Twenty-one swim and dive student-athletes earn MPSF All-Conference awards
PROVO, Utah – BYU had 21 swimmers and divers earn Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Conference awards after their performance at the MPSF Championship in Monterey Park and Pasadena, California.
Senior captain Preston Jenkins led the team with four honors, three first-team and one second-team mark. Sophomore Nathan Gonzales followed with first-team awards in all three diving events. Freshman swimmer Brad Prolo, sophomore swimmer Levi Jensen, freshman diver Elizabeth Holmes and senior diver Matt Denkers all earned one first-team award and two second-team awards.
Teams are determined by the place finished in the MPSF Championships individual and relay events. The top three finishers in each individual event earn first-team All-Conference as well as the first-place relay team. Second-team honors are awarded to the fourth through eighth finishers and the second and third relay teams.
A complete list of the BYU athletes that earned All-Conference are listed below.
First Team
Men | Event |
Preston Jenkins | 200 IM, 200 Free, 100 Free |
Brad Prolo | 200 Breast |
Levi Jensen | 100 Breast |
Nathan Gonzales | 1-meter, 3-meter, platform |
Matt Denkers | 1-meter |
Women | Event |
Haley Bertoldo | 100 Back, 200 Back |
Elizabeth Holmes | 1-meter |
Morgan Paul | 3-meter |
Second Team
Men | Event |
Preston Jenkins | 400 Medley Relay |
Brad Prolo | 200 IM, 100 Breast |
Levi Jensen | 200 Breast, 400 Medley Relay |
Matt Denkers | 3-meter, Platform |
John Morris | 400 IM |
Nathan Rogers | 400 IM |
Kunmi Ogunfeibo | 100 Back, 400 Medley Relay |
Luis Ventura | 400 Medley Relay |
Bryce Farabee | 1-meter, 3-meter, Platform |
Kimble Mahler | 1-meter, 3-meter, Platform |
Morgan Cooper | 1-meter, 3-meter |
Ryan Evans | Platform |
Women | Event |
Kelly Hatanaka | 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Back |
Ellie Thornbrue Brinton | 100 Fly, 200 Fly |
Elizabeth Holmes | 3-meter |
Morgan Paul | 1-meter |
Morgan Mellow | 1-meter, Platform |
Adia London | 3-meter, Platform |
Kaylie Jackson | Platform |
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