Completed Event: Men's Swimming and Diving versus Purple-Black Time Trials on October 10, 2026
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, October 17
Long Beach, Calif.
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MPSF Open Water Championships
Lopes earn runner-up relay finish at MPSF Open Water Championships
10/17/2026 8:37:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
Servi, Luken finish in top 10; men's relay takes second place
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Grand Canyon swimming and diving competed at the MPSF Open Water Championships on Saturday, highlighted by a runner-up men's relay finish and two top-10 individual performances in the men's 5,000-meter freestyle race.
On the men's side, junior Batu Servi led the Lopes with a seventh-place finish in the 5K, clocking in at 1 hour, 9.2 seconds. Servi finished just over two minutes behind race winner Thomas Langlois, who posted a time of 57:55.0.
Servi was followed by redshirt senior Jack Luken, who finished ninth with a time of 1:00:49.8, giving GCU two swimmers among the top 10.
Senior Joe Stephenson placed 12th in 1:01:48.5, while senior Colin Campbell finished 13th in 1:02:08.7.
Freshman Carter Rankin added a 14th-place finish with a time of 1:02:43.8, giving the Lopes five swimmers among the top 15. Junior Luka Cavic rounded out GCU's individual finishers in 25th place with a time of 1:08:05.7.
In the men's 2,000-meter freestyle relay, the GCU quartet of Luken, Campbell, Stephenson and Servi secured a second-place finish with a time of 24:44.2.
On the women's side, senior Vivi Criscione led the Lopes with a 12th-place finish in the 5K, posting a time of 1:04:04.2.
Criscione was followed by junior Kaitlyn Logue, who finished 19th in 1:06:40.1, and senior Summer Dean, who placed 20th in 1:06:40.6. Logue and Dean finished just half a second apart, giving GCU three swimmers among the top 20.
In the women's 2,000-meter freestyle relay, freshman Duda Luciano, junior Taylor Stasny, Criscione and Logue combined for a fifth-place finish with a time of 27:05.2.
The meet featured 36 official finishers in the men's 5K and 61 in the women's 5K, with GCU placing five men and three women among the top 20.
The Lopes return to competition Friday when the men's and women's teams travel to Hawai'i.
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On the men's side, junior Batu Servi led the Lopes with a seventh-place finish in the 5K, clocking in at 1 hour, 9.2 seconds. Servi finished just over two minutes behind race winner Thomas Langlois, who posted a time of 57:55.0.
Servi was followed by redshirt senior Jack Luken, who finished ninth with a time of 1:00:49.8, giving GCU two swimmers among the top 10.
Senior Joe Stephenson placed 12th in 1:01:48.5, while senior Colin Campbell finished 13th in 1:02:08.7.
Freshman Carter Rankin added a 14th-place finish with a time of 1:02:43.8, giving the Lopes five swimmers among the top 15. Junior Luka Cavic rounded out GCU's individual finishers in 25th place with a time of 1:08:05.7.
In the men's 2,000-meter freestyle relay, the GCU quartet of Luken, Campbell, Stephenson and Servi secured a second-place finish with a time of 24:44.2.
On the women's side, senior Vivi Criscione led the Lopes with a 12th-place finish in the 5K, posting a time of 1:04:04.2.
Criscione was followed by junior Kaitlyn Logue, who finished 19th in 1:06:40.1, and senior Summer Dean, who placed 20th in 1:06:40.6. Logue and Dean finished just half a second apart, giving GCU three swimmers among the top 20.
In the women's 2,000-meter freestyle relay, freshman Duda Luciano, junior Taylor Stasny, Criscione and Logue combined for a fifth-place finish with a time of 27:05.2.
The meet featured 36 official finishers in the men's 5K and 61 in the women's 5K, with GCU placing five men and three women among the top 20.
The Lopes return to competition Friday when the men's and women's teams travel to Hawai'i.
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