GCU closes out Shamrock Invitational with record swims

Saturday, January 28

South Bend, Ind.

8 a.m.

Grand Canyon

Shamrock Invitational Day 2

GCU closes out Shamrock Invitational with record swims

1/29/2017 10:04:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

By: Lisa Amsler

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The Grand Canyon swimming and diving program concluded the Shamrock Invitational in third place. The women collected a total of 596 points behind Wisconsin and Notre Dame who placed first and second respectively. On the men's side, Notre Dame finished first followed by Wisconsin and GCU with a total of 721 points.

Mark Nikolaev set two new Rolfs Aquatic Center pool records in the 100-yard backstroke (46.18) and 200-yard backstroke (1:43.58). The latter was previously set by Olympian Matt Greavers back in 2005 with a time of 1:43.93. In addition, Wiktor Jaszczak set a new GCU team record in the 1650-yard freestyle event with a time of 15:33.79, beating the old record by 39 seconds.

The Lopes also lined up some outstanding individual wins, including Estela Davis Ortiz in the 400-yard IM (4:20.93) and Daniil Antipov in the 200-yard butterfly (1:45.77).

"It was a very successful weekend," Head Coach Steve Schaffer said. "Our kids got to race against some top 25 competition to help us prepare for the WAC Championships next month. We got a really good idea of who else earned their spot to go [to the WAC Championships] and who will swim on our relays there."

The women will return to the water for their last regular season meet on Feb. 4 against Idaho.

Men's Team Standings
Notre Dame - 1192.5
Wisconsin - 1007
Grand Canyon - 721
Missouri State - 514.5

Women's Team Standings
Wisconsin - 1194.5
Notre Dame - 1053
Grand Canyon - 596
Nebraska - 510.5
Clemson (diving) - 107