GUNNISON, Colo.  Western Colorado upped its dual meet record to 4-0 with Saturday's 171-108 defeat of visiting Colorado State University Pueblo in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women's swimming action at the Paul Wright Natatorium.

The meet, the program's last home event during the fall semester portion of its schedule, served as Senior Recognition Day, with seniors Demetra Fellows, Emily Jauch, Jordan Maruska, Anna Maurello and LynDea Turner honored in a pre-meet presentation.

JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Western def. CSU Pueblo, 171-108
Records: Western 4-0, CSU Pueblo 2-7
Location: Paul Wright Natatorium, Gunnison, Colo.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Pueblo took the opening event the meet, the 400-yard medley relay, but freshman Sophia Del Rosario put Western on the winning track by winning the next event, the 1,000 freestyle, with a time of 11 minutes, 44.73 seconds.
• Seniors Maruska and Turner kept the momentum rolling with wins in the next two events, Maruska capturing the 200 freestyle (2:00.88) and Turner touching first in the 100 backstroke (1:01.49).
• Turner would add another first-place finish later in the meet, sweeping the backstroke events with a winning time of 2:14.19 in the 200.
• Another double winner for Western was Makenna Lambert, who led a 1-2-3 sweep in the 50 free and a 1-2 finish in the 100 free.
• Lambert's time of 25.41 seconds in the 50 out-touched Misha Little (25.48) and Zoe Wolfe (26.37), and the same duo up front led the 100 with Lambert posting a winning time of 55.53 to edge out Little's 55.73.
• Ashlynn Mixon added first places for Western in both diving events posting a season-high points total of 317.65 in the 1-meter, 11-dive event, and winning the 1m, 6-dive optionals with a score of 218.75. Teammate Andie Moon was second in both events, posting a season-best 244.75 in the 11-dive event.
• Back between the lane lines, Sage Patterson picked up a first-place finish in the final event of the meet, finishing the 400 individual medley in 5:00.45 to lead second-place Harlie Taylor (5:03.92) and third place Del Rosario (5:07.19) to the final wall.
• Earlier in the meet Patterson had picked up a second place, swimming the 200 butterfly in 2:19.53.
• Western closed out the meet with a victory in the 400 free relay. Morgan Nielsen, Patterson, Maruska and Little combined for a winning time of 3:45.92 to touch ahead of CSU Pueblo's second-place time of 3:47.85.

UP NEXT
The Mountaineers will close out the fall semester portion of their 2023-24 schedule with a trip to Pueblo on Saturday, Dec., 9, for the CSU Pueblo Double-dual with Colorado College and the host ThunderWolves.