Nevada vs New Mexico
- Saturday, January 21, 2023
- Reno, Nev.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Score: Nevada 159, New Mexico 64
Courtesy: Nevada Athletics
RENO, Nev. – Nevada swim and dive secured a win, 159-64, against the New Mexico Lobos in the final home meet of the season on Saturday morning.
Nevada divers continued to dominate the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard as they swept both events. Laura Isabel Vazquez Lopez was the top diver in the 1-meter, with a score of 325.28. Melissa Mirafuentes (311.03), Lucia Gabino (300.23), and Bailey Heydra (292.50), followed Vazquez on the event.
In the 3-meter, Mirafuentes led the Pack with a 371.46. Vazquez Lopez secured the second place with a 369.75, Gabino (348.83) was the third place, and Heydra (337.13) was fourth.
Nevada dominated the first half of events as they took four straight wins. The Pack secured the win against the Lobos in the 200-medley relay to start the day. The squad, composed of Kyla Alexander, Wiktoria Samula, Caitlin Smith, and Martyna Jablonska, finished the event with a time of 1:45.40.
Following the 200 medley relay, Mariana Vignoli registered a win in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:56.41. Vignoli was followed by Colette Berkenfield, who finished in third place with a 1:59.80.
In the 50 free, Josien Wijkhuijs and Nicolette Jasko finished first and second place, with a time of 24.96 and 25.03. Wijkhuijs also secured a win in the 100 butterfly with a time of 56.25.
Benedict Nagy (4:30.29) and Destiny Kling (4:42.20) concluded the first half of the meet with a first and second place in the 400 medley. Nagy was also part of the Nevada sweep in the 100 butterfly, as she finished in third place with a time of 59.56. While, Smith was the second place in the event.
Nevada had a second sweep of the day, as Berkenfield (53.75), Jablonska (53.99), and Samula (54.29) finished the 100 freestyle as the top swimmers for the Pack.
Alexander and Anslee Dickerson was also the top swimmers for the 100 backstroke, with times of 57.33 and 1:00.18.
Before going to the second break, Vignoli secured second place in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5.17.77.
For the final two events of the day, Samula finished the 100 breaststroke in first place with a 1:05.15. Nevada finished the day with a close win against the Lobos in the 200 Free relay, with a 1:37.53.
UP NEXT:
The Pack will now get ready for the Mountain West Championships. The squad will be traveling to Houston, Texas, on Feb. 15-18.
Courtesy: New Mexico Athletics
Reno, Nev. – The University of New Mexico swimming and diving team lost to Nevada by a score of 159-64 on Saturday in their return to conference play. Saturday’s meet in Reno, Nev., was the team’s first dual meet since the double-dual with Air Force and Colorado State on Dec. 3.
With this loss, the Lobos (2-6, 0-4 MW) dropped their third straight Mountain West Conference meet and fourth overall. The Wolf Pack (6-1, 2-1 MW) won their second conference meet of the season.
The Lobos won just one event in this weekend’s dual, courtesy of a dominant swim by freshman Maya Clise in the 500-yard freestyle (5:13.72). Not only did she take first, but the Lobos swam well as a team in the event, with sophomore Paige Lyons (5:22.42) and senior Josie Carpenter (5:25.19) placing third and fourth, respectively.
The 500-yard freestyle was by far New Mexico’s best showing of the meet as they placed as high as even second place in just two other individual events.
Clise also swam well in her second individual event of the meet, placing second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.77), just two events after her victory in the 500-free. Senior Ola Tomaszek finished just behind her, placing third in the event (1:07.39).
Sophomore Brynn Quintana placed second in the 200-yard freestyle in the second event of the day (1:59.75) to help the Lobos stay within reach after Nevada’s win in the 200-yard medley relay.
Junior Kristen Hepfer was the Lobos’ top finisher in both of the diving events of the day, finishing in fifth place off both the 1-meter board (237.00) and the 3-meter board (264.60).
New Mexico will look to rebound from this meet and snap their losing streak this upcoming weekend with a home dual against rival New Mexico State. The meet is set to begin at 11:30am on Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Seidler Natatorium at the Johnson Center in Albuquerque.