Men's Swimming & Diving Dominate the Colorado Sprint Championships

USAFA, Colo. – The Air Force Academy men's swimming and diving team rolled to a comfortable 204-95 win over Denver in the annual Colorado Sprint Championships, Saturday afternoon, Jan. 30, at the Cadet Natatorium.

The unique meet saw five normal events contested, on top of three 50-meter sprint heats of each stroke that resulted in four-person finals. The Falcons controlled things from start to finish, winning all but one event, heats included.

Starting with the sprint finals, sophomore David Tao took first in the 50 fly, junior Isaac Gwin took first in the 50 back, senior Brendan Richichi took first in the 50 breast, and junior Corey Shepard took first in the 50 free.

Air Force's other individual wins came by junior Adam Grimm in both the 200 free and the 200 IM. His altitude-adjusted time in the 200 IM was 1:49.21, which is the best in the WAC so far this season and the 10th-fastest time in program history.

Finally, Air Force won both relays contested on the day, as the squad of Gwin, sophomore Tory Bartlett, junior Andrew Limpert, and Shepard took gold in the 200 medley relay, and the team of Limpert, senior Erik Orr, freshman Jacob Bulseco, and Shepard took first in the 200 free relay.

The Falcon divers competed on both the 1-meter and 3-meter, but just intersquad as DU did not travel their diving team. Sophomore Brett Jenkins was the top scorer in the 1-meter with a 289.35, while Senior Cole Armagost was the high scorer in the 3-meter with a 350.70.

Air Force's divers will be back in action next Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 4-6, for the Air Force Diving Invitational, while the swimmers will return to the pool Feb. 12-13 for the First Chance meet in Denver.

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