LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 16, 2019) – The Wyoming Cowboy and Cowgirl swimming squads completed its second day of competition at the Corbett Invite on Saturday.
 
The Cowgirl 400 freestyle relay team saved the best for the last event of the day. The team of junior Katelyn Blattner, sophomore Sani Carsrud, senior Kiana Junior and sophomore Lainee Jones clocked a season-best time of 3:25.69. The mark also breaks the pool record which was previously 3:28.28, set last season.
 
In the 1650 freestyle, freshman Roxy Ramirez touched the wall in a career-best time of 17:52.29 followed by sophomore Maggie Clerkin in a season-best time of 18:06.89. Freshman Courtney Hughes won the 200 backstroke with a season-best mark of 2:06.02 while sophomore Andrea Niemann followed closely with a time of 2:06.56. Freshman Emily Giles swam a career-best 51.99 in the 100 freestyle, while fellow freshman Emma Mehl also had a career-best mark of 2:10.14 in the 200 butterfly. In the 200 breaststroke, junior Rylie Pilon and freshman Stephanie Grandin would tie for first with a time of 2;23.70.
 
"Overall, the energy of the team through the whole weekend was great," head coach Dave Denniston said. "For the 400 freestyle relay to break the record there were some legitimate splits. Kiana (Junior) going 52, Sani (Carsrud) with a 51 time and Lainee (Jones) with a 50.25 it was awesome. Our backstrokes really stood out with Andrew (Rodriguez), Sean (Calkins) and Miller (Browne) having fast times. In the freestyle, Emily (Giles) with a solid time in the 100 free and Austin (Crump) taking the event on the men's side and coming back to swim in the 200 butterfly. We saw some good things this weekend and looking forward to seeing what the second half of the season brings."
 
In the first event of the day for men, freshmen Robert Mitchell and Daniel Cumnock-Francois went one-two with career-best times of 16:30.27 and 16:35.88 respectively. Freshman Andrew Rodriguez had another solid race with a career-best 1:49.54 in the 200 backstroke. Sophomore Austin Crump won the 100 freestyle in a season-best time of 46.02 and followed that up with a time of 1:55.17 in the 200 butterfly. In that same event, freshman Cameron Murphy had a career-best time of 1:52.46. Junior Mitchell Hovis had a time of 2:02.70 to finish first followed by freshman Caleb Worshek in a best time of 2:07.90. In the 400 freestyle relay, the team of senior Sean Calkins, Rodriguez, junior Dylan Nelson and senior Jacob Harlan went 3:07.32.
 
Both squads will take several individuals to the Missouri Invite. The meet is scheduled to begin on Wednesday in Columbia.