The Denver Women defeated Air Force this weekend, picking up 183 points to the Falcons’ 113. Air Force’s distance standout Genevieve Miller came away with a win in the 1000, clocking a 10:13.45.
Denver:
DENVER – The University of Denver women’s swim team defeated the Air Force Academy on Saturday at El Pomar Natatorium after totaling 183 points over Air Force’s 113.
“The women came out with some energy to start the meet and were able to carry the energy through,” associate head coach Alicia Hicken-Franklin said after the meet. “We are seeing incredible leadership coming from many places on our team which is always fun to see. We had eight individual event winners. Overall a great team effort.”
The DU Women registered wins in 12 out of 16 events on Saturday, including the 200 yard medley relay (1:44.04), made up of Johanna Roas (Munich, Germany), Amanda Sanders (Superior, Colo.), Heidi Bradley (Victoria, B.C.) and Zoe Huddleston (Rothschild, Wisc.). The women also emerged victorious in the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:36.84 due to a strong effort from Roas, Huddleston, Morgan McCormick (Golden, Colo.) and Lauren Moden (Parker, Colo.).
Roas and Sanders each picked up two individual event wins at today’s meet, as Roas won the 100 yard backstroke (55.50) and the 200 yard backstroke (2:02.46), while Sanders placed first in the 100 yard breaststroke (1:03.31) and the 200 yard breaststroke (2:18.31.).
Other first place finishes included freshmen Annelyse Tullier (Dallas, Texas) in the 200 yard freestyle event (1:55.46), Grace Sommerville (Ashburton, New Zealand) in the 200 yard butterfly (2:06.78), Maddie Myers(Arvada, Colo.) in the 500 yard freestyle event (5:01.65), Moden in the 50 yard free (24.57), Huddleston in the 100 yard free (52.77), and McCormick in the 200 yard IM (2:07.80).
Junior Larissa Grammer (Olathe, Colo.) earned a second place finish in the three meter event with a finals score of 233.48, as well as a third place finish in the one meter diving event with a finals score of 218.78. FreshmanDrew Soffer (Chicago, Ill.) also competed in today’s diving events and finished with a finals score of 130.95 in the three meter event and a score of 159.10 in the one meter event.
The team will have a few weeks off before getting ready to compete in the Hawkeye Invitational from Dec. 4-6 in Iowa City, IA.
Air Force:
The University of Denver defeated Air Force, 183-113, in a women’s swimming and diving dual meet, Saturday, Nov. 7, in Denver, Colo.
Air Force had two individual winners in swimming as Genevieve Miller won the 1000 free (10:13.45) andMaria Schroeder won the 100 fly (56.74).
In women’s 3-meter diving, freshman Isabella Farrell won with 254.10 points. In 1-meter diving, Jessica Hornwon (227.85) while Farrell was second (220.50).
The Falcons return to action on Friday, Nov. 13, against Wyoming and Northern Arizona. The swimming portion of the meet will be in Laramie, Wyo., at 4 p.m. The diving will take place at the Academy at 4 p.m.
Swimming news courtesy of Air Force and Denver Swimming & Diving.