Air Force Academy

Feb. 22, 2007

USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - The Air Force men's s swimming & diving team sits in third place after day one competition at the 2007 Mountain West Conference Swimming and Diving Championships. The Falcon women's team is in eighth place.

The BYU men's and women's swimming and diving teams lead the team rankings with 103 and 120 points, respectively. Wyoming ranks second in both lists with 96 points for the men and 107 points for the women.

Air Force is third in the men's rankings with 93 points, followed by UNLV (86), Utah (84) and TCU (73). The defending champions Utah women rank third with 86 points, followed by Colorado State (76), UNLV (72), New Mexico (63), TCU (59), Air Force (44) and San Diego State (36).

The men's 800 free relay team took second place with a time of 6:34.64. The group of Bryan Avery, T.J. Cowling, Paul Parmenter and Chris Knaute set a school record by three seconds and provisionally qualified for the NCAA's.

The Falcon women's team took eighth in the 800 free relay. The group of Jane Hwang, Lauren White, Blair Leake and Laken Stogner swam a time of 7:43.18.

The men's 200 medley relay team took fourth place. The group of Nick Burton, Justin Day, Matt Sievers and Ryan Moss combined to swim a time of 1:31.02. The women's team placed eighth in the 200 medley relay. Katelyn Hunter, Leake, Lindsey Kirchhoff and Stogner combined to swim a time of 1:48.11.

Day two events begin with the women's one-meter dive prelims and women's 500 freestyle prelims at 10 a.m. CST and finals competition at 6 p.m. The MWC Swimming and Diving Championships conclude Saturday, Feb. 24.

NOTES
- The BYU men snapped UNLV's five-year winning streak in the 200 medley relay, winning by 12 hundredths of a second. The Cougars won the race in 1:28.60. Both BYU and UNLV swam NCAA-B qualifying times in the race.
- Utah's Kelsey Patterson won her second three-meter diving title with a score of 322.60. Patterson placed second in 2006 after winning the event in 2005.
- Brandon Watson returned BYU to the winner's podium in the men's one-meter dive with a 344.80 after Utah snapped the Cougar's six-year dominance in the event in 2006.
- BYU repeated as the women's 800 freestyle relay champions with an NCAA-B qualifying time of 7:20.49. The Cougars had finished second for three years before winning the event in 2006 and 2007.
- The UNLV men won its second consecutive 800 freestyle relay title with an NCAA-B qualifying mark of 6:34.09. Air Force (6:34.64) and BYU (6:35.46), which finished second and third, respectively, also finished with NCAA-B qualifying times.

Live stats can be followed during the meet with the link below or via the Mountain West Conference swimming & diving page.

http://themwc.cstv.com/livestats/c-swim/results/index.htm