Denver vs GCU vs Seattle vs CBU
- October 13-14, 2023
- Riverside, Calif.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Denver Athletics
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The University of Denver men’s swimming and diving program closed out a two-day meet by completing dual wins Cal Baptist, Grand Canyon and Seattle on Saturday afternoon at the Lancer Aquatics Center.
Team Scores:
Denver 212, Cal Baptist 141
Denver 255, Grand Canyon 98
Denver 253, Seattle 88
Event Wins:
Men’s 400 Medley Relay – Liam Simmons, Alex Lynch, Brandon Chapman, Frank Tirone – 3:21.19
Men’s 200 IM – Marco Nosack – 1:52.80
Men’s 100 Back – Liam Simmons – 50.63
Men’s 200 Free Relay – Frank Tirone, Donat Fabian, Nikola Tadic, Luke Milburn – 1:22.19
Zyad Morsy opened the final day of the meet with a third-place finish (second in dual scoring) in the men’s 1-meter dive, accumulating 287.35 points in his dives.
In the first swimming event of the afternoon, Denver earned a win in the men’s 400 medley relay. Liam Simmons, Alex Lynch, Brandon Chapman and Frank Tirone combined for a time of 3:21.19 in the race.
Similar to Friday’s distance race, Denver took spots 2-5 in the men’s 1000 free on Saturday. Connor Hughes led the Denver quartet with a second-place finish, reaching the final wall in 9:37.86. Kieran Watson rounded out the podium places with a 9:39.32, Joseph Purdy finished fourth in 9:39.99 and Joseph Hancock clocked in at 9:42.32 to take fifth.
Marco Nosack got Denver back in the win column with a 1:52.80 in the men’s 200 IM.
The Pioneers grabbed spots 2-4 in the freestyle sprint on Saturday. Donat Fabian and Tirone led Denver in the 50 free with matching times of 20.77 to take second and Luke Milburn took fourth with a 21.22.
In the 200 fly, Dylan Wright earned a second-place finish with his 1:50.85 and Brandon Chapman reached the final wall in 1:51.99 to take fourth.
Simmons won the men’s 100 back with a 50.63 to earn his second and Denver’s third win of the afternoon.
Lynch finished second (56.42) and Fabian finished fourth (57.39) to give Denver two of the top four spots in the 100 breast.
In the final individual race of the weekend, Tommy Hancock finished second in the 200 free in 1:41.18, while Watson’s 1:41.49 was good enough for fourth.
Denver closed out the weekend meet with a first-place time in the men’s 200 free relay. Tirone, Fabian, Nikola Tadic and Milburn combined for a time of 1:22.19 to take the top spot.
UP NEXT: Denver returns to the state of Colorado for a single meet next weekend when the Pioneers take the trip south on I-25 to the Air Force Academy. The meet is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. MT.
Courtesy: GCU Athletics
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The Grand Canyon swimming and diving team completed the second weekend trip of the season Saturday when they wrapped up against Seattle U, California Baptist, and Denver.
The women wrapped up their dominant weekend in style Saturday when they begun the day with the 400 medley relay where Briana Rittenbach, Raphaela Nakashima, Paula Martinez Moreno, and Maria Brunlehner went 3 minutes 49.12 seconds to take first place.
Sophomore transfer student Elisa Corradi swam a first place claiming time of 2:08.53 in the 200 individual medley relay.
The Lopes took first and second place in the 200 butterfly by way of sophomore Martinez Moreno (2:04.70) and junior Aleksandra Wegrzynowska (2:06.69).
Rittenbach continued her strong swimming of late with the first place finish in the 100 backstroke, touching in at 56.83.
Jonathan Rom joined in on the first place finishes with his time of 56.37 in the 100 breaststroke.
Mohamed Mohamady had a strong day with a 200 freestyle time of 1:41.20 in the 200 freestyle.
Sam Jennings placed in the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.12.
Some of the team will return to California next week for the MPSF Open Water competition while the rest of the team will be back in action to go to Air Force on Nov. 3.
Full meet results can be found here.
Friday
The Grand Canyon swimming and diving team completed the first of a two-day meet Friday with women’s relay success against WAC opponents California Baptist and Seattle U.
The GCU women started the competition with the 200-yard medley relay getting the win with a team of graduate student Briana Rittenbach, senior Raphaela Nakashima, sophomore Paula Martinez Moreno and junior Maria Brunlehner. The team went 1 minute, 44.22 seconds, which was two seconds faster than the second-place team.
The women went one-two-three in the 400 individual medley with junior Aleksandra Wegrzynowska (4:31.95), sophomroe Elisa Corradi (4:36.48), and junior Fruzsi Macsok (4:41.93).
The women’s strong day continued with Rittenbach and Brunlehner taking first and third in the 100 freestyle with times of 52.65 and 53.52, respecitvely.
The Spanish duo of Martinez Moreno (2:05.34) and sophomore Marta Guasp Bauza (2:07.92) went first and second in the 200 backstroke.
Sophomore Jonathan Rom placed second in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:03.90.
Nakashima and Corradi took first and second place in the 200 breaststroke with great early-season times of 2:21.82 and 2:22.73.
Sophomore Mohamed Mohamady took second place in the 200 backstroke. The Egyptian went 1:48.56.
To close Day 1, the women’s 400 freestyle relay of Rittenbach, freshman Bailey Gott, junior Maria Chatzi and Brunlehner went 3:31.15.
The team will get back to action Saturday at 11 a.m.
Friday’s results can be found here.