Men's Swimming Defeat Seattle U; Women Beat Loyola Marymount

Saturday, October 24

Phoenix, Ariz.

11 a.m.

Grand Canyon

Seattle U (Swimmers)

Photo by: Darryl Webb

Men's Swimming Defeat Seattle U; Women Beat Loyola Marymount

10/24/2015 4:12:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

PHOENIX – The Grand Canyon University men's and women's swimming teams took on Seattle U and Loyola Marymount for their second straight meet today out at the Southwest Valley Family YMCA. The men's team defeated Seattle U 123-81. The women's team defeated Loyola Marymount 117-82, but had a narrow loss to Seattle U 104-100.

In the relays, the men's squad took the top time in the 200-medley and the top-two times in the 200-free. The 200-medley relay team consisted of Mark Nikolaev, Youssef Elkamash, Daniil Antipov, and Illya Glazunov who earned a time of 1:30.17. The leading group in the 200-free relay featured Mazen Elkamash, Jacob Lambros, Nikolaev, and Glazunov at 1:21.93, while Iegor Lytvenok, Tanner Brotherton, Trent Trump, and Youseff Elkamash were close behind at 1:26.15.

The men earned first place times in seven out of the nine individual events.

Lytvenok picked up two of the seven wins in the 200-back (1:47.12) and 200-IM (1:47.74). His time in the 200-IM was an NCAA B qualifying time. Antipov and Nikolaev placed second and third in the event with times of 1:51.47 and 1:51.79, respectively.

Antipov took the top-time in the 200-butterfly (1:49.40), with Connor Shores taking second (2:00.09), and Trent Godfrey placing third (2:00.15).

Mazen Elkamash had a time of 1:43.19 in the 200-free, while Godfrey was just behind him at 1:43.40 for the top-times. Brotherton was first in the 50-free at 21.50 and Glazunov placed first in the 100-free at 45.02. Mantas Auruskevicius rounded out the first place honors in the 200-breast with a time of 2:07.19.

Nathon Burwick earned a second place finish in the 1000-free (10:14.93).

The women's team won the opening 200-medley relay with a time of 1:45.84. Iryna Glavnyk, Kathleen Robertson, Rebecca Coan, and Jovanna Koens made up the winning squad. GCU placed second in the 200-free relay.

In the individual events, the women snagged three top-placements. Koens earned two of them—the first in the 50-free (23.91) and the second in the 100-free (52.34). Angelina Mikish had the top time in the 200-IM at 2:06.78.

Glavnyk placed second in the 200-free (1:57.12), while Coan finished second in the 200-butterfly (2:07.86). Samiha Mohsen also earned a second place score in the 200-back with a time of 2:08.90 and Yara Fakhry earned second in the 200-breast with a time of 2:21.82.

The GCU men's swimming team will be joined by the diving team in their next home meet against Air Force on Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. The women's next meet will not be until the Northwestern TYR Invitational on Nov. 20-22 in Evanston, Ill. A full recap and links to live stats for the events will be available at www.gculopes.com.