San Diego State Wins 4th-Straight Mountain West Title; WSU’s Lundgren Blasts 2:07.08 200 BR

2025 Mountain West Conference Championships

TEAM STANDINGS – FINAL

  1. San Diego State – 1283
  2. UNLV – 1178
  3. Fresno State – 1022
  4. Nevada – 998
  5. Washington State – 975
  6. Wyoming – 856
  7. Colorado State – 697
  8. Air Force – 546
  9. New Mexico – 392
  10. San Jose State – 285

AWARDS

San Diego State won their 4th-straight Mountain West title on Saturday night, beating runner-up UNLV by 105 points. Newcomer to the conference Washington State came in 5th, just 23 points behind 4th place Nevada. Of note, Washington State does not have a diving team. The Cougars did, however, do very well with awards, seeing Emily Lundgren win Swimmer of the Meet, while Darcy Revitt earned Freshman of the Year honors.

The final session kicked off with the 1650 free, where Wyoming freshman Macey Hansen put up a dominant performance. The freshman clocked a huge career best of 16:07.75, winning the race by 19 seconds. Moreover, Hansen’s swim will all but certainly be enough for her to qualify for the NCAA Championships next month.

San Diego State put on a show in the 200 back after that, seeing junior Abby Storm win in 1:54.03. Alex Roberts, who earned the Senior Recognition Award, came in 2nd with a 1:55.38. Roberts notably holds the conference record in the event with the 1:52.89 she swam at the 2023 Mountain West Championships.

Washington State’s Darcy Revitt won the 100 free in 48.66, touching out SDSU’s Meredith Smithbaker (49.89) and UNLV’s Maria Fernanda Mendez Guerra (48.90). Though the race was close in finals, Revitt clocked a new career best and Washington State program record of 48.11 in prelims.

It was back-to-back victories for the Cougars. Emily Lundgren then took the 200 breast in 2:07.08, breaking the Mountain West Conference record in the process. She also downed the Washington State program record with her swim. The 200 breast was a deep race for the Mountain West, seeing Fresno State’s Jenna Pulkkinen and Aliz Kalmar go under 2:10 as well with times of 2:09.53 and 2:09.54.

Washington State then kept the ball rolling, as Dori Hathazi won the 200 fly in 1:55.55. She narrowly missed the championship record of 1:55.44, as well as the conference record of 1:55.16. Her career best stands at 1:54.87 from last year’s Pac-12 Championship.

After Washington State won 3 events in a row, San Diego State finished the meet off on top. Valentina Lopez Arevalo, who won Diver of the Meet, put up a decisive win in platform diving, scoring a total of 325.95.

The Aztecs finished the meet off with a win in the 400 free relay. Allison Mann (49.55), Kaydence Bispo (49.04), Wilma Johansson (48.67), and Meredith Smithbaker (48.42) combined for a 3:15.68. On a very positive note for SDSU, Mann and Bispo are both freshmen. They just missed the conference record of 3:15.38, which Boise State set back in 2016. UNLV came in 2nd with a 3:16.33, fueled by a lead-off of 48.98 from Erika Carlson and a 48.62 anchor our of Maria Fernanda Mendez Guerra.

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