2023 UNLV Invitational
- December 17-20, 2023
- Buchanan Natatorium – Las Vegas, Nevada
- Brief Course Yards (25 yards)
- Dwell Outcomes
- Outcomes additionally out there on Meet Cell as “UNLV Invite 2023”
The 2023 UNLV Invite occurred from December 17 via the twentieth, and host staff UNLV walked away victorious for each the women and men.
Ladies’s Recap
An thrilling race unfolded within the first last of the meet, the place the College of Hawaii, Manoa went head-to-head with UNLV for the win within the 200 freestyle relay. The 2 groups touched simply 0.13 aside on the end, as Hawaii bought the contact (1:32.49) over UNLV (1:32.62). The successful quartet from Hawaii consisted of Holly Nelson (23.35), Gabby Williams-Scudamore (23.32), Anna Friedrich (22.84), and Mira Promoting (22.98).
Sophomore Erika Carlson of UNLV put up an excellent efficiency to win the five hundred freestyle, hitting the wall in 4:46.53 to win by over 4 seconds. She continued her momentum all through everything of the meet, successful the 100 free (49.68) and 200 free (1:48.11) to tally three particular person wins in her residence pool. Her instances within the 100 and 500 free symbolize new finest instances, as her 500 free ranks her 1st within the Mountain West Convention and her 100 slots her in 2nd.
Benedict Nagy of Colorado Mesa College took a pair of wins within the 200 and 400 IM occasions. She gained the 200 in a time of two:00.84, and dominated the 400 in 4:16.57. She additionally picked up a pair of 2nd-place finishes within the 100 IM (56.97) and 200 fly (2:04.01).
Agata Naskret, the 25-year-old teammate of Nagy, swept the person backstroke occasions. She hit the wall in 53.24 to snag the win within the 100, and she or he completed in 1:56.95 to win the 200. Naskret additionally led off her staff’s successful 400 medley relay with a swift 52.96 100 again cut up, which presently leads the Rocky Mountain convention rankings. Her 200 again additionally leads the convention, as she has a niche of a few second for each occasions over the following closest competitor.
New Mexico’s Jordan Foster was a double occasion winner, taking the 50 free (23.30) and 100 IM (56.86). Along with her victories, Foster secured a Third-place end within the 100 fly (55.11), a Sixth-place end within the 100 breast (1:03.30), and took eleventh within the 200 breast (2:19.33).
Hawaii freshman Zofia Tyminska swept the person breaststroke occasions, clocking 1:01.57 en path to successful the 100. She additionally gained the 200 with a time of two:13.23, clearing the sphere by over two full seconds. Her instances in each occasions are simply shy of her bests, which had been recorded on the SMU Invitational a month in the past.
Males’s Recap
UNLV opened the meet with a powerful efficiency within the 200 freestyle relay, as Bryson Huey (19.63), George Ratiu (19.46), Steven Butler, (19.70), and Cameron Castro (19.97) mixed to submit a scorching 1:18.76. Ratiu, who swam on the second leg of the successful relay, would go on to win the person 50 free about an hour later in 19.79 – the one swimmer to crack the 20-second barrier within the particular person last.
The Rebels would proceed their successful methods all through everything of the meet, as Danny Beji swept the breaststroke occasions. He took the 100 in 52.92, simply shy of his 52.37 entry time. He gained the 200 in 1:56.41 to wrap up the competitors on Tuesday. Colby Raffel collected a win within the 200 fly, hitting a pair of 1:46s on the day — in the end successful the ultimate in 1:46.16.Whereas UNLV had fairly just a few occasion winners, it was their depth that rocketed them to the highest of the staff scoring.
Hawaii and Colorado Mesa showcased a number of occasion winners over the course of the meet, with Hawaii tallying 5 wins and Colorado Mesa reaching six.
Colorado Mesa was led by redshirt junior Ben Sampson, who achieved 5 particular person wins all through the meet. Samspon, who was the NCAA Division II Swimmer of the 12 months final 12 months, kicked off the meet with a win within the 200 IM. He stopped the clock in 1:43.51, successful by over two seconds. He added two further wins on the second day of the meet, taking the 400 IM (3:48.04) earlier than successful the 100 again (46.95) later within the session. On the ultimate day of the meet, he took a pair of victories by finishing a good back-to-back double. He first gained the 100 IM (48.51) earlier than successful the 200 again minutes later (1:44.69). Samspon was additionally a notable 46.37 on the 100 again leg of Colorado Mesa’s 400 medley relay.
Colorado Mesa claimed their sixth victory within the 400 freestyle relay to shut the meet, the place the foursome of Ben Sampson (43.63), Aziz Ghaffari (43.31), Jameson McEnaney (43.45), and Andrew Scoggin (44.41) mixed to submit a time of two:54.80. They took the win within the occasion by properly over three seconds.
Hawaii’s 5 wins got here within the type of three relays (200, 400 medley + 800 free relays) along with two particular person occasions: the 100 fly and 200 free. Junior Grant Stoddard was victorious within the 100 fly, touching in 47.38 to steer a pair of Cal Baptist swimmers (Tyler Mansheim and Brendan Man) who touched 2nd and Third.
Mario Surkovic was the 200 free champion, touching in 1:36.69 to win an in depth battle over Pacific’s Mitchell Hopper. Hopper touched in 1:36.73, lower than a tenth again. Hopper took out the race quicker via the primary 100, however Surkovic made his transfer on the third 50 to construct a sufficiently big lead. Hopper outsplit Surkovic coming residence, however Surkovic’s third 50 effort propelled him to the victory.
Cal Baptist sophomore Mark Kovacsics was a double occasion winner over the course of the meet, amassing wins in each the five hundred free and 1650 free. He touched in 4:20.82 en path to win the five hundred, and stopped the clock in 15:07.56 within the 1650. He was a little bit over a second shy of his finest within the 500, and about six shy within the 1650 – however they’re nice indicators for the Western Athletic Convention Championships this upcoming February.
Cal Baptist had one other occasion winner within the type of Tyler Mansheim, who recorded a time of 43.86 to win the 100 free on Tuesday. His time was simply shy of the 43.50 lifetime finest he placed on the books final month.
Different Highlights:
- UNLV’s Cameron Mykkanen was victorious within the 200 fly, clocking 2:00.07 for the win and a brand new finest time.
- Hannah Jones of UNLV gained the 1650 free in 16:46.83, touching forward teammates Ava Olson (16:49.03) and Gina Miller (16:49.74) for a 1-2-3 sweep.
- Hawaii took the win within the 400 free relay, because the squad of Holly Nelson (50.39), Gabby Williams-Scudamore (50.85), Cass Treydte (49.29), and Mira Promoting (49.72) mixed for a swift 3:20.25.
- Hawaii secured wins in each the 200 medley and 800 free relays on day two, posting instances of 1:40.77 and seven:20.92 en path to these wins.
Last Scores:
Ladies:
- College of Nevada, Las Vegas – 1012 factors
- College of Hawaii, Manoa – 870 factors
- Colorado Mesa College – 696 factors
- Cal Baptist College – 397 factors
- College of the Pacific – 355 factors
- College of New Mexico – 346 factors
- Seattle College – 202 factors
- College of Arizona – 78 factors
Males:
- College of Nevada, Las Vegas – 1065.5 factors
- College of Hawaii, Manoa – 781 factors
- Colorado Mesa College – 770.5 factors
- Cal Baptist College – 490 factors
- College of the Pacific – 330 factors
- Seattle College – 316 factors
- College of Arizona – 131 factors
