LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 2, 2018) – The Cowboy swimming team had an impressive 163-96 win over the Colorado School of Mines on Friday at Corbett Pool.
The team won 11 of 14 events throughout the evening and would exhibition the final three. The Cowboys also swept the top three spots in five different competitions including the 50-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke
"It was a good team performance," head coach
Dave Denniston said. "It was a good opportunity for these two teams to race. There were some great swims today from athletes who don't normally compete in those events."
The Cowboys started things off strong with a first and second place finishes in the first event of the evening, the 400-yard medley relay. The team of
Sean Calkins,
Liam Holt,
Austin Crump and
Liam Metzsch touched the wall first in 3:29.76. Following in second place was the team of
Alex Jaegers Mitchell Hovis,
Jack Scafuri and
Grant Sloan in 3:34.23.
David Murphy claimed two individual victories throughout the evening. In the 100-yard breaststroke, Murphy finished with a time of 56.49 and finished the 100-yard freestyle in 46.83.
Ryan Netzel also claimed two individual first place finishes in the 1000-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle with times of 9:59.12 and 4:45.16.
Austin Crump and
Brayden Love earned the top two spots in the 200-yard butterfly with times of 1:57.38 and 1:59.36.
James Bouda hit the wall in a time of 21.41 followed closely by
PJ Musser at 21.51 in the 50 freestyle. In the 200-yard backstroke,
Sean Calkins touched the wall first in 1:56.71 followed by
Miller Browne finishing second in 2:01.90 and
Alex Jaegers in 2:03.69.
Jacob Harlan earned a win in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:44.15.
The Cowboys will return to action on Thurs., Nov 15 for the Corbett Invite in Laramie, Wyoming. The Cowgirls return to the pool on Fri., Nov. 9 against Washington State and Sat., Nov. 10 against the Idaho Vandals.
