LAS VEGAS, Nevada, January 28. THE UNLV men's and women's swimming and diving teams celebrated their Senior Day with a total of three victories on Saturday afternoon in Buchanan Natatorium. The Rebel men topped UC Santa Barbara 130-91, while the women's squad won a pair of dual meets, 121-120 over UCSB and 127-108 over Colorado State.<\/p>\n
The Rebel men finish the regular season at 6-2 overall, and after this weekend's results, have clinched at least a share of their first-ever MWC regular season championship, thanks to Air Force losing a pair of road meets. UNLV is 4-1 overall in league play, and can do no worse then tie BYU (3-1 MWC) for the regular season title, with the Cougars still to swim at Utah next week. The UNLV women meanwhile improved to 5-4, and 4-3 in the MWC.<\/p>\n
UNLV won the men's meet over UCSB thanks to winning 10 of the 12 events on the day. The Rebels had three double-event winners, Johan Claar (500 free in 4:32.06, 1000 free in 9:22.45). Brandon Nelms (50 free in 20.47, 100 free in 45.31), and Jonas Andersson (100 breast in 56.95, 200 breast in 2:05.21). Devin Phillips added a win in the 100 back (50.54), while Tamas Bosnyak claimed the 200 IM (1:53.64). UNLV also claimed wins in both the 200 medley (Adrian Law, Andersson, Tiger Christian, Nelms) and 200 free (Richard Hortness, John Byers, Nelms, Phillps) relays. <\/p>\n
On the women's side, a pair of seniors shinned, as both Lani Seaman and Katie Wronn won a pair of events. Seaman claimed both distance events, the 500 free in 5:03.84 and the 1000 free in 10:14.05, while Katie Wronn took the sprint free events, swimming first place times of 23.68 in the 50 free and 52.05 in the 100 free. Single-event winners included Kim Bonney in the 100 breast (1:05.23) and Bailey Kuestermeyer in the 200 breast (2:17.37). The Rebel women were first as well in both the 200 medley (Amanda Weinbrecht, Bonney, Marina Sandback, Wronn) and the 400 free (Wronn, Sandback, Lauren Browning, Roxy Camuso) relays.<\/p>\n
The Rebel women have one more meet left before the teams compete in the 2007 MWC Championships, as they host New Mexico on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 2 pm in Buchanan Natatorium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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