NAU Women, Cal Baptist Men Secure Early Leads after Day 1 of the 2025 WAC Championships

2025 WAC Swimming & Diving Championships

• Feb. 26 – Mar. 1, 2025
• CRWC Natatorium – Houston, TX
• SCY (25 yards)
• Start times: Prelims – 10:30 am CT / Finals – 6:00 pm CT
• Defending champions:
  • Men: UNLV (4x)
  • Women: NAU (11x)
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Women’s Recap

Northern Arizona has jumped to an early lead in the team standings following day one of competition. A big component of NAU’s success came from the 3-meter diving event, which saw the Lumberjacks sweep the top three spots with a total of five divers in the A-final.

Graduate student Victoria Knapp led the way for NAU, securing the championship title with a score of 305.05 points, followed closely by teammate Mackenna Stocker, who scored 304.35 points. Margaret Wesche took 3rd with 294.50 points.

The Lumberjacks also secured the runner-up spot in the 800 free relay, with the team of Helena Robla, Casey Craffey, Kylie Ney and Bena Koehn posting a time of 7:16.03.

Northern Colorado’s Elizabeth Mayer, MarYuki Trionfetti, Lora Konter and Kyra Rabess claimed the top spot in the 800 free relay, throwing down a 7:14.85.

The night kicked off in California Baptist’s favor; the Lancers won the 200 medley relay, with Sofia Maksimova, Lynn Henke, Sara Svorcan and Naya Koc posting a 1:39.19 to narrowly beat out runner-up Grand Canyon (1:39.40).

Men’s Recap

UNLV swept the relay races, kicking off the night with a win in the 200 medley relay. Wikus Potgieter, Danny Beji, Emil Perez and Daniel Nicusan threw down a time of 1:24.46, edging out runner-up Cal Baptist by just .1.

The Rebels brought home the championship title in the 800 free relay, with the team of Kiril Stepanov, Ambrus Barcsak, Colby Raffel and Cooper Kiel racing into the wall in 6:23.17 to beat out Air Force, who turned in a time of 6:24.95 to take 2nd.

Cal Baptist’s Mario Del Ville defended his title in the 1-meter diving event, becoming champion for the second year in a row with a score of 405.90 points. He was followed by teammate Gael Jiminez with a score of 393.75.

Despite only winning one event, Cal Baptist racked up enough points to take the lead following the first day of racing while UNLV is chasing them down, sitting just 14 points behind the Lancers.

Team Standings Through Day 1

Women

1. Northern Arizona – 114
2. California Baptist – 101
3. New Mexico State – 83
4. Northern Colorado – 76
5. Grand Canyon – 69
6. Idaho – 63
7. Utah Tech – 48
8. Seattle U – 48
9. UTRGV – 43

Men

1. California Baptist – 124
2. UNLV – 110
3. Air Force – 98
4. Wyoming – 72
5. Seattle U – 56
6. Grand Canyon – 49