Ari Davis | Posted: 21 Feb 2018 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

Twenty-one swim and dive student-athletes earn MPSF All-Conference awards

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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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