LOS ANGELES – The Grand Canyon men's swimming team dominated conference opponent Seattle U, 157-48, at Burns Aquatics Center. The Lopes earned 11 first-place finishes and swept the top three spots in six events
– the 50-, 200- and 500-yard freestyles, the 100 butterfly and the 200 and 400 medley relays.
Day 1
GCU opened the event with a win in the 200 medley relay. The Lopes team of senior Kainan Coerin De Jesus, senior
Alonso Carazo Barbero, senior Mazen Shoukry and senior
Dylan Nasser took the win with a time of one minute, 32.52 seconds.
GCU sophomore transfer
Jack Armstrong had strong performances with two-first place finishes in the 50 freestyle (19:84) and 100 butterfly (47.79).
It was also a day for new personal bests. Armstrong dropped nearly four seconds off his 100 freestyle best and shaved .35 seconds off his 50 freestyle record.
Lopes junior
Mikhail Lyubavskiy won the 200 freestyle (1:42.62). dropping nearly eight seconds off his time. He also won the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:37.63.
Senior
Dawson Sloan won the 100 freestyle in 45.54, shaving nearly two seconds off a personal best. He finished second behind Lyubaksiy with a time of 1:45.79 in the 200 freestyle and dropped 1.54 seconds off his time.
Sophomore
Ellis Bohon finished third behind Lyubavskiy in the 500 freestyle (4:50.45) after dropping almost 10 seconds off his time.
Junior
Amir Haviv won the 100 breaststroke (57.12) and placed third in the 200 freestyle (1:45.87).
Nasser won the 100 backstroke (51.88) and contributed to two first-place wins in the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay.
The Lopes finished the meet with a win from a freestyle relay team of Armstrong, Nasser, sophomore
Jacob Folsom and Sloan.
Up next, the Lopes will head back to Burns Aquatics Center for more competition at 11 a.m. Saturday.