Falcons in first after day two of WAC Championships

Feb. 26, 2015

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Air Force men's swimming and diving team is in first place after day two of the 2015 Western Athletic Conference swimming and diving championships, Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Palo Alto Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Air Force leads the WAC Championships with 276.50 points. Wyoming is in second place (258), followed by UNLV (244), Grand Canyon (222), Bakersfield (202.50), North Dakota (110) and Seattle is seventh (55).

Junior Nathaniel Zillweger won the WAC championship on the one-meter with 323.85 points. Junior Dominic Vallejo was third with 313.10.

Three Falcons qualified for the 500 free finals as Kevin Jackson placed second (4:21.32), Alex Strom was third (4:23.04) and Andrew Faciszewski was seventh (4:25.44).

In the 200 IM, junior Michael Barnosky placed third with a time of 1:48.39. Two Falcons placed in the 50 free as Jordan Dahle was seventh (20.36) and George Frank was eighth (20.39).

The 200 yard free relay team of Ryan Dunne, Michael Hannigan, George Frank and Jordan Dahle placed second with a time of 1:19.51. The time set a new school record, the third new school record in relays at the championships. The Falcons also posted new Academy records in the 200 medley relay and 800 free relay on the first day of the championships.

"This was a terrific day of swimming for us today," head coach Rob Clayton said. "The divers were phenomenal, going first and third on the one meter. The 100 free was a huge event for us and then we closed out the night by finishing second in the 4x50. This is a long meet, but we are in the lead right now and the reason is our depth. Everyone has done their job to get us to this point. We did some great things today and are really excited. Now we just need to keep it rolling.

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