Rams Host In-State Foes in Residence Opener

FORT COLLINS – A lift of power after weeks of coaching comes on the good time towards acquainted foes.

Colorado State’s girls’s swimming and diving group will host Colorado Mesa and Denver on Friday at Edora Pool Ice Center at 2 p.m. The meet – which may have a reside stream — will signify the Rams first head-to-head competitors for the reason that Front Range Invitational.

The Rams enter this meet with a transparent sense of focus. Having already competed towards Pioneers and being conversant in the Mavericks, each opponents will present a great problem and a possibility to check their strengths.

Coach Christopher Woodward emphasised this meet is about group effort. Success doesn’t come from particular person performances, however how the group rises to the problem collectively, supporting each other and executing in every race.

We’ve already seen Denver, and we’re conversant in Mickey (Coach Wender) and his group at Mesa. Both groups are actually robust and have raised the extent of expectation for us, Woodward stated. With three weeks of coaching behind us, our purpose at this meet is to refine our methods. If we have been respiration into turns earlier than, we can’t this time, and if our dolphin kicks off the wall have been brief, we’re making them stronger.

The Rams will carry the momentum from the primary competitors into this upcoming meet. Energy and focus have been standout components throughout this season’s opener, with swimmers supporting each other and sustaining depth within the lanes.

 The similar degree of competitiveness and power is predicted to hold over, creating a powerful basis for the Rams towards Colorado Mesa and Denver.

We count on to deliver the identical power we had on the Front Range Invitational into this head-to-head meet. It’s not nearly doing all your greatest. It’s about competing instantly and pushing one another in each race, Woodward stated. Energy was the most important issue final time. I like the power of the group, from supporting one another to actually being aggressive within the first 15 meters off the block of their races, to being engaged by way of realizing the place the factors have been and the way we have been stacking up.

Rams within the Mountain West Top 10
1. Tess Whineray 200 again, 1:59.42
1. Tess Whineray 100 again, 54.42
2. Tess Whineray 50 again, 25.42
3. Lexie Trietley 50 free, 22.99
3. Erin Dawson 400 IM, 4:22.49
3. Erin Dawson 500 free, 4:53.59
5. Lexie Trietley 100 free, 50.51
6. Erin Dawson 200 free, 1:50.66
7. Azalea Shepherd 100 butterfly, 56.09
8. Azalea Shepherd 50 free, 23.39
8. Azalea Shepherd (Roanoke, Texas/Byron Nelson) (Roanoke, Texas/Byron Nelson) 100 free, 51.00
9. Quinn Whorley 500 free, 5:02.88
10. Quinn Whorley 1650 free, 17:38.08