CBU Wins in Record Time in WAC Opener
2/26/2020 7:05:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming and Diving
The Lancers logged four top-eight and two top-five finishes in just three events at the WAC Championships opener on Wednesday at the CRWC Natatorium on the campus of the University of Houston.
It puts CBU in strong second-place standing after day one, with 97 points. Six-time defending WAC champion Northern Arizona leads the eight-team field with 118 points, while Grand Canyon is in third (88).
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— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) February 27, 2020
CBU wins its first @WACsports title of the season in program-record time in the 800-free relay. The Lancers' Rebeca Oviedo, Mackenzie Mergel, Isabella Rhodes and Mackenzie Degn won with a time of 7:20.58 after a disqualification. #LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/pBFqrWepZV
CBU's Rebeca Oviedo, Mackenzie Mergel, Isabella Rhodes and Mackenzie Degn won the 800-yard freestyle relay in a program-record time of seven minutes, 20.58 seconds. The victory was in thanks to a disqualification of CSU Bakersfield, which held a large lead in the event.
Time wise, it was not only good for an automatic qualifying time for the 2020 College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America National Invitational Championship (CSCAA NIC), but was seven seconds faster the previous Lancer record of 7:27.22.
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— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) February 27, 2020
CBU's 800-free relay time of 7:20.58 from Rebeca Oviedo, Mackenzie Mergel, Isabella Rhodes and Mackenzie Degn was nearly 7⃣ seconds faster than the previous record of (7:27.22). #LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/E2JU8JQxUy
Diving took center stage for most of night one, as Kiree Lowe and Madeline Wiese both qualified for the championship finals. Lowe logged her best-ever finish in the WAC, as she took fifth place with a score of 242.70 in the finals. It was nearly 13 points better than her score of 229.80 in the prelims, which put her in seventh place going into he evening.
Kiree Lowe logs her best-ever finish at the @WACsports Championships by taking fifth place on the 1-meter board. She scored a 242.70 in the finals after opening with this 50-plus-point dive. #LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/zJKAesv3ZX
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) February 27, 2020
Wiese moved up a spot in the finals to take seventh place in her WAC debut on the boards. She scored a 225.35 in the prelims.
While she did not qualify for the championship finals, Savannah Uhlir had a top-six score among the 20 divers in competition. The senior scored a 253.55 in her final six dives to take second place in the consolation final and 10th place overall. It was a personal best for Uhlir to move her up to top-six standing in CBU's top-10 record book in the event.
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— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) February 26, 2020
Congratulations to Savannah Uhlir on taking second in the @WACsports 1-meter consolation finals. It secures her a top-🔟 finish overall. The senior scored a 253.55, which is a new personal best that currently ranks sixth in CBU history.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/Pa5MoqDW9E
CBU also took seventh in the 200-medley relay, with an automatic-qualifying time of 1:42.79 for the CSCAA NIC. Emily Longfellow, Faith Brazil, Nicole Cienega and Hannah Houlton swam the event for the Lancers.
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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