Day 1 Results
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The men's and women's swimming and diving teams completed the first day of the Arena Invitational, hosted by UC San Diego in Long Beach, Calif. Thursday night, following 10 events.
With tough competition from 10 different squads, the Rainbow Warriors kicked off the invitational strong with five top finishes.
Sophomore
Luca Mazzurana won the men's 200 IM with a time of 1:47.24, while UNLV's Giaco Gremizzi (1:47.33) and Air Force Academy's Ben Gunn (1:47.73) followed in second and third. Junior
Perry Sharify also earned points for UH, finishing 19
th (1:51.92) in the 200 IM bonus heat.
The Rainbow Warriors finished third in the 400 medley relay (3:17.87) behind first place Stanford (3:12.57) and second place UNLV (3:14.71) with a team composed of juniors Lazar Bogdanovski and Sean Reilly, Sharify, newcomer Ryan Pickett. Reilly, Pickett, senior Ilia Reyes and junior Vlad Anastasescu took fourth in the men's 200 free relay with a time of 1:21.18.
In the 50 free event, Reilly placed fourth with a time of 20.08 while Reyes followed in eighth with a time of 20.37. Sophomore
James Clarke finished ninth in the 500 free (4:26.85) while Bogdanovski followed with a time of 4:32.65 to take 15
th in the consolation heat.
Barrett also took 17
th (23.13) in the 50 free, while senior
Ricarda Schellenberg finished 24
th in the 500 free (5:01.22) both earning points for UH in bonus heats.
Swimming continues the Arena Invitational tomorrow Nov. 19 all day while diving kicks off its first day of the Wildcat Diving Invitational in Tucson, Ariz.
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