OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Utah leads the men's and women's field with 263 and 258 points, respectively, after day two at the Mountain West Conference Swimming & Diving Championships at Oklahoma City Community College.
Defending champion UNLV trails the Utes in men's action with 252 points, followed by BYU (222), Air Force and Wyoming (212 points each) and TCU (184). The Cougars hold the No. 2 spot in the women's events with 211 points, followed by UNLV (202), Wyoming (143), Colorado State and TCU (140 points each), New Mexico (128), San Diego State (77) and Air Force (65).
Day three of the championships is set for Friday, Feb. 24, with preliminary events at 10 a.m. CST and finals competition at 6 p.m. The MWC Swimming & Diving Championships conclude Saturday, Feb. 25, following the 6 p.m. finals events and the announcement of the individual and team awards.
MWC Swimming & Diving Championships Notes:
BYU junior Brett Allen set a new Mountain West Conference and BYU school record in the men's 50-yard freestyle with a time of 19.69. Allen broke UNLV's Jonathan Hugo's conference mark, set in 2003, and Jeff Mason's BYU program record, also set in 2003. Allen then went on to claim the 500 free title in a time of 19.76.
Utah junior Amber Walter captured the women's 50-yard freestyle title in a NCAA automatic qualifying of 22.79, which is also the second fastest time in MWC history.
Air Force junior Chris Knaute successfully defended his 500-yard freestyle title with a NCAA provisional qualifying time of 4:21.62.
BYU junior Brittany Davis won her third consecutive 500-yard freestyle crown in a NCAA provisional time of 4:51.34.
Air Force junior Paul Parmenter set a new Air Force school record in the 200-yard individual medley (1:48.72). His first-place time in the 200 IM is also a NCAA provisional qualifying mark.
Utah's Sterling Richards claimed his third straight men's 3-meter diving championship with a score of 361.10.
UNLV captured its seventh straight men's 200-yard freestyle relay crown in a NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:19.57.
Utah won its first MWC women's 200-yard freestyle relay title, setting a new MWC and Utah program all-time record (1:32.47) in the process. The Utes also provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships with their mark.
