
  6 Gwin, Isaac      SO Air Force         1:49.51    1:44.92 D1 B    13  
             23.56        49.00 (25.44)
        1:15.93 (26.93)     1:44.92 (28.99)
  7 Rodriguez, Andr     Wyoming           1:47.94    1:46.58         12  
             25.33        52.35 (27.02)
        1:19.46 (27.11)     1:46.58 (27.12)
  8 Klatt, Tyler     JR Wyoming           1:46.75    1:47.23         11  
             24.78        51.60 (26.82)
        1:19.17 (27.57)     1:47.23 (28.06)

Women’s 200 Back

Northern Arizona’s Lainie Bell won the 200 backstroke in 1:56.94, an NCAA provisional cut.

New Mexico State’s Maude Boily-Dufour (1:58.24) and Grand Canyon’s Robyn Edwards (2:00.11).

 Event 33  Women 200 Yard Backstroke
=========================================================================
          WAC: # 1:53.31  3/2/2013  Samantha Corea DU, DU
   WAC Champs: R 1:53.31  3/2/2013  Samantha Corea DU, DU
                 1:50.50  D1 A Standard
                 1:57.11  D1 B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 Bell, Lainie     FR Northern Ariz     2:05.33    1:56.94 D1 B    20  
             28.34        57.61 (29.27)
        1:27.14 (29.53)     1:56.94 (29.80)
  2 Boily-Dufour, M  SO New Mexico St     2:00.91    1:58.24         17  
             27.37        57.02 (29.65)
        1:27.44 (30.42)     1:58.24 (30.80)
  3 Edwards, Robyn   SO Grand Canyon      2:02.46    2:00.11         16  
             28.41        58.38 (29.97)
        1:29.13 (30.75)     2:00.11 (30.98)
  4 Nentwich, Reaga  SR New Mexico St     2:03.51    2:00.41         15  
             27.72        57.81 (30.09)
        1:29.12 (31.31)     2:00.41 (31.29)
  5 O'Connor, Sarah  JR Northern Ariz     2:09.14    2:01.12         14  
             28.35        59.07 (30.72)
        1:30.19 (31.12)     2:01.12 (30.93)
  6 Montiel Gamez,   SR Northern Ariz     2:04.00    2:01.17         13  
             29.15      1:00.00 (30.85)
        1:30.88 (30.88)     2:01.17 (30.29)
  7 Nunez, Paula     FR Northern Colo     2:02.75    2:01.76         12  
             28.57        58.85 (30.28)
        1:30.11 (31.26)     2:01.76 (31.65)
  8 Forrest, Kyra    SO Grand Canyon      2:00.59    2:01.81         11  
             28.09        58.42 (30.33)
        1:29.83 (31.41)     2:01.81 (31.98)

Men’s 100 Free

Grand Canyon’s Mazen Shoukry won the 100 free in 43.25, an NCAA B cut.

Air Force’s Matthew Lattin was second in 43.43 and California Baptist’s Jacob Leahy was third in 43.36. The top three times were NCAA B cuts.

Event 36  Men 100 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
          WAC: # 42.50  3/29/1997 Lars Frolander SMU, SMU
   WAC Champs: R 42.68  3/28/1997 Lars Frolander SMU, SMU
                 41.71  D1 A Standard
                 43.80  D1 B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 Shoukry, Mazen   SO Grand Canyon        43.41      43.25 D1 B    20  
             20.60        43.25 (22.65)
  2 Lattin, Matthew  SO Air Force           45.07      43.43 D1 B    17  
             20.63        43.43 (22.80)
  3 Leahy, Jacob     SO CBU                 43.71      43.46 D1 B    16  
             20.44        43.46 (23.02)
  4 Zhang, Wen       FR Air Force           45.11      43.82         15  
             21.01        43.82 (22.81)
  5 Chavez, Bryan    JR U N L V             44.51      43.95         14  
             20.88        43.95 (23.07)
  6 Szilagyi, Richa  JR U N L V             44.05      43.96         13  
             20.77        43.96 (23.19)
  7 Shepard, Corey   SO Air Force           44.44      44.18         12  
             20.99        44.18 (23.19)
  8 Musser, PJ       JR Wyoming             43.69      44.22         11  
             20.71        44.22 (23.51)

Women’s 100 Free

Northern Arizona’s Elisa Rodriguez won the 100 free in 49.24, an NCAA B cut.

Bakersfield’s Mikayla Popham was second in 40.64 and New Mexico State’s Neza Kocijan was third (49.98).

Event 35  Women 100 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
          WAC: # 47.87  2/27/1999 Martina Moravcova SMU, SMU
   WAC Champs: R 47.87  2/27/1999 Martina Moravcova SMU, SMU
                 47.18  D1 A Standard
                 49.51  D1 B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 Rodriguez, Elis  JR Northern Ariz       50.89      49.24 D1 B    20  
             23.41        49.21 (25.80)
           49.24 (0.03)                    
  2 Popham, Mikayla  FR CSUB                50.15      49.64         17  
             23.89        49.67 (25.78)
              49.64 ( )                    
  3 Kocijan, Neza    SO New Mexico St       50.79      49.98         16  
             24.20        49.98 (25.78)
  4 Rhodes, Isabell  SO CBU                 50.57      50.10         15  
             23.79        50.10 (26.31)
              50.10 ( )                    
  5 Oliva-Aun, Aira  SO New Mexico St       51.20      50.30         14  
             24.12        50.31 (26.19)
              50.30 ( )                    
  6 Moore, Madelyn   SO Northern Colo       50.23      50.35         13  
             24.16        50.35 (26.19)
              50.35 ( )                    
  7 Hale, Katie      SO Idaho               52.35      50.67         12  
             24.32        50.67 (26.35)
  8 Degn, Mackenzie  FR CBU                 50.74      50.90         11  
             24.20        50.98 (26.78)
              50.90 ( )

Men’s 200 Breast

Air Force went 1-2 in the 200 breast as Zach Nelson won in 1:54.83, followed by teammate Tory Bartlett (1:57.19).

UNLV’s Ivan Zukov was third in a B cut time of 1:57.43.

 Event 38  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
=========================================================================
          WAC: # 1:54.28  3/2/2019  Scott Tolman, CBU  -CA
   WAC Champs: R 1:54.28  3/2/2019  Scott Tolman, CBU  -CA
                 1:52.61  D1 A Standard
                 1:58.43  D1 B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 Nelson, Zach     SR Air Force         1:57.80    1:54.83 D1 B    20  
             25.59        54.15 (28.56)
        1:23.91 (29.76)     1:54.83 (30.92)
  2 Bartlett, Tory   FR Air Force         2:02.59    1:57.19 D1 B    17  
             26.03        55.50 (29.47)
        1:26.08 (30.58)     1:57.19 (31.11)
  3 Zukov, Ivan      SO U N L V           1:59.59    1:57.43 D1 B    16  
             26.23        55.93 (29.70)
        1:26.27 (30.34)     1:57.43 (31.16)
  4 Foster, Sean     SO CBU               1:59.32    1:59.81         15  
             26.64        56.53 (29.89)
        1:27.51 (30.98)     1:59.81 (32.30)
  5 Binder, Jack     SO U N L V           2:02.79    2:00.39         14  
             26.62        56.92 (30.30)
        1:28.19 (31.27)     2:00.39 (32.20)
  6 Babcock, Colton  SO CBU               2:00.96    2:00.58         13  
             26.99        56.97 (29.98)
        1:28.40 (31.43)     2:00.58 (32.18)
  7 McKean, Griffin  FR Grand Canyon      2:00.90    2:00.96         12  
             27.48        58.44 (30.96)
        1:29.57 (31.13)     2:00.96 (31.39)
  8 Weiss, Andrew    SR Air Force         2:03.08    2:01.75         11  
             26.82        57.37 (30.55)
        1:28.68 (31.31)     2:01.75 (33.07)

Women’s 200 Breast

Grand Canyon’s Alyssa Christianson won the 200 breast in an NCAA B cut time of 2:13.53.

Northern Arizona’s Hope Williams was second in 2:16.29, followed by Grand Canyon’s Marina McInelly (2:16.31).

========================================================================
          WAC: # 2:09.85  2/25/2017 Blaise Wittenauer-Lee, Seattle U
   WAC Champs: R 2:09.85  2/25/2017 Blaise Wittenauer-Lee, Seattle U
                 2:06.84  D1 A Standard
                 2:13.97  D1 B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 Christianson, A  JR Grand Canyon      2:16.00    2:13.53 D1 B    20  
             29.64      1:03.34 (33.70)
        1:38.31 (34.97)     2:13.53 (35.22)
  2 Williams, Hope   JR Northern Ariz     2:20.81    2:16.29         17  
             29.96      1:03.80 (33.84)
        1:39.60 (35.80)     2:16.29 (36.69)
  3 McInelly, Marin  JR Grand Canyon      2:17.92    2:16.31         16  
             31.85      1:05.90 (34.05)
        1:41.55 (35.65)     2:16.31 (34.76)
  4 Andrusak, Jorda  JR New Mexico St     2:15.90    2:16.46         15  
             30.30      1:04.73 (34.43)
        1:39.94 (35.21)     2:16.46 (36.52)
  5 Mayhew, Haley    FR Northern Ariz     2:17.87    2:17.35         14  
             31.37      1:05.94 (34.57)
        1:40.90 (34.96)     2:17.35 (36.45)
  6 Himes, Danika    FR Seattle U         2:19.07    2:17.89         13  
             30.92      1:05.82 (34.90)
        1:41.70 (35.88)     2:17.89 (36.19)
  7 Iwamoto, Aimee   SR Idaho             2:17.84    2:18.18         12  
             30.88      1:05.54 (34.66)
        1:41.15 (35.61)     2:18.18 (37.03)
  8 Melara, Alexa    JR CBU               2:19.49    2:18.39         11  
             30.88      1:05.86 (34.98)
        1:41.67 (35.81)     2:18.39 (36.72)

Men’s 200 Butterfly

Wyoming’s Brayden Love won the 200 fly in 1:43.77, an NCAA B cut.

Air Force’s Andrew Limpert was second in 1:44.47, followed by Michal Cukanow (1:46.61). The top three were all B cuts.

 Event 40  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
=========================================================================
          WAC: # 1:42.35  11/17/2018Daniil Antipov, GCU-AZ
   WAC Champs: R 1:42.55  3/2/2019  Daniil Antipov, Grand Canyon
                 1:40.76  D1 A Standard
                 1:46.69  D1 B Standard
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 Love, Brayden    SO Wyoming           1:44.41    1:43.77 D1 B    20  
             22.29        47.70 (25.41)
        1:14.93 (27.23)     1:43.77 (28.84)
  2 Limpert, Andrew  SO Air Force         1:50.10    1:44.47 D1 B    17  
             23.37        49.80 (26.43)
        1:16.81 (27.01)     1:44.47 (27.66)
  3 Cukanow, Michal  SO U N L V           1:48.02    1:46.61 D1 B    16  
             23.83        50.65 (26.82)
        1:17.81 (27.16)     1:46.61 (28.80)
  4 Klauss, Michael  SO U N L V           1:50.45    1:47.69         15  
             24.30        51.36 (27.06)
        1:18.97 (27.61)     1:47.69 (28.72)
  5 Pang, Aaron      SO Air Force         1:47.40    1:47.75         14  
             23.55        50.66 (27.11)
        1:18.64 (27.98)     1:47.75 (29.11)
  6 Diaz, Thomas        Wyoming           1:48.16    1:48.18         13  
             24.35        51.51 (27.16)
        1:19.35 (27.84)     1:48.18 (28.83)
  7 Davis, Logan     SO Air Force         1:49.16    1:48.24         12  
             23.88        51.01 (27.13)
        1:18.87 (27.86)     1:48.24 (29.37)
  8 Kariotis, Aren   FR U N L V           1:53.25    1:48.54         11  
             24.12        51.32 (27.20)
        1:19.39 (28.07)     1:48.54 (29.15)

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