ARLINGTON, Texas – Wyoming’s Quinn Cynor and UNLV’s Alejandro Vazquez have been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Men’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week, for the competition week ending on Sunday, Jan. 14.
 
Cynor, a junior, placed first place in the 200- yard freestyle (1:36.17) against Denver and BYU. He finished first place in the 100- yard freestyle (44.62). He placed second on the 200-yard medley relay team (1:27.95). Cynor was also a part of the 200-yard free relay team (1:21.16), the 400-yard medley relay team (3:15.08) and the 400-yard free relay team (2:58.91) all earned a third-place finish.
 
Vazquez, a freshman, made his Rebel debut at UCLA’s Bruin Diving Invitational posting three top-10 finishes. Vazquez secured a 10th-place score on the 1-meter springboard (612.35) after tallying a school record and NCAA Zone qualifying score in the finals (334.25). Vazquez also claimed an eighth-place finish (599.35) in the 3-meter competition and ninth-place finish on platform (562.30) with an NCAA Zone mark in prelims (306.35). His finishes came in a stacked meet that featured three nationally ranked teams, including No. 8 Stanford, No. 15 USC and No. 22 Wisconsin. Vazquez marks moved him into the UNLV all-time record list as the new leader in the 1-meter event and fourth on platform.
 
2023-24 TicketSmarter WAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Weekly Awards
 
MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Quinn Cynor, Wyoming (Jan. 17)
Adnan Beji, UNLV (Nov. 22)
Adnan Beji, UNLV (Nov. 8)
Sam Jennings, Grand Canyon (Oct. 11)
 
MEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Alejandro Vazquez (Jan. 17)
Isaac Poole, Grand Canyon (Nov. 22)
Mario Del Valle, California Baptist (Nov. 8)
Reece Robles, Grand Canyon (Oct. 11)