LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Cowgirl swimming and diving defeated the New Mexico State Aggies by a score of 157-139 at the NM State Swimming and Diving Complex on Friday evening.
Sophomore diver Karla Contreras opened the meet with a win in the 1-meter event, scoring a 290.55 to exceed the second-place Aggie diver by more than 30 points. The 400 medley relay team followed up the performance with a first-place race, logging a leading time of 3:52.37 with a team of junior Samantha Burke, senior Maria Harutjunjan, freshman Hannah McLean-Leonard and senior Kelly Sheldon. Freshman Kristyn Bobka won the third-straight event for the Cowgirls in the 1000 freestyle, clocking a time of 10:44.55. Kara Guenther placed second with a time of 10:49.31.

"Today was a lot of fun and we had a lot of people who swam unique races for us," UW head coach Dave Denniston said. "This meet sets us up really well for tomorrow, against a team with really fast swimmers. Tomorrow's dual should be closer, but overall I'm really happy with the team's performance to win this one."

Junior Isobel Ryan earned a win in the 100 backstroke, touching the wall in 57.94 ahead of Burke who placed second with a time of 58.40. Harutjunjan won the 100 breaststroke recording a time of 1:04.83, followed by McLean-Leonard who placed first with a time of 2:09.15 in the 200 butterfly. Senior Rachel McKivigan logged the fastest time in the 50 freestyle with a mark of 24.21, more than half a second faster than the rest of the field. Contreras won her second board on the 3-meter, scoring a 294.90. Burke earned a victory in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.25. Blattner earned her second win of the day in the 200 backstroke, finishing in 2:06.62. Sophomore Talita Te Flan won Wyoming's final race of the day in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:04.96.

The Wyoming women will be back in action tomorrow against New Mexico at 12 p.m. MT.