CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 12, 2020) – The Wyoming Cowboy and Cowgirl swimming and diving teams had a solid showing on the first and only day of the 2020 CSCAA National Invitational Championship on Thursday in Cleveland. Following today, the remainder of the competition has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation.
Wyoming finished the competition in fourth place with 246 points. Akron won the meet with a score of 325.50 followed by Florida International with 288 points. TCU scored five tenths of a point more than UW with a score of 246.50 for third.
In the 50 butterfly, junior
Hannah Mclean-Leonard moved on to the A final with the sixth best time of 24.43. She followed up that performance with a mark of 24.30 and a fifth place finish. Fellow junior
Brayden Love posted a prelim best time on the men's side going 21.19. In the finals, he finished second, going 21.20. Sophomore
Grant Sloan placed fifth in the 50 breaststroke with a time of 24.68, while in the A final remained in the same spot with a time of 24.85.
The Cowgirls' lone representative in the 500 freestyle
Katelyn Blattner also reached the A final. She recorded a time of 4:52.48 which was tenth. Blattner improved seven spots during the evening session to place third with a time of 4:48.61. Sophomore
Ryan Netzel was the top finisher for the Cowboys with a ninth place time of 4:27.34. He remained in ninth after the finals with a time of 4:32.07. Fellow sophomore
Miller Browne placed 16
th with a mark of 4:33.21, while Browne went 4:36.21 in the B Final. Freshmen
Thomas Diaz and
Cameron Murphy had times of 4:35.38 and 4:36.33, respectively, while
Robert Mitchell finished went 4:36.47.
In the 200 IM, freshman
Emily Giles posted a seventh top time of 2:02.18, while in the finals she went 2:02.44 for a sixth place finish. Freshman
Andrew Rodriguez was ninth with a time of 1:49.09. He improved two spots to seventh turning in a time of 1:50.38.
Mclean-Leonard posted a time of 25.93 for a 16
th place spot in the 50 backstroke. She finished 14
th in a time of 26.14. For the Cowboys, senior
Sean Calkins was 17
th in a time of 23.23 and went 23.41 in the finals. In the 50 freestyle, Sloan had a prelim time of 20.25 and moved into fifth in the finals posting a time of 20.28.
The Cowgirls 400 medley relay team of Blattner, junior
Rylie Pilon, Mclean-Leonard and sophomore
Lainee Jones place ninth with a time of 3:44.70. For the men, the team of Rodriguez, junior
Mitchell Hovis, Love and sophomore
Austin Crump turned in a time of 3:18.05 for a seventh place finish.
To qualify for the NIC, individuals and relay may qualify for the CSCAA National Invitational Championship by winning their respective event (s) at a collegiate conference championship. In addition, any individual or relay team who equals or surpasses the CSCAA 'A' standard during the qualifying period shall be eligible to compete.
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