UNLV Men, NAU Women Take Leads at WACs

Photo Courtesy: Andrew Patterson/WAC

SAN ANTONIO – Going into the final day of the WAC championships, Northern Arizona leads the women’s rankings and the UNLV leads the men.

Last year’s WAC Freshman of the Year, Hannah Kastigar of Grand Canyon, opened tonight’s finals defending her 400 IM title earning herself an NCAA “B” cut (4:12.42).

Teammate Iegor Lytvenok kept the pace, swimming to a new pool record, WAC record and NCAA “B” qualifying time of 3:43.52.

Freshman Alina Staffeldt from Northern Arizona won the 100 butterfly (53.86) followed by UNLV’s Dillon Virva in a time of 47.06.

Dropping two seconds from last year’s time and moving up from a fifth place overall finish, Bakersfield’s Kelsey Lange won the women’s 200 free in 1:48.48.

On the men’s side, senior Adam Kalms became the two-time defending champion in the men’s 200 free with a time of 1:34.39 which also qualifies as an NCAA “B” cut.

In the women’s breaststroke New Mexico State’s senior Jessica Legge won her third consecutive 100 breaststroke title with a 1:01.74. In the men’s event, breaking a WAC record with a time of 53.11, from Air Force, Michael Barnosky.

Grand Canyon’s sophomore Iryna Glavnyk won the women’s 100 backstroke with an NCAA “B” time of 53.63 followed by UNLV’s Henrique Machado (47.08) who also won the event last year.

Women’s 1 meter diving champion Savanna Meadows claimed her second WAC title winning the women’s platform with a score of 222.80.

To conclude day three, the Grand Canyon women and the UNLV men won the 400 medley relays.

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2015 Western Athletic Conference, Day Three – Results

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