Photo Courtesy: Madison Fredrick
By Kate Santilena, Swimming World College Intern.
We are starting off this years 2019 Mountain West Conference Championship with Wednesday night relays at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center located in chilly Minneapolis. Tonight’s events consisted of the women’s 200 medley relay, the women’s 800 free relay and the women’s 1-meter diving. Day 1 Results.
Women’s 200 Medley Relay
For our first night of competition, the women’s 200 medley relay became an exciting race with Boise State University’s (BSU) senior Ally Kleinsorgen leading the heat after the backstroke leg of the relay with a split of 24.29. However, San Diego State University’s (SDSU) sophomore Elliyana Ferrin had a great breaststroke leg of the race splitting a 27.03 to bring the Aztecs to the lead and from there they held that lead.
The SDSU Aztecs kept their top spot from the Boise State Broncos finishing with a time of 1.36.76. cutting 2.63 seconds from their seed time. Boise State came in second with a time of 1.37.22 and the Colorado State University (CSU) Rams finished with a bronze with a time of 1.39.70. Both relay teams also dropped time from their seed entry.
Event 1 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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MW All Time: # 1:37.60 2/18/2015 San Diego State University, San D
AApostalon, L Day, S Harrison, C Bailey
MW Champ: * 1:37.60 2/18/2015 San Diego State University, San D
A Apostalon, L Day, S Harrison, C Bailey
Pool Record: & 1:34.95 3/21/2014 Stanford, Stanford
F. Lee, K. Olsen, N. Stafford, M. Schaefer
1:36.75 *A Standard
1:37.39 *B Standard
School Seed Finals Points
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1 San Diego St 'A' 1:39.39 1:36.76#*B 64
1) Ferrin, Elliyana G SO 2) r:0.30 Thormalm, Klara SO
3) r:0.17 Vincent, Courtney JR 4) r:0.38 Thormalm, Alma JR
r:14.09 24.38 (24.38)
36.91 (12.53) 51.41 (27.03)
1:01.85 (10.44) 1:14.44 (23.03)
1:25.15 (10.71) 1:36.76 (22.32)
2 Boise St 'A' 1:40.08 1:37.22#*B 56
1) Kleinsorgen, Allyson G SR 2) r:0.46 Pinger, Robin JR
3) r:0.15 Jennings, Emmie JR 4) r:0.20 Sorensen, Abbey SR
24.29 (24.29)
36.78 (12.49) 51.94 (27.65)
1:02.64 (10.70) 1:15.63 (23.69)
1:25.83 (10.20) 1:37.22 (21.59)
3 Colorado St. 'A' 1:42.84 1:39.70 54
1) Thomas, Tonicia N SR 2) r:0.33 Ward, Madison SO
3) r:0.16 Box, Julia JR 4) r:0.22 Friedrichs, Kritina FR
r:+9.79 24.95 (24.95)
37.35 (12.40) 52.44 (27.49)
1:03.40 (10.96) 1:16.97 (24.53)
1:27.66 (10.69) 1:39.70 (22.73)
4 Nevada 'A' 1:40.72 1:39.90 52
1) Watson, Imogen SO 2) r:0.47 Samula, Wiktoria FR
3) r:0.29 Wijkhuijs, Josien FR 4) r:0.19 Reynolds, Jamie SR
r:14.93 26.18 (26.18)
38.75 (12.57) 53.93 (27.75)
1:04.53 (10.60) 1:17.54 (23.61)
1:28.08 (10.54) 1:39.90 (22.36)
5 Fresno State 'A' 1:43.19 1:39.91 50
1) Mazutaityte, Ugne SR 2) r:0.23 Mendolicchio, Muela JR
3) r:0.15 Harbert, Kimberly JR 4) r:0.11 McReed, Osianna SR
r:15.70 25.26 (25.26)
38.27 (13.01) 53.51 (28.25)
1:04.54 (11.03) 1:17.82 (24.31)
1:28.32 (10.50) 1:39.91 (22.09)
6 New Mexico 'A' 1:42.00 1:40.43 48
1) Shinada, Konoha SR 2) r:0.08 Pollack, Katherine FR
3) r:0.55 Oritsland, Hedda FR 4) r:0.04 Wiercinski, Breanna JR
25.27 (25.27)
37.95 (12.68) 53.38 (28.11)
1:04.23 (10.85) 1:17.60 (24.22)
1:28.45 (10.85) 1:40.43 (22.83)
7 San Jose St 'A' 1:42.67 1:41.05 46
1) Lehr, Taylor M SR 2) r:0.13 Hanf, Katelyn JR
3) r:0.19 Bushey, Brenna SR 4) r:0.25 Sailors, Madelyn FR
r:+9.99 25.62 (25.62)
38.52 (12.90) 55.05 (29.43)
1:05.52 (10.47) 1:18.45 (23.40)
1:29.13 (10.68) 1:41.05 (22.60)
8 Unlv (W) 'A' 1:43.40 1:41.17 44
1) Kim, Eva J SO 2) r:0.29 Moore, Skylar FR
3) r:0.35 Afanasyeva, Katryna SO 4) r:0.27 Schreiber, Caitlyn SO
r:11.75 25.98 (25.98)
39.12 (13.14) 54.74 (28.76)
1:05.65 (10.91) 1:18.51 (23.77)
1:29.35 (10.84) 1:41.17 (22.66)
9 Wyoming (W) 'A' 1:44.95 1:41.52 40
1) Burke, Samantha A SR 2) r:0.19 Browne, Phoebe FR
3) r:0.44 McLean-Leonard,nnah SO 4) r:0.29 Ryan, Isobel SR
r:+4.38 25.12 (25.12)
38.34 (13.22) 54.45 (29.33)
1:05.65 (11.20) 1:18.83 (24.38)
1:29.79 (10.96) 1:41.52 (22.69)
10 Air Force (W) 'A' 1:44.07 1:42.38 34
1) Strom, Emma R SR 2) r:0.21 Wittich, Caroline FR
3) r:0.28 Min, Esther JR 4) r:0.28 Campbell, Alicia FR
r:11.36 25.09 (25.09)
38.29 (13.20) 54.05 (28.96)
1:05.38 (11.33) 1:18.79 (24.74)
1:30.07 (11.28) 1:42.38 (23.59)
Women’s 800 Free Relay
During the women’s 800 free relay, the University of Nevada (NEV) Wolfpack defended their conference title leading the heat from start to finish ending up with a time of 7.09.76. Second leg, Andressa Cholodolovski Lima had an awesome split of 1.46.24 gaining the Wolfpack more of a lead throughout the race. A great battle for second took place between the BSU Broncos and the University of New Mexico’s (UNM) Lobos. In the end, the UNM Lobos took home the silver (7.12. 04) with the BSU Broncos taking home the bronze (7.13.73).
Event 3 Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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MW All Time: # 7:03.96 2/15/2017 Boise State, Boise
E Chard, B Aoyama, A Draney, F Cann
MW Champ: * 7:03.96 2/15/2017 Boise State, Boise
E Chard, B Aoyama, A Draney, F Cann
Pool Record: & 6:54.94 3/21/2014 California, Ca;ifornia
R. Acker, C.Piehl, E. Pelton, M. Franklin
7:02.52 *A Standard
7:06.19 *B Standard
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Nevada 'A' 7:14.79 7:09.76 64
1) McHugh, Caitlyn D SO 2) r:0.49 Cholodovskis Liessa JR
3) r:0.40 Richardson, Caitlyn SR 4) r:0.25 Murray, Rebecca SR
r:+0.78 24.67 51.67 (51.67)
1:19.59 (1:19.59) 1:48.32 (1:48.32)
2:13.13 (24.81) 2:39.45 (51.13)
3:06.75 (1:18.43) 3:34.56 (1:46.24)
3:58.96 (24.40) 4:25.55 (50.99)
4:53.08 (1:18.52) 5:22.12 (1:47.56)
5:46.58 (24.46) 6:13.82 (51.70)
6:41.40 (1:19.28) 7:09.76 (1:47.64)
2 New Mexico 'A' 7:16.99 7:12.04 56
1) Palomino, Adriana A SR 2) r:0.41 Sumajstorcic, Matea SO
3) r:0.12 Huffer, Emily SR 4) r:0.18 Farkas, Klara SO
r:+0.81 25.14 52.09 (52.09)
1:19.73 (1:19.73) 1:46.93 (1:46.93)
2:11.61 (24.68) 2:38.83 (51.90)
3:07.21 (1:20.28) 3:35.89 (1:48.96)
4:01.24 (25.35) 4:29.01 (53.12)
4:57.06 (1:21.17) 5:24.81 (1:48.92)
5:42.43 (17.62) 6:16.03 (51.22)
6:43.92 (1:19.11) 7:12.04 (1:47.23)
3 Boise St 'A' 7:15.67 7:13.73 54
1) Evans, Cody C SR 2) r:0.52 Vitort, Lauren FR
3) r:0.46 Barnes, Amanda SR 4) r:0.26 Hill, Hayley SO
r:+0.77 25.15 52.21 (52.21)
1:20.01 (1:20.01) 1:48.11 (1:48.11)
2:13.43 (25.32) 2:40.93 (52.82)
3:08.55 (1:20.44) 3:36.79 (1:48.68)
4:01.64 (24.85) 4:28.69 (51.90)
4:56.80 (1:20.01) 5:24.86 (1:48.07)
5:49.91 (25.05) 6:17.10 (52.24)
6:45.03 (1:20.17) 7:13.73 (1:48.87)
4 San Diego St 'A' 7:19.72 7:16.72 52
1) Ryan, Mia B FR 2) r:0.22 Meyer, McKenna JR
3) r:0.31 Murphy, Kristina FR 4) r:0.36 Wright, Julia FR
r:+0.70 24.68 51.70 (51.70)
1:19.65 (1:19.65) 1:48.17 (1:48.17)
2:12.83 (24.66) 2:39.97 (51.80)
3:07.80 (1:19.63) 3:36.08 (1:47.91)
4:00.62 (24.54) 4:28.01 (51.93)
4:56.88 (1:20.80) 5:26.62 (1:50.54)
5:51.38 (24.76) 6:18.83 (52.21)
6:47.56 (1:20.94) 7:16.72 (1:50.10)
5 Unlv (W) 'A' 7:20.27 7:17.07 50
1) Raftopoulou, Filio FR 2) r:0.30 Filippova, Julia FR
3) r:0.18 Smith, Lauren SO 4) r:0.27 Armijo, Carissa FR
r:+0.75 25.58 52.70 (52.70)
1:20.91 (1:20.91) 1:49.96 (1:49.96)
2:14.66 (24.70) 2:41.97 (52.01)
3:09.88 (1:19.92) 3:38.92 (1:48.96)
4:03.71 (24.79) 4:31.55 (52.63)
5:00.48 (1:21.56) 5:29.37 (1:50.45)
5:54.29 (24.92) 6:21.78 (52.41)
6:49.76 (1:20.39) 7:17.07 (1:47.70)
6 Fresno State 'A' 7:34.79 7:17.75 48
1) Niemczak, Zofia M SO 2) r:0.32 Mazutaityte, Ugne SR
3) r:0.48 Diaz, Brenda FR 4) r:0.43 Cutler, Emily SO
r:+0.74 25.00 52.16 (52.16)
1:20.36 (1:20.36) 1:48.55 (1:48.55)
2:13.11 (24.56) 2:40.71 (52.16)
3:09.26 (1:20.71) 3:38.56 (1:50.01)
4:03.94 (25.38) 4:31.81 (53.25)
5:00.57 (1:22.01) 5:29.93 (1:51.37)
5:54.77 (24.84) 6:22.00 (52.07)
6:49.80 (1:19.87) 7:17.75 (1:47.82)
7 San Jose St 'A' 7:42.15 7:22.46 46
1) Heng, Gabriella R JR 2) r:0.58 Lehr, Taylor SR
3) r:0.42 Vieira, Gabriela JR 4) r:0.42 Guy, Kendal SR
r:+0.64 25.22 52.99 (52.99)
1:20.97 (1:20.97) 1:48.70 (1:48.70)
2:13.72 (25.02) 2:41.41 (52.71)
3:09.82 (1:21.12) 3:38.50 (1:49.80)
4:03.80 (25.30) 4:32.30 (53.80)
5:01.31 (1:22.81) 5:30.84 (1:52.34)
5:56.46 (25.62) 6:24.80 (53.96)
6:53.49 (1:22.65) 7:22.46 (1:51.62)
8 Wyoming (W) 'A' 7:28.90 7:23.42 44
1) Blattner, Katelyn D SO 2) r:0.27 Jones, Lainee FR
3) r:0.44 Covello, Kristen SO 4) r:0.22 Carsrud, Sani FR
r:+0.71 26.19 53.80 (53.80)
1:21.98 (1:21.98) 1:50.41 (1:50.41)
2:14.94 (24.53) 2:42.83 (52.42)
3:11.21 (1:20.80) 3:40.41 (1:50.00)
4:06.19 (25.78) 4:34.71 (54.30)
5:03.80 (1:23.39) 5:32.68 (1:52.27)
5:57.14 (24.46) 6:24.88 (52.20)
6:54.01 (1:21.33) 7:23.42 (1:50.74)
9 Colorado St. 'A' 7:32.08 7:26.23 40
1) Donohue, Ida B SR 2) r:0.35 Basile, Andrea JR
3) r:0.15 Jestes, Hope FR 4) r:0.33 Rowley, Haley SR
r:+0.72 25.72 53.67 (53.67)
1:22.68 (1:22.68) 1:51.80 (1:51.80)
2:44.65 (52.85)
3:14.22 (1:22.42) 3:44.80 (1:53.00)
4:10.47 (25.67) 4:38.97 (54.17)
5:08.03 (1:23.23) 5:37.20 (1:52.40)
6:02.20 (25.00) 6:29.83 (52.63)
6:58.07 (1:20.87) 7:26.23 (1:49.03)
10 Air Force (W) 'A' 7:33.17 7:34.48 34
1) Wolfgramm, Autumn E JR 2) r:0.25 Brechbuhl, Elisbeth SR
3) r:0.52 Bardak, Emily FR 4) r:0.47 Campbell, Alicia FR
r:+0.63 25.36 53.88 (53.88)
1:23.78 (1:23.78) 1:54.68 (1:54.68)
2:20.10 (25.42) 2:48.36 (53.68)
3:17.38 (1:22.70) 3:46.40 (1:51.72)
4:11.87 (25.47) 4:40.40 (54.00)
5:09.66 (1:23.26) 5:39.16 (1:52.76)
6:04.99 (25.83) 6:34.03 (54.87)
7:04.05 (1:24.89) 7:34.48 (1:55.32)
Women’s 1-Meter Diving
On the diving side of the meet, SDSU’s Ximenia Lechuga Gonzalez took home the gold in the women’s 1-meter scoring 325.55 over NEV’s Isabel Vazquez (309.60) who took home the silver. Rounding up the top 3, BSU Bronco Martine Erlam came in third with a score of 301.55. All of which improved from their seeding score.
Event 2 Women 1 mtr Diving
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MW All Time: # 364.12 10/30/2015Krysta Palmer, Nevada
MW Champ: * 359.35 2/15/2017 Sharae Zheng, Nevada-PC
Pool Record: & 495.70 2/20/2001 Vera Ilina, Texas
265.00 *A Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Lechuga Gonzale San Diego St 297.40 325.55 *A 32
2 Vazquez, Isabel Nevada 296.40 309.60 *A 28
3 Erlam, Martine Boise St 285.65 301.55 *A 27
4 Shmitova, Tamar Nevada 262.65 299.95 *A 26
5 Sorenson, Linne Nevada 262.30 296.25 *A 25
6 Nikolaeva, Irin Fresno State 283.75 295.25 *A 24
7 Urzua, Montse Unlv (W) 270.30 284.70 *A 23
8 Dark, Natasha New Mexico 270.70 273.80 *A 22
=== B - Final ===
9 Fowler, Eve Air Force (W) 249.65 271.85 *A 20
10 Yacopino, Marie San Diego St 253.30 271.05 *A 17
11 Grandpre, Peyto Wyoming (W) 243.95 262.50 16
12 Bose, Cassidy Boise St 255.45 261.40 15
13 Gallais, Jocely New Mexico 261.55 256.00 13.5
13 Williams, Skyla SO Colorado St. 242.65 256.00 13.5
15 Funk, Kelli Ann Fresno State 250.90 252.60 12
16 Reed, Emily San Diego St 250.00 246.55 11
=== Preliminaries ===
17 Rice, Victoria Nevada 239.45 9
18 Tykha, Yuliya Fresno State 238.40 7
19 Harris, Ceejay Wyoming (W) 237.80 6
20 Houlihan, Mcken Wyoming (W) 236.90 5
21 Wofford, Kayla Air Force (W) 235.45 4
22 Zoromski, Abiga Wyoming (W) 232.80 2.5
22 Gallagher, Dela San Diego St 232.80 2.5
24 Gatsios, Chryso Unlv (W) 230.95 1
25 Scheck, Daphne New Mexico 230.10
26 Holland, Rachel SO Colorado St. 226.20
27 Lacuesta, Josau Unlv (W) 221.60
28 Sondeno, Natash San Jose St 217.45
29 Irwin, Krystal Air Force (W) 215.35
30 von Schlag, Cri Air Force (W) 210.40
31 Tiendas, Hannah New Mexico 202.25
32 Au, Meghan San Jose St 200.05
33 Clark, Kourtney Unlv (W) 196.50
-- Thompkins, Tatu Boise St 231.05 X0
-- Letts, Lexi San Diego St 230.30 X0
-- Cazares, Gina San Diego St 240.20 X0
-- Tamada, Eri San Jose St 195.80 X0
After the exciting first night of competition the 2019 Mountain West Conference team scores are:
- University of Nevada – 204
- San Diego State University- 178.5
- Boise State University – 152
- Fresno State University – 141
- University of New Mexico – 139.5
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas – 118
- University of Wyoming – 113.5
- Colorado State University – 107.5
- U.S. Air Force Academy (W), San Jose State University – 92
After the first night, there’s no way of knowing which team will take home the conference ring but the 2019 Mountain West Conference Championship is shaping up to be an exciting meet.
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Alexandria Fellows. Great anchor leg by Abbey.
Way to go Los Lobos!! Proud of yall…
Nice let’s go Nevada!
Congratulations Marie!!❤️?