Lancers Open Conference with Record Time, All-WAC Finish
2/26/2020 6:41:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Swimming and Diving
The Lancers logged their first all-conference finish of the week by taking third in the 200-yard medley relay to highlight Wednesday's action at the CRWC Natatorium on the campus of the University of Houston.
CBU ends the first day of competition in fourth place with 83 points, which is a spot above where it was projected to finish at the WAC Championships this week in the preseason poll of the conference coaches. Air Force is in first place with 121 points, while Grand Canyon (91) and UNLV (85) are not far in front of the Lancers.
Jacob Leahy, Sean Foster, Josh Walters and Matthew Niculae secured a bronze-medal finish for CBU in the 200-medley relay, with a program-record time of one minute, 26.89 seconds. It's the Lancers' second all-conference finish in the event in as many years after they finished runner-up in 2019 in what was then a record time of 1:27.65.
🥉 WHAT A START 🥉
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) February 27, 2020
CBU's men secure an all-conference finish in the first championship final of the @WACsports meet, as Jacob Leahy, Sean Foster, Josh Walters and Matthew Niculae take third in a Lancer record time of 1:26.89. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/66RfnXRXZx
It was also good for an automatic-qualifying time for the 2020 College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America National Invitational Championship (CSCAA NIC).
Honer put together a big day for the Lancers to take fourth place on the 3-meter board. The true freshman scored 310.70 points in prelims and then logged a 293.05 in the finals. It marked the fifth time this season Honer has scored 300-plus points on 3-meter this season.
👏 HE'S A FRESHMAN 👏
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) February 27, 2020
Evan Honer makes his @WACsports Championship debut in a big way, as he takes fourth place on the 3-meter board. He scored a 293.05 in the finals, with the help of four 45-plus point dives and and two beyond 55 points.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/pMOCFifbDy
The Lancers also logged an automatic time for the CSCAA NIC in the 800-free relay, as Joe Molinari, Colton Babcock, Robert Moseley and Matthew Niculae took sixth in 6:36.34.
Zane Freeman added a top-10 finish for CBU by taking second place in the consolation finals of the 3-meter board. He scored a 290.90, which was actually the sixth-best score in the finals. Tyler Stevens took 14th in the event (259.80) for the Lancers.
Zane Freeman opens the @WACsports Championships by taking second in the 3-meter consolation final. It secures him a top-🔟 finish overall, as he scored a 290.90 in the final.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/ujwuIXBbF1
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) February 27, 2020
The WAC Championships will go Thursday through Saturday, with prelims beginning at 8:30 a.m. and the finals starting at 4 p.m. Pacific each day. Live stats will be available throughout the week, with video available of diving and swimming prelims on the WAC's Facebook, with the finals being streamed on the WAC Digital Network. For more information, visit the WAC Championship Central.
Day One Results
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