Mountain West Conference SWIMMING & DIVING
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Mountain West Conference SWIMMING & DIVING Craig Thompson, Commissioner (719) 488-4040 Javan Hedlund, Associate Commissioner for Communications (719) 488-4051 Kim Melcher, Director of Communications (719) 488-4050 Marlon Edge, Assistant Director of Communications (719) 488-4052 Becky Motchan, Assistant Director of Communications (719) 488-4046 www.TheMWC.com Katie Cavender, Multimedia Coordinator (719) 488-4059 Air Force • BYU • Colorado State • New Mexico • San Diego State • TCU • UNLV • Utah • Wyoming For Immediate Use: Monday, March 2, 2009 MWC Swimming and Diving Contact: Katie Cavender (719) 488-4059 MOUNTAIN WEST ANNOUNCES 2008-09 ALL-CONFERENCE SWIMMING & DIVING TEAM COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Mountain West Conference announced its men’s and women’s swimming & diving all-conference teams today. To be placed on the all-conference team, an individual must place in the top six of a men’s event and the top eight for women. For both the men’s and women’s relays, the all-conference team consists of the top three finishers in each race. Below is a list of the all-MWC selections with events participated in at the 2009 MWC Championships in Oklahoma City, Okla. On the men’s side, UNLV captured its fifth-straight MWC championship, while the BYU women won an eighth MWC title in 10 years. Men’s All-Conference Team – Individuals David Arlington, Air Force (1-meter springboard) Justin Day, Air Force (100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke) Nick Dixon, Air Force (400-yard individual medley) Benjamin Gunn, Air Force (200-yard individual medley, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard butterfly) Tom Hansen, Air Force (500-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke) Sean O’Keefe, Air Force (500-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 1650-yard freestyle) Kyle Van Valkenberg, Air Force (3-meter springboard, platform diving) Kai Yamashiro, Air Force (100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke) Stott Bushnell, BYU (200-yard freestyle) Kenneth Clark, BYU (400-yard individual medley) Gregor Greiner, BYU (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle) Sam Hatch, BYU (3-meter springboard) Jacoby Jacobsen, BYU (200-yard backstroke) John Kendrick, BYU (500-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 1650-yard freestyle) Ronald Morris, BYU (1-meter springboard, 3-meter springboard, platform diving) Vytenis Slenys, BYU (200-yard individual medley, 100-yard breaststroke) Josh Bagby, TCU (100-yard freestyle) Kyle Callens, TCU (1-meter springboard, 3-meter springboard) Friedrich Grott, TCU (200-yard individual medley, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard butterfly) R.J. Hesselberg, TCU (1-meter springboard, 3-meter springboard, platform diving) Thomas Andolfsson, UNLV (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle) Nick Blank, UNLV (200-yard individual medley, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke) Tyler Bush, UNLV (400-yard individual medley, 1650-yard freestyle) Daniel Egly, UNLV (200-yard butterfly) Calan Eldridge, UNLV (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle) Jeff Ellingsen, UNLV (100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke) Peter Lorring, UNLV (100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard butterfly) Michael Lowenstein, UNLV (100-yard backstroke) Kier Maitland, UNLV (500-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 1650-yard freestyle) John Mendoza, UNLV (500-yard freestyle, 400-yard individual medley, 1650-yard freestyle) -more- Akos Molnar, UNLV (100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke) Andrew Morrell, UNLV (100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke) Steven Nelms, UNLV (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard freestyle) David Seiler, UNLV (100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard butterfly) Charlie Tapp, UNLV (50-yard freestyle) Kyle Virva, UNLV (50-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle) John Baque, Utah (100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke) Eric Murray, Utah (400-yard individual medley) Major Robinson, Utah (200-yard backstroke) Eli Bell, Wyoming (200-yard freestyle) Kyle Bogner, Wyoming (1-meter springboard, platform diving) Marshall Dilworth, Wyoming (200-yard individual medley, 100-yard backstroke) Brandon Fischer, Wyoming (100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke) Brett Henehan, Wyoming (400-yard individual medley) Robbie Hilton, Wyoming (1650-yard freestyle) Tyler Kybartas, Wyoming (200-yard butterfly) Alex Larkin, Wyoming (200-yard breaststroke) Tyler Miller, Wyoming (1-meter springboard, platform diving) Mark Murdock, Wyoming (3-meter springboard, platform diving) James Rigg, Wyoming (200-yard individual medley) Matt Urich, Wyoming (500-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly) Men’s All-Conference Team – Relays Air Force 200-yard Medley Relay (Kai Yamashiro, Justin Day, Chris Morin, Robert Dawson) Air Force 800-yard Freestyle Relay (Tom Hansen, Sean O’Keefe, Eric Robinson, Benjamin Gunn) Air Force 400-yard Medley Relay (Kai Yamashiro, Justin Day, Benjamin Gunn, Robert Dawson) Air Force 400-yard Medley Relay (Chris Morin, Sean O’Keefe, Benjamin Gunn, Robert Dawson) BYU 200-yard Freestyle Relay (Nikola Savic, Daniel Bates, David Mason, Gregor Greiner) BYU 400-yard Medley Relay (Gregor Greiner, Daniel Bates, John Kendrick, David Mason) TCU 200-yard Freestyle Relay (Laszlo Gyurko, Jack Doran, Josh Schifferer, Josh Bagby) UNLV 400-yard Medley Relay (Jeff Ellingsen, Akos Molnar, David Seiler, Charlie Tapp) UNLV 800-yard Freestyle Relay (Kyle Virva, Calan Eldridge, Tyler Bush, Kier Maitland) UNLV 200-yard Medley Relay (David Seiler, Andrew Morrell, Peter Lorring, Thomas Andolfsson) UNLV 200-yard Freestyle Relay (Steven Nelms, Calan Eldridge, Charlie Tapp, Thomas Andolfsson) UNLV 400-yard Medley Relay (Kyle Virva, Calan Eldridge, Charlie Tapp, Steven Nelms) Utah 800-yard Freestyle Relay (Marco Ferraro, Simon Oberholzer, Eric Murray, Adam Oliver) Wyoming 200-yard Medley Relay (Marshall Dilworth, Alex Larkin, Matt Urich, Tommy Gregory) Wyoming 400-yard Medley Relay (Marshall Dilworth, Brandon Fischer, Matt Urich, Eli Bell) Women’s All-Conference Team – Individuals Jane Hwang, Air Force (200-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle) Chelsea Tompkins, Air Force (platform diving) Sara Jayne Christiansen, BYU (200-yard individual medley, 100-yard freestyle) Kirsty Ferrell, BYU (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard freestyle) Rachel Grant, BYU (200-yard individual medley, 400-yard individual medley, 200-yard butterfly) Kelsey Higginson, BYU (100-yard breaststroke) Ava Jackman, BYU (3-meter springboard, 1-meter springboard, platform diving) Tawni Jones, BYU (3-meter springboard, 1-meter springboard, platform diving) Michelle Menezes, BYU (500-yard freestyle) Natasha Menezes, BYU (500-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 1650-yard freestyle) Aleesha Miller, BYU (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke, 100-yard freestyle) Leilani Roberts, BYU (200-yard individual medley, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle) Candice Smith, BYU (100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke) Gisella Cianci, Colorado State (200-yard freestyle) Sam Dole, Colorado State (50-yard freestyle) Breann Fuller, Colorado State (100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke) Maddie Gamble, Colorado State (500-yard freestyle, 1650-yard freestyle) Nora Kennedy, Colorado State (100-yard butterfly) Mari Ann Loftness, Colorado State (200-yard breaststroke) Annsley Lujan, Colorado State (200-yard breaststroke) Nicole Lynch, Colorado State (100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke) Kathleen McCleary, Colorado State (1650-yard freestyle) Jen Muniz, Colorado State (400-yard individual medley) Michelle Price, Colorado State (400-yard individual medley, 100-yard backstroke) Aubrey Bush, New Mexico (1-meter springboard) Marissa Campbell, New Mexico (100-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 50-yard freestyle) Sasha Evangulova, New Mexico (1-meter springboard) -more- Alex Barstad, San Diego State (3-meter springboard, platform diving) Bojana Duric, San Diego State (1650-yard freestyle) Jeanette Engzell, San Diego State (100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke) Allison Hall, San Diego State (200-yard butterfly) Elena Karpeeva, San Diego State (200-yard individual medley, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke) Elisabeth Krueger, San Diego State (200-yard butterfly) Shaida Solimani, San Diego State (100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke) Brooke Vessey, San Diego State (100-yard butterfly) Maria Paula Alvarez, TCU (1650-yard freestyle) Ashley Bolin, TCU (500-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle) Ellie Bradley, TCU (100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke) Jennifer Ferguson, TCU (3-meter springboard, platform diving) Stephanie Futscher, TCU (200-yard butterfly) Jennifer Oster, TCU (100-yard butterfly) Katie Rosen, TCU (200-yard breaststroke) Lindsey Stevens, TCU (1650-yard freestyle) Kaitlyn Vann, TCU (1650-yard freestyle) Megan Clark, UNLV (50-yard freestyle) Kelsey Clarke, UNLV (100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke) Anja Crawford, UNLV (200-yard backstroke) Ana Dangalakova, UNLV (200-yard individual medley, 400-yard individual medley, 200-yard backstroke) Lisa Gillespie, UNLV (200-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke) Marva Harpak, UNLV (50-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle) Zsuzsanna Jakabos, UNLV (200-yard individual medley, 400-yard individual medley, 200-yard butterfly) Bailey Kuestermeyer, UNLV (500-yard freestyle, 400-yard individual medley, 1650-yard freestyle) Katie Matulic, UNLV (200-yard butterfly) Marley Prothero, UNLV (400-yard individual medley) Amanda Weinbrecht, UNLV (100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke) Anna Braszkiewicz, Utah (3-meter springboard, 1-meter springboard) Hannah Caron, Utah (200-yard individual medley,