Men's Swimming & Diving Completes Weekend Sweep of GCU

PHOENIX, Ariz. – The Air Force Academy men's swimming and diving team completed a weekend sweep of Grand Canyon with a 139-102 win over GCU, Saturday evening, Nov. 9.

"It was a great weekend of swimming for us being able to defeat the defending conference champion twice in their own pool," Head Coach Rob Clayton said. "We're really excited about where we are at and are excited to work on some details before we are back in action at Texas A&M."

Overall Air Force won eight events out of 13 overall, including both relays and six individual events.

The day started with a relay win in the 200 medley relay. That was followed by individual wins by sophomore Isaac Gwin in the 200 free and 100 back, as well as wins in the 400 IM and 100 breast by senior Zach Nelson.

The other two individual wins came from freshman Wen Zhang in the 100 free and the 100 fly by sophomore Aaron Pang in the 100 fly. Finally in swimming, the Falcons took gold in the 200 free relay.

Over on the diving board, junior Jack Zocher placed third in the 1-meter while freshman Brett Jenkins took third in the 3-meter.

Air Force is now off until the end of the month when they head down to the first big Invitational of the season, the Art Adamson Invite hosted by Texas A&M University. The event will run Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 21-23.

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