Diving Information Rewritten as Vandals Cruise to Win in Caldwell

MOSCOW, Idaho – Idaho Swim and Dive returned to motion on the first twin meet of the autumn semester, touring to Caldwell, ID to tackle the College of Idaho Yotes within the J.A. Albertson Activities Center. Technical difficulties delayed the outcomes by a pair days, however they’ve since been launched and paint the image of an enormous opening win for the University of Idaho over the College.

The greatest occasion of the day for the Vandals got here early within the diving portion from the 1M platform. Two newcomers made large (or somewhat, minimal) splashes from the board. Freshman Kelly Mejorada, initially hailing from Urbiquinta, Mexico, went and broke an 11-year old skool file by scoring a 312.65 in her Vandal debut and marking the primary addition to the diving portion of the college file books since 2023. 

She wasn’t alone, nevertheless, as graduate scholar Maya Salvitti additionally etched her identify college historical past in her first meet as a Vandal. The UCLA switch earned a bid to the NCAA Championships final 12 months and made a mark with a 273.30 rating in Caldwell, the Tenth-best such mark at school historical past.

Over within the swimming occasions, the Vandals had robust begins to the season throughout the board, choosing up 1st-Third finishes in every swimming occasion that occurred. Notable marks from the returners have been Ginger Kiefer, already holding a number of college information, profitable the 200 Y IM (2:09.61) and the 200 Y Backstroke (2:06.09), Holly Lenarz took residence first place within the 200 Y Free (1:56.67) and 200 Y Fly (2:10.88), and Marie Mason received the five hundred Y Free (5:11.94) by practically six full seconds.

Newcomers making an affect of their Vandal debut included Grace Benson taking residence the one sub-minute time within the 100 Y Backstroke (59.00) and profitable the occasion, freshman Italia Ingle gathering her first profession win within the 100 Y Fly (58.87) and ending second within the 200 Y Fly (2:10.88), and Kristen Sautel ending second total within the 100 Y Breaststroke (1:07.00)

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The Vandals have two weeks of prep earlier than touring to tackle a foe acquainted to the establishment throughout all sports activities, Northern Colorado, on Oct. 11. The Bears have been among the many groups that departed the WAC alongside the Vandals to hitch the MPSF for the 2025-26 season.

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