Records Fall as Lopes Win First of Two Duals at Seattle U

Friday, October 24

Seattle, WA

5 p.m.

Grand Canyon

133

Seattle U (Swimmers)

Iryna Glavnyk

Photo by: Deb Schaffer

Records Fall as Lopes Win First of Two Duals at Seattle U

10/25/2014 12:15:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

Men, Women Combine to Set Five Pool Records

The Grand Canyon University men's and women's swimming teams combined to set five pool records en route to each picking up Western Athletic Conference (WAC) wins Friday in the first of two weekend duals at Seattle U. The Antelope women downed the host Redhawks, 135-70, and the GCU men topped Seattle U, 133-71, Friday at the Connolly Center Pool in Seattle, Wash.

"Another terrific job today by both our men's and women's teams," said head swimming coach Steve Schaffer. "Combined we set five pool records, the women won all but one event, and the men won six of 11 events," said Schaffer. "It was a very good day, and I could not be prouder of both of these teams!"

Hannah Kastigar continued her early-season dominance, setting a pair of pool records on her way to taking home first in the 1,000-free (10:13.41) and 400-IM (4:21.08). Yara Fakhry finished the 400-IM in a time of 4:40.90 which placed her in second.

Iryna Glavnyk picked up two top finishes on the night, clocking a new pool record in the 100-backstroke, as the sophomore finished with a time of 55.52 seconds. Glavnyk also won the 200-free, touching the wall in a time of 1:52.16.

Jovanna Koens' time of 23.95 seconds in the 50-free was good enough for first in the event. Koens also won the 100-free with a time of 52.93 seconds. Rebecca Coan posted the top finish in the 100-fly, finishing in a time of 57.89 seconds.

Daria Talanova won the 100-breastroke, racing to a time of 1:05.38 in the event. Joana Ulyte's time of 5:11.54 in the 500-free put her in second in the event.

Reigning WAC men's Swimmer of the Week Iegor Lytvenok set a new pool record in the 400-IM, swimming to a time of 3:55.06. Lytvenok also took home first-place in the 100-backstroke (50.30 seconds). Illya Glazunov recorded Canyon's fifth pool record of the day in the 100-free, collecting a time of 45.53 seconds. Glazunov's second win of the night came in the 50-free, as he finished in a time of 20.66 seconds.

Stanislav Saiko placed second in both the 200-free (1:41.63) and 100-fly (50.33 seconds). Mantas Auruskevicius came in second in the 100-breaststroke, recording a time of 57.53 seconds.

Canyon dominated Friday's relays, sweeping both the men's and women's 400-medley relay and 400-free relay. In the first event of the night, Glavnyk, Talanova, Coan, and Koens each swam a leg of the winning 400-medley relay on the women's side and the quartet of Lytvenok, Youssef Elkamash, Saiko, and Glazunov collected the top time on the men's side.

In the dual's final event, it was the GCU women (Kastigar, Celine Schoemans, Jade Howard, and Marina Fonseca) and men (Tanner Brotherton, Jacob Lambros, Neil Fogel, and Mazen Elkamash) taking home first-place in the 400-free relay.

"Tomorrow will be a real test for our kids," added Schaffer. "It was a late meet today and we are going to have to get up in the morning and go back and battle again. It's important to practice that early in the season, because our championship meets require the same thing, so this will be great practice for us to help us prepare for what's to come."

The Lopes will return to the Connolly Center Pool for Saturday's dual with Seattle U. Events are slated to get started at 11 a.m. and fans can find a full recap following tomorrow's action at www.gculopes.com.

Click here to see Friday's results.