Nevada Wolf Pack vs. UNLV Rebels
- January 17, 2025
- Lombardi Pool, Reno, Nevada (College of Nevada)
- Brief Course Yards (25 yards), Twin Meet
- Altitude Adjustment (4,505 Ft)
- Full Meet Outcomes (PDF)
- Staff Scores
- Nevada W 140 – UNLV W 101
The Nevada ladies moved to 5-0 in twin meets this season, celebrated seven seniors, grabbed three factors for the Silver State Collection Trophy, beat their in-state rivals UNLV, and noticed one of many oldest college data on the books fall in a momentous twin meet on Friday in Reno.
The win for the Wolf Pack snapped a four-meet dropping streak to UNLV.
Sophomore Scarlett Ferris was an enormous contributor to the hassle, together with profitable the 50 free in a brand new college file of twenty-two.65. That broke the previous file of twenty-two.66 that was set in 2000 by Nevada Corridor of Famer Jia Lin Solar. Solar would go on to complete seventh (in brief course meters) at that 12 months’s NCAA Championship meet.
Ferris entered the meet .01 seconds away from the file, having swum 22.67 on the Phil Hansel Invitational in Houston in November. Her greatest time as a freshman was 23.04.
Ferris is from Scotland and her greatest time in lengthy course is 28.04 from 2023. She sat out the 2024 lengthy course season and hasn’t swum an extended course 50 free since beginning at Nevada, so her lengthy course development remains-to-be-seen.
She additionally received the 100 again in 52.50, which is quicker than any swimmer in Wolf Pack historical past aside from herself – she swam 51.49 final 12 months to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
Ferris swam three races, with the opposite being the leadoff leg on Nevada’s profitable 200 medley relay, splitting 24.05 within the backstroke. That Nevada relay completed in 1:39.99.
Ferris doesn’t swim on the group’s 400 free relay, however even with out her they have been capable of win in 3:21.46 to bookend the meet. The relay included a 48.90 anchor cut up from junior Enkhkhuslen Batbayar, which overcame a 1.2 second deficit to provide the Wolf Pack an exclamation level on the finish of the meet.
Nevada received 9 out of 13 races within the short-schedule meet, with Batbayar being collectively or wholly chargeable for three of these. Moreover the relay win, she additionally grabbed wins within the 200 free (1:47.55) and 500 free (4:53.08). Batbayar has been an enormous addition for the Wolf Pack this season after representing her native Mongolia on the Olympic Video games over the summer season.
Nevada did most of their work within the front-half of the meet, main 65-46 after the 50 free. UNLV fought again within the center part, although, grabbing three straight swimming wins.
Freshman Grace Wharton received the 200 IM in 2:03.64, sophomore Maria Mendez received the 100 fly in 53.90, and junior Erika Carlson received the 100 free in 50.14.
Ferris’ 100 again win would cease that streak, and the Rebels would get just one win the remainder of the meet when Heather Gardner received the 100 breast in 1:02.97. She had a quick front-half cut up of 29.18 and was capable of maintain off Nevada’s Sara Mihalic on the finish of the race.
Different Winners:
- Nevada freshman Keira-Lee Allott received the 1000 free in 10:08.51. Whereas that’s not a greatest time, the NCAA altitude conversion places the swim at 9:57.11, which might be 8.5 seconds higher than her quickest time.
- Nevada junior diver Bailey Hedra swept the 1-meter and 3-meter diving occasions.
Nevada will try to finish the season undefeated subsequent week on the street towards San Jose State. The UNLV ladies nonetheless have a two-day twin towards Wyoming subsequent weekend and a twin towards Grand Canyon on February 1 earlier than starting championship season.
