LAS VEGAS ? CSUB men's swimming senior Alexy Belyy clocked a 4:36.67 time in the preliminary heat of the 500 yard freestyle, then went on to claim a 4:31.50, first place time in the “A” final heat on the opening day of the 22^nd Annual UNLV Winter Invitational Saturday.

Belyy's first-place finish gives the senior two straight years of wins in the event.

Fellow senior Justin Burdine and junior Filip Zemier used strong preliminary heat times to earn entry into the “B” final heat in the 50 yard freestyle. Burdine raced to a 21.41 third place finish in the finals while Zemier placed sixth in a time of 21.64.

In the 200 yard individual medley finals, junior Sampo Sissala earned a 1:56.71 eighth place finish in the “A” final heat.

The combined efforts of Zemier, Burdine, Rene Hjorth and Sissala led to a 1:24.75 time in the 200 yard freestyle relay, good for sixth best out of 31 squads.

In the 400 yard medley relay, the Roadrunners' “A” squad earned a 3:24.75 fifth place finish while the “B” squad placed 13th in a time of 3:33.19.

"We were solid from our sprints, to the middle distances and longer distances," said CSUB Head Coach Morgan Bailey. "Our relay teams are performing exceptionally well for this time of year and overall we turned in a well-rounded performance."

Competition continues all day Sunday with butterfly and backstroke preliminary heats in the morning and a number of butterfly, freestyle and backstroke finals in the evening session.