LEWISVILLE, Texas – Day Three of the 2019 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Swimming & Diving Championships brought fans to their feet with several tight races and a huge dive in the finals on Friday night at the Lewisville ISD Westside Aquatic Center.
TEAM STANDINGS
- Colorado Mesa continues to lead both men’s and women’s team races with 1,000.5 points and 1,752 points, respectively.
- Oklahoma Baptist is sitting in second in both the men (730 points) and women (578 points).
- Colorado School of Mines (569 points) and Oklahoma Christian (439.5 points) round out the scorers for the men.
- Here are the remaining standings in the women’s
- Dixie State — 450.50
- Colorado School of Mines — 424
- Western — 309
- CSU-Pueblo — 233
- Oklahoma Christian — 203
- Adams State — 137
- University of Nebraska-Kearney — 112
FINAL RESULTS
- 500 Freesytle
- Mia Wood dominated the women’s race and won by more than seven seconds as she broke the five-minute barrier in 4:59.39.
- Colorado Mesa went 1-2-3 in the men’s competition with Logan Ellis winning the title in 4:31.02 fending off a furious kick in the final three lengths by teammates Jackson Wuthrich (4:32.05) and Torsten Rau (4:35.21).
- 100 Backstroke
- In the women’s race, Savannah Tice of Western overcame a first-lap deficit to earn the win in 55.60. Sara Fillerup of Colorado Mesa finished in second in 56.18.
- After setting a new RMAC meet record of 47.73 in the prelims, Oklahoma Baptist sophomore Robinson Molina wowed the crowd as he bested that by 200th of a second to win the title in the evening session with a time of 47.71.
- 100 Breaststroke
- In a very close race, Oklahoma Baptist went 1-2 with Julianna Cifuentes (1:02.53) narrowly defeating her teammate and the No. 1 seeded Victoria Fonville (1:03.10).
- In the men’s race, Colorado Mesa freshman Mahmoud Elgayer won the title in 54.38.
- 200 Butterfly
- Marizel Van Jaarsveld of Oklahoma Baptist (2:01.83) led wire to wire in the women’s race as she held off a third lap push from Colorado Mesa’s Danielle Jefferies (2:03.15).
- In the prelims, Colorado Mesa junior Pedro Terres Illescas set an RMAC Meet record (1:47.21). That record didn’t stand for long, however, as Terres Illescas shattered it in the finals with a win of 1:45.60, just off the ‘A’ standard qualifying time for nationals.
- Men’s 1-Meter diving
- Colorado Mesa sophomore added another RMAC Meet record to his list of accolades by using a huge reverse 2 ½ somersault tuck in his fifth jump to earn 73.50 points en route to his crown in which he scored 589.80.
- 800 Freestyle Relay
- Colorado Mesa chased the RMAC Meet record but came up just short as they led from the beginning and earned the win in 7:33.51.
- In the men’s final, Colorado Mesa saw Oklahoma Christian take the lead through the first two legs of the race, however, the Mavericks took the lead in the third heat and they did not relinquish it. The Mavericks won in 6:40.09 while the Eagles took second in 6:48.33.
The fourth and final day of the RMAC Swimming and Diving Championships will begin tomorrow morning at 9:30 AM CST. For information and live streaming/results, visit the RMAC Swimming and Diving Championships Central Page.