PROVO -- For the second time in three days the BYU women's swimming team beat another Mountain West Conference foe on Saturday. The Cougars beat the visiting Aztecs of San Diego State 136-96.
"Some of our girls swam really well today," BYU coach Stan Crump said. "In our pre-meet team meeting I explained to the girls that we wanted to try some new things today with swimmers in different events but I still wanted them to swim hard. Which they did, and I was proud of them for that."
An example of a swimmer getting a chance to compete in a race for the first time is BYU freshman Aleesha Miller. Miller has posted the fastest times this season in the 50 and 100 freestyle, but against SDSU she was given the opportunity to swim in the 500 free. The 500 free is the longest distance Miller has competed in all season, and she recorded a time of 5:33.62 in the race.
The Cougars had two dual-event winners in Natasha Menezes and diver Tawni Jones. Menezes won the longest race of the meet, the 1650 free, with a time of 17:25.80, and she also touched the wall first in the 100 free with a time of 52.54. Menezes' 100 free time is a new season-best time for her in that race.
Jones highlighted the Cougars from the diving board as she placed first in both the 1- and 3-meter boards. For the first time this season a BYU diver was awarded a score over 300 points and that came against the Aztecs as Jones was given 327.30 points for her dive on the 3-meter board. Jones also won the 1-meter competition with a score of 283.50.
"I was happy with what happened today for our divers," BYU dive coach Keith Russell said. "They did a great job. We had a few divers trying new dives today and they executed them very well."
Another impressive Cougar performance came from senior Tara Patience in the 200 IM. Patience finished three seconds ahead of the rest of the field as she recorded a time of 2:09.51. BYU also won both of the relays on the day.
The Cougar women will next be in action on Thursday Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. as the Colorado State Rams come to Provo. This event is free to the public.
#1 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
TeamRelayFinals Time
1BYU-UTA1:48.83
Price, Angela SRMiller, Aleesha FR
Ferrell, Kirsty SOGrant, Rachel FR
27.8030.4426.0624.53
2SDSUA1:52.36
Brooks, Keely C FRGraham, Christine E SR
Dowell, Ana K SRPower, Kyla R SO
28.4332.0827.0224.83
3BYU-UTB1:52.94
Roberts, Leilani JRStacey, Johanna SO
Chan, U-Nice SRSmith, Carly SR
28.7231.6433.9218.66
4SDSUB1:54.04
Smith, Katie H SRMorrill, Jessica R SO
Holland, Noelle D FRDiDomenico, Gina FR
29.1831.8828.1424.84
5SDSUCx1:56.56
Rogers, Alexandra A JRPatterson, Lizette H JR
Beebe, Meredith A SOMerrill, Kathleen M SR
29.6032.7127.9126.34
6BYU-UTCx1:59.17
Bloom, Jamie SRMarriott, Julia FR
Livengood, Elise JRYocom, Audra FR
33.3831.4228.3526.02
#2 Women 1650 Yard Free
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Menezes, Natasha SOBYU-UT17:25.80
29.8331.6832.012:40.54
32.2132.09
31.95
31.8231.8531.6731.87
31.9431.9632.0631.92
31.6431.7831.5631.96
31.6331.6831.8531.78
31.5831.4730.9831.13
29.73
2Menezes, Michelle FRBYU-UT17:54.74
30.9332.2132.302:42.81
32.9632.6832.25
32.3832.5532.7932.76
32.6132.9433.0133.02
32.4932.5332.6832.78
32.5632.8132.5732.84
33.1933.0532.7832.10
31.42
3McHenry, Celleigh JRBYU-UT18:03.88
31.0832.5832.482:41.89
32.54
32.2632.69
32.6833.0533.1033.14
33.5533.4333.5433.50
32.8333.3133.1332.96
32.8832.9032.8633.35
33.5232.8333.8233.27
32.35
4Raymond, Rosalie L JRSDSU18:12.26
29.4631.5932.032:43.67
33.6033.6533.12
33.43
33.6733.59
33.2933.4433.3833.72
32.7033.1233.2133.08
33.2332.9333.5133.24
33.8934.0333.6933.70
33.39
5Hall, Whitney JRBYU-UTx18:19.13
31.0832.9132.842:44.55
33.0133.0032.94
33.1233.2633.1533.19
33.3333.3833.3933.68
33.4433.4433.5333.80
34.1133.8033.9434.15
33.9534.1334.1033.69
33.02
6Daly, Brittany A SRSDSU18:35.91
30.4132.4933.052:47.10
33.75
33.71
33.5334.131:08.1634.37
34.1534.8334.0334.34
34.3434.1634.4634.29
34.2534.1234.6934.02
34.1334.1034.0533.89
33.23
7Vessey, Jamie SOSDSU18:54.71
31.2632.9933.332:48.94
34.1134.0434.10
34.2534.2834.6534.53
34.6534.7334.5035.03
35.0834.9735.1134.51
35.0535.1935.1035.14
35.3335.2535.8034.71
33.69
#3 Women 200 Yard Free
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Miller, Aleesha FRBYU-UT1:56.14
27.7730.1829.5428.65
2Roberts, Leilani JRBYU-UT1:57.19
28.2530.2829.5729.09
3Chan, U-Nice SRBYU-UT1:59.07
28.7830.1429.9730.18
4Morrill, Jessica R SOSDSU2:02.07
29.0130.8431.0831.14
5Henderson, Stephanie L FRSDSU2:03.24
27.8130.8332.0932.51
6Marriott, Julia FRBYU-UTx2:03.27
28.2930.9931.7932.20
7Leahy, Katie M JRSDSU2:04.96
28.3731.3632.2532.98
8Henry, Kristen I FRSDSUx2:05.46
28.6031.3432.7632.76
#4 Women 50 Yard Free
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Christiansen, Sara Jayne FRBYU-UT24.48
2Vessey, Brooke FRSDSU25.33
3Crist, Samantha FRBYU-UT25.36
4Power, Kyla R SOSDSU25.46
5Dowell, Ana K SRSDSU25.70
6Smith, Carly SRBYU-UT25.90
7Beebe, Meredith A SOSDSUx26.35
8Yocom, Audra FRBYU-UTx26.44
#5 Women 200 Yard IM
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Patience, Tara SRBYU-UT2:09.51
29.4132.8237.0030.28
2DiDomenico, Gina FRSDSU2:12.72
28.9633.9339.3330.50
3Bloom, Jamie SRBYU-UT2:13.30
30.4336.9834.7631.13
4Price, Angela SRBYU-UT2:13.51
28.3434.2439.0531.88
5Stacey, Johanna SOBYU-UTx2:16.41
29.6835.9038.5532.28
6Graham, Christine E SRSDSU2:19.55
30.3437.9839.2931.94
7Holland, Noelle D FRSDSU2:25.94
30.4437.8745.3732.26
8Pool, Emily E JRSDSUx2:34.55
34.6840.6641.2837.93
#6 Women 1 mtr Diving
NameYr TeamFinals Score
1Jones, Tawni SOBYU-UT283.50
2Atkinson, Caitlin M SOSDSU261.83
3Brooks, Keely C FRSDSU241.35
4Flanagan, Megan A JRSDSU240.93
5Heuring, Kathleen M JRSDSUx228.20
6Maurer, Kristen A SOSDSUx218.03
---Malmrose, Holly SOBYU-UTX198.45
---Bowen, Tricia SOBYU-UTX213.08
---Chang, Kimberly JRBYU-UTX214.28
---Woods, Emily SOBYU-UTX242.55
---Jackman, Ava SOBYU-UTX278.55
#7 Women 200 Yard Fly
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Grant, Rachel FRBYU-UT2:04.83
28.8131.5131.8232.69
2Livengood, Elise JRBYU-UT2:12.29
30.5733.9033.6034.22
3Chan, U-Nice SRBYU-UT2:13.92
31.4532.8035.1534.52
4Dowell, Ana K SRSDSU2:17.41
30.4635.2535.8535.85
5Holland, Noelle D FRSDSU2:17.44
30.4435.0136.1035.89
6Vessey, Jamie SOSDSU2:18.06
30.7735.3536.3135.63
7Daly, Brittany A SRSDSUx2:23.90
31.6035.9538.1238.23
#8 Women 100 Yard Free
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Menezes, Natasha SOBYU-UT52.54
25.5427.00
2Ferrell, Kirsty SOBYU-UT53.29
25.7527.54
3Menezes, Michelle FRBYU-UT55.00
26.6628.34
4Power, Kyla R SOSDSU55.02
26.7428.28
5Crist, Samantha FRBYU-UTx55.71
26.9528.76
6Leahy, Katie M JRSDSU56.49
27.0829.41
7Graham, Christine E SRSDSU56.65
27.3229.33
8Henderson, Stephanie L FRSDSUx57.63
27.7029.93
#9 Women 200 Yard Back
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Smith, Katie H SRSDSU2:11.32
31.7733.4733.5032.58
2Rogers, Alexandra A JRSDSU2:11.41
31.1433.3633.9632.95
3Vessey, Brooke FRSDSU2:16.10
30.9834.0236.0835.02
4DiDomenico, Gina FRSDSUx2:21.12
32.2535.2636.7236.89
---Christiansen, Sara Jayne FRBYU-UTX2:07.99
30.0231.9733.0432.96
---Hall, Whitney JRBYU-UTX2:14.26
32.5233.4234.2034.12
---McHenry, Celleigh JRBYU-UTX2:15.00
31.7734.2534.7434.24
#10 Women 500 Yard Free
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Raymond, Rosalie L JRSDSU5:18.56
29.6032.0832.4732.80
32.0831.9431.8331.81
32.5731.38
2Henry, Kristen I FRSDSU5:38.37
30.4933.2934.2634.57
34.6035.0034.7234.13
34.0633.25
3Beebe, Meredith A SOSDSU5:43.27
31.3333.9034.3934.28
34.6535.1434.7734.51
35.2135.09
---Grant, Rachel FRBYU-UTX5:10.80
28.8130.9230.8030.91
31.4431.4331.3831.71
32.0031.40
---Marriott, Julia FRBYU-UTX5:28.66
30.7632.6133.1933.02
33.3933.6033.5433.43
32.9732.15
---Miller, Aleesha FRBYU-UTX5:33.62
28.6631.4731.9733.25
32.9732.2132.3533.17
32.9644.61
#11 Women 3 mtr Diving
NameYr TeamFinals Score
1Jones, Tawni SOBYU-UT327.30
2Flanagan, Megan A JRSDSU299.65
3Brooks, Keely C FRSDSU248.63
4Maurer, Kristen A SOSDSU233.28
5Atkinson, Caitlin M SOSDSUx233.18
6Heuring, Kathleen M JRSDSUx224.95
---Chang, Kimberly JRBYU-UTX256.43
---Woods, Emily SOBYU-UTX268.73
---Jackman, Ava SOBYU-UTX297.68
#12 Women 200 Yard Breast
NameYr TeamFinals Time
1Morrill, Jessica R SOSDSU2:30.57
34.6038.3038.5739.10
2Smith, Katie H SRSDSU2:38.21
36.2939.9240.9741.03
3Gjetley, TanyaSDSU2:40.34
37.3740.6441.2741.06
4Merrill, Kathleen M SRSDSUx2:44.38
37.8139.8542.1544.57
---Bloom, Jamie SRBYU-UTX2:24.16
32.7136.1237.3537.98
---Patience, Tara SRBYU-UTX2:28.02
35.4838.3536.3837.81
---Stacey, Johanna SOBYU-UTX2:29.97
34.4139.3838.1138.07
#13 Women 200 Yard Free Relay
TeamRelayFinals Time
1BYU-UTA1:37.57
Ferrell, Kirsty SOMenezes, Natasha SO
Christiansen, Sara Jayne FRRoberts, Leilani JR
24.4524.4324.4724.22
2BYU-UTB1:40.99
Hall, Whitney JRMenezes, Michelle FR
Smith, Carly SRCrist, Samantha FR
25.4525.0025.3125.23
3SDSUA1:46.82
Leahy, Katie M JRVessey, Jamie SO
Henderson, Stephanie L FRMerrill, Kathleen M SR
26.1726.4026.6227.63
4SDSUB1:48.50
Daly, Brittany A SRRaymond, Rosalie L JR
Henry, Kristen I FRGjetley, Tanya
26.9226.9326.3928.26