The University of Denver’s DU Relays meets had the UW swimmers working together in a relay-only meet. Denver hosted its UD relay meet last weekend, Inviting Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, and The University of Wyoming to their pool to swim in teams. The events got heated with teammates cheering on relay partners hoping to touch the wall first.
The meet had 20 events, 10 of them being for the women’s heats 10 of which being for the men’s heats. They two teams would be competing separately for points in their own races. However, when the end of the meet comes the officials add up the score of the boy’s swimmers with the girl’s swimmers to get the combined points of the whole team.
The events of the night included: men’s/women’s 200 yd medley relay, men’s/women’s 3×500 yd freestyle relay, men’s/women’s 3x100yd butterfly relay, men’s/women’s 3x100yd backstroke relay, men’s/women’s 3×100 yd breaststroke relay, men’s/women’s 4×25 yd relay, men’s/women’s 4×100 yd Individual Medley relay, men’s/women’s 500 yd crescendo relay, and the men’s/women’s 400 freestyle relay.
The boys’ and girls’ teams both took second in their respected rankings, making the University of Wyoming’s Combined team ranking in second place with 322 points. With the men’s team putting up 154 points, the women putting up 168 points.
