2020 WAC Championships Day 2 Finals Cancelled; Prelims Scored as Timed Finals

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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.

• Day 1 recap

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              
==================================================================
                      === 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              
==================================================================
                      === 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              
==================================================================
                      === 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              
==================================================================
                      === 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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