Men's Swimming & Diving Complete Tri-Meet With Mesa and Mines

USAFA, Colo. – The Air Force Academy men's swimming and diving team completed a tri-meet with Colorado Mesa and the Colorado School of Mines Friday evening, Jan. 8, at the Cadet Natatorium. The meet was scored invite style, and AF came in first with 361 points.

The Falcons won eight of the 13 events contested on the evening. Mesa placed second with 218 points, while Mines was a close third with 217.

Two Air Force swimmers won two events on the evening, in junior Isaac Gwin in the 200 IM and 100 back, and then classmate Corey Shepard in the 100 and 200 freestyles.

Freshman Chris Lindley had a solid evening in the distance events, as he took gold in the 1000 free, and second in the 500 free. The final individual swimming event win came from sophomore David Tao in the 100 breast. On the diving board, freshman Erik Pfaffenbichler took first in the 1-meter, and second in the 3-meter.

Air Force's final overall event win was in the opening swim of the day, the 200 medley relay. The squad of Gwin, sophomore Tory Bartlett, sophomore Matthew Lattin, and senior Erik Orr took gold with a time of 1:29.92.

The Falcons will be back in action tomorrow, Jan. 9, for another invite style tri-meet against Mesa and Mines. Action from the Cadet Natatorium will begin at noon MT.

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