{"id":463298,"date":"2021-02-25T23:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=463298"},"modified":"2021-02-26T12:43:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T19:43:00","slug":"unlvs-vuk-celic-sets-wac-championships-record-in-500-freestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/unlvs-vuk-celic-sets-wac-championships-record-in-500-freestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"UNLV\u2019s Vuk Celic Sets WAC Championships Record in 500 Freestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNLV senior <strong>Vuk Celic<\/strong> won the WAC championship in the 500 freestyle Thursday in record fashion, smashing the WAC Championships and school records.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian grad student (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/unlv-gets-huge-commitment-from-serbian-national-record-holder-vuk-celic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">national record-holder\/Olympic A-cut holder)<\/a> went 4:16.75 in the finals, an improvement from 4:20.19 in the morning prelims. The time is a UNLV record and it downs the time of 4:17.23 set in 2014 by <strong>Mitchell Huxhold<\/strong> of Cal State Bakersfield. (Huxhold retains the outright conference record of 4:16.71 from NCAAs that year.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wacsports.com\/tournaments\/swimdive\/2020-21\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wacsports.com\/tournaments\/swimdive\/2020-21\/images\/thursday_results_wac_men-s_championship_2.21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thursday&#8217;s Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wac.org\/livestats\/swim-m\/2021\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Celic\u2019s splits:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">23.52 &#8211; 25.54 &#8211; 25.84 &#8211; 26.10 &#8211; 26.09 &#8211; 26.09 &#8211; 26.19 &#8211; 26.16 &#8211; 25.94 &#8211; 25.28<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">??RECORD ALERT?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VukCelic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VukCelic<\/a> goes all the way in the 500 free for the title with both the new UNLV program record and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WACsports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WACsports<\/a> Championship meet record \u231a\ufe0fwith a swim of 4:16.75\u203c\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JustGoOff?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JustGoOff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BEaREBEL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BEaREBEL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WACsd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WACsd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C29uMvFe2e\">pic.twitter.com\/C29uMvFe2e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UNLV Swim &amp; Dive (@UNLV_Swim_Dive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNLV_Swim_Dive\/status\/1365137374120796161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The time is also an NCAA B cut, one of four in the race. UNLV monopolized the top five spots in the race, with <strong>Christopher Mykkanen<\/strong> second and <strong>Panos Bolanos<\/strong> filling out the podium. Unsurprisingly, Vuk Celic led the way to a win in the 800 free relay Wednesday with Mykkanen, Bolanos and <strong>Bryan Chavez.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UNLV also went 1-2 in the 50 free, with <strong>Reece Hemmens<\/strong> outtouching teammate <strong>George Ratiu<\/strong> by .02 in an NCAA B cut of 19.91. Those two, with Ratiu going out in 19.94 and Hemmens anchoring in 19.04, helped the Rebels win the 200 free relay in 1:18.42.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? PHOTO FINISH\u203c\ufe0f?\u200d\u2642\ufe0fReece Hemmens makes a HUGE splash ?? after making a late push to become the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WACsports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WACsports<\/a> 50 free champion ? with a mark of 19.91??<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JustGoOff?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JustGoOff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BEaREBEL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BEaREBEL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WACsd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WACsd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5md7EHWDUX\">pic.twitter.com\/5md7EHWDUX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UNLV Swim &amp; Dive (@UNLV_Swim_Dive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNLV_Swim_Dive\/status\/1365149684159815680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After two days of the four-day meet, UNLV had a sizeable lead with 333 points to 212 for Air Force and 199.5 for Grand Canyon University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNLV senior Vuk Celic won the WAC championship in the 500 freestyle Thursday in record fashion, smashing the WAC Championships and school records. 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