Rams Set For Formidable 2025-26 Marketing campaign

FORT COLLINS  – With a mixture of the usual rivalries and a return to the previous, coach Christopher Woodard‘s Colorado State’s girls’s swimming and diving staff is ready to embark on an formidable schedule for the 2025-26 marketing campaign.

The staff will prep for the season with the Horsetooth Open Water swim at Horsetooth Reservoir on Sept. 7, a couple of month earlier than the staff heads into competitors season. That will open with the Front Range Invitational, held Oct. 3-4, at Denver. The Rams will shut out the primary month with the primary of two dwelling meets, the primary a triangular with the Pioneers and Colorado Mesa at EPIC on Oct. 24. Every week later, they hit the street for the Border War showdown with Wyoming on Halloween.

“We believe this is a schedule which will challenge us from start to finish, capping each check point with a formidable test,” Woodard stated. “We close the opening month with our rivals from the north, and the return to the Phill Hansel Invitational has always proven to be a strong meet for us to close the first half. The back side is filled with teams always looking to get the better of us, be they Mountain West foes or Northern Colorado. By the time we head to Houston for the Mountain West Championships, we will be battle ready.”

November opens with a two-day street journey, first to face Mountain West foe Washington State on Nov. 7, crossing the border the day after to tackle Idaho. The first half of the season closes with a return to the Phill Hansel Invitational on the University of Houston from Nov. 19-21 – the positioning of the Mountain West Championships.

The second half opens with a pair of street journeys in a five-day span, beginning at Northern Arizona on Jan. 5 (the one staff in program historical past the Rams have tied with in a twin), adopted by a triangular hosted by Air Force on Jan. 10 which incorporates New Mexico.

Two weeks later, Colorado State swims at Moby Pool for Senior Day, taking over Northern Colorado on Jan. 24. The divers will shut out the month with a tune up on the Air Force Diving Invite from Jan. 29-31.

The postseason begins with the Mountain West Championships on Feb. 18-21.

Woodard’s squad posted a 6-3 mark final 12 months, ending robust by posting victories of their ultimate 5 meets. The staff returns a trio of Mountain West finalists, led by Erin Dawson, who’s the two-time defending champion within the 400-yard particular person medley, in addition to Tess Whineray and Lexie Trietley. The roster has been retooled with a freshman class of 12 performers, three of whom are divers.