COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 3, 2020) – The Cowboy swimming and diving squads got the 2020 season underway against Air Force on Thursday. The meet was scored as an exhibition between the two teams.
"Our men did a lot of nice things," head coach
Dave Denniston said. "Highlights would be
Ryan Netzel and
Austin Crump in the 200 freestyle. In the breaststroke,
Mitchell Hovis went a season-best as did
Aron Markow, plus some of our freshmen stepped up in the 200 butterfly in
Luke Walker and
Harry Tjaden had a good meet. Overall, we had a good meet and team was happy to get out and race."
In the 200 medley relay, the team of
Reilly Gilbert,
Mitchell Hovis,
Cameron Murphy and
Grant Sloan touched the wall in 1:34.39. Following in a time of 1:34.88,
Miller Browne,
Aron Markow,
Harry Tjaden and
Kellen Chadderdon placed for the Cowboys.
In the 1000 freestyle, freshman
Brandon Samaniego touched the wall in a time of 9:53.29 while
Daniel Cumnock-Francois had a mark of 10:03.75.
Junior
Ryan Netzel placed first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:41.59. Fellow junior
Austin Crump was third with a mark of 1:41.82 and freshman
Jakob Borrman was fifth in a time of 1:47.68.
Hovis recorded a time of 55.93 in the 100 breaststroke for a third place finish followed by Sloan in a time of 58.59 to place fifth. Markow was right behind in sixth with a time of 58.72.
UW had a one, two, three place finish in the 200 butterfly. Freshman
Luke Walker posted a time of 1:54.99 for a first place finish. Tjaden was second with a mark of 1:55.55 followed by sophomore Cameron Walker close behind in 1:55.99.
Sloan was the best finisher in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.26, while Gilbert was seventh in a time of 21.91.
On the boards, the top finisher was junior
Brendan Byrnes in the 1-meter with a second place finish with a score of 280.43. Freshman
Juan Gonzalez was third with a career-best mark of 276.98 and senior
Elijah Chan behind in fourth with a score of 246.30. Gonzalez followed that up with a first place finish in the 3-meter with a score of 299.55 followed by Byrnes in third with a mark of 268.43.
Crump took second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 46.46 and Sloan with a fourth place finish touching the wall in 47.61 and Chadderdon in 48.19 close behind.
Hovis followed up his performance in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 2:06.83 in the 200, while
Caleb Worshek posted a time of 2:22.04.
In the 500 freestyle, Netzel completed his day with a time of 4:46.32 and Samaniego was third in a time of 4:49.23. The 100 butterfly had Crump touch the wall in 51.22 and Tjaden in 51.69.
The Cowgirls will be back in the pool tomorrow in a tri-meet with Air Force and Colorado State. It's scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs.
