Men's, Women's Swimming and Diving Defeat Bakersfield

Saturday, October 10

Bakersfield, Calif.

TBA

Grand Canyon

CSU Bakersfield

Photo by: Darryl Webb

10/10/2015 8:30:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – In their first match of the season against a conference team, the Grand Canyon University men's and women's swimming and diving teams defeated Bakersfield Saturday. The men's team won 176-122 and the women's team won 156.5-143.5.

For the women's swim team, they opened the match with first and second place finishes in the 200-medley relay. Iryna Glavnyk, Kathleen Robertson, Rebecca Coan, and Jovanna Koens took first place with 1:45.07. Close behind with a time of 1:47.20, the team of Samiha Mohsen, Vangelina Draganova, Hannah Peseau, and Kelsey Lang finished second.

Glavnyk placed first in the 100-back (56.66), 200-back (2:04.51), and 200-IM (2:06.86). Peseau finished second in the 100-back with a time of 59.66 and second in the 100-butterfly (58.08) .

Coan (2:07.71) and Yara Fakhry (2:09.99) picked up the top-two times in the 200-butterfly and Coan also finished first in the 100-butterfly (57.38). Koens had the top-time in the 50-free (24.09). Koens continued her success with runner-up placement in the 100-free.

Draganova was the runner-up in the 100-breast (1:06.23), only 0.23 behind Bakersfield's top-finisher. Angelina Mikish and Robertson finished third and fourth, respectively. Fakrhy and Draganova placed first and second in the 200-breast with times of 2:21.16 and 2:23.69, respectively.

The men's swimming team earned a first place finish in the 200-medley relay where Mark Nikolaev, Youssef Elkamash, Daniil Antipov, and Illya Glazunov picked up a time of 1:30.41.

Iegor Lytvenok had a time of 1:37.70 in his victory in the 200-freestyle event, while he won the 200-back event with a time of 1:51.14. He also won the 200-IM (1:46.95).

Nikolaev had a first place finish in the 100-back and a second place finish in the 200-back. Antipov picked up the title in the 200-butterfly and the 100-butterfly. Glazunov placed first in the 50-free (20.85) and second in the 100-free (46.14).

GCU took the top-two slots in the 100-breast with Youssef Elkamash and Mantas Auruskevicius earning times of 57.05 and 58.3, respectively. Elkamash, Auruskevicius, and Adam Kastigar earned the top-three places in the 200-breast.

In diving, the men earned the top-two spots in the three-meter, led by Michael Bidak's 283.35 and Todd Alden had 260.33. Bidak, Michael Winfrey and Alden snagged the first three scores in the one-meter.

Rachel Adams (209.85) and Elizabeth Fogel (205.88) took second and third in the three-meter dive. Menna Elmidany (231.83) and Fogel (215.48) finished second and third in the one-meter.

"I was very impressed with today's performance,especially with the 1-2-3 sweep of the men's one meter event," said head diving coach Tracey Eldridge. "The women also did very well and contributed to the win over Bakersfield. I am excited to see how we look with another month of training under our belts."

The Lopes will host Seattle U Oct 23-24 out at the Southwest Valley YMCA in Goodyear, Ariz. Matches will begin at 1 p.m. on Oct. 23 and 11 a.m. on Oct. 24. The women's squad will also be facing Loyola Marymount during the event. A full recap will be available at www.gculopes.com.