Men’s Swim and Dive Swims to Third at Intermountain Shootout

GRAND JUNCTION – The men's swim and dive team swam to a third-place finish of a field of six at the season opening Intermountain Shootout, Friday and Saturday at the El Pomar Natatorium in Grand Junction, Colorado. Air Force saw two first-place finishes and 11 finishes in the top three.

TEAM SCORES
1. Brigham Young University - 1140.5
2. Colorado Mesa University - 873
3. Air Force - 800.5
4. Grand Canyon University - 704
5. Adams State University Men - 186
6. CMU Club Team – 130

INDIVIDUAL STANDOUTS
The WAC's 2021-22 swimmer of the year Wen Zhang was in midseason form with four individual top-three finishes in four events highlighted by a pair of first-place finishes. Zhang raced to first in the 200 free (1:38.09) and 100 free (44.38). He finished second in the 500 free (4:34.67) and 50 free (20.30). Each time marked a Div. II B-Cut.

Grant Afman and Joseph Moore had solid showings in the pool with a pair of podium finishes each. Afman placed second in the 50 fly (22.41) and third in the 100 fly (24.10). Moore placed third in the 200 (1:54.51) fly and 400 IM (4:09.62).

THE DIVERS
Sophomore standout diver Alex Kenyon led the Falcons with a second-place finish on the 3-meter (538.85) and a third-place finish in the 1-meter (292.15).

Teammates Doug Cambell (7^th/ 268.85), Erik Pfaffenbichler (9^th/264.80) also earned team points for the squad.

RELAY
Zhang, Gabe Bartolomei, Grant Afman, and John Plutt scored 32 team points with a third-place finish in the 400 free relay.

NEXT UP
Air Force opens Cadet Natatorium for the first time this season to host Nebraska-Omaha and Colorado-Mines in tri-meet action. Swimming is slated to begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, October 14.

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