Swim & Dive Prepared for Mines Twin

WESTERN COLORADO at COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
8 a.m. (diving)/10:30 a.m. (swimming) | CSM Natatorium | Golden, Colo.
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GOLDEN, Colo.  Fresh from its winter coaching journey to Florida, Mountaineer swimming & diving will tackle host Colorado School of Mines Saturday morning in a Rocky Mountain Conference twin meet on the CSM Natatorium.

This would be the first twin meet between the Orediggers, ranked twelfth in NCAA Division II, and Western Colorado since October 2021. Saturday’s occasion can even embody a males’s twin between Mines and Air Force.

The Mountaineers enter the occasion with a 3-0 report in duals, first-place finishes within the UNK Distance Meet and the UNK Sprint Meet, and a second-place end to host and Twentieth-ranked St. Cloud State on the Rochester Invitational within the ultimate meet of the autumn semester.

At that Invite, Western’s Morgan Nielsen swept the 200-, 500- and 1,650-yard freestyle occasions.

In addition to Nielsen’s three-event sweep, Adessa Talbot twice set a brand new group report within the 200 butterfly, initially breaking the report through the preliminary heats then re-setting the varsity mark through the championship ultimate of the occasion. Her group report at night time adopted her particular person championship in successful the 200 backstroke earlier throughout that championship session.

Saturday’s twin at Mines will comply with the 13-event format, with the quick distances of every stroke and the lengthy particular person medley within the swimming occasion schedule, slated to start at 10:30 a.m.:

• 400 medley relay
• 1,000 freestyle
• 200 freestyle
• 50 freestyle
• 400 IM
• 100 butterfly
• 100 freestyle
• 100 backstroke
• 500 freestyle
• 100 breaststroke
• 200 freestyle relay

Western’s Alexandra Wallis will take to the diving boards starting at 8 a.m., competing on each the 1-meter and 3-meter boards previous to the swimming occasions checklist.

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The Mountaineers will shut out their common season schedule on Sat., Jan. 24 at house in Paul Wright Natatorium, dealing with Adams State at Western’s Senior Recognition Meet.