GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.  Western Colorado's Amayah Warren and Kayla Knifong posted career-best times in an individual event Saturday at Day 2 of the Intermountain Shootout, hosted by Colorado Mesa University at its El Pomar Natatorium.

Swimming against NCAA Division I teams from Brigham Young University, University of Utah, and Utah Tech, as well as the DII powerhouse Mavericks, Warren touched in a lifetime best time of 58.55 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly to place 13th overall in the event.

One event later, Knifong posted her career best in the 200 breaststroke, placing 13th with a time of 2 minutes, 27.23 seconds. Earning her collegiate best in the same race was Demi Blaylock who finished 15th in 2:28.32, tying with teammate Mia Brown whose time was less than a half second off her all-time best.

The second day of the Shootout began with the Mountaineer foursome of Sarah Krise, Emma Linscombe, Jaylen Lembas and Anna Jorstad teaming up for a ninth-place finish in the opening event, the 200 medley relay, combining for a final time of 1:48.95.

Freshman Maggie Hansel added a top-16 finish in the initial individual event, placing 13th in the 500 free, touching in 5:12.35.

A pair of Mountaineers raced to top-16 touches in the next event, the 50 breaststroke. Tate Lanham (31.14) was 14th and Knifong (31.16) was 15th.

Western earned three top-16 spots in the 400 individual medley, led by Adessa Talbot's 12th-place time of 4:44.69. Just behind in 15th was Linscombe (4:46.95) and in 16th, Addisyn Murray (4:49.08).

Newcomer Lily Rosh posted the highest individual finish of the day for Western in the next event, hitting the pad in a time of 2:08.59 in the 200 backstroke, a time that would have been third fastest in the Mountaineers' 2025-26 season.

The day finished with another ninth-place relay, as Jorstad, Hansel, Lanham and Emma Busta combined to finish in 3:37.10 in the 400 free relay.

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The Mountaineers will host their annual Crimson and Slate Intrasquad meet at Paul Wright Natatorium on Sat., Oct. 10.