RENO, Nev. - The Nevada swimming and diving team continues the success over the past few weeks with a big dual meet win over Mountain West foe, Boise State, 187-113. The Pack is now 5-0 in dual meets and 3-0 against conference opponents.
Nevada won 12 of the 16 events on the day including a 1-2-3 sweep of the 1-meter dive event and a 1-2-3-4 finish in the 200 breast that was led by junior
Donna dePolo with a season best time of 2:15.75.
The morning started off quick with the 200 medley relay finishing first in 1:40.90, just one second off from the school record of 1:39.57; the second place finishing relay clocked in at 1:45.02. The winning relay was comprised of
Imogen Watson, dePolo,
Josien Wijkhuijs and
Ileah Doctor.
Along with the medley relay win and the 200 breast win, dePolo also took the crown in the 100 breast with a season best time of 1:01.67 while teammate
Wiktoria Samula finished second with a time of 1:02.48. Samula also took second in the 200 breast while
Gianni Pitto took third and
Mikayla Dance took fourth.
Wijkhuijs continued her streak in the 100 fly, finishing first with a time of 55.32 after she had already won the 100 back in 56.74. Along with her two individual wins, the sophomore also was a member of both winning relay teams including the 400 free relay that finished in 3:28.32.
Caitlyn McHugh,
Andressa Cholodovskis and Doctor were also members on the 400 free relay.
Cholodovskis took first in the 200 free with a time of 1:51.00 before she won the 100 free in 51.64. Doctor clinched her 50 free title with a time of 23.74 while
Julia Adamczyk won the 200 fly in 2:07.47. Freshman
Destiny Kling took second in the 200 fly with a season best time of 2:08.23.
In the diving events,
Laura Isabel Vazquez Lopez won both events. In the 1-meter, the sophomore scored 321.23 while
Linnea Sorensen took second with a score of 294.98 and freshman
Jessie Nowotny tallied a 293.40. In the 3-meter, Lopez had the top score of 338.18 while Sorensen also took second with a 295.95 and Nowotny finished fourth with a 287.85.
Next for the Pack is the Phill Hansel Invitational, held and hosted by Houston in Houston, Texas beginning on Nov. 21 and concluding on Nov. 23.
