PROVO -- In a match up that pinned the last two Mountain West Conference unbeaten women's swim and dive teams, the BYU Cougars came out on top of the visiting Colorado State Rams Thursday night 158.5-136.5. The Cougars improve to 5-0 in conference competition as they handed the Rams their first MWC loss of the season.
"The best thing we did tonight was win and our girls had some good races which made it all worth it," BYU coach Stan Crump. "CSU has more depth than we have seen in the conference so far this year. They came at us with numbers and because of that I am sure we will have a good re-match at the conference championships."
Natasha Menezes, Jamie Bloom, Rachel Grant and Aleesha Miller all recorded the fastest times in two races for the Cougars. Menezes dominated the distance freestyle events as she finished first in the 1000-yard free (10:19.95) and the 500 free (5:02.15). Menezes improved on her 500 free time from last week versus TCU with the finish she had against CSU.
Bloom was the first to touch the wall at both of the breaststroke distances, 200 and 100-yard. She finished one second off of her previous season best in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.71. Then to compliment that, she also finished first in the 200 breast with a time of 2:22.63.
The Cougars have found two freshman who have been able to make an impact in Grant and Miller. Miller won both the sprint freestyle distances against the Rams with times of 23.82 and 52.48 in the 50 and 100 free, respectively, while Grant has excelled in the 200 fly (2:02.01) and the 200 IM (2:05.16) as she touched the wall first in those two races in the CSU meet.
BYU also had its athletes score the highest from off the diving boards too against the Rams.
"Overall we did really well," BYU dive coach Keith Russell said. "Each diver is making improvements in where they are at in their individual skill level. It is great for our progression as we keep getting a little better with each meet."
The Cougar divers split the highest-score honors between sophomores Ava Jackman and Tawni Jones. Jackman had the highest scoring dive from the 3-meter board as she was awarded a score of 282.30, while Jones took the first-place honors on the 1-meter board with a score of 301.05 -- a new BYU season-best mark.
BYU will next be in action at Air Force on Jan. 24 at 6 p.m.
#1 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
TeamRelayFinals Time
1BYU-UTA1:46.64
Christiansen, Sara Jayne FRBloom, Jamie SR
Price, Angela SRMiller, Aleesha FR
27.9330.1925.2823.24
2COLORA1:49.05
Price, Michelle FRLynch, Nicole FR
Kennedy, Nora SOMolzahn, Emily FR
27.9930.5826.1824.30
3BYU-UTB1:49.37
Roberts, Leilani JRStacey, Johanna SO
Grant, Rachel FRFerrell, Kirsty SO
28.5130.9025.9024.06
4COLORB1:51.66
Meyer, Stephanie JRLoftness, Mari Anna SO
Ratz, Mei FRJohnson, Sam SR
28.1731.3927.3324.77
5COLORCx1:54.94
O'Brien, Kelly FRFreeman, Kim FR
Lujan, Annsley JRQuigley, Shaelen SO
29.2931.8528.5925.21
#2 Women 1000 Yard Free
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Menezes, Natasha SOBYU-UT10:19.95
29.4531.6931.8931.93
31.7031.6630.3930.65
31.0231.0631.1431.12
31.0131.0931.0830.95
31.0130.9830.7129.42
2Gamble, Maddie FRCOLOR10:26.51
29.2231.9331.9232.14
32.2132.1132.1131.90
31.7431.3831.2931.15
30.9731.0131.0330.96
30.9930.7230.9430.79
3Parks, Celes SRCOLOR10:30.83
29.7531.5231.8331.79
31.8631.8831.7931.85
31.9131.6030.8031.00
31.3731.5631.7331.87
31.9131.9331.6131.27
4McCleary, Kathleen SOCOLOR10:33.21
29.4231.6131.8731.81
31.8331.8131.2931.32
31.5231.6431.2131.21
31.1231.5331.5232.41
32.7632.7032.1132.52
5McHenry, Celleigh JRBYU-UT10:36.91
30.3931.6531.6331.80
31.6831.8831.7631.64
32.1131.8431.7231.86
31.8132.2932.5632.28
32.8732.0232.3930.73
#3 Women 200 Yard Free
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Roberts, Leilani JRBYU-UT1:55.30
28.0629.8029.0628.38
2Hall, Whitney JRBYU-UT1:55.97
28.2629.8429.3228.55
3Menezes, Michelle FRBYU-UT1:56.03
27.7729.6629.5929.01
4Cianci, Gisella SOCOLOR1:56.22
27.9230.0729.1629.07
5Smith, Carly SRBYU-UTx1:58.56
27.8330.1030.2330.40
6Swearingen, Charlie FRCOLOR2:00.41
28.1030.8730.5030.94
7Parks, Celes SRCOLOR2:05.56
28.4132.0033.0832.07
#4 Women 100 Yard Back
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Christiansen, Sara Jayne FRBYU-UT58.31
28.4329.88
2Price, Michelle FRCOLOR58.36
28.5829.78
3Price, Angela SRBYU-UT58.95
29.4129.54
4Meyer, Stephanie JRCOLOR1:00.10
29.4230.68
5Myers, Molly SOCOLOR1:02.05
30.0032.05
6O'Brien, Kelly FRCOLORx1:02.19
30.3831.81
7Crist, Samantha FRBYU-UT1:04.57
30.9033.67
#5 Women 100 Yard Breast
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Bloom, Jamie SRBYU-UT1:05.71
30.8134.90
2Lynch, Nicole FRCOLOR1:06.75
31.6535.10
3Quigley, Shaelen SOCOLOR1:07.50
32.1235.38
4Stacey, Johanna SOBYU-UT1:07.51
32.3935.12
5Loftness, Mari Anna SOCOLOR1:07.86
32.5935.27
6Freeman, Kim FRCOLORx1:09.26
32.9036.36
7Marriott, Julia FRBYU-UT1:09.46
33.3136.15
#6 Women 200 Yard Fly
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Grant, Rachel FRBYU-UT2:02.01
28.3330.7131.5131.46
2Chan, U-Nice SRBYU-UT2:09.17
29.1732.5133.2134.28
3Lujan, Annsley JRCOLOR2:10.56
29.7532.8133.8634.14
4Kennedy, Nora SOCOLOR2:10.86
30.3333.1833.0734.28
5Livengood, Elise JRBYU-UT2:12.79
30.1833.0234.2135.38
6Servold, Sara SRCOLOR2:13.53
29.9933.3434.6135.59
#7 Women 50 Yard Free
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Miller, Aleesha FRBYU-UT23.82
2Ferrell, Kirsty SOBYU-UT24.66
3Ratz, Mei FRCOLOR24.89
4Molzahn, Emily FRCOLOR25.08
5Cianci, Gisella SOCOLOR25.21
6Johnson, Sam SRCOLORx25.25
7Crist, Samantha FRBYU-UT25.31
8Yocom, Audra FRBYU-UTx26.07
#8 Women 1 mtr Diving
NameYr TeamFinals Score
1Jones, Tawni SOBYU-UT301.05
2Jackman, Ava SOBYU-UT290.25
3Hall, Elyse SRCOLOR278.10
4Knudson, Karin SRCOLOR270.08
5Woods, Emily SOBYU-UT260.98
6Bibee, Jacqueline FRCOLOR232.58
7Swango, Cori FRCOLORx224.55
8Chang, Kimberly JRBYU-UTx215.18
9Bowdler, Kristie SRCOLORx213.02
#9 Women 100 Yard Free
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Miller, Aleesha FRBYU-UT52.48
25.4827.00
2Roberts, Leilani JRBYU-UT53.15
26.0627.09
3Cianci, Gisella SOCOLOR53.30
26.1327.17
4Ratz, Mei FRCOLOR53.45
25.7427.71
5Muniz, Jennifer SOCOLOR53.95
26.0527.90
6Swearingen, Charlie FRCOLORx55.43
26.9028.53
7Crist, Samantha FRBYU-UT55.62
26.8528.77
#10 Women 200 Yard Back
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Price, Michelle FRCOLOR2:05.78
30.3431.9932.2831.17
2Gamble, Maddie FRCOLOR2:06.35
30.4632.0532.3131.53
3Christiansen, Sara Jayne FRBYU-UT2:07.53
30.2632.0332.7332.51
(#10 Women 200 Yard Back)
4McHenry, Celleigh JRBYU-UT2:07.72
30.0331.8333.1632.70
5Hall, Whitney JRBYU-UT2:12.02
31.6732.8733.4834.00
6O'Brien, Kelly FRCOLOR2:13.00
31.6433.7133.9733.68
7Myers, Molly SOCOLORx2:14.54
31.2433.3235.0034.98
#11 Women 200 Yard Breast
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Bloom, Jamie SRBYU-UT2:22.63
32.6936.6136.8236.51
2Lujan, Annsley JRCOLOR2:23.43
33.5236.6437.0136.26
*3Patience, Tara SRBYU-UT2:26.13
34.0836.8537.3137.89
*3Lynch, Nicole FRCOLOR2:26.13
33.6137.1937.5337.80
5Loftness, Mari Anna SOCOLOR2:26.44
33.9637.4037.4337.65
6Stacey, Johanna SOBYU-UT2:26.97
33.8637.4038.0237.69
7Quigley, Shaelen SOCOLORx2:28.22
34.6137.4238.2337.96
8Marriott, Julia FRBYU-UTx2:30.42
36.3638.3437.4138.31
#12 Women 500 Yard Free
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Menezes, Natasha SOBYU-UT5:02.15
28.8530.5830.3630.61
30.3630.6730.5030.75
30.2629.21
2Menezes, Michelle FRBYU-UT5:08.03
29.4831.2031.3231.60
31.4531.3830.4830.50
30.9429.68
3McCleary, Kathleen SOCOLOR5:08.83
29.5431.4731.2531.26
31.1530.9931.1431.20
30.9429.89
4Chan, U-Nice SRBYU-UT5:09.74
30.1731.6931.8731.48
31.1631.0831.2131.23
30.5629.29
5Parks, Celes SRCOLOR5:10.94
29.0531.1631.6031.43
31.2131.1831.4131.57
31.7730.56
6Gamble, Maddie FRCOLOR5:13.93
29.3931.5431.7031.76
31.6831.7031.9231.52
31.3831.34
#13 Women 100 Yard Fly
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Kennedy, Nora SOCOLOR58.12
27.7430.38
2Price, Angela SRBYU-UT58.13
28.3129.82
3Ferrell, Kirsty SOBYU-UT58.40
27.9430.46
4Muniz, Jennifer SOCOLOR59.58
28.1931.39
5Molzahn, Emily FRCOLOR1:00.62
29.1331.49
6Livengood, Elise JRBYU-UT1:01.72
29.2432.48
7Servold, Sara SRCOLORx1:01.95
29.4532.50
8Yocom, Audra FRBYU-UTx1:04.75
30.5234.23
#14 Women 3 mtr Diving
NameYr TeamFinals Score
1Knudson, Karin SRCOLOR272.10
2Hall, Elyse SRCOLOR268.80
3Bowdler, Kristie SRCOLOR235.95
4Swango, Cori FRCOLORx224.53
5Bowen, Tricia SOBYU-UT222.45
6Bibee, Jacqueline FRCOLORx211.80
7Malmrose, Holly SOBYU-UT193.73
---Chang, Kimberly JRBYU-UTX223.65
---Woods, Emily SOBYU-UTX251.63
---Jones, Tawni SOBYU-UTX281.78
---Jackman, Ava SOBYU-UTX282.30
#15 Women 200 Yard IM
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Price, Michelle FRCOLOR2:11.77
29.1632.3339.8230.46
2Lynch, Nicole FRCOLOR2:12.91
28.8833.7137.9332.39
3Loftness, Mari Anna SOCOLOR2:13.16
30.4934.6837.9530.04
4Muniz, Jennifer SOCOLORx2:14.12
28.4634.9039.0731.69
---Grant, Rachel FRBYU-UTX2:05.16
28.1131.0536.9429.06
---Christiansen, Sara Jayne FRBYU-UTX2:07.45
28.6831.9336.5230.32
---Patience, Tara SRBYU-UTX2:10.55
29.5733.3136.8630.81
---Smith, Carly SRBYU-UTX2:13.21
29.4934.8438.9929.89
#16 Women 400 Yard Free Relay
TeamRelayFinals Time
1COLORA3:36.18
Cianci, Gisella SOKennedy, Nora SO
Swearingen, Charlie FRRatz, Mei FR
26.3054.1626.2454.52
25.9455.0024.5852.50
2COLORB3:37.12
Parks, Celes SRJohnson, Sam SR
Freeman, Kim FRMolzahn, Emily FR
26.3154.9426.0955.23
25.4454.2325.0752.72
---BYU-UTAX3:32.67
Miller, Aleesha FRRoberts, Leilani JR
Ferrell, Kirsty SOMenezes, Natasha SO
25.8053.1325.7853.76
24.8952.9125.0752.87
---BYU-UTBX3:34.60
Menezes, Michelle FRChan, U-Nice SR
Price, Angela SRGrant, Rachel FR
26.5854.4825.7553.44
25.3153.4625.3953.22