Undefeated Streak Continues

Thursday, November 19

Grand Junction, Colo.

All Day

California Baptist University

Colorado Mesa Invite

Undefeated Streak Continues

11/21/2015 10:52:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Swimming and Diving

By: Andrew Shortall, Asst. Sports Information Director

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- Confidence was built up higher than before and California Baptist University remained undefeated in events where team scores are kept Saturday at the Colorado Mesa Invite finale.

Six more NCAA Division II provisional performances sweetened the deal, as CBU won the invite with 1,232 points. Host Colorado Mesa took second with 1,036 points. Josh Hanson and Bernardo Valentim provided the Lancers with two first-place finishes, with one each in individual and relay races.

"Every single person on the team hit seasonal bests or personal bests," Coach Rick Rowland said. "Nobody left here feeling like they didn't accomplish something."

Hanson and Valentim teamed up with Drew Denton and Alexis Ohmar to grab a victory and B cut in the final race of the meet -- the 400-yard freestyle relay. The quartet clocked in at three minutes, 2.37 seconds. Hanson also won the 200 butterfly in a consideration time of 1:50.93, and Valentim took first in the 100 free -- just edging out Ohmar 45.72 to 45.94, respectively. Both were rewarded with provisional times.

"Bernardo just touched out Alexis, Alexis is hard to beat, but those two have been going at it in practice the past few months," Rowland said. "Hanson put up a lot of strong, non-rested times here this week."

One of the more thrilling and impressive races of the day, from first place to fourth, was the 1650 free. Elijah Barrows and Robert Griffith both swam the marathon event, with Barrows just edging his teammate for third place, but grabbed B-cuts of 15:54.58 and 15:54.91, respectively.

James Wilson (1:53.85) and Adrian Gutierez (1:59.33) gave CBU the second and third-place points in the 200 back. Justin Quiroga took second in the 200 breast (2:07.28), and Gutierez (1:54.36) and Chris Sands (1:54.46) went three-four in the 200 fly behind Hanson.

Once again, the Lancers swept third to fifth -- Zach Parry (266.80), Zach Mullins (247.50) and Kendall Rummell (228.95) -- on a diving board, this time the one-meter.

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