Three College Data Fall as Hansel Invite Opens

HOUSTON  – After an uneven begin to the day, the inclusion of relays to the festivities had the staff surging to the highest of the charts.

Colorado State’s swimming and diving staff broke the college data in each the 200-yard freestyle and 400 medley relays, with Tess Whineray taking down the college mark within the 100 backstroke on the lead leg of the later occasion because the Phill Hansel Invitational opened Wednesday on the CRWC Natatorium on the University of Houston.

Whineray hit the trifecta because the junior was moreover a part of the 200 quad.

“I think we were hit or miss in the morning. Unfortunately, primarily misses, but by the end of it, thank you,” CSU coach Christopher Woodard mentioned. “By the night, I think the team started to show up and show a little bit of fire and obviously that relay starts us off on a good note and the 400 medley ended us on a great note.”

The finals session began with the 200 free staff of Azalea Shepherd, Whineray, Mia Axelman and Lexie Trietley posting a time of 1:31.46 to position fifth, eclipsing the prior customary of 1:31.75 set again in 2017. The 400 medley mark which fell had been set finally 12 months’s Mountain West Championships in the identical pool, lowered to three:37.00 in a third-place displaying with two repeat members (Whineray and Trietley) and two newcomers to the quad  (Claire Wright and Evie Munz). Whineray’s opening leg of 52.48 broke the 100 again mark of 52.94 set again in 2018 by Tonicia Thomas.

Whineray will get two extra cracks on the particular person mark when she swims the 100 backstroke on Thursday. Woodard can also be hoping his staff will use the joy of Wednesday night time’s success to gas higher performances within the prelims and provides the Rams extra scoring alternatives.

The invitational is a preliminary-finals format, with 5 heats within the night time session. However, solely three of them are scoring heats, the ultimate two simply additional alternatives. There are advantages to these swims, and Woodard additionally hopes a little bit of a wake-up name for his staff.

“I’m going to talk out of both sides of my mouth. We preach patience because we recognize it’s not always a linear progression, and yet at the same time, the reality is this is only a three-and-a-half-year window,” Woodard mentioned. “If you’re not feeling some pressure to perform at the beginning and not taking those lessons under your belt, it can be a slow progression and then next thing you know you’re not really getting into your senior year. That’s not positive for anyone. I think it’s good for them to feel a little bit of the fire by midseason.”

Colorado State earned solely 5 scoring swims within the night session, only one in an ‘A’ remaining. Eight different swims got here in non-scoring heats.

Trietley positioned fifth within the 50 freestyle (22.96), an occasion the place the staff added scoring swims from Shepherd (10^th, 22.98) and Axelman (17^th, 23.23). Erin Dawson positioned 12^th within the 500 freestyle (4:53.82) and Margo Hauser was 21^st within the 200 particular person medley (2:04.05).

The divers added to the entire from the 1-meter board as Riley Lee positioned 16^th within the comfort finals at 214.80 after scoring 243.60 within the prelims. More factors got here from Maggie Di Scipio (18^th, 231.85), Sydney Ovesen (22^nd, 227.20) and Makenna Post (24^th, 222.60). The Rams completed the day with 198 general, sitting in seventh place.

Throughout the day, even when placement was a bit blended, time drops had been frequent, particularly among the many freshman crew. A little bit of disappointment with a mixture of pleasure is what Woodard hopes pushes his staff to higher outcomes the second day.

“I think the team reads that and they’re like, oh. Because every once in a while you’re going to get somebody who has doubts,” Woodard mentioned. “They see that first race and they’re like, ‘oh, maybe I don’t have it. Maybe the training was off. Maybe I’m not in the right position.’ And then they see their teammates perform and whether they believe it or not, they’re like, ‘OK, that gives me tacit approval. I can go, too.'”

Friday’s preliminary session begins at 9 a.m. on Friday, adopted by the preliminaries for the 3-meter springboard. Finals are slated for 4 p.m.