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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The University of New Mexico women’s swimming and diving team ended the second day of the 2018 Mountain West Championships in ninth place out of 10 teams with a score of 237.50. Boise State leads with a score of 491 after Thursday’s five events.
Junior Adriana Palomino led the way for the Lobos on Thursday, finishing fourth in the preliminaries of the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:42.77 and finishing fourth overall with a final time of 4:45.74. Freshman Matea Sumajstorcic qualified for the B-Final with a preliminary time of 4:52.24 and finished tenth in the event, second in her final, with a final time of 4:48.94. Freshman Klara Farkas also made one of the three finals, qualifying for the C-Final with a time of 4:57.97 and finishing 18th overall with a final time of 4:52.98.
The Lobos also had two swimmers in the B-Final of the 50-yard freestyle. Junior Konoha Shinada qualified tenth overall with a time of 23.11, while senior Madison Burns qualified 15th with a time of 23.18. Shinada also finished 10th tenth overall, posting a final time of 23.15, while Burns finished 16th with a time of 23.42.
The UNM diving team posted strong performances in the three-meter dive with three divers scoring in the event. Junior Allyson Concepcion paced the Lobos, qualifying 11th for the Lobos with a score of 263.70 and finishing 10th overall with a score of 264.87 in the B-Final. Sophomore Natasha Dark followed after qualifying 10th in the B-Final with a score of 265.38 and finishing 14th overall with a final score of 244.14. Freshman Hannah Tiendas finished tied for 23rd in the preliminaries, finishing with a score of 225.51.
“Our divers really represented well on the two springboard events over the past two days,” said head diving coach Julie Weddle. “The Lobos have looked good and we have been getting lots of compliments on how strong they look. A huge shout out to UNM’s Brett Nakashima, who is the Olympic Sports strength and conditioning coach, for pushing my girls all year. Their hard work has paid off and I’m very pleased with their performances. It was also great to see freshman Hannah Tiendas score her first points as a Lobo.
“The divers will get to relax and train tomorrow on the tower here, and they will finish with the tower event on Saturday.”
Shinada, Burns, junior Carol De Groote Tavares and sophomore Breanna Wiercinski raced in the 200-yard freestyle relay for the Lobos. After posting a time of 1:31.26 that would have been good for third place and 54 team points in the event, the group was disqualified.
The Lobos had two swimmers finish in the top-30 of the 200-yard individual medley, with De Groote Tavares finishing 28th with a time of 2:05.90 and senior Celine Bertrand followed close behind in 29th with a time of 2:06.02.
The 2018 Mountain West Championships will continue on Friday with six events including the 400-yard medley relay, the 400-yard individual medley, the 100-yard butterfly, the 200-yard freestyle, the 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard backstroke. Fans are able to stream the event live on FloSwimming online or on the site’s app on iOS, Roku and Apple TV 4. In order to take advantage of the stream, viewers need to have a FloSports PRO subscription. Click here to follow the Mountain West Championships live on FloSwimming. Fans can also follow the event via live stats. Click here for the Mountain West event page, including live stat links.
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