By Wyoming Sports.org
The Wyoming swimming and diving teams earned another victory on the weekend, as it defeated Colorado School of Mines. The Cowboys rolled to a 143-88 win, with the Cowgirls doing much of the same, 143-79.
The Cowboys improved to 7-0 overall, and the Cowgirls advanced to 6-0 overall.
"It was a different kind of day because we had athletes swimming in events they aren’t used to," said UW head coach Tom Johnson. "The women raced yesterday, but they did very well today and the men came out strong after not racing for a while."
Winning events for the Cowboys were Robbie Hilton (1,650 freestyle, 16 minutes, 49.03 seconds and 500 freestyle, 4:56.79), Matt Urich (200 freestyle, 1:43.76), Eli Bell (50 freestyle, 21:47), Brandon Fischer (400 IM, 4:17.23 and 100 breaststroke, 1:00.23 ), Devin Hougardy (100 butterfly, 52.90), Chrisitan Verbrugghe (100 freestyle, 48.43), Nathan Fuller (100 backstroke, 53.89), 400 medley relay team (3:28.83), and 800 freestyle relay team (7:03.81).
The highlight of the night for the Cowgirls came when Aimee Stinson, Stephanie Vint, Caroline Wells, and Kristen Flachbarth set the Corbett Pool record in the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 7:46.11. The previous record was set in 2005 with a time of 7:52.13. Individual event winners were Aimee Stinson (1650 freestyle, 18:06.09), Krista Jones (200 freestyle, 1:59.66 and 500 freestyle 5:21.71), Amanda Forister (50 freestyle, 25.18), Caroline Wells (400 IM, 4:44.35), Lesley Young (100 butterfly, 55.63), Shelby Bull (100 freestyle, 53.24), Kenzie Hewson (100 backstroke, 1:00.58), Kaella Hartigan (100 breaststroke, 1:07.91), and the 400 medley relay team (4:04.13).
"Marshall Dilworth swam very well today in the 100 backstroke. Another freshman that did great was Amanda Forister. She won her first college event tonight in the 50 freestyle," Johnson said. "The women’s 800 freestyle relay team crushed the old pool record and may possibly be in the top 25 in the country with that time."
On the diving boards Wyoming’s Emily Huth won both the one-meter and three-meter diving events. Cowboy Mark Murdock also won both the one-meter and three-meter on the men’s side.
UW swimming and diving will be back in action Saturday at noon at Corbett Pool against TCU, beginning at noon.
Wrestlers win seven titles
POWELL -- The University of Wyoming wrestling team came away with seven individual titles Saturday in the Northwest Wyoming College tournament.
“It was a busy day and the guys wrestled a lot of matches,” said Wyoming head coach Mark Branch. “That is what we wanted. It was good for us as a coaching staff to evaluate and it was good for the guys to get a feel for where they are at.
“Overall, I was pleased. Our team actually matched up against each other quite a bit and there were a lot of good things out there, but there are also plenty of things we need to improve on.
“There were several guys who got behind in their matches and had to work their way back. Some won and some came up a little short, but that is what I expect from all of them. They kept coming and that was good to see.”
The Cowboys won their brackets at seven different weight classes, with UW wrestlers going head-to-head four times in the finals. Redshirt freshman Michael Martinez won his second straight tournament at 125 pounds, while sophomore Cole Dallaserra and junior Cory VomBaur were to meet in the 141 pound final, but the UW coaches chose not to have them wrestle. Other titles came from redshirt freshman Brock Smith at 157 and senior Eric Coxbill at 165. Redshirt freshmen Shane Onufer and Joe LeBlanc remained undefeated en route to winning titles at 174 and 184 respectively, while true freshman Alfonso Hernandez came out on top in the 197 pound division.
Wyoming will begin the home portion of its schedule Friday by hosting Stanford at 5 p.m. in the UniWyo Sports Complex. UW will then host the annual Cowboy Open tournament, all day on Saturday in War Memorial Fieldhouse.
Cowgirls fall in five to Lobos
ALBUQUERQUE -- After falling behind two games to start the match, the Wyoming Cowgirl volleyball team (4-17 overall, 3-9 in the MWC) came back to force a fifth set, but fell 3-2 (25-11, 25-23, 22-25, 21-25 and 15-12) 11-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-21, 12-15) to New Mexico (19-6 overall, 9-5 in the MWC) on Saturday afternoon.
“This team played very hard in this match, we just didn’t have enough at the end,” said head coach Carrie Yerty. “We passed and blocked really well tonight. Overall, I’m proud of this team and the way they played, because New Mexico is a very good team.”
Four UW players finished the day in double-figures, led by sophomore Jenna Arneson. She recorded a career-high 15 kills, along with two solo blocks and six block assists. Dani Bedore followed with 14 kills and 14 digs, while Samantha Eley added a career-high 13 kills and 10 digs. JennaRae Jester also recorded 10 kills and Carissa Lee had a match-high 16 digs. As a team, the Cowgirls hit .169 (61-30-183) for the match and had 12 blocks.
New Mexico was led by Jeanne Fairchild with 20 kills and four blocks. Lisa Meeter and Rose Morris each recorded 12 kills. They hit .233 (64-26-163) for the match and had 13.5 total blocks.
The Cowgirls return home Thursday against UNLV before hosting San Diego state on Saturday. Both matches begin at 7 p.m.
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