From left, UW swimmers and divers, Stephanie Ortiz, Tyler Miller and Eli Bell all earned MWC honors from their performances last week in Gillette.
by Wyoming Sports.org
Wyoming sophomore Eli Bell and junior Tyler Miller were named Mountain West Conference Men’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, while Colorado State freshman Breann Fuller and Cowgirl junior Stephanie Ortiz garnered MWC Women’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week accolades.
Bell, from Greeley, Colo., helped lead the Cowboys to dual wins over North Dakota, South Dakota and South Dakota State over the weekend in Gillette. On Friday, the sophomore won the 100 and 200-yard freestyles with times of 46.83 seconds and 1:42.50 respectively. Bell also swam the lead-off leg in Wyoming’s 400 free relay, as the Cowboys touched in 3:09.78 to win. He followed his performance on Saturday by notching MWC season bests en route to win the 500-yard freestyle (4:44.69), 200 free relay (1:26.07) and 200 medley relay (1:36.03).
Miller, who also hails from Greeley, was the Cowboys’ top diver in the season-opening weekend in Gillette. On Friday, the junior captured the 3-meter springboard with a score of 306.30 points, before setting an MWC season-high mark on the 1-meter Saturday (297.35).
Ortiz, a Colorado Springs, Colo., product, qualified for the NCAA Zone “E” Championships in her first regular-season meet by scoring 289.80 on the 3-meter springboard to win the event in Gillette. The junior also finished second on the 1-meter board with a score of 250.45.
Fuller, a native of Brighton, Colo., won two individual events and helped the Rams to two relay victories in CSU’s first conference meet at UNLV. The freshman led off the 200-yard medley relay that won in 1:45.60, and the 400-yard freestyle relay that won with a time of 3:30.64. Fuller also set lifetime bests in the 100 and 200-yard backstrokes, finishing in 56.81 and 2:02.81, respectively. Both times currently rank first in the MWC.
Wyoming sophomore Eli Bell and junior Tyler Miller were named Mountain West Conference Men’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, while Colorado State freshman Breann Fuller and Cowgirl junior Stephanie Ortiz garnered MWC Women’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week accolades.
Bell, from Greeley, Colo., helped lead the Cowboys to dual wins over North Dakota, South Dakota and South Dakota State over the weekend in Gillette. On Friday, the sophomore won the 100 and 200-yard freestyles with times of 46.83 seconds and 1:42.50 respectively. Bell also swam the lead-off leg in Wyoming’s 400 free relay, as the Cowboys touched in 3:09.78 to win. He followed his performance on Saturday by notching MWC season bests en route to win the 500-yard freestyle (4:44.69), 200 free relay (1:26.07) and 200 medley relay (1:36.03).
Miller, who also hails from Greeley, was the Cowboys’ top diver in the season-opening weekend in Gillette. On Friday, the junior captured the 3-meter springboard with a score of 306.30 points, before setting an MWC season-high mark on the 1-meter Saturday (297.35).
Ortiz, a Colorado Springs, Colo., product, qualified for the NCAA Zone “E” Championships in her first regular-season meet by scoring 289.80 on the 3-meter springboard to win the event in Gillette. The junior also finished second on the 1-meter board with a score of 250.45.
Fuller, a native of Brighton, Colo., won two individual events and helped the Rams to two relay victories in CSU’s first conference meet at UNLV. The freshman led off the 200-yard medley relay that won in 1:45.60, and the 400-yard freestyle relay that won with a time of 3:30.64. Fuller also set lifetime bests in the 100 and 200-yard backstrokes, finishing in 56.81 and 2:02.81, respectively. Both times currently rank first in the MWC.
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