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Falcons beat Grand Canyon in WAC dual
11/5/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - The Air Force men's swimming and diving team remained undefeated on the season with a 161-135 win over Grand Canyon in a Western Athletic Conference dual meet, Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Academy's Cadet Natatorium. The Falcons improved to 6-0 this season.
Freshman Ben Brockman won the 1000 free (9:57.01) while Garrett Glaudini (10:02.88) was second. Air Force took the top two spots in the 200 free as Andrew Faciszewski won (1:42.86) and Steffen Mount was second (1:43.38). Zach Knoche won the 100 breast stroke (56.13). Mount also won the 100 free with a time in 45.33. Collin Green won the 500 free (4:50.95). Air Force took the top three places in the 200 IM as Derek Brecht won (1:53.62). Faciszewski was second (1:57.56) and Zach Nelson was third (1:57.76). In the final event of the day, Air Force won the 200 free relay as the team of Lars Knutson, Michael Hannigan, Steffen Mount and Jordan Dahle posted a scored of 1:21.25.
In diving, Nicholas Piontek won second on the one-meter with 279.60 points. A.J. Eckebrecht was third on the three-meter with 265.73 points.
"It was a hard fought win today over Grand Canyon," head coach Rob Clayton. "Nothing came easy for us. Our depth really prevailed. A lot of our guys really stepped up for us. Derek Brecht really stepped up and won the 200 IM when the meet was still in doubt. We have a little break now. Our guys are really excited to compete against the top teams in the country at the Greensboro Invitational in two weeks. It's been a great fall dual meet schedule with conference wins over Grand Canyon and Wyoming."
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams are back in action on Nov. 11-13 at the USC Diving Invitational in Los Angeles, Calif.
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