SWatOCU-2023-24

Women's Swimming & Diving Gregg Petcoff

Mountaineers Earn Coaches Classic Title

ALAMOSA, Colo.  Western Colorado swimming & diving continued its dominance into Day 2 of the 2024 Coaches Classic, earning 123 more points to capture the team title of the two-day event with a total of 291 points.

Colorado State Pueblo finished second with 138 points with Adams State in third with 13 total points.

The event was contested on consecutive days with separate event schedules and scores. Western hosted Friday's session with the meet moving to Adams State for Saturday's concluding session. Each team's point totals from the separate days were combined to determine the eventual team standings.

Pueblo took the opening event Saturday, the 400-yard medley relay, but the Mountaineers responded in the next event by sweeping the first four places of the 1,650 freestyle. Morgan Nielsen, a participant at the 2023 NCAA Division II championship meet, touched first and was followed by Sidney-Ann Morris, Sophia Del Rosario and AvaMarie Hopewell.

Western continued to add first-place points with Adessa Talbot's win in the 200 butterfly and Makenna Lambert's victory in the 100 individual medley.

The final individual winner for the Mountaineers was Joanna Swiderska in the 50 butterfly. Swiderska had won the 100 butterfly event Friday and placed third in the 200 butterfly earlier in Saturday's meet.

Nabbing second-place finishes on Saturday were Ella Fries in the 50 breaststroke and 100 IM; LynDea Turner in the 200 backstroke; Leah Wagner in the 200 breaststroke; and Zoe Wolfe in the 50 butterfly.

Saturday concluded with a 1-2 Western finish in the 200 free relay, with Hopewell, Fries, Madi Zach and Lambert teaming up for the relay victory.

On Friday both Chloe Brown and Alexandra Wallis achieved the first of two required scores for the NCAA 2025 Diving Qualification Meet. They surpassed the qualifying score of 390.00 for 11 dives on the 1-meter board with Brown totaling 429.45 and Wallis scoring 405.05 for her total.
    
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Players Mentioned

AvaMarie Hopewell

AvaMarie Hopewell

Free/Fly
Sophomore
Makenna Lambert

Makenna Lambert

Free/Back/IM
5' 8"
Sophomore
Club: Buffalo Swim Club
Sidney-Ann Morris

Sidney-Ann Morris

Free
5' 7"
Sophomore
Club: Tsunami Swim Team of Kansas City
LynDea Turner

LynDea Turner

BK/FR/IM
5' 10"
Senior
Leah Wagner

Leah Wagner

Breast/IM
5' 8"
Sophomore
Club: Bixby Swim Club
Alexandra Wallis

Alexandra Wallis

Dive
5' 5"
Sophomore
Sophia Del Rosario

Sophia Del Rosario

FR/BK/IM
5' 6"
Freshman
Club: Mission Viejo Nadadores
Ella Fries

Ella Fries

BR/IM
Sophomore
Club: Empire KC Swim Club
Morgan Nielsen

Morgan Nielsen

FR
5' 9"
Freshman
Club: Colorado Springs Area Swimming
Zoe Wolfe

Zoe Wolfe

FY/BK
5' 4"
Freshman
Club: Aces Swim Club

Players Mentioned

AvaMarie Hopewell

AvaMarie Hopewell

Sophomore
Free/Fly
Makenna Lambert

Makenna Lambert

5' 8"
Sophomore
Club: Buffalo Swim Club
Free/Back/IM
Sidney-Ann Morris

Sidney-Ann Morris

5' 7"
Sophomore
Club: Tsunami Swim Team of Kansas City
Free
LynDea Turner

LynDea Turner

5' 10"
Senior
BK/FR/IM
Leah Wagner

Leah Wagner

5' 8"
Sophomore
Club: Bixby Swim Club
Breast/IM
Alexandra Wallis

Alexandra Wallis

5' 5"
Sophomore
Dive
Sophia Del Rosario

Sophia Del Rosario

5' 6"
Freshman
Club: Mission Viejo Nadadores
FR/BK/IM
Ella Fries

Ella Fries

Sophomore
Club: Empire KC Swim Club
BR/IM
Morgan Nielsen

Morgan Nielsen

5' 9"
Freshman
Club: Colorado Springs Area Swimming
FR
Zoe Wolfe

Zoe Wolfe

5' 4"
Freshman
Club: Aces Swim Club
FY/BK