The Denver men’s and women’s swimming teams participated in the Summit League Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis from Feb. 18 to 21. Over four days of competition, the Pioneers dominated the pool and set multiple school records, while also winning the competition.
On the first day of the tournament, DU won the women’s 200 medley with a school and Summit League tournament record time of 1:37.43. This team included Johanna Roas (Munich, Germany), Amanda Sanders (Superior, Colorado), Sam Corea (Vancouver, British Columbia) and Zoe Huddleston (Rothschild, Wisconsin).
The men’s team—including Anton Loncar (Hillsboro, Oregon), Tim Cottam (Sydney, Australia), Andrew Torres (Arvada, Colorado) and Ray Bornman (Mackay, Queensland)—also won the 200 Medley Relay race, with a time of 1:27.31, which was a school record, as well. Both women’s and men’s teams took first place in the 800 Free Relay, with times of 7:11.89 and 6:24.78, respectively.
The second day was equally impressive as the Pioneers took first place in all nine races. Among the winners was Bornman, who won the men’s 50 Free with a school record time of 20.96. Roas placed in first in women’s 200 IM with another school record time, this one clocking in at 2:00.19.
The third day yielded similarly spectacular results, with several top place finishers. Finishing first, second and third in the women’s 400 Individual Medley were Maddie Myers (Arvada, Colorado), Bridgette McNally (Lone Tree, Colorado) and Clara Jenck (Phoenix, Arizona).
The men’s team also finished first, second and third in their 400 Individual Medley event, as Jeremiah Zgliczynski (Littleton, Colorado), Lane Bretschneider (Marvin, North Carolina) and Ben Severino (Des Moines, Iowa) stood atop the podium. Myers’ and Zgliczynski’s times were both conference records.
The Pioneers continued to dominate on the fourth day and took home the Summit League Championship title.
The season is not over, however, as soon NCAA Championships will begin for those swimmers who qualify. The amount of athletes going this year is the largest in school history.
31 swimmers and divers were named to the All Summit League team this past season. Coach Brian Schrader was named Summit League Coach of the Year for both the men’s and women’s teams in 2014-15. A strong finish and performance at the NCAA Championships would cap off an extremely successful season for DU swimming and diving.
