WASHINGTON STATE VS WYOMING
- January 24, 2026
- Laramie, Wyo.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: WSU Athletics
LARAMIE, Wyo. (January 24, 2026) – Washington State Swimming closed a perfect road trip with a 175-119 victory over Wyoming Saturday morning. The Cougars beat Northern Colorado 174-105 Friday.
WSU claimed 10 of the 14 swimming events to improve to 5-0 this season and 13-0 in the last two seasons after going 8-0 in dual meets last year. Wyoming scored two diving events while WSU does not compete in diving. All-American Emily Lundgren tallied three wins to push her career win total to 57 while Addyson Lewis and Mehlika Yalcin each posted their second career wins.
The 200 medley relay team of Anna Rauchholz, Emily Lundgren, Addyson Lewis and Darcy Revitt opened the meet with win by over two seconds. In the 1000 free, Avery Bulkley, Tatum Janning and Vivien Nett went second, third and fourth before Issabelle Parrish and Lauren Wille went second and third in the 200 free. The Cougars swept the 100 back as Rauchholz earned the win with Jade Castro and Kate Bluford following at second and third.
Lundgren won the 100 breast, Yalcin followed with her second career win after taking the 200 fly and WSU swept the 50 free as Revitt won with Barbora Mileisyte and Addyson Lewis coming in second and third, respectively. The Cougars claimed the top four spots in the 200 back as Castro picked up the win with Rauchholz, Bluford and Ariel Wang rounding out the top four. Lundgren followed with a 200 breast win with Ashlyn Hernandez right behind for second and newly-enrolled freshman Georgia Els in fourth.
Wille and Bulkley went second and third in the 500 free, Lewis earned her second career after taking the 100 fly and Lundgren, Wang and Hernandez went one-two-three in the 200 IM. The 400 free relay of Revitt, Mileisyte, Parrish and Cecilia Ronnlund closed the day with a win.
WSU will host Idaho next Friday at 5 p.m. for Senior Day.
Courtesy: Wyoming Athletics
LARAMIE, Wyo. (Jan. 24, 2026) – Cowgirls finished out the home swim and dive schedule with a score of 119-175 against Washington State, Saturday, at the Laramie High School pool.
Head coach Dave Denniston was optimistic in the Cowgirls’ outing, saying, “We held our own against Washington State. They are the fastest team in our conference, and our women stepped up without fear in all our races.”
On some of the top swimmers this season, Denniston had to say, “Macey Hansen remains undefeated on the season, and Tara Joyce won races against her biggest competition of the season.”
He added, “We also had breakout swims from Isal Hardie in the 100 Fly, Abby Bruss in the 200 Fly and some great performances from Taylor Craft.”
Wyoming’s day began with diving, a sport that Washington State no longer supports. Senior Alicia Gonzalez took first in both events with a score of 326.77 in the 3-meter and 258.23 in the 1-meter. Senior Natalie Six dove her last time at Laramie HS with two second-place finishes and scores of 253.72 in the 3-meter and 245.85 in the 1-meter. Freshman diver Savannah Kierstead also competed with scores of 186.08 and 165.38 in the 3- and 1-meter, respectively.
Action in the pool began with the 200-yard Medley Relay, with Wyoming’s top relay taking second. The crew of junior Tara Joyce, junior Taylor Craft, sophomore Taylor Cureton and senior Veronika Ozimek swam the relay with a time of 1:40.58.
Sophomore Macey Hansen swept both distance races with first-place times of 10:09.77 in the 1,000-yard Free and 4:58.71 in the 500-yard Free.
In the 200-yard Free, Joyce picked up her first of two victories at the dual. She swam a time of 1:49.07 while sophomore Avery True followed in fourth with her time of 1:52.99.
Joyce would also win the 100-yard Free, touching the wall at 49.50. Ozimek would come next for the Cowgirls with a time of 52.19 for fourth.
Junior Tessa Bendokas led Wyoming in the 100-yard Back with her time of 55.90 for fourth. She also had a great outing in the 200-yard Back, adding another fourth-place finish at 2:06.16.
Craft picked up four team points in the 100-yard Breast when she took second with a time of 1:02.48. She followed up this performance in the 200-yard Breast with a third-place finish at 2:25.84.
In the 200-yard Fly, sophomore Abby Bruss finished second, touching the wall at 2:03.87. She was followed by senior Ellie Fritscher’s fourth-place finish at 2:07.98.
Ozimek took fourth in the 50-yard Free to lead the Cowgirls with her time of 23.67 to follow her 100-yard Free outing.
Freshman Isla Hardie had a breakout performance in the 100-yard Fly. She finished second with a time of 55.52, leading the Cowgirls.
Individual events closed with the 200-yard IM, and Cureton led Wyoming in fourth. She touched the wall at 2:08.19.
In the final event of the home swimming & diving season, the Cowgirls raced in the 400-yard Free Relay.
The crew of Ozimek, True, freshman Rose Jones and Joyce took second with their time of 3:24.41.
“We are looking forward to resting and dropping lots of time at Conference,” said Denniston. Tickets for the 2026 Credit Union 1 Mountain West Swimming & Diving Championships in Houston, Texas, are now on sale. Click here to learn more.
UP NEXT
Wyoming diving will have the week to themselves when they travel to Air Force, Jan. 29-31, for the Air Force Diving Invite.
