DENVER - Grand Canyon's Daniil Antipov and Air Force's Cole Armagost have been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, for Oct. 17-23.
Antipov, a junior from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, led his team to victory in the dual meet against both Loyola Marymount and Seattle U. He won four individual events and tallied on two more wins as part of a relay team. Antipov recorded a 1:40.63 time in the 200 free event for a time that is the third best in the WAC. He then recorded a time of 20.59 in the 50 free event which is second best in the WAC. He also won the 100 fly (49.63) and 200 fly (1:50.35) individually. Antipov then helped his relay team win the 200 free (1:23.78) and the 400 free (3:04.98).
Armagost, a freshman from Pappillon, Neb., finished first in the three-meter board event against Denver with a score of 280.28. He then finished third in the one-meter event (248.85). The next day he competed in the tri-meet against Colorado School of Mines and Colorado Mesa and posted a score of 293.25 in the one-meter board event to take home the victory.
Other swimmer nominees: Air Force's Zach Nelson took home two individual victories in the dual meet against Denver posting times of 58.29 in the 100 breast event and 2:06.55 in the 200 breast event… CSU Bakersfield's Kris Rogic lowered his season best by one tenth of a second while winning the 100 back (20.15) against UNLV and he finished second in the 200 back (1:51.90), 200 individual medley (1:56.12) and helped his team finish second in the 200 medley relay (1:32.54… Seattle U's Mitchell Crossen won the 100 free on both days of the weekend meet with Grand Canyon posting times of 46.94 and 46.17 and took second in the 50 free (21.10) as well as third in the 200 free (1:43.74)… UNLV's Dylan Tarazona won both of his individual races with a victory in the 50 free (20.63) and 100 fly (48.71) and then helped claim two relay victories including 200 medley relay (1:31.88) and 400 free relay (3:02.75).
Other diving nominees: CSU Bakersfield's Adam Estrella won the three-meter event with a score of 251.48 and then went to finish third in the one-meter event posting a score of 239.40… UNLV's Robert Morgan took home the win in the one-meter event (306.38) and third in the three-meter event (210.90).