CBU Scores Big at UNLV Invite

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CBU Scores Big at UNLV Invite

12/16/2019 9:31:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Swimming and Diving

By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

LAS VEGAS – California Baptist University only got better, with two more wins, two runner-up finishes and 12 top-five performances on day two of the UNLV Invite.

Sean Foster had a hand in both wins on Monday at the Jim Reitz Pool. The junior claimed an individual victory in the 100-yard breaststroke and a team win in the 200-medley relay with Jacob Leahy, Josh Walters and Matthew Niculae.

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Sean Foster won twice on day two of the UNLV Invite. He won the 100 breast (55.32) and nearly set a new 200-medley relay record with Jacob Leahy, Josh Walters and Matthew Niculae. The team won in 1:27.72, just .07 of a second off the program best of 1:27.65.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/Cuk0sLveMQ
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) December 17, 2019

Foster won the 100 breast in 55.32 seconds, and nearly helped set a new Lancer record with a time of 1:27.72 in the 200-medley relay. It was just .07 of a second of the program-best of 1:27.65 set last season.

Joe Molinari continued to make a big impact in just his second day of competition for the Lancers. The junior transfer from Arizona State clocked two more top-10 times in CBU history. He took second place in the 400 individual medley in 3:55.98, which ranks seventh in program history, and took third place in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 49.63 that ranks ninth.

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Not one, but two!

Joe Molinari claims two more top-10 times in his second day of competition as a Lancer. Both were good for top-three finishes at the UNLV Invite.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/SlrVOV6NCt
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) December 17, 2019

Josh Walters added CBU's other runner-up finish just in front of Molinari in the 100 back (49.49), while Robert Moseley was just behind Molinari in the 400 IM to take third place in 3:57.59, which ranks eighth in CBU history.

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Sophomore Robert Moseley notched a top-10 time in the 400 individual medley for CBU at the UNLV Invite. His time of 3:57.59, ranks eighth in Lancer history and was good for third place in Las Vegas.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/u306xjywhe
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) December 17, 2019

The Lancers' eighth top-three swim was a team effort, as Niculae, Molinari, Moseley and Leahy took third in the 800-free relay in a new season best of 6:44.27 for CBU. Niculae (fourth, 1:40.32) and Moseley (fifth, 50.39) added top-five swims for the Lancers in the 200 free and 100 back, respectively.

Evan Honer, Tyler Stevens and Zane Freeman all turned in great performances on the 3-meter board Monday. Honer took third with a 274.90 points, while Stevens (269.85) and Freeman (233.80) finished fourth and fifth, respectively. All three were even better in prelims, with Honer scoring a 294.30, Stevens a 279.10 and Freeman a 251.90.

Seven top-16 finishers made the 400 IM the most productive of the day for CBU. Adityastha Wratsangka took seventh (4:06.84), while Christian Meyer (12^th, 4:08.77); Sakeri Holter (13^th, 4:09.47); Trevor Van Law (14^th, 4:18.64) and Aiden Hobson (15^th, 4:21.42) packed together in the consolation final.

Five more Lancers took up top-16 spots in the 100 butterfly, led by Leahy (49.1) and David Miller (50.04) in sixth and eighth place. Quinn Birtles (12^th, 49.96); Elijah Devera (14^th, 50.73) and Wratsangka (15^th, 51.16) all took top-15 spots.

CBU placed four more swimmers in the top-13 of the 100 back: Leahy (seventh, 50.63); Niculae (10^th, 50.72); Trent Itow (12^th, 51.43) and Van Law (13^th, 52.25). Babcock (eighth, 1:44.53); Payton Thomas (13^th, 1:43.57) and Kyle White (15^th, 1:44.77) also scored in the 200 free for CBU. The Lancers added three more scorers in the 100 breast: Babcock (10^th, 57.83); Holter (14^th, 1:00.83) and Meyer (15^th, 1:02.00).

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