GUNNISON, Colo. – Western State Colorado University women's swimming and diving team will take on CSU-Pueblo in a dual Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. The meet will also be senior night for Mountaineer senior Danielle Ginsburg.
 
Ginsburg is the first four-year swimmer since the program was reinstated in 2012. She has held numerous school records for the Mountaineers and is a two-time RMAC All-Academic selection. Ginsburg is currently the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee President and has taken recent trips to South Dakota to represent the school in the conference SAAC meeting.
 
The Mountaineers are having the best season in program history thus far. After having the first-ever NCAA "B" cut occur a month ago, the team has continued on to put up four "B" cuts, school records in virtually every event and many more personal bests.
 
Western State currently boasts at least one person in the top-100 in the nation in every swimming event. The team has three top-15 individual times, seven top-30 times, 15 top-50 times and 28 top-100 individual times.
 
Leading the pack is standout freshman Randi Yarnell. Yarnell is second in the nation in the 200 free, eighth in the 100 free, 13^th in the 100 fly, 28^th in the 50 free and 36^th in the 100 back. Right behind her with five top-100 marks is Akemi King. King is 29^th in the 400 IM, 33^rd in the 200 fly, 43^rd in the 1,650, 59^th in the 1,000 free and 69^th in the 500 free.
 
Frances Ivers and Alexandra Marsolek each have three top-100 times. Ivers is 24^th in the 1,650 free, 34^th in the 1,000 free and 49^th in the 500. Marsolek is 22^nd in the 100 breast, just .11 off the "B" cut for that event. She is also 37^th in the 200 breast and 43^rd in the 200 IM.
 
The final top performances are from Morgan Aragon, Ariel Fitch, Samantha Martin, Kelsey Oettinger, Ma'alaea Lawrence, Taylor Bogdahn, Flynn Guerrieri and Ginsburg. Fitch is 80^th in the 100 free and 95^th in the 50 free. Bogdahn is 74^th in the 1,650 and 94^th in the 1,000. Lawrence is 34^th in the 100 breast and 78^th in the 200 breast. Guerrieri is 93^rd in the 200 breast and 96^th in the 100 breast. Aragon is 88^th in the 100 free, while Oettinger is 85^th in the 1,000 free. Ginsburg is 61^st in the 400 IM, with Martin in 89^th in the 200 back.
 
The Mountaineers have also performed strongly in the relays, with four of five relays in the top-20 nationally. The 800 free relay of Yarnell, Ivers, Anna Kaiser and King hit a NCAA "B" cut mark in their first ever swimming of the event this season. The relay currently ranks 12^th in the nation. The two other free relays, the 200 and 400, are both 15^th in the nation. Yarnell, Aragon, Fitch and Kate Hewson make up the 200 free while Yarnell, Aragon, Marsolek and Fitch make up the 400 relay. The 400 medley relay is 17^th in the nation with Yarnell, Marsolek, King and Aragon making up that one. The final relay is the 200 medley which is 37^th nationally. Martin, Fitch, Marsolek and Hewson make up the 200 medley relay.
 
The event Friday is open to the public, and will also be streamed live online for free. For live streaming visit http://portal.stretchinternet.com/gomountaineers/.