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UC Santa Barbara was third with 81 points, three up on California Baptist. Rice, which won last year, didn\u2019t take part.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mpsports.org\/news\/2026\/10\/18\/open-water-swimming-open-water-championship-recap.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the men\u2019s side, BYU tallied 137 points, with 73 in the 5,000 and first-place in the 2,000-free relay. Grand Canyon was second with 106 points, while Whitter was third. California Baptist had won the last two men&#8217;s team titles, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/california-baptist-drops-mens-swimming-and-diving-in-restructuring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its program was dropped in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whitter\u2019s <strong>Thomas Langlois<\/strong> won the 5K for the third straight year, clocking in at 57 minutes, 55 seconds. BYU was second with <strong>Tanner Nelson<\/strong> in 59:11.7, then <strong>Gavin Willyerd<\/strong> in 59:49.2. Nelson and Willyerd helped BYU win the relay in 24:13.9, 30 seconds ahead of Grand Canyon with Whittier third.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s title went to <strong>Alisee Pisane<\/strong> of USC in 1:01.50.4. She pulled away from <strong>Kyra Rabess<\/strong> of Northern Colorado, who was second in 1:01.52.8. <strong>Vivien Nett<\/strong> was third for Washington State.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Colorado won the relay in 26:00.7, nearly five seconds up on BYU, which outsprinted Washington State for second by just a second.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Colorado, BYU Win MPSF Open Water Titles The Northern Colorado women and the BYU men claimed Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Open Water Championships at the Oct. 17 event. 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