GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — BYU women’s swim and dive won its dual matchups with Utah, Colorado Mesa and CSU Pueblo by a combined 264 points with seven event wins, including two from Mackenzie Miller Lung at the Intermountain Shootout on Saturday.
| Intermountain Shootout | Dual Meet Format Team Scores | Oct. 5 |
| BYU 116, Utah 86 |
| BYU 145.5, Colorado Mesa 59.5 |
| BYU 174, CSU Pueblo 26 |
"This weekend was about getting races under our belt and having fun racing again," said BYU head swim and dive coach Tamber McAllister. "We learned a lot of lessons that we will take into training as we prepare for the rest of the season."
Miller Lung secured nine points for the Cougars’ tally as she overcame Utah’s Rylee McColley in a tight 200 breast race decided by just three hundredths of a second. The junior breaststroke specialist added to her 2:18.39 win in the 200 breast as she clocked 29.42 to win the 50 breast.
In the first event of the day, Miller Lung joined Emma Marusakova, Sarah Eliason and Tatum Cooley in a winning 1:42.19 in the 200 medley relay.
Cooley clocked 50.79 to win the 100 free in 0.48 seconds over Lily Milner of Utah. Eliason, a freshman from Rockville, Maryland, won her first collegiate event with a 55.84 in the 100 fly.
Another BYU freshman, Lucy Warnick, won her second individual medley race in as many days, this time in the 400 IM. Warnick posted a time of 4:28.03 to win the race over two seconds ahead of its runner-up.
The Cougars boasted five of the top 10 finishers in the 50 fly with Tahis Ibáñez leading the way as she won in 25.82.
Alexia Jackson Hansen racked up 426.53 points in the 1-meter diving (11 dives) event to sweep the meet’s women’s diving competition. Brooklyn Larson Clouse also cleared the 400-point mark with a third-place finish at 403.65.
“The team worked hard for their first meet and it was great to see where they’re at this early in the season,” said BYU dive coach Tyce Routson. “We look forward to seeing improvement as we get ready to face Texas A&M and TCU.”
After a week off, the Cougars take to the road again for a tri-meet with the Aggies and Horned Frogs in College Station, Texas Oct. 18-19.