GOLDEN, Colo. (1/19/23) – The University of Wyoming swimming and diving team competes in its final non-conference dual meet of the season Saturday. The Cowboys and Cowgirls travel to Colorado School of Mines for a meet beginning at 11 a.m. inside CSM Natatorium.

Less than a month stands between Wyoming and its conference championships. The Mountain West Conference Championships start Feb. 15, and the Western Athletic Conference Championships commence Feb. 22.

With those impactful meets on the horizon, head coach Dave Denniston is quite pleased with how his team looks and the preparation they've logged.

"They've put in a fantastic training camp and really pushed themselves and each other to a new level," Denniston said. "Now, it's about sharpening, making sure our stroke counts are dialed in and the details are all there. It's important that they feel good, healthy and fast."

Wyoming will be facing a Colorado Mines team that it just saw this past weekend in a quad-meet at Air Force. That competition saw many Cowboys and Cowgirls have applaud-worthy swims.

Quinn Cynor won the 100-yard backstroke, which marked his fifth individual win of the season. Charlie Clark is the only Cowboy with more individual victories, logging seven thus far.

On the women's side, Maisyn Klimczak boasts the most individual wins in 2022-23 with nine. Sydney McKenzie has six induvial victories, and Sage Morton and Carly Palmer have three each.  

While the Colorado Mines dual represents the final non-conference dual of the season, it also stands as the second-to-last dual meet of the season. The last one is the following weekend at UNLV.

Those two days in Las Vegas are a big couple of days for Wyoming for a couple different reasons. Not only is it a conference foe, but it's an opponent that won the conference championships on the men's side and finished runner-up on the women's side.  

That two-day meet will serve as a measuring stick for the conference championships that are quickly approaching.