Bears Open Front Range Invite with Relay Podium, Lombardi Victory in 200 Fly

DENVER  – The Northern Colorado swim staff opened competitors on the 2025 Front Range Invite on Friday night, racing towards a robust subject that included Denver, Air Force, Colorado State, and Wyoming. The Bears secured a number of top-10 particular person finishes and a relay podium to focus on the primary day of motion.

UNC’s greatest end of the evening got here within the 200-yard butterfly, the place Ellyson Lombardi took the highest spot with a time of two:04.66. She was joined by Hlaa Diab (2:08.59, Sixth) and Agathi Manoli (2:09.48, eighth), giving the Bears three top-10 finishes within the occasion.

In the five hundred freestyle, Emma On-The-Hill touched tenth total with a time of 5:09.27, whereas Kyra Rabess was shut behind in twelfth (5:09.97). Lora Konter added depth with an 18th-place swim (5:15.18).

Rabess additionally had a robust displaying within the 100 freestyle, putting seventeenth in 53.33. Teammates Vitoria Simioni (twenty first, 53.39), Alexis Mishler (twenty third, 53.54), and Konter (twenty fifth, 53.68) adopted carefully.

In the 200 IM, Avi Tromp led UNC with a Sixth-place end (2:08.77), whereas Diab (2:11.71) and Manoli (2:12.04) completed within the prime 25 of a deep subject. Tromp additionally returned later within the night to complete ninth within the 200 breaststroke (2:26.63), proper behind Rachel Ley, who positioned eighth in 2:25.38.

The Bears additionally made noise within the dash occasions, as Simioni positioned Sixth within the 50 freestyle (24.02), simply forward of Martina Yuki Trionfetti (eighth, 24.07) and Mishler (tenth, 24.14). Lombardi additionally cracked the highest 25 with a 24.45.

In relay motion, Northern Colorado’s 200 freestyle relay staff of Simioni, Rabess, Mishler, and Trionfetti clocked 1:35.74 for 4th place. The 400 medley relay squad of Trionfetti, Tromp, Lombardi, and Rabess completed 2nd total in 3:47.64, securing a robust podium end to open the meet.

On the boards, sophomore Violet Noel led the Bears within the 3-meter diving, ending eleventh with a rating of 208.80. Teammates Mireya Ruiz (nineteenth, 187.65), Meredith Clabaugh (twenty fourth, 162.55), and Addison Campbell (twenty fifth, 162.40) additionally represented UNC within the occasion.

Divers will resume competitors at 10 a.m. tomorrow, and swimmers will start at 11 a.m.

SATURDAY’s SCHEDULE – 11 a.m. MT

200 Medley Relay

*5 minute break*

400 IM

100 Fly

200 Free

*10 minute break*

100 Breast

100 Back

1650 Free

*5 minute break*

400 Free Relay

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