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50-Yard Freestyle Record Broken Twice, Gonzalez adds Zone Cut on Day Two of the Mizzou Invite

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Colton Merritt Swimming & Diving 11/21/2025 8:21:00 PM
COLUMBIA, Mo. (Nov. 21, 2025) – Records could only stand for mere seconds as freshmen Edward Rhoe and Jack Boysen went back-to-back while senior Alicia Gonzalez added a 1-meter zone cut on day two of the Mizzou Invite, Friday.

SWIMMING
"We continue to collect team records and PRs in Columbia with some great wins tonight," said head coach Dave Denniston.

Wyoming's winning ways continued on day two with sophomores Macey Hansen and Isaac Lee winning the 500-yard Freestyle. Hansen finished with a time of 4:44.06 in the final after entering with the top prelim finish.

For Lee, he had to fight to take the top spot after taking second in the prelims. He improved to a personal-best time of 4:22.40.

"Out 500 Free set the tone with Macey and Isaac both winning in dominant fashion," said Denniston.

"We also took down the men's 50 Free record twice with freshmen standouts Edward Rhoe and Jack Boysen."

In heat four of the 50-yard Freestyle final, Rhoe swam the fastest in Wyoming history at 19.78. He could only hold the top school spot for so long, as in the very next heat, Boysen would improve with a time of 19.58. The two freshmen now sit atop the school record book on the same day.

"The night was capped off with our women winning the 800 Free Relay with a come-from-behind finish from [junior] Tara Joyce," said Denniston.

That 800-yard Freestyle Relay was the third Wyoming win of the day, with the crew improving their time by 16.26 seconds, touching the wall at 7:15.31. Joyce truly had a come-from-behind win as the Cowgirls took first place by just 0.25 seconds following her blazing-fast split of 1:44.17.

"Every member of this team is giving all they got and it's been very contagious and fun," Denniston added. "Our parent and fan support is the loudest in the building and everyone is having a blast!"

Other notable finishes from day two were freshman Jackson Kogler's time of 47.19 in the 100-yard Backstroke for No. 2 in school history, junior Taylor Craft entering the Top 10 in the 200-yard Breaststroke at 2:15.79 and Joyce improving to second in program history in the 50-yard Backstroke with a time of 22.50.

DIVING
Senior Alicia Gonzalez led the Wyoming in the dives with her zone qualifying score of 283.60 in the 1-meter. She now holds the standards for the 1- and 3-meter boards.

"Alicia had a great finals tonight on the 1-meter," said head diving coach Mark Murdock. "It is awesome to see her competitive focus come out for finals."

Highlights in the men's 3-meter dive were sophomore Kael Kropf finishing fifth with a score of 308.20, junior Bruno Grau improving to a score of 291.80 and freshman Connor Liddle with a PR point total of 266.05.

Stay up to date with Wyoming swim and dive by following @wyo_swimdive on X and @wyo_swim_dive on Instagram.
 
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Players Mentioned

Alicia Gonzalez

Alicia Gonzalez

DIVE
Junior
Bruno Grau

Bruno Grau

DIVE
Sophomore
Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce

FREE
Sophomore
Macey Hansen

Macey Hansen

DISTANCE
Freshman
Taylor Craft

Taylor Craft

BREAST/SPRINT FREE
Sophomore
Jack Boysen

Jack Boysen

SPRINT
Freshman
Edward Rhoe

Edward Rhoe

SPRINT/FLY
Freshman
Jackson Kogler

Jackson Kogler

IM
Freshman
Connor Liddle

Connor Liddle

DIVE
Freshman
Isaac Lee

Isaac Lee

DISTANCE
Sophomore
Kael Kropf

Kael Kropf

DIVE
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Alicia Gonzalez

Alicia Gonzalez

Junior
DIVE
Bruno Grau

Bruno Grau

Sophomore
DIVE
Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce

Sophomore
FREE
Macey Hansen

Macey Hansen

Freshman
DISTANCE
Taylor Craft

Taylor Craft

Sophomore
BREAST/SPRINT FREE
Jack Boysen

Jack Boysen

Freshman
SPRINT
Edward Rhoe

Edward Rhoe

Freshman
SPRINT/FLY
Jackson Kogler

Jackson Kogler

Freshman
IM
Connor Liddle

Connor Liddle

Freshman
DIVE
Isaac Lee

Isaac Lee

Sophomore
DISTANCE
Kael Kropf

Kael Kropf

Sophomore
DIVE