UNLV Smimming

Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.

UNLV's swimming program made it a clean sweep by capturing both the men's and women's titles in the 13th annual UNLV Winter Invite Monday night at Buchanan Natatorium.

The Rebels men's team racked up 1,208 points to easily outdistance second-place Northern Arizona, which had 668.5 points. UC Davis was third with 234 points and Utah was fourth with 80.

UNLV's Erik Scalise set his third school record and third NCAA provisional mark of the meet in winning the 1,650-yard freestyle in 15:32.25. Ryan Kelly posted his second school record and first NCAA provisional mark with a 44.57 time in the 100 freestyle. Scot Eliott of UNLV won the200-yard butterfly in 1:53.79 and the Rebels' 400 free relay team won its event in 3:02.44.

On the women's side, the Rebels took first place with 897 points, Utah was second with 520, NAU was third with 403 and UC Davis fourth with 118. UNLV's Jen Crowder won the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:19.30 and the Rebels' 400 free relay team took first in 3:31.80.

The Rebels next swim on Jan. 6 when they host Wyoming at Buchanan Natatorium.