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UNLV picked up the win in the men&#8217;s event at the hands of <strong>Wikus Potgieter<\/strong> (21.60), <strong>Danny Beji<\/strong> (23.21), <strong>EmJose Avila Perez<\/strong> (20.62) and <strong>Daniel Nicusan <\/strong>(19.03), who swam to a 1:24.46, a tenth ahead of Cal Baptist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victoria Knapp <\/strong>won the 3-meter diving narrowly at 305.05 points while <strong>Mario Del Valle Jr.<\/strong> won the 1-meter diving at a 405.90 points.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s 800 freestyle relay went to Northern Colorado in a 7:14.85. <strong>Elizabeth Mayer<\/strong> (1:49.40), <strong>MarYuki Trionfetti<\/strong> (1:48.83), <strong>Lora Konter<\/strong> (1:49.17), and <strong>Kyra Rabes<\/strong> (1:47.45) swam to victory over Northern Arizona by over a second. UNLV made it a relay sweep on day one. <strong>Kiril Stepanov<\/strong> (1:37.83), <strong>Ambrus Barcsak<\/strong> (1:34.40), <strong>Colby Raffel<\/strong> (1:35.51), and <strong>Cooper Kiel<\/strong> (1:35.43) took the top spot on the podium ahead of the Air Force in a 6:23.17.<\/p>\n<h3>Thursday<\/h3>\n<p>New Mexico State opened the first full night of competition with a women&#8217;s 200 freestyle relay win. <strong>Emily Dobbins<\/strong> (22.86), <strong>Dijana Mazumdar<\/strong> (23.09), <strong>Kira Brownell<\/strong> (22.94), and <strong>Katie Rink<\/strong> (22.76) won by .12 over Idaho in a 1:31.65. Cal Baptist picked up the win on the men&#8217;s side with a 1:16.77, an NCAA B-Cut. <strong>Remi Fabiani<\/strong> (18.82), <strong>Andrija Petkovic<\/strong> (18.78), <strong>Ian Mullen<\/strong> (19.62), and <strong>Brendan Man<\/strong> (19.55) ran away from the field for the win.<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico State continued a strong night as <strong>Naomi Slee<\/strong> (4:48.65) won the women&#8217;s 500 freestyle. A mirror image took place in the men&#8217;s 500 freestyle as Cal Baptist&#8217;s <strong>Mark Kovacsics<\/strong> secured an NCAA B-Cut of 4:16.95. Kovacsics won by a dominant margin, as UNLV&#8217;s Raffel took second with a 4:22.87.<\/p>\n<p>Idaho&#8217;s <strong>Ginger Kiefer<\/strong> prevailed in the women&#8217;s 200 individual medley at a 1:58.35, an NCAA B-Cut. Kiefer was the only swimmer to break 2:00 as Grand Canyon&#8217;s <strong>Fruzsin Macsok<\/strong> swam to a 2:00.65 for second. Nicusan won the men&#8217;s event for UNLV with a 1:43.96. The top four swimmers swam under the NCAA B-Cut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alejandro Vazquez <\/strong>took the 3-meter diving at 450.75 points for UNLV. Knapp won the 1-meter diving at a 280.60 points total for Northern Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Cal Baptist continued a strong night as Maksimova defended her 50 freestyle title at a 22.19. Coming off of the 200 freestyle relay, Fabiani nearly matched his leadoff time to take the win individually at 18.86.<\/p>\n<h3>Friday<\/h3>\n<p>Wyoming won its first event of the meet from <strong>Gavin Smith<\/strong>, who took the 100 butterfly in a 46.45. Six of the finalists came in under 47.00 for an exceptionally tight field. Northern Arizona&#8217;s <strong>Elsa Musselman\u00a0<\/strong>won the women&#8217;s event with a 53.45.<\/p>\n<p>Idaho&#8217;s Kiefer blitzed the field in the women&#8217;s 400 individual medley to take the win in a 4:13.43. The men&#8217;s event was a closer race, as three swimmers hit an NCAA B-Cut. <strong>Camden Swigart<\/strong> got Air Force a win with a 3:46.01. UNLV&#8217;s Raffel took second at 3:48.59.<\/p>\n<p>New Mexcio&#8217;s Rink won the 200 freestyle in a 1:48.40, leading five of the eight finalists under 1:50. UNLV&#8217;s Barcsak won the men&#8217;s event, slipping under the B-Cut with a 1:35.32.<\/p>\n<p>UNLV&#8217;s Nicusan led a field of five NCAA B-Cuts in the men&#8217;s 100 breaststroke. Setting a championship record at a 51.58, he won by nearly a second over teammate Beji. Grand Canyon&#8217;s <strong>Beth Young<\/strong> broke the championship record as well to take the win in a 1:00.76. Young led a 1-2-3 sweep for Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico&#8217;s Dobbins won the women&#8217;s 100 backstroke at a 54.69. Fabiani won his second event of the meet to win the men&#8217;s event at a 45.40. <strong>Audrey Thordarson-Wehner<\/strong> won the platform dive event with 281.05 points.<\/p>\n<p>Cal Baptist utilized Fabiani (46.20) just one event later. Along with <strong>Jonathan Reiter<\/strong> (51.74), <strong>Tyler Manshim<\/strong> (46.10), and Petkovic (42.31), the men secured a 3:06.35 to win the 400 medley relay and set a new conference record. Grand Canyon won the women&#8217;s event with a 3:38.50. <strong>Marta Guasp<\/strong> (55.18), <strong>Raphaela Nakashima<\/strong> (1:00.77), <strong>Paula Martinez<\/strong> (53.68), and <strong>Maria Brunlehner<\/strong> (48.87) won over Northern Colorado.<\/p>\n<h3>Saturday<\/h3>\n<p>Northern Arizona&#8217;s <strong>Casey Craffey<\/strong> hit an NCAA B-Cut to win the women&#8217;s 1650 in a 16:28.17. Her teammate <strong>Kylie Ney<\/strong> (16:32.41) took second. Kovacsics made it a distance sweep in the men&#8217;s event after his 500 free win with a 14:48.48.<\/p>\n<p>Idaho&#8217;s Kiefer picked up another event win in the women&#8217;s 200 backstroke at a 1:55.07. Seattle got their first event win of the meet at the hands of <strong>Danie Kvedaris<\/strong>. The sophomore hit a 1:43.53 to narrowly take the 200 back over <strong>Tatsuki Inoue<\/strong> (1:43.74). Fabiani continued a fantastic meet in the 100 freestyle with a 41.83 to take best the field.<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico&#8217;s <strong>Kodi Wiman<\/strong> won the women&#8217;s 200 breaststroke with an NCAA B-Cut of 2:12.42. UNLV&#8217;s Nicusan won the men&#8217;s edition at a 1:53.15. Beji made it a Rebel sweep for second (1:54.34). Del Valle Jr. won another diving event with a 409.05 points total on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Relay powerhouse Martinez won an individual event for Grand Canyon in the women&#8217;s 200 butterfly at a 1:58.38. Closing out his individual campaign in style, Wyoming&#8217;s Smith won the men&#8217;s 200 butterfly with a B-Cut 1:43.96.<\/p>\n<p>Idaho won the final women&#8217;s event in the 400 freestyle relay. <strong>Sydney Heasmen<\/strong> (51.01), <strong>Madelyn Butler<\/strong> (50.15), <strong>Gracie Ruble<\/strong> (50.13), and <strong>Ella Haskins<\/strong> (49.05) combined for a 3:20.34 victory. Cal Baptist capped off a phenomenal meet with Fabiani (41.23), Petkovic (42.83), Man (43.97), and Mansheim (43.31) combining to a 2:51.34.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s Final Team Standings<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Northern Arizona- 694.5<\/li>\n<li>New Mexico State- 534<\/li>\n<li>Grand Canyon- 529<\/li>\n<li>California Baptist- 475<\/li>\n<li>Idaho- 470<\/li>\n<li>Northern Colorado- 458.5<\/li>\n<li>Utah Tech University- 248<\/li>\n<li>Seattle- 191<\/li>\n<li>University of Texas, Rio Grande- 132<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s Final Team Standings<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>University of Nevada, Las Vegas- 802<\/li>\n<li>California Baptist- 776<\/li>\n<li>Air Force- 638.5<\/li>\n<li>Grand Canyon- 531<\/li>\n<li>University of Wyoming-365.5<\/li>\n<li>Seattle- 238<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Arizona Women, UNLV Men Claim Western Athletic Conference Titles The Western Athletic Conference wrapped up last weekend with decisive wins for the Northern Arizona women and UNLV men. 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