HOUSTON, Texas (Feb. 28, 2020) – Junior Brayden Love eclipsed his own personal best and the school record in the 100 butterfly on Friday at the 2020 WAC Swimming and Diving Championships. The meet resumed after the evening session was canceled due to the closure of the University of Houston. The six individual events and two relays were run and scored as timed finals. No preliminary races were done. The men's 1-meter finals were also completed.
Love placed second in the 100 fly after posting a career and school best time of 47.06. His previous best was 47.20 that he set on Nov. 20, 2019 at the Mizzou Invite. Senior PJ Musser finished 15th with a time of 49.10 followed by sophomore James Bouda with a mark of 49.34.
After the third day, Wyoming sits in fourth place with 374 points. Air Force leads the way in first with 577, UNLV occupies second with 438 followed by Grand Canyon in third with 395.5 points.
The finals of the 1-meter was completed on Friday morning and the platform will go tomorrow. Sophomore Brendan Byrnes placed fifth with a score of 264.00. Freshman Payton Lee finished eighth in the event with a score of 212.35. Junior Elijah Chan was just outside of the top eight with a score of 253.75. In the consolation final, Chan was third and improved his score to 271.70.
In the 200 freestyle, sophomore Austin Crump recorded a career-best time of 1:36.24, which is third all-time in school history, to finish fourth. Senior Jacob Harlan had a career-best time of 1:36.67, which is sixth all-time. Sophomore Ryan Netzel was 12th in a time of 1:38.64.
Sophomore Grant Sloan followed up his fast time in the 50 freestyle from yesterday with a solid performance in the 100 breaststroke. He posted a career-best time of 54.30 to place third, which is ninth all-time in school history. Junior Mitch Hovis was seventh with a mark of 55.12.
Freshman Thomas Diaz had the top time in the 400 IM going 3:57.69 to place tenth. Fellow freshman Cameron Murphy posted a time of 4:00.50, while senior Seth Borgert went 4:04.70. In the 100 backstroke, the top finisher was freshman Andrew Rodriguez with a career-best time of 49.15 to place 11th. Senior Sean Calkins was 13th with a season-best mark of 49.61, while fellow senior Tyler Klatt finished 15th in a time of 49.80.
In the 200 freestyle relay, the team of Musser, Bouda, Sloan and Love posted a season-best time of 1:20.89 for a sixth place finish, while the 400-medley relay team of Klatt, Hovis, Love and Musser finished third with a season-best time of 3:12.59.
The 2020 WAC Swimming and Diving Championships will conclude tomorrow. The meet is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. MT with the mile.
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