Idaho vs College of Idaho (Women)
- September 30, 2023
- Caldwell, Idaho
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Score: Idaho 238, College of Idaho 24
Courtesy: Idaho Athletics
CALDWELL, Idaho — Idaho women’s swimming and diving topped College of Idaho, 238-24 to open the 2023-24 regular season. The Vandals won all 15 events competed in, while also sweeping the top three spots in each competition.
Idaho came out on top in two relays and 13 individual events, with 10 different swimmers and divers earning a first-place finish. Diver Emily Mack and freshmen newcomers Sydney Heasman and Ginger Kiefer recorded wins in two events to help lead the Vandals to its first win of the season. Mack was victorious in the 1-meter and 3-meter to kick off her senior season. Heasman picked up wins in 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle while Kiefer won in the 200 and 500-yard freestyle.
The 200 medley relay team of Grace Qualman, Jennifer Conger, Bindi Pedersen and Helen Schumaker led the Vandals to a victory with a time of 1:50.39. Idaho closed out the meet with a win in the 200-yard freestyle relay, as Rylie Jones, Bethany Rahn, Sarah Shaffer and Emma Stahl powered Idaho to a first-place finish (1:41.88).
Newcomers Catherine Hyde and Qualman earned their first individual victories as Vandals, posting wins in the 100-yard backstroke (59.06) and 50-yard backstroke (28.33), respectively.
The Vandals will make their home debut next week with a tri-meet against Grand Canyon and Simon Fraser. The meet is set to start on Friday, Oct. 6 and wrap up on Saturday, Oct. 7.
Courtesy: College of Idaho Athletics
CALDWELL, Idaho – The College of Idaho women’s swimming and diving team opened the 2023-24 season as they hosted a triangular with the University of Idaho, Southwestern Oregon Community College and Simpson College.
The women picked up three fifth-place finishes overall. Among them were freshman Madelyn Mann scored 165.30 points in one-meter diving, Micah Sharples in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:09.86. and Avalon Jones in the 50-yard freestyle (26.47).
Among the four teams, the women took fourth scoring 361.6 points.