Stasny’s NCAA reduce highlights Lopes’ MW Championships

HOUSTON – Grand Canyon closed the Mountain West Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships with a Tenth-place group end, highlighted by a number of championship-final appearances, college information and an NCAA reduce over 4 days. 

San Diego State claimed the convention title with Washington State putting second.  

The spotlight of the meet for the Lopes got here on the ultimate night from sophomore Taylor Stasny.

The Dyer, Indiana, native added a championship remaining efficiency for the Lopes, putting sixth within the 200-yard breaststroke with a GCU-record time of two minutes, 10.9 seconds, which was sooner than the NCAA B reduce. The robust end locations her into consideration for an NCAA Championships invitation, with the automated qualifier awarded solely to the occasion champion. 

The quick race from Stasny positioned sixth, exhibiting simply how briskly of a meet these Mountain West Championships have been. 

GCU senior Paula Martinez Moreno made two particular person A-final appearances, advancing to the championship heats within the 100-yard butterfly (54.38) and 200-yard butterfly (2:00.30).

Martinez’s performances accounted for 2 of GCU’s high particular person finishes of the meet and underscored the Lopes’ presence within the butterfly occasions on the convention degree.

The Lopes additionally picked up priceless scoring by way of B-final appearances, led by Elisa Corradi within the 200-yard particular person medley, the place she completed thirteenth and contributed key factors to the group’s 488.5-point whole.

Relays offered a number of the Lopes’ most impactful moments of the meet.

GCU’s greatest relay end got here within the 400 medley relay, the place Beth Young delivered a school-record 1:00.47 break up on the breaststroke leg, serving to elevate the Lopes’ relay scoring.

Sara Mendoza contributed lifetime bests within the 200 freestyle within the particular person (1:49.22) and her 800 freestyle relay break up (1:48.21).

On the diving boards, Brooke Woeslaw added a scoring efficiency by contributing 12 factors in platform diving.

Additional milestones got here within the dash occasions, the place Katelyn Huffman posted a lifetime-best 23.16 within the 50-yard freestyle, matching the mark in preliminaries and finals.

GCU sophomore Luna Ayala additionally recorded a qualifying time within the 50-yard butterfly to earn a berth on the NIC Championships, extending the Lopes’ postseason illustration past the convention meet.

The Lopes will stay up for Zone E Diving Championships in Flagstaff, Arizona, in addition to CSCAA National Invational Championships in Ocala, Florida.