Wyoming vs Denver
- January 11, 2025
- Laramie, Wyo.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Wyoming Athletics
LARAMIE, Wyo. (Jan. 11, 2025) – The Wyoming swimming and diving program split duals with Denver on Saturday afternoon inside Laramie High School with the Cowgirls earning a 182-118 win and the Cowboys falling 181-119.
The Cowgirls earned wins in 14 of the events on the afternoon and moved to 5-0 in duals this season. The Cowboys moved to 1-2 overall. Wyoming honored 18 seniors prior to the dual with 12 Cowgirls and six Cowboys being honored.
“I thought the women went up and raced great from top to bottom in the lineup,” UW head coach Dave Denniston said. “Having our seniors and studs come up and win races was big for the women’s team. We put in a hard week of training coming off the holidays and I know we are sore and beat up, but they raced tough. The guys are maturing and finding ways to be better, and we got come great races out of Drew Ravegum and Caleb Ozenne. Our divers on both sides crushed it today and we have a lot of good things to learn from and looking forward to racing here in the next couple of weeks.”
Cowgirls vs. Denver
The Cowgirls opened the meet with a win in the 200-medley relay with the team of Veronika Ozimek, Brynlee Busskohl, Emily Burchett and Rachael Horne clocking in at 1:43.75.
Macey Hansen won the 1,000 free with a time of 10:32.27. Tara Joyce won the 200 free with a time of 1:52.52. Kali Franckowiak placed third at 1:54.75. Sydney Metzler added a time of 57.38 to win the 100 backstroke and Busskohl added a time of 1:03.67 to win the 100 breast.
Horne won the 50 free with a mark of 23.88 and was followed by Mikayla Moore at 24.22. Joyce won the 100 free for the Cowgirls. Busskohl added another win in the 200 breast with a mark of 2:19.02. Hansen later dominated the 500 free at 5:05.43. Franckowiak added a victory for the Cowgirls in the 100 butterfly at 57.38 with UW going 1-2-3 in the event with Anna Roesler in second at 57.64 and Burchett at 57.73.
Wyoming closed out the dual with Metzler earning a win in the 200 individual medley at 2:10.68. The 400 free relay team of Horne, Lauren Swartz, Franckowiak and Joyce won the final event of the day with a time of 3:28.48.
In the diving events, Alicia Gonzalez won the three-meter event with a score of 324.38. Gabriella Haigler finished third at 299.33. Natalie Six won the one-meter board with a score of 283.13 for a personal best on the board, as Haigler finished third as well at 270.15.
Cowboys vs. Denver
The Cowboys opened the dual with a win in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:31.73 with the group of Kellen Chadderdon, Andrew Ravegum, Gavin Smith and Quinn Teller.
Caleb Ozenne won the 200 free for the Pokes with a mark of 1:42.66. Ravegum added a first-place finish at 56.20 in the 100 breaststroke. He finished the individual portion of the meet with a win in the 200 individual medley at 1:52.60.
Smith finished second in the 200 butterfly at 1:53.25 with Teller finishing second in the 50 free at 20.88. Smith finished third later in the 100 butterfly. Collin Davis finished second in the 100 back at 51.50. Ozenne added a second-place finish in 200 backstroke and Ravegum added a second-place finish in 200 breast at 2:03.54.
Wyoming closed out the day with a second-place finish in the 400 free relay with the group of Ozenne, Teller, Luke O’Connor and Smith clocking in at 3:06.47.
In the diving events, in the three-meter, Bruno Grau won the event with a career-best score of 337.88. On the one-meter board, Jonah Mann finished second at 298.35. Grau finished third at 284.63.
Wyoming heads south next Saturday with a trip Colorado School of Mines with a 1p.m. start in Golden, Colo.
Courtesy: Denver Athletics
LARAMIE, Wyo. – The University of Denver men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs earned a split at Wyoming on Saturday afternoon at Laramie High School.
Team Scores:
Men:
Denver 181
Wyoming 119
Women:
Denver 118
Wyoming 182
Event-by-Event Recap:
In the first individual event of the afternoon, the Pios earned a 2-3 finish in the women’s 1000 free. Daniela Alfaro clocked in at 10:40.53 in the distance race to take second, edging out her teammate Nika Spehar who reached the final wall in 10:43.49.
Denver swept the podium in the men’s first distance race of the dual. Finn Holdredge took first in 9:52.14, Joseph Purdy was timed at 9:54.69 and Max O’Neil recorded a time of 9:59.25 to take third.
In the 200 free, Denver’s men earned points with a 2-4 finish in the event. Kieran Watson swam the 200 in second in 1:42.79, Dylan Mes took third in 1:43.39 and Tommy Hancock finished fourth with a time of 1:44.05.
The Pioneer women earned a 2-4 finish of their own in the women’s 100 back. Ali Beay finished second in 57.40, Darian Koler clocked in at 58.09 to take third and Lilly Zippel got to the wall fourth-fastest in 58.32.
Dylan Wright picked up another event win for the Pioneers in the 100 back, timing in at 50.97. Quinn Collins took third for Denver in 51.57.
Denver’s women took places 2-4 in the women’s 100 breast. Jessica Maeda finished second in 1:03.92, Sophia Remington took third in 1:06.38 and Zoe Lynch grabbed a spot in fourth in 1:06.74.
The Pioneer women swept the podium in their next event, taking the top three spots in the 200 fly. Mia Moulden led the Denver trio with a time of 2:05.27, Sabrina Rachjaibun finished second in 2:06.23 and Alfaro rounded out the podium with a 2:07.46.
Brandon Chapman picked up Denver’s next win in the men’s 200 fly with his time of 1:51.23. Ian O’Neil took third for the Pios in 1:53.93
In the men’s 50 free sprint, Denver took first, third and fourth against the Cowboys. Frank Tirone clocked in at 20.74 to take first, Hamish McLellan grabbed third in 21.16 and Luke Milburn finished fourth in 21.24.
Zyad Morsy won the men’s 1-meter dive with a score of 368.33, another NCAA Zone Standard for the Denver senior.
On the other side of the diving break, Denver took the top two spots in the men’s 100 free. Tirone completed the sprint-free sweep with a 46.18 in the event. Matija Pantic was just behind his teammate with a 46.45.
Koler and Zippel combined for a first and third place finish in the women’s 200 back. Koler reached the wall in 2:02.88, while Zippel was timed at 2:06.06 to take third.
Wright completed the backstroke event title sweep in the 200 with a time of 1:50.99. Collins took third in 1:54.84 and Mason Bruhn grabbed fourth in 1:55.39.
Denver’s women took spots 2-4 in the women’s 200 breast. Maeda was within striking distance of the top spot, finishing in 2:19.31. Peyton Mullowney rounded out the podium places with a 2:20.78, and Zoe Lynch finished fourth in 2:26.57.
Marco Nosack won his first event of the afternoon in the men’s 200 breast, earning a time of 2:03.27. Nico Morton took third to score points for the Pios with his 2:07.72.
In the second distance event of the day, Denver’s women took spots 2-5 in the women’s 500. Rachjaibun led the Denver quartet with her time of 5:07.08, Spehar finished in 5:14.26 to take third, Tenaya Winter finished fourth in 5:14.72 and Paige Reilly rounded out the group in fifth with her 5:14.83.
On the men’s side, the Pioneers completed another podium sweep in the 500. Mes and Watson finished within 0.04 seconds of each other with the former edging out his teammate with a time of 4:41.71. Holdredge finished third in 4:47.80 to round of the top-three.
Hamish McLellan and Chapman completed a 1-2 in the men’s 100 fly with times of 48.94 and 49.78, respectively.
In the second diving event of the day, Morsy finished second with a 309.45 in the three-meter, while teammate Nathan Cox finished third with a combined score of 297.60. Kaitlin Calvery finished second on both boards on Saturday to lead the Pioneer women, earning NCAA Zone Cut scores on both boards.
Moulden and Maeda finished 2-3 in the women’s 200 IM with their times of 2:11.01 and 2:11:11 on Saturday.
Morton and Nosack earned a 2-3 of their own in the men’s race with times of 1:54.07 and 1:55.04.
Denver’s men earned a relay win in the 400 free relay when Pantic, Tirone, McClellan and Chapman combined for a time of 3:03.45 to complete Saturday’s dual action.
UP NEXT: Denver’s divers will return to the water next week for the Cal Diving Invite, set to run January 16-18. The Pioneer swimmers will head to Utah on Friday at 3 p.m. MT before taking on BYU on Saturday at 11 a.m. MT.
