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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, January 10
Grand Forks, ND
3 p.m.
Grand Canyon
129.00
at
107.00
North Dakota
Hannah Kastigar and Iegor Lytvenok each had two individual wins in today's action
Photo by: Deb Schaffer
Men's, Women's Swim Win First of Two Duals at North Dakota
1/10/2014 5:25:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
Second dual meet will be competed tomorrow at 11 a.m., free video available
The Grand Canyon University men's and women's swim teams today opened their first of two dual meets against North Dakota at the Hyslop Sports Center in Grand Forks, N.D. UND is an affiliate member of the Western Athletic Conference in both men's and women's swim.
Today's meet was a stand-alone dual meet, meaning that tomorrow's competition will be scored separately.
In 22 events in the pool for the Antelopes today, GCU swimmers collected 17 first-place finishes and defeated UND in both the men's and women's duals. The men won by a score of 129.00-107.00 , while the women posted a 124.00-113.00 victory on the first day.
"This was an excellent win for our women," said head coach Steve Schaffer. "In our team meeting this morning, I explained to the women that on paper the meet was close, but we were on the losing side, mostly because North Dakota would out score us 32-0 in the diving events (since we don't have divers yet). I told them we would need to have some people step it up if they wanted to win, and that is just what they did. It was an excellent team effort and I am very proud of them."
"Our men swam very well," added Schaffer. "North Dakota had some very good swims and made the meet closer than I expected. We came in with a pretty good idea that even with no divers and spotting them a 32-0 lead that we had enough firepower to win – but our guys didn't take anything for granted and we put up some good times. It was a great opportunity for continuing to practice on our racing and we had some fun by splitting up our guys and making the relays more evenly matched so they could race each other."
The 'Lopes opened the meet by sweeping the 200-medley relays. GCU's women's squad of Hannah Peseau, Kathleen Robertson, Rebecca Coan, and Jovanna Koens came in first with a time of 1:48.23, the seventh-best in the conference.
The men, behind swims of John Feely, Aslan Burbayev, Ivan Nechunaev, and Illya Glazunov, posted the top mark at 1:31.57, the fifth-fastest in the WAC. The men swept the top-three spots in the opening relay event.
Inha Kotsur won the women's 1650-free with a time of 17:35.43. Samantha Magnani claimed first in the women's 200-free with a time of 1:55.53, while Peseau clocked in at 1:57.09 to take second.
Stanislav Saiko picked up a first-place finish in the men's 200-free, touching the wall at 1:40.68.
Koens swam the 50-free in 24.30 seconds to take first, while the men swept the top-three spots in the same event, led by Alexandr Dmitriyenko's swim of 20.97 seconds. Jacob Lambros (21.17) and Michael Branning (21.27) rounded out the top-three.
Hannah Kastigar posted the eighth-fastest time in the WAC, 4:27.01, in the women's 400-IM to win the event. She owns the fastest time in the conference (4:15.92) this season. Iegor Lytvenok was a winner on the men's side, swimming the event in 4:11.35.
Coan picked up an individual win in the women's 100-fly, clocking in at 58.49 seconds, while teammates Peseau (59.10) and Kayla Clark (1:00.97) rounded out the top-three spots.
Nechunaev touched the wall first in the men's 100-fly in a time of 48.48 seconds, the sixth-fastest mark among WAC swimmers. He already owns the top time among WAC swimmers this season (47.50).
Catherine Polito joined the list of GCU winners after taking first in the women's 100-free with a time of 53.30 seconds. On the men's side, Glazunov won the event in 44.57 seconds, the eighth-best mark in the conference.
Kastigar earned her second individual win in the women's 100-back, clocking in at 56.77 seconds, the sixth-fastest time in the WAC. Lytvenok also picked up his second victory in the same event on the men's side, touching the wall with the fifth-fastest time among conference swimmers, 48.91 seconds.
Similar to how they started the day, the 'Lopes relay squads swept the 400-free events. The women's team of Kastigar, Coan, Magnani, and Koens won the event by nearly four seconds, finishing with a time of 3:36.40. The men's squad of Saiko, Everton Kida, Glazunov, and Tom Wahlers posted a time of 3:05.04, the seventh-fastest among WAC relay teams.
"Tomorrow is a new meet, and when you consider the traveling up here and today's meet, tomorrow will be a tough challenge for our kids," Schaffer explained. "They will have to dig deep to come away with two more wins tomorrow."
The second dual meet will be competed tomorrow, with the final day of action slated to get underway at 11 a.m. (Arizona time). Fans can follow the action via live video and live stats by visiting www.gculopes.com.
Click here for results from the first day of the dual meet
Today's meet was a stand-alone dual meet, meaning that tomorrow's competition will be scored separately.
In 22 events in the pool for the Antelopes today, GCU swimmers collected 17 first-place finishes and defeated UND in both the men's and women's duals. The men won by a score of 129.00-107.00 , while the women posted a 124.00-113.00 victory on the first day.
"This was an excellent win for our women," said head coach Steve Schaffer. "In our team meeting this morning, I explained to the women that on paper the meet was close, but we were on the losing side, mostly because North Dakota would out score us 32-0 in the diving events (since we don't have divers yet). I told them we would need to have some people step it up if they wanted to win, and that is just what they did. It was an excellent team effort and I am very proud of them."
"Our men swam very well," added Schaffer. "North Dakota had some very good swims and made the meet closer than I expected. We came in with a pretty good idea that even with no divers and spotting them a 32-0 lead that we had enough firepower to win – but our guys didn't take anything for granted and we put up some good times. It was a great opportunity for continuing to practice on our racing and we had some fun by splitting up our guys and making the relays more evenly matched so they could race each other."
The 'Lopes opened the meet by sweeping the 200-medley relays. GCU's women's squad of Hannah Peseau, Kathleen Robertson, Rebecca Coan, and Jovanna Koens came in first with a time of 1:48.23, the seventh-best in the conference.
The men, behind swims of John Feely, Aslan Burbayev, Ivan Nechunaev, and Illya Glazunov, posted the top mark at 1:31.57, the fifth-fastest in the WAC. The men swept the top-three spots in the opening relay event.
Inha Kotsur won the women's 1650-free with a time of 17:35.43. Samantha Magnani claimed first in the women's 200-free with a time of 1:55.53, while Peseau clocked in at 1:57.09 to take second.
Stanislav Saiko picked up a first-place finish in the men's 200-free, touching the wall at 1:40.68.
Koens swam the 50-free in 24.30 seconds to take first, while the men swept the top-three spots in the same event, led by Alexandr Dmitriyenko's swim of 20.97 seconds. Jacob Lambros (21.17) and Michael Branning (21.27) rounded out the top-three.
Hannah Kastigar posted the eighth-fastest time in the WAC, 4:27.01, in the women's 400-IM to win the event. She owns the fastest time in the conference (4:15.92) this season. Iegor Lytvenok was a winner on the men's side, swimming the event in 4:11.35.
Coan picked up an individual win in the women's 100-fly, clocking in at 58.49 seconds, while teammates Peseau (59.10) and Kayla Clark (1:00.97) rounded out the top-three spots.
Nechunaev touched the wall first in the men's 100-fly in a time of 48.48 seconds, the sixth-fastest mark among WAC swimmers. He already owns the top time among WAC swimmers this season (47.50).
Catherine Polito joined the list of GCU winners after taking first in the women's 100-free with a time of 53.30 seconds. On the men's side, Glazunov won the event in 44.57 seconds, the eighth-best mark in the conference.
Kastigar earned her second individual win in the women's 100-back, clocking in at 56.77 seconds, the sixth-fastest time in the WAC. Lytvenok also picked up his second victory in the same event on the men's side, touching the wall with the fifth-fastest time among conference swimmers, 48.91 seconds.
Similar to how they started the day, the 'Lopes relay squads swept the 400-free events. The women's team of Kastigar, Coan, Magnani, and Koens won the event by nearly four seconds, finishing with a time of 3:36.40. The men's squad of Saiko, Everton Kida, Glazunov, and Tom Wahlers posted a time of 3:05.04, the seventh-fastest among WAC relay teams.
"Tomorrow is a new meet, and when you consider the traveling up here and today's meet, tomorrow will be a tough challenge for our kids," Schaffer explained. "They will have to dig deep to come away with two more wins tomorrow."
The second dual meet will be competed tomorrow, with the final day of action slated to get underway at 11 a.m. (Arizona time). Fans can follow the action via live video and live stats by visiting www.gculopes.com.
Click here for results from the first day of the dual meet
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