Ventura and Richards lead BYU in win at Pacific Invite

Pacific Invite Scores and Results-Final

STOCKTON, Calif.–Luis Ventura and Stephen Richards showed strong performances in helping BYU wrap up a win at the Pacific Invite Saturday at the Kjeldsen Pool in Stockton, California.

The Cougars took first among men’s teams at the invitational, posting a score of 1061 to beat Pacific (900), Fresno Pacific (381) and Cal Berkeley (317). Cal only participated in the first day of the meet.

“We won the meet first and foremost which is great,” BYU head coach John Brooks said. “Luis Ventura did a great job in the distance events for us, and Stephen Richards did great in his events as well. A lot of our returned missionaries are getting better with each meet and that is a lot of fun to watch. It was just a great team effort for us on the second day.”

In the first event of the day, BYU took third in the men’s 400-yard medley relay, with a team of Cameron Lindsay, Nathan Henderson, Ryan Sorensen and Connor Anderson posting a 3:32.55 finish.

Rainer Ng continued his strong performance at the invitational with a first-place finish In the men’s 200 butterfly, finishing the event in 1:50.87.

BYU swept the men’s 100 freestyle, with Jake Taylor posting a first-place finish at 45.56, Connor Stirling clocking a 45.80 for second and Preston Jenkins finishing third with a 46.32.

Ventura took first for the Cougars in the 500 free with a 4:36.10 finish. Dallin Johnson placed third in the event, posting a 4:46.99.

BYU placed two swimmers in the men’s 200 breaststroke event, with Richards taking second at 2:07.71 and Henderson placing third with a 2:10.40.

Taylor won his second event of the day, placing first in the men’s 200 backstroke with a 1:49.10 finish. Ng placed third in the event for BYU, clocking a 1:53.27.

Richards won the men’s 400 individual medley for the Cougars, clocking a 4:07.98 on his way to a first-place finish. Nathan Rogers recorded a second-place finish in the event just behind Richards, posting a 4:09.89.

A team comprised of Taylor, Jenkins, Stirling and Payton Sorenson clocked a 1:23.70 finish in the men’s 200 free relay, earning first-place for the Cougars.

In the final event of the day, BYU swept the 1650 free with Ventura taking first at 16:16.59, Johnson coming in second at 16:39.30 and Shawn Western placing third with a finish of 16:45.04.

The BYU women’s swim team will take on Boise State next Saturday, Oct. 31 at noon MDT in Provo. The men’s team will see its next action on Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. MST when UNLV comes to Provo to battle the Cougars. Both meets will take place at the Richards Building Pool.