ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— The University of New Mexico women’s swimming and diving team will be starting conference competition against Air Force and Colorado State on Saturday, Dec. 1 at the Air Force Academy’s Cadet Natatorium. This is the second time the Lobos will be facing the Air Force Academy and Colorado State this season, with the last time being at the Phill Hansel Invitational in Houston two weeks ago.
The Lobos are coming off a third-place finish at the meet where the Rams finished sixth and the Falcons finished ninth.
During the three-day meet, three swimmers posted times that ranked them in the top four in the Mountain West.
Senior Adriana Palomino broke two school records in the 1650-yard freestyle and the 1000-yard freestyle with her time of 16:14.63 and 9:51.67, respectively. In the 1650-yard free, she currently ranks first in the Mountain West and 18th nationally. The Arizona native added a second-place rank in the Mountain West in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:47.44. These accolades led to her being named Mountain West Swimmer of the Week on Nov. 20.
The Lobos currently have three of the top-four times in the conference in the 500-yard freestyle. Palomino leads with a time of 4:43.77, followed by sophomores Klara Farkas (third, 4:48.19) and Matea Sumajstorcic (fourth, 4:48.27).
Sumajstorcic also ranks fourth in the MW in the 400 IM with her time of 4:18.06, which she posted in Houston to break another UNM record.
The 200 medley relay will lead off Saturday’s tri-meet, where the Lobos currently hold the third-best time in the Mountain West. Senior Konoha Shinada, junior Breanna Wiercinski and freshmen Hedda Øritsland and Katie Pollock recorded a 1:42.00 in the last meet to earn the ranking.
Junior Natasha Dark was the top finisher for the Lobos in the last meet in the one-meter dive event after posting a score of 264.60 to place third. Dark led a trio of Lobos that finished back-to-back-to-back with third-, fourth- and fifth-place spots in the event. Freshman Jocelyn Gallais placed fourth with a 260.35 and senior Allyson Concepcion finished fifth with a 254.10.
The diving team also posted fifth- and sixth-place finishes in the three-meter dive event at Houston. Gallais placed fifth with 262.60 points and senior Concepcion followed in sixth with 259 points.
There will be 14 swimming events and two diving events, starting at 11:30 a.m. MT.
The schedule of events will be as follows:
200 Medley Relay
1000 Free
200 Free
100 Back
100 Breast
200 Fly
50 Free
1m Diving
100 Free
200 Back
200 Breast
500 Free
100 Fly
3m Diving
200 IM
400 Free Relay
The meet will be streamed on the Mountain West Network. Click HERE to watch it live.