San Antonio, Texas – The University of New Mexico swimming and diving team completed the first half of this season’s MW Championships as they add another 21 points to their score for a team sum of 68 points to put them in 10th place.
The Lobos had a rocky start in day two of competition at the Palo Alto Aquatic Center as the team of Shayla King, Amelie Braul, Kaela McKee and Morgan Ginnis were disqualified in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
However, that didn’t stop UNM’s swimmers and divers from bouncing back in the other four events of the day.
Rachel Colman finished for 13th place in the springboard events after scoring 236.75 in the preliminary round and 248.45 points in the finals round of the 3-meter.
Anna Lengyel brought in another 13th place finish for New Mexico in the 500-yard freestyle clocking in a preliminary time of 4:54.86 and B-final time of 4:55.84.
Next up was the 200-yard IM where both Emily McGill and Celine Bertrand competed in the C-finals round.
McGill finished for 23rd place racing a 2:06.15 preliminary time and 2:05.55 finals time. Bertrand followed for 24th place as she touched the wall with a preliminary time of 2:06.63 and finals time of 2:06.33.
Six Lobos competed in the final race of the day—50-yard freestyle.
Ginnis jumped back into action as she took sixth place after a 23.18 preliminary time and an A-final bonus time of 22.96.
Fanni Pataki, Madison Burns, Pataki, King, McKee and Braul all raced in the C-finals of the same event.
Pataki finished for 17th place with a 23.70 prelim and 23.55 final time, King came in right after for 18th place as she finished with a 23.55 prelim and 23.61 final time, McKee took 21st place with a 23.61 prelim and 23.91 final time, Braul raced for 23rd place with a 23.51 prelim and 24.16 final time and Burns brought in 24th place with a 23.61 prelim and 24.33 final time.
Head coach Kunio Kono says that the swimmers and divers competed hard despite the adversity New Mexico faced in the second day of conference play.
He goes on to say, “Getting DQ for the 200-yard freestyle relay hit us really hard but all of our girls splits were high. We started this meet with the toughest situation but we are ready for another big day tomorrow.”
Day Three events begin with the 400-yard individual medley preliminaries at 11 a.m.
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