COLUMBIA, Mo. (11/19/21) – The divers paced the University of Wyoming swimming & diving team Friday during the final day of the Missouri Invite. A Cowboy and a Cowgirl placed second in their respective events at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.

Junior Melissa Mirafuentes took runner-up in platform, accumulating 288 points. Sophomore Juan Gonzalez mirrored that performance, also finishing second with a score of 344.50.

Mirafuentes performance helped cement the Cowgirls' third place standing, which it held after each day. The Cowgirls laid claim to 480.50 points, while Missouri won the meet with 1,366.50 points.

The Cowboys collected 470.50 points to finish fourth as a team. Much like the women, Missouri finished first with 1,384.50 points.

"(The divers) did great," head coach Dave Denniston said. "Mely outperformed an Olympian in prelims, and Juan is on the path to NCAAs."

And the divers weren't the only ones to boast a runner-up finish. Senior Ryan Netzel swam a 15:30.66 in the 1,650-yard freestyle to place second, and junior Daniel Cumnock-Francois took fourth with a time of 15:49.00.

Freshman Maisyn Klimczak and sophomore Sage Morton finished in the top eight of the 1,650-yard freestyle. Klimczak logged a time of 16:48.58 to place sixth, and Morton swam a 16:54.66 to finish eighth.

Junior Cameron Murphy rounded out the A finalists, touching sixth in the 200-yard butterfly, boasting a time of 1:51.06.

"Our mile swimmers did great today, and we had some fast 200 backstrokes out of the men and women," Denniston said. "I'm happy to have so many fast swims this week."

Wyoming has a quick turnaround, as it'll host the Corbett Invite – held at Laramie High School – Saturday beginning at 4 p.m. The meet wraps up Sunday at 11 a.m.