GUNNISON, Colo.  Western Colorado's Alexandra Wallis surpassed one of the scoring standards for the NCAA national qualifying diving meet with her first place on the 1-meter diving board Saturday, as the Mountaineers earned a 165-113 victory over visiting Southwest Minnesota State University.

Wallis, a two-time participant in the NCAA Division II Diving Qualification Meet, won Saturday's 1m (6 optionals) event with a score of 260.75, surpassing the standard of 255.00 points.

JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Western def. SMSU, 165-113
Records: Western 3-0, SMSU 0-1
Location: Paul Wright Natatorium, Gunnison, Colo.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The visiting Mustangs won the opening event of the meet, the 200-yard medley relay, but Western immediately bounced back in the first individual event, sweeping the first three places in the 1,000 freestyle.
• Sophia Del Rosario led the Mountaineer trio to the touchpads, posting a winning time of 19 minutes, 12.85 seconds. Sidney-Ann Morris finished second in 19:46.66, followed by Brionna Thomas (19:56.71) in third.
• The march ahead of the pack continued in the next event with Morgan Nielsen and Agnieszka Rudomina taking the top two places in the 200 free. Nielsen (2:03.17) edged out Rudomina (2:04.14) by less than one second.
• The 200 butterfly added another sweep for Western, which took the first four places in the event, led by Adessa Talbot's winning time of 2:17.75.
• Late in the meet the Mountaineers ruled the 500 freestyle, hitting the pads to take the top five places in the event. Thomas earned the win with a time of 5:31.23, followed by Rudomina (5:35.31), Nielson (5:35.68), Del Rosario (5:37.98) and Morris (5:39.68).
• Joanna Swiderska, who placed third in the 200 butterfly, captured the 100 butterfly event in 1:01.12.
• Western's lone double-winner of the day was Leah Wagner. She won the 200 breaststroke (2:31.08) then in the final individual event of the meet, won the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:15.76.

UP NEXT
Western is back in the pool at the Natatorium on Oct. 11, hosting its annual Crimson & Slate Intrasquad meet on Homecoming Weekend.