Swim Cover 12-14-19

Women's Swimming & Diving Assistant Sports Information Director - Zachary Walsh

Mountaineers win ten of fourteen events in dual against ASU

ALAMOSA, Colo. --- Western Colorado swimming and diving had a dominate performance in their dual over Adams State University on Saturday. The Mountaineers competed on the road against the Grizzlies and were able to come home having won 10 of the 14 events at the meet.
 
Western Colorado won 175.5 to 78.5 over Adams State.
 
The Mountaineers started by winning the first event as Kali Stier, Jocelyn Jo, Rylee Denney, and Savannah Tice worked together to swim a first place time of 1:55.82 in the 200-yard medley relay.
 
Following the relay, Addison O'Donnell took a commanding lead in the 1,000-yard freestyle, allowing her to win the event by nearly half a minute. O'Donnell finished her race in a time of 12:04.54.
 
In the fourth event, Tice continued her hunt for victory as she won the 50-yard backstroke in a time of 27.63 seconds. Western went one through five in the event.
 
Following Tice's victory, Jocelyn took to the pool again as she swam her way to a first place finish in the 50-yard breaststroke (33.78 seconds).
 
Starting with Sydney Skiles in the 100-yard freestyle (1:00.70), Western won four events in a row with Arden Tesch in the 200-yard backstroke (2:15.86), O'Donnell in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:42.78), and Tice in the 500-yard freestyle (5:45.76).
 
Three events later, Tice went on to win the 100-yard IM as she was first to touch the wall in a time of 1:05.55.
 
The Mountaineers looked to close out the dual with a victory in the last event, the 200-yard freestyle relay. In a tough battle against the Grizzlies, Western Colorado was able to hold them off and clinch the first place finish in a time of 1:46.53. On the relay team for the Mountaineers was Hadley Nelson, Sydney Skiles, Nina Crouch, and Addison O'Donnell.
 
The Mountaineers will compete next in the pool on Jan. 9 as they host Dixie State. To keep up to date with everything Western Athletics, visit GoMountaineers.com. 
 
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Players Mentioned

Nina Crouch

Nina Crouch

Free/Back
5' 5"
Junior
Denver Tritons
Jocelyn Jo

Jocelyn Jo

Breast/Free
5' 2"
Senior
South Pasadena Sea Tigers
Sydney Skiles

Sydney Skiles

Free/IM
5' 7"
Junior
Rio Salado
Kali Stier

Kali Stier

Back/Free
5' 6"
Sophomore
Foothills Swim Team
Savannah Tice

Savannah Tice

Back/Free/Fly
5' 7"
Junior
Pueblo County
Rylee Denney

Rylee Denney

Fly/Back
5' 2"
Freshman
Arden Tesch

Arden Tesch

Free/Back/IM
5' 6"
Freshman
Hadley Nelson

Hadley Nelson

Free/Back
5' 10"
Freshman
Addison O

Addison O'Donnell

Free/Breast
5' 6"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Nina Crouch

Nina Crouch

5' 5"
Junior
Denver Tritons
Free/Back
Jocelyn Jo

Jocelyn Jo

5' 2"
Senior
South Pasadena Sea Tigers
Breast/Free
Sydney Skiles

Sydney Skiles

5' 7"
Junior
Rio Salado
Free/IM
Kali Stier

Kali Stier

5' 6"
Sophomore
Foothills Swim Team
Back/Free
Savannah Tice

Savannah Tice

5' 7"
Junior
Pueblo County
Back/Free/Fly
Rylee Denney

Rylee Denney

5' 2"
Freshman
Fly/Back
Arden Tesch

Arden Tesch

5' 6"
Freshman
Free/Back/IM
Hadley Nelson

Hadley Nelson

5' 10"
Freshman
Free/Back
Addison O

Addison O'Donnell

5' 6"
Freshman
Free/Breast