FRIDAY FINAL RESULTS
TEAM SCORES
HOUSTON — The University of New Mexico swimming and diving team is in fourth place after Friday’s first day of the Phill Hansel Invitational highlighted by a school-record performance from sophomore Adriana Palomino.
The Lobos racked up 219.5 points on day one, only behind host Houston (393.50), Rice (347) and UC-Davis (250) while sitting 3.5 points ahead of fifth-place Tulane.
UNM picked up its most points thanks to Palomino’s Lobo-record, first-place time in the 500 freestyle of 4 minutes, 46.74 seconds – beating her own record by more than a second (4:47.86). The time also qualifies her for the NCAA Championships (B final).
Also making it into the finals for the Lobos in the 500 free was Anna Lengyel as she took eighth in the B final (5:02.17).
The Lobos also got a boost from diving as sophomore Allyson Concepcion took third in 1-meter diving with a score of 268.30. Teammate Madeline Horner took fifth in the B final of 1-meter diving with a 210.30.
One more Lobo qualified for the top finals in their event as Konoha Shinada took fifth in the 50 free with a time of 23.50. Madison Burns took fourth in the B final (23.59) and Kaela McKee took first in the E final (23.74).
Other Lobos racking up points for UNM were Emily McGill in the 200 IM as she took third in the B final with a time of 2:03.38 (only 0.24 seconds off her school record time), Abigail Wheeler who took fourth in the 200 IM B final (2:03.72) and Lindsey Englestead who took seventh in the 200 IM C final (2:06.98).
The Lobos took fifth in both of Friday’s relays. The 400 medley relay team of McKee, McGill, Shinada and Palomino finished with a time of 3:44.64 and the 200 free relay team of Shinada, Burns, Talia Passarelli and McKee recorded a time of 1:33.99
New Mexico continues action at the Phill Hansel Invitational 9 a.m. (MST) Saturday. You can follow along via live stats by CLICKING HERE.