WYOMING VS COLORADO MESA VS DENVER
- January 17, 2026
- Denver, Colo.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Wyoming Athletics
DENVER (Jan. 17, 2026) – Wyoming swimming & diving finished ahead of Denver and Colorado Mesa on both the men’s and women’s side to start the new year, Saturday.
Cowgirls would beat Denver, 157-143, and Colorado Mesa, 176-124. The Cowboys won both of their duals as well, with scores of 177-123 over Denver and 159-141 over Colorado Mesa.
“Today was one of the most memorable road wins our program has ever had,” said head coach Dave Denniston. “We were victorious against DU and Mesa for both the men and women, the first for the men over DU in over 10 years.
He added, “Everyone contributed in making the day a success, including double winners Alicia Gonzalez, Macey Hansen and Tara Joyce, as well as two pool records.”
COWGIRLS
The day began on the boards with two victories from senior Alicia Gonzalez. She would finish with a final score of 288.20 in the 1-meter and 336.75 in the 3-meter.
In the women’s 200-yard Free Relay, the Cowgirl team of junior Tara Joyce, sophomore Taylor Craft, junior Taylor Cureton and freshman Raiden Harris won by less than a tenth-of-a-second at 1:40.43.
Sophomore Macey Hansen led the way in the 1,000-yard Free, touching the wall first with a time of 10:05.95. Freshman Isabelle Henderson shortly followed in fourth at 10:26.13. Hansen would close her day by winning the 500-yard Free with a time of 4:54.73.
Joyce continued her winning ways with a first-place finish in the 200-yard Free. She touched the wall at 1:48.20 while sophomore Avery True took third with a time of 1:51.25.
Junior Tessa Bendokas led the Cowgirls in the 100-yard Back with her third-place time of 56.02.
Craft was the top Cowgirl finisher in the 100-yard Breast. She would place second overall with a time of 1:03.00.
In the 50-yard Free, Harris won in a sprint with her time of 23.04, well ahead of the rest of the field. She would also take second in the 200-yard Back with a time of 2:01.87.
Joyce picked up her third win in the 100-yard Free as the only competitor under 50 seconds at 49.83.
Cowgirls closed the pool with a win in the 400-yard Free Relay. The team crew of Harris, senior Veronika Ozimek, True and Joyce finished at 3:20.25, a DU pool record.
COWBOYS
Cowboys began their historic victory with sophomore Jonah Mann finishing third in the 1-meter dive with a score of 297.10 while sophomore Kael Kropf led Wyoming in the 3-meter with a fourth-place score of 314.40.
Cowboy swimmers opened with a second-place finish in the 200-yard Free Relay. The squad of junior Simon Casey, sophomore Joe Morales, sophomore Gray Sisco and freshman Jack Boysen swam a time of 1:28.54.
Wyoming completed the 1,000-yard Free sweep when sophomore Isaac Lee won the event with a time of 9:17.65, a new pool record. Senior and semester newcomer Alexander Metzler came in second when he swam a time of 9:19.26.
In the 200-yard Free, Casey was the top Wyoming finisher with his time of 1:36.95 for second overall. He would later win the 200-yard Back, his staple, with a time of 1:47.12.
Freshman Jackson Kogler won the men’s 100-yard Back when he touched the wall at 47.93, after winning the MPSF Male Athlete of the Week award in his last time out. He also placed second in the 200-yard Back at 1:47.83 and 400-yard IM at 3:57.90.
In the 200-yard Fly, junior Adam Pannell took second when he finished at 1:48.33.
Sophomore Luke O’Connor followed up Harris’ win in the 50-yard Free with a win of his own. He would finish at 20.12, just 0.06 off second place.
In the men’s 200-yard Breast, junior Griffith Orloff took the win, touching the wall at 1:58.40.
Wyoming went 1-2-3 in the men’s 500-yard Free with Metzler, Lee and junior Derek Long. They would finish with times of 4:28.20, 4:31.23 and 4:34.67, respectively.
Cowboys would finish their day in the pool with a second-place finish in the 400-yard Free Relay by Boysen, Casey, senior Caleb Ozenne and O’Connor at 2:57.95.
UP NEXT
Cowgirls will host Washington State at Laramie High School for the final home meet of the season next Saturday, Jan. 24.
Courtesy: Denver Athletics
DENVER – The University of Denver men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs held a double dual against Wyoming and Colorado Mesa on Senior Saturday inside El Pomar Natatorium.
Team Scores:
Women’s:
Denver: 143
Wyoming: 157
Denver: 171.5
Colorado Mesa:128.5
Men’s:
Denver: 123
Wyoming: 177
Denver: 147.5
Colorado Mesa: 152.5
Event Winners:
Men’s 3-Meter Dive – Colin Breuer – 339.60 – Seventh in DU history
Women’s 100 Back – Ali Beay – 55.42
Women’s 200 Fly – Sabrina Rachjaibun – 2:02.21
Women’s 200 Back – Darian Koler – 1:59.74
Women’s 200 Breast – Peyton Mullowney – 2:16.00
Women’s 100 Fly – Julia Saxman – 54.40
Men’s 100 Fly – Hamish McLellan – 47.23
Women’s 400 IM – Sabrina Rachjaibun – 4:19.87
Men’s 400 IM – Nico Morton – 3:56.54
How it Happened:
Saturday’s Senior Day Meet opened up with a pair of diving events. Savanna Berry led the Pioneers in the women’s 1-meter with an NCAA Zone Cut score of 268.70 to take second. Tatum Brasfield finished third with a 248.65 to add points for the Pioneers. On the men’s side, Trip Gregory led the Denver men with an NCAA Zone Cut score of 303.50 to take second.
A couple meters higher, Berry took second in the women’s 3-meter with a 290.55, while Kaitlin Calvery scored a 286.0 to finish third, both NCAA Zone Cuts. Colin Breuer won the men’s 3-meter dive with an NCAA Zone Cut of 339.60. Greogry made it a Denver 1-2 with his score of 336.65.
Following the Senior Day ceremony, Denver opened the swimming portion with a second-place finish in the women’s 200 medley relay. Ali Beay, Tenaya Winter, Julia Saxman and Isa Cardenas combined for a time of 1:40.56 to finish just 0.13 seconds off Wyoming’s time in the opening race of the meet.
In the first distance race of the day, Genevieve Franklin took second in the women’s 1000 free with her time of 10:18.20. Nika Spehar was right behind her teammate in 10:21.91.
Finn Holdredge got on the podium for the Denver men with his 9:26.59 to take third, a spot ahead of Joseph Hancock’s 9:29.86.
Pierce Bickerton led Denver in the men’s 200 free with his third-place finish in 1:38.58. Kurt Owens clocked in at 1:39.10 to finish fourth.
Shifting to the backstroke, Beay and Darian Koler earned Denver its first 1-2 of the day with times of 55.42 and 55.50 in the women’s 100 back.
Peyton Mullowney earned the final podium spot of the women’s 100 breast, clocking in at 1:03.28. Winter reached the wall in 1:03.84 to finish fourth. Kito Campbell led the Pioneer men with a second-place finish in the event, getting to the wall in 54.89.
Junior Sabrina Rachjaibun got Denver back in the win column, taking the 200 fly event title with a 2:02.21. Gabe Jones got on the podium for Denver’s men, earning third in 1:49.53.
The final event of the first half was the 50 free. Cardenas finished third to lead the Pioneer women in 23.66. Saxman finished in a tie for fourth in 23.68.
Hamish McLellan led the Pioneers in the sprint race, taking second in 20.18.
Cardenas matched her third-place finish in the next sprint, clocking in at 50.85 in the 100. Matija Pantic led the Pioneer men with a 44.59 to take second.
Koler returned Denver to the top step of the podium in the women’s 200 back, finishing in 1:59.74. Maria Delmonte took fourth in 2:05.33 and Lilly Zippel grabbed fifth in 2:06.46.
Mullowney made it back-to-back wins for the Denver women, taking the 200 breast in 2:16-flat. Winter also punched her ticket to a podium spot, clocking in at 2:18.61.
Denver finished in three of the top five spots in the men’s 200 breast. Nico Morton reached the wall in second to lead the Pioneer trio with a 1:59.70. Campbell was right behind him in 2:01.28 and Cota Clise grabbed fifth in 2:01.73.
After the second distance races, Saxman got Denver’s women back in the win column with her time of 54.40 in the 100 fly.
McLellan gave the Denver men its first swimming win of the afternoon with a 47.23 in the men’s 100 fly.
Denver’s women earned a clean podium sweep in the women’s 400 IM. Rachjaibun reached the wall in 4:19.87 to lead the Pioneer trio. Mina Ada Solaker clocked in at 4:25.30 to take second and Zippel finished third in 4:26.49.
Morton made it a 400 IM sweep for the Pioneers with his 3:56.54 to wrap-up the individual events.
Up Next:
Denver will have next week off before heading to Colorado Springs to close out the month of January. The Pioneer divers will take part in the three-day Air Force Diving Invite from January 29-31. Denver’s swimmers will head down to the Springs on January 31 for the Sprint Eliminator.
Courtesy: Colorado Mesa Athletics
DENVER— The Colorado Mesa University men won seven events, including both relays as they split a swimming & diving dual against Division I foes on Saturday here at the University of Denver’s El Pomar Natatorium.
The Mavs took down the host Pioneers, who have won 11 of the last 12 Summit League crowns, 152 ½-147 ½ but fell to Wyoming, 159-141.
CMU’s women also picked up a win from junior Antonia Leese in the 100-yard breaststroke along with eight second place finishes but were not able to overcome either the Cowgirls or Pioneers, falling 176-124 to Wyoming and 171 ½-128 ½ to Denver.
Melina Giraudeau also set a pair of NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying times in the breaststroke events during her collegiate debut, recording one of the Mavs’ second place finishes in the 200 while moving into fifth place on the Mavs’ all-time top 10 charts with a time of 2:18.36 (2:17.16-altitude adjusted).
Her French counterpart Guillaume Guth led the Maverick men, taking first in both the 200 free (1:36.50) and 100 free (44.25) while tying for second in the 50 free (20.18). He also led-off the Mavs’ winning 400 free relay team with a split of 43.46 seconds as the Mavs quartet of Guth, Marcos Otero, Oskar Sawicki and Holden Convertino won in 2:56.72.
The Maverick men also received individual wins from Otero in the 100 breast (54.68), freshman Michah Moore in the 200 fly (1:47.03) and David Roethlisberger in the 1-meter diving event (324.30) after Richard Schmiedefeld, Aron Jonsson, Sawicki and Convertino took first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:27.99.
Roethlisberger’s 6-dive score of 324.30 points highlighted the early diving session as he and Ryan Campbell (294.55), who took fourth, both surpassed the NCAA Pre-Championship Qualification standard of 285 points. Campbell also did the same in the 3-meter, taking third with 333.60 points while Roethlisberger finished sixth with 288.45 points.
The Mav men then started the afternoon swimming session with the 200 medley relay win before Guth claimed his 200 free win just two events later.
Luka Samsonov then finished second in the 100 back with a time of 49.20 seconds before Otero claimed the 100 breast. Moore then claimed his first collegiate individual win by a wide 1.80-second margin with a career-best and improved NCAA Division II “B” cut mark of 1:47.03 (1:45.83-converted).
After Guth’s efforts in the 50 and 100 free, the Mavs picked up a third place finish from Samsonov in the 200 back (1:48.57).
Sawicki later turned din a second place finish in the 100 fly with a time of 47.90 seconds while Ben Vester finished third in the 400 IM with a season-best and improved NCAA provisional time of 3:57.99 (3:52.99-converted).
On the women’s side, Leese took the 100 breast in 1:02.49 to win by more than a half-second. Giraudeau finished fifth in 1:04.01 (1:03.91-converted) to add her name to the NCAA “B” cut list while moving into the No. 7 spot of Maverick history for the discipline.
The Mavs women also picked up many other second place finishes, including three such individual efforts from senior Ada Qunell, who turned in times of 1:49.32 (200 Free), 23.46 (50 Free) and 50.26 (100 Free) throughout the afternoon. She also teamed with Kendyll Wilkinson, Hanna Sasivaervic and Olivia Hansson for a second place time of 3:24.35 in the 400 free relay at the end of the meet.
Tori Bartusiak also took second in the 200 fly with an improved NCAA “B” cut time of 2:03.71 (2:02.51-converted) while Hansson and Kiara Borchardt did the same in the 500 free and 100 fly with times of 5:00.42 and 54.94, respectively.
Abby Uhl also managed a third place finish in the 200 back (2:03.28) while Taylar Hooton, Leese, Borchardt and Reagan Horn finished third in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:41.08.
Kenya Meyer and Jenna Hurley led the CMU women’s diving contingent as Meyer took sixth on the 3-meter board with 248.40 points, 1.70 more than Hurley, who took seventh. Hurley led the Mavs on the 1-meter board with a seventh-place score of 222.45 points.
The Mavs will be in action again next weekend taking on more NCAA Division I foes Air Force and BYU in Provo, Utah on Friday and Saturday.
