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Hannah Kastigar won the women's 400-IM
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Kastigar, Women's 400-Medley Relay Crowned WAC Champions
2/28/2014 8:43:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
Tomorrow marks the final day of the conference swimming championships
The Western Athletic Conference Swimming Championships saw its third day of action come to a close today, and the Grand Canyon University men's and women's teams had another successful day at the Palo Alto Aquatic Center in San Antonio, Tex. As they have done in the previous two days of finals, the Antelopes broke a number of school records and crowned yet another individual and relay champion.
GCU's men's team is currently in fourth place with 348 points, while the women are also in fourth with 308 points. UNLV continues to lead the men's field with 545 total points and Northern Arizona holds their lead amongst women's teams with 476 points.
"Tonight was our best session of racing so far, capped off by two absolutely incredible relays to finish off the night – the women's victory was simply epic," said head coach Steve Schaffer. "We went into that relay seeded third, and knowing we had a weak link in the breaststroke leg. Iryna Glavnyk set a team record in the 100 back lead-off and then Molly Graves, who swam a 1:04.58 in the 100 breast earlier in the evening, threw down an amazing 1:02.12 breaststroke split to keep us in the race and Rebecca Coan and Hannah Kastigar pulled away for the win."
Reflected in the scores are the diving events, which the 'Lopes do not participate in and thus cannot score.
Hannah Kastigar added an individual WAC title to her stellar freshman campaign after touching the wall first in the women's 400-IM. She clocked in at 4:14.69 to establish a new school record and post the fastest time in the conference this season.
"Hannah Kastigar blew away the field in her 400 IM to become our women's team's first individual WAC champion," said Schaffer. "As impressive as her win was, Iegor Lytvenok put up a time that was faster than what qualified for the DI NCAA Championships last year, when he came up just short of another WAC title. It was a fantastic swim.
The 'Lopes women had another win in relay events, this time claiming the top spot in the 400-medley relay. Iryna Glavnyk, Molly Graves, Rebecca Coan, and Kastigar teamed up to touch the wall first with a time of 3:40.91, bettering the previous school record by nearly seven seconds. It was also the fastest time in the conference this season by almost five seconds.
The men's 400-medley relay squad of Iegor Lytvenok, Aslan Burbayev, Ivan Nechunaev, and Illya Glazunov finished second behind UNLV with a time of 3:12.90.
Coming off of his victory in the 200-IM in last night's finals, Lytvenok took second in the 400-yard length with a time of 3:45.59 to break his own school record that he set earlier this season.
Nechunaev took second the men's 100-fly after swimming the event in a school record time of 46.89 seconds. Teammate Alexandr Dmitriyenko came in sixth place at 48.36 seconds.
On the women's side, Coan picked up a third place finish in the 100-fly after clocking in at 54.84 seconds.
In the 200-free finals, Glazunov placed seventh with a time of 1:37.62 to break the previous school record. Glavnyk (1:48.90) and Samantha Magnani (1:51.02) finished third and seventh, respectively, in the same event for the women. Glavynk's time established a school record.
In the men's 100-breaststroke finals, Burbayev came in sixth after clocking in at 54.97 seconds. In the 'B' finals on the women's side, Graves posted a fifth place finish with a time of 1:04.58, while Kathleen Robertson was seventh at 1:05.05.
Everton Kida led the field in the 'B' finals of the men's 100-backstroke after touching the wall in 49.76 seconds, while John Feely was fourth at 50.17 seconds. Stacey Wymer took sixth in the 'B' finals of the women's 100-backstroke with a time of 58.03 seconds.
"This meet format favors teams with diving and depth, so we don't show up in the team standings as well as we would like, but we are building a D-I program step by step and we clearly have some great D-I quality swimmers," added Schaffer. "We will keep adding more, and divers as well, next year. This is a process, and we are off to a very good start. I couldn't be prouder of how both our men and women have stepped up this year."
The WAC will crown a men's and women's team champion following the final day of action tomorrow. Included in tomorrow's finals are the men's and women's 1650-free, 200-backstroke, 100-free, 200-breaststroke, 200-fly, and 400-free relays. Fans can follow the championships live by visiting www.gculopes.com.
Click here for results from the third day of action
Click here for photos from the WAC Championships
GCU's men's team is currently in fourth place with 348 points, while the women are also in fourth with 308 points. UNLV continues to lead the men's field with 545 total points and Northern Arizona holds their lead amongst women's teams with 476 points.
"Tonight was our best session of racing so far, capped off by two absolutely incredible relays to finish off the night – the women's victory was simply epic," said head coach Steve Schaffer. "We went into that relay seeded third, and knowing we had a weak link in the breaststroke leg. Iryna Glavnyk set a team record in the 100 back lead-off and then Molly Graves, who swam a 1:04.58 in the 100 breast earlier in the evening, threw down an amazing 1:02.12 breaststroke split to keep us in the race and Rebecca Coan and Hannah Kastigar pulled away for the win."
Reflected in the scores are the diving events, which the 'Lopes do not participate in and thus cannot score.
Hannah Kastigar added an individual WAC title to her stellar freshman campaign after touching the wall first in the women's 400-IM. She clocked in at 4:14.69 to establish a new school record and post the fastest time in the conference this season.
"Hannah Kastigar blew away the field in her 400 IM to become our women's team's first individual WAC champion," said Schaffer. "As impressive as her win was, Iegor Lytvenok put up a time that was faster than what qualified for the DI NCAA Championships last year, when he came up just short of another WAC title. It was a fantastic swim.
The 'Lopes women had another win in relay events, this time claiming the top spot in the 400-medley relay. Iryna Glavnyk, Molly Graves, Rebecca Coan, and Kastigar teamed up to touch the wall first with a time of 3:40.91, bettering the previous school record by nearly seven seconds. It was also the fastest time in the conference this season by almost five seconds.
The men's 400-medley relay squad of Iegor Lytvenok, Aslan Burbayev, Ivan Nechunaev, and Illya Glazunov finished second behind UNLV with a time of 3:12.90.
Coming off of his victory in the 200-IM in last night's finals, Lytvenok took second in the 400-yard length with a time of 3:45.59 to break his own school record that he set earlier this season.
Nechunaev took second the men's 100-fly after swimming the event in a school record time of 46.89 seconds. Teammate Alexandr Dmitriyenko came in sixth place at 48.36 seconds.
On the women's side, Coan picked up a third place finish in the 100-fly after clocking in at 54.84 seconds.
In the 200-free finals, Glazunov placed seventh with a time of 1:37.62 to break the previous school record. Glavnyk (1:48.90) and Samantha Magnani (1:51.02) finished third and seventh, respectively, in the same event for the women. Glavynk's time established a school record.
In the men's 100-breaststroke finals, Burbayev came in sixth after clocking in at 54.97 seconds. In the 'B' finals on the women's side, Graves posted a fifth place finish with a time of 1:04.58, while Kathleen Robertson was seventh at 1:05.05.
Everton Kida led the field in the 'B' finals of the men's 100-backstroke after touching the wall in 49.76 seconds, while John Feely was fourth at 50.17 seconds. Stacey Wymer took sixth in the 'B' finals of the women's 100-backstroke with a time of 58.03 seconds.
"This meet format favors teams with diving and depth, so we don't show up in the team standings as well as we would like, but we are building a D-I program step by step and we clearly have some great D-I quality swimmers," added Schaffer. "We will keep adding more, and divers as well, next year. This is a process, and we are off to a very good start. I couldn't be prouder of how both our men and women have stepped up this year."
The WAC will crown a men's and women's team champion following the final day of action tomorrow. Included in tomorrow's finals are the men's and women's 1650-free, 200-backstroke, 100-free, 200-breaststroke, 200-fly, and 400-free relays. Fans can follow the championships live by visiting www.gculopes.com.
Click here for results from the third day of action
Click here for photos from the WAC Championships
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