LARAMIE, Wyo., January 30. THE Colorado State swimming and diving team defeated Wyoming by a score of 140-84 in Laramie, Wyo. on Saturday. The Rams won every event but the 1000 Freestyle. <\/p>\n
Freshman Chandra Engs won two events on the day finishing the 200 Freestyle and 500 Freestyle with times of 1:56.67 and 5:16.10, respectively. Engs was also part of the Rams\u2019 200 Freestyle Relay that finished with a time of 1:38.57, along with senior Kristen Schneider, and sophomores Liz Jones and Rachelle Kula. <\/p>\n
Schneider finished the 100 Backstroke and 200 IM with times of 58.56 and 2:11.45, respectively to win each event. <\/p>\n
Jones won the both the 50 Freestyle (24.26) and 100 Freestyle (53.15). Kula finished the 100 Butterfly in first place with a time of 58.99, and junior Lindsey McCaslin won the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:06.36. <\/p>\n
The Rams will return to action Saturday in the final dual meet of the season against UNLV at 2:00 pm at Moby Pool. This will also be the final home meet for this year\u2019s seniors. <\/p>\n
In other action, the Colorado State diving team competed in the Air Force Diving Invitational Friday afternoon in Colorado Springs. <\/p>\n
Senior Lori Vigil led the way for the Rams in the 3-meter event, placing second with a score of 477.5. <\/p>\n
Juniors Kara Crisp and Meghan Trucco also competed in the preliminary round. Crisp finished in 13th place with a score of 364.85 and Trucco placed 17th with a score of 315.15. <\/p>\n
The Cowgirls (2-8, 1-5 MWC), won just one event on the day, the 1000 freestyle. In that event, Kristin Lewis swam a first place time of 10:46.00.<\/p>\n
The Cowgirl 200 medley relay team swam its fastest time of the season, a 1:49.29, en route to a second place finish. In the 100 breaststroke, Erin Spadinger and Alex Leziy-Miller turned in their fastest times of the season with respective times of 1:06.71 and 1:07.73. Spadinger\u2019s time is the seventh fastest time in school history.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am disappointed with the way the meet ended but I thought our girls raced really hard,\u201d said UW head coach Tom Johnson. \u201cOut girls raced as hard as we have all season against a team that will make a serious run at this year MWC title. I am really impressed with the 200 medley relay, Kristin Lewis\u2019 1000 free, Heidi Thorson\u2019s 100 fly and Erin Spadinger and Alex-Leziy-Miller\u2019s 100 breaststrokes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The diving team competed against Colorado State at the Air Force Diving Invite. CSU\u2019s Becca Barras placed first with a score of 477.55 just ahead of Saara Haapanen\u2019s 450.35 second place score.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s diving team also competed at the diving invite on the 1-meter diving board. Adam Miller led the Cowboys with a second place finish of 489.30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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