MALIBU, Calif.— Coming off a win at the tri-meet against two Mountain West Conference teams, Air Force and Colorado State, the Lobos swept all 14 events at Pepperdine on Saturday, winning the meet with a final score of 160-89.
Starting off the meet, Lobo relay teams claimed the top two spots in the 200-yard medley relay. Seniors Konoha Shinada and Adriana Palomino and freshmen Katie Pollock and Hedda Øritsland won with a final time of 1:48.39. Seniors Carol De Groote Tavares and Emily Huffer, junior Breanna Wiercinski and freshman Raine Gavino placed second with a final time of 1:51.13.
Three Lobos had multiple individual winners on the day: sophomores Klara Farkas and Matea Sumajstorcic as well as Oristland. Farkas won both the 1000-yard freestyle (10:22.04) and in the 500-yard freestyle (5:14.93); Sumjstorcic won the 200-yard backstroke (2:25.94) and the 200-yard IM (2:09.55), while Oristland won the 100-yard butterfly (58.53) and the 50-yard freestyle (23.60).
In addition, UNM had three more individual wins, and closed the meet with another relay win. Huffer won the 100-yard backstroke (59.96), Wiercinski claimed the top time in the 100-yard freestyle (53.57), and in the 200-yard backstroke, De Groote Tavares (2:05.64) was the first to touch the wall. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the team of Farkas, Palomino, Wiercinski and Sumajstorcic closed the meet with a first-place result after a time of 3:36.85.
Along with winning each event, the Lobos swept the top three spots in the 200-yard freestyle and in the 200-yard butterfly. In the 200 free, Palomino took first (1:49.67), followed by Oristland (1:50.78) in second and Farkas in third (1:56.46). In the 200 fly, Shinada (2:06.34) finished first, with Sumajstorcic (2:07.83) in second and freshman Priscila De La Pena (2:09.14) completing the sweep.
Two other Lobos placed in the top three in their respective events to accompany the event victories. Freshman Bryndis Bolladottir took second in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:40.00) and in the 50-yard freestyle, De Groote Tavares placed third, finishing in 25.10.
UNM’s next meet will be Saturday, Jan. 19 against New Mexico State in Las Cruces, N.M. with a start time of 11:30 a.m.
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