LAS VEGAS, Nev. - In the first day of the three-day UNLV Invitational, the Pacific Tigers found themselves atop the leaderboards, with the men in first and the women in second.  The men won four of the five events on the day, with the women picking up two wins as well.

Mitchell Ongstad set the school record in the 50 Free, breaking a 21-year-old time set by Olympian Brad Schumacher when he swam a 19.68.  That time also the ninth-fastest in all of Division I swimming this year.  Whitney Jorgensen also broke her own school record in the 200 IM, set last year, when she swam a 2:00.36 in that event.

In the relays, Pacific took home two wins, both by the men, as well as a second-place finish. Ongstad, Yahav Shahaf, Lane Goedhart, and Miles MacKenzie won the 200 Free Relay for the men with a 1:18.62 while Kenna Ramey, Becca Aguilar, Jillian Hatch, and Vaiva Gimbutyte took second with a 1:32.34 on the women's side.  The men's relay time was also among the top ten times in the nation this year, sitting in seventh among all D-I teams.

The men also won in the 400 Medley Relay, with Makoa Haneberg, Stewart Harrison, Shahaf, and Ongstad putting up a 3:12.33 that was more than five seconds faster than the competition.

The Tigers swept the 50 Free as, in addition to Ongstad's new school record, Kenna Ramey won the women's side with a 22.91, the fastest time of the year for the Tigers.  Shahaff took second for the men at 20.02 and Gimbutyte took second for the women at 23.07.

The 200 IM also saw Pacific come away with two wins. After Jorgensen's record-breaking win, Neil Franka swam a 1:48.04 for the men to win the event and set a new season-best.

Curtis Klein also took third in the 500 Free for the Tigers with a 4:33.00, the best time of the year so far for a Tiger in that event.

The UNLV Invitational continues tomorrow and will finish up on Saturday, going all day both days.

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