A major water break which has closed the University of Houston campus has forced the Western Athletic Conference to cancel Thursday’s evening session of the 2020 WAC Swimming and Diving Championship.
After a vote of the coaches, it was decided to score Thursday’s preliminary races as timed finals. The 200 freestyle relays that were originally scheduled for Thursday night will now take place at the start of Friday’s evening session, which is now scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. local time.
In addition, the men’s 1-Meter and the women’s 3-Meter dive finals, which were originally scheduled for Thursday night will now take place on Friday. As a result, the men’s Platform dive, which was originally scheduled for Friday, will now take place on Saturday along with the women’s Platform dive.
WAC Championships: Men’s 500 Freestyle
UNLV’s Chris Mykkanen swam the fastest 500 free during the morning session with a 4:21.86, which will now count as a conference championship since the prelims are counted as timed finals after the water break.
Grand Canyon’s Mikhail Lyubavskiy took second in 4:23.23, followed by Air Force’s Wen Zhang (4:23.39) and UNLV’s Hayden Hemmens (4:23.41).
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
4:11.82 D1 A Standard
4:23.34 D1 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Mykkanen, Chris FR U N L V 4:26.23 4:21.86 qD1 B
23.37 49.04 (25.67)
1:15.27 (26.23) 1:42.12 (26.85)
2:08.97 (26.85) 2:35.93 (26.96)
3:02.78 (26.85) 3:29.55 (26.77)
3:56.11 (26.56) 4:21.86 (25.75)
2 Lyubavskiy, Mik FR Grand Canyon 4:24.16 4:23.23 qD1 B
23.64 49.41 (25.77)
1:15.69 (26.28) 1:42.29 (26.60)
2:09.11 (26.82) 2:35.79 (26.68)
3:03.05 (27.26) 3:30.46 (27.41)
3:57.36 (26.90) 4:23.23 (25.87)
3 Zhang, Wen FR Air Force 4:32.97 4:23.39 q
23.02 49.25 (26.23)
1:15.82 (26.57) 1:42.72 (26.90)
2:09.63 (26.91) 2:36.64 (27.01)
3:03.74 (27.10) 3:31.01 (27.27)
3:58.27 (27.26) 4:23.39 (25.12)
4 Hemmens, Hayden SR U N L V 4:23.52 4:23.41 q
23.35 49.24 (25.89)
1:15.89 (26.65) 1:42.70 (26.81)
2:09.27 (26.57) 2:36.42 (27.15)
3:03.41 (26.99) 3:30.08 (26.67)
3:56.98 (26.90) 4:23.41 (26.43)
5 Harlan, Jacob JR Wyoming 4:30.00 4:23.74 q
23.72 49.60 (25.88)
1:16.08 (26.48) 1:42.66 (26.58)
2:09.49 (26.83) 2:36.42 (26.93)
3:03.31 (26.89) 3:30.49 (27.18)
3:57.61 (27.12) 4:23.74 (26.13)
6 Netzel, Ryan FR Wyoming 4:23.99 4:24.68 q
24.35 51.13 (26.78)
1:17.95 (26.82) 1:44.94 (26.99)
2:12.02 (27.08) 2:38.96 (26.94)
3:05.78 (26.82) 3:32.59 (26.81)
3:59.07 (26.48) 4:24.68 (25.61)
7 Williams, Jayko FR Air Force 4:27.46 4:25.04 q
24.18 50.79 (26.61)
1:18.05 (27.26) 1:45.14 (27.09)
2:12.16 (27.02) 2:39.22 (27.06)
3:06.11 (26.89) 3:32.97 (26.86)
3:59.42 (26.45) 4:25.04 (25.62)
8 Grimm, Adam SO Air Force 4:29.77 4:25.46 q
24.13 50.25 (26.12)
1:17.12 (26.87) 1:43.82 (26.70)
2:10.71 (26.89) 2:37.75 (27.04)
3:04.73 (26.98) 3:31.78 (27.05)
3:59.07 (27.29) 4:25.46 (26.39)
WAC Championships: Women’s 500 Free
Cal-State Bakersfield’s Mikayla Popham won the women’s 500 freestyle in 4:52.55.
California Baptist’s Mackenzie Megel was second (4:53.79, followed by Grand Canyon’s Talita Te Flan (4:54.26) and Kelsey Andrusak (4:54.55).
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
4:35.76 D1 A Standard
4:47.20 D1 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Popham, Mikayla FR CSUB 4:50.42 4:52.55 q
25.89 54.27 (28.38)
1:23.41 (29.14) 1:53.01 (29.60)
2:22.98 (29.97) 2:52.77 (29.79)
3:22.74 (29.97) 3:52.66 (29.92)
4:22.74 (30.08) 4:52.55 (29.81)
2 Mergel, Mackenz SR CBU 4:57.82 4:53.79 q
26.70 55.33 (28.63)
1:24.22 (28.89) 1:53.73 (29.51)
2:23.32 (29.59) 2:53.26 (29.94)
3:23.53 (30.27) 3:53.77 (30.24)
4:23.97 (30.20) 4:53.79 (29.82)
3 Te Flan, Talita SR Grand Canyon 5:01.36 4:54.26 q
26.73 55.43 (28.70)
1:24.83 (29.40) 1:54.17 (29.34)
2:23.85 (29.68) 2:53.67 (29.82)
3:23.85 (30.18) 3:54.17 (30.32)
4:24.63 (30.46) 4:54.26 (29.63)
4 Andrusak, Kelse FR Grand Canyon 4:55.56 4:54.55 q
26.53 55.32 (28.79)
1:24.53 (29.21) 1:53.80 (29.27)
2:23.15 (29.35) 2:53.00 (29.85)
3:23.12 (30.12) 3:53.61 (30.49)
4:24.36 (30.75) 4:54.55 (30.19)
5 Degn, Mackenzie FR CBU 4:51.03 4:56.27 q
25.40 53.70 (28.30)
1:23.07 (29.37) 1:52.84 (29.77)
2:22.66 (29.82) 2:53.00 (30.34)
3:23.90 (30.90) 3:54.70 (30.80)
4:25.71 (31.01) 4:56.27 (30.56)
6 Cosgrove, Maddi SR CSUB 5:02.52 4:57.13 q
26.87 56.00 (29.13)
1:26.07 (30.07) 1:56.12 (30.05)
2:26.27 (30.15) 2:56.30 (30.03)
3:26.37 (30.07) 3:56.61 (30.24)
4:27.34 (30.73) 4:57.13 (29.79)
7 Lucien, Brianna SR Idaho 4:58.65 4:58.14 q
26.78 55.75 (28.97)
1:25.74 (29.99) 1:56.20 (30.46)
2:26.66 (30.46) 2:57.35 (30.69)
3:27.96 (30.61) 3:58.77 (30.81)
4:28.80 (30.03) 4:58.14 (29.34)
8 Oviedo, Rebecca SO CBU 4:52.66 4:58.46 q
26.71 56.04 (29.33)
1:26.04 (30.00) 1:56.54 (30.50)
2:27.02 (30.48) 2:57.46 (30.44)
3:27.65 (30.19) 3:58.20 (30.55)
4:28.30 (30.10) 4:58.46 (30.16)
WAC Championships: Men’s 200 IM
Air Force’s Zach Nelson won the 200 IM in 1:46.69 to hold off UNLV’s Ogi Maric (1:46.72) and Air Force’s Isaac Gwin (1:46.74), who all finished within five hundredths of a second of each other.
Wyoming’s Brayden Love was fourth in 1:46.88.
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 D1 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Nelson, Zach SR Air Force 1:47.91 1:46.69 qD1 B
22.92 49.71 (26.79)
1:19.87 (30.16) 1:46.69 (26.82)
2 Maric, Ogi FR U N L V 1:47.61 1:46.72 qD1 B
22.73 48.20 (25.47)
1:20.73 (32.53) 1:46.72 (25.99)
3 Gwin, Isaac SO Air Force 1:48.08 1:46.74 qD1 B
22.20 47.75 (25.55)
1:20.34 (32.59) 1:46.74 (26.40)
4 Love, Brayden SO Wyoming 1:48.57 1:46.88 q
22.31 49.12 (26.81)
1:20.84 (31.72) 1:46.88 (26.04)
5 Rogic, Kristofe JR CSUB 1:51.00 1:47.41 q
22.75 49.07 (26.32)
1:21.55 (32.48) 1:47.41 (25.86)
6 Klatt, Tyler JR Wyoming 1:49.91 1:48.47 q
22.92 49.18 (26.26)
1:21.36 (32.18) 1:48.47 (27.11)
7 Rodriguez, Andr Wyoming 1:50.24 1:48.61 q
23.61 50.35 (26.74)
1:22.53 (32.18) 1:48.61 (26.08)
8 Cornellison, Ha SO U N L V 1:48.95 1:48.77 q
22.75 49.23 (26.48)
1:22.33 (33.10) 1:48.77 (26.44)
WAC Championships: Women’s 200 IM
Bakersfield’s Autumn D’Arcy won the women’s 200 IM in 2:01.94 to hold off California Baptist’s Isabella Rhodes (2:02.32) and Mew Mexico State’s Jordan Andrusak (2:02.38).
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
1:53.66 D1 A Standard
1:59.94 D1 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 D'Arcy, Autumn SO CSUB 2:02.15 2:01.94 q
26.30 55.89 (29.59)
1:32.52 (36.63) 2:01.94 (29.42)
2 Rhodes, Isabell SO CBU 2:03.71 2:02.32 q
25.43 55.73 (30.30)
1:32.38 (36.65) 2:02.32 (29.94)
3 Andrusak, Jorda JR New Mexico St 2:03.80 2:02.38 q
26.64 58.39 (31.75)
1:32.86 (34.47) 2:02.38 (29.52)
4 Christianson, A JR Grand Canyon 2:04.96 2:02.85 q
25.70 57.20 (31.50)
1:33.17 (35.97) 2:02.85 (29.68)
5 McDonagh, Niamh JR Northern Ariz 2:05.85 2:03.83 q
27.05 58.31 (31.26)
1:34.13 (35.82) 2:03.83 (29.70)
6 Kis, Petra JR Northern Colo 2:04.12 2:03.91 q
27.26 58.64 (31.38)
1:34.45 (35.81) 2:03.91 (29.46)
7 Himes, Danika FR Seattle U 2:07.06 2:05.69 q
27.04 58.81 (31.77)
1:35.32 (36.51) 2:05.69 (30.37)
8 Seidl, Maddie JR Northern Ariz 2:08.31 2:05.77 q
26.40 58.15 (31.75)
1:35.73 (37.58) 2:05.77 (30.04)
WAC Championships: Men’s 50 Free
Grand Canyon’s Mazen Shoukry won the 50 free in 19.71, while Air Force’s Matthew Lattin took second in 19.86.
Wyoming’s Grant Sloan was third in 19.89 and UNLV’s Richard Szilagyi was fourth in 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
18.96 D1 A Standard
19.96 D1 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Shoukry, Mazen SO Grand Canyon 19.76 19.71 qD1 B
2 Lattin, Matthew SO Air Force 20.10 19.86 qD1 B
3 Sloan, Grant FR Wyoming 20.26 19.89 qD1 B
4 Szilagyi, Richa JR U N L V 20.33 20.02 q
5 McAnany, Cole SR Air Force 20.47 20.03 q
5 Shepard, Corey SO Air Force 20.17 20.03 q
7 Musser, PJ JR Wyoming 20.09 20.05 q
8 Janin, Florent SO Grand Canyon 19.93 20.06 q
Results for the women’s 50 free were not immediately available.
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