NM State will be second place at WAC championships

Houston – The 2025 WAC swimming and diving championships ended on Saturday. The NM State was second in the team classification, behind Northern Arizona, who won his 12^TH Just title. Kodi Wiman emphasized the day for NM State when the second student demanded the 200 chest gold medal.

On Saturday the Aggies scored 136 points, led by a first place in the 200th breast of Kodi Wiman. The NM State was second overall with 534 points, while Nord -arizona won the meeting with 694.5 points. Grand Canyon was only five points behind the Crimson & White, third place with 529 points.

Women's team ranking

1. Nordarizona – 694.5
2. State New Mexico – 534
3. Grand Canyon – 529
4. California Baptist – 475
5. Idaho – 470
6. Northern Colorado – 458.5
7. Utah Tech – 248
7. Seattle U – 191
9. UtrGV – 132

Men's team ranking

1. UnlV – 802
2. California Baptist – 776
3. Air Force – 638.5
4. Grand Canyon – 531
5. Wyoming – 365.5
6. Seattle U – 238

Katie Rink led the NM state in 1650; The opening finale of the day. Rink's 16: 54.56 earned a fifth place and came shortly before the junior colleague Estel Galo in eighth place (16: 59.78).

The 200 back was emphasized by Naomi sleeve Seventh place of 2: 00.87 in the A final. Emily Dobbins' 2: 00.65 marks brought her a second place in the B final, followed by fifth place Thea Masselink at 2: 01.32 and sixth place Jamie Puhalsski at 2: 01.66. Rounding of the 200 Back Action was Riley crespoWith a 2: 04.08 clip in fifth place in the C final.

As in the 50 free 50 free semesters, real newcomer Dijana Mazumdar The podium in the 100 freely missed. Mazumdar took fourth place with 50.11, less than half a second after third place from North Colorado. Kira Brownell (51.48) and Caroline Costantini (51.68) went in a row in the B final and took the sixth and seventh place. In the C final, another couple of aggies took the sixth and seventh place Callie Ceshker (52.00) finished shortly before Lina Khiyara (52.25).

Two aggies climbed into the final of the 200 breast; Fuckini Charitou And Kodi Wiman. The time of the former of 2: 16.84 took eighth place, while Wiman made the competition 2: 12.42 free to win the NM state's only gold medal on that day and 20 points for her team. In the C final, Arleen Rumbaum Came fifth with a 2: 21.35 posting.

Ellen Osthelder secured the top time of the Aggies in the 200 fly and provided a FITH Place-B end of 2: 05.09. Emma Bacon earned a sixth time of 2: 08.66 in the C finals of the same event.

The last event of the meeting for NM State was the 400 Free Relay. Emily DobbinsPresent Dijana MazumdarPresent Naomi -sleeves And Katie Rink To end the Aggies's action at their last WAC championships and to secure 30 points over a fourth place (3: 22.36), which fell in third place behind Grand Canyon (3: 21.80).

The Aggies completed their stay at the WAC with their seventh second place since 2010. The NM State will compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) next season.

Citable | Head coach Rick Pratt

“I am very happy about our program and everyone involved. Our team fought so much energy and passion all weekend, and that was really impressed by us too many first and awards. It was a closer finish with GCU, which had a great day, and we had to fight for every point to stay ahead. to be.”

Next on

The aggies that qualify for NCAA championship events will compete in Federal Way, Washington from March 19 to 22. First, the NCAA Diving Zone Championships take place from March 10th to 12th.

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