'Dogs sitting sixth after day two

Thursday, February 17

College Station, TX

9 A.M. PT/4:30 P.M. PT

Fresno State

Mountain West Championships

Silvia Alessio on 3-Meter at MW Championships

Photo by: C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos

'Dogs sitting sixth after day two

2/17/2022 7:45:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

MW Championship Day Two Results

By: Travis Blanshan / Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - After two days of action, the Bulldogs check in sixth as a team at the Mountain West Championships at the Rec Center Natatorium on the campus of Texas A&M University.

The diving duo of Yuliya Tykha and Silvia Alessio had another solid day placing 10th and 11th, respectively on the 3-Meter.

Sophomore Samarah Melia clocked a season-best time of 4:52.04 in the 500 Free to place ninth and be the 'Dogs top placer in the three individual swimming events.

The evening wrapped up with the 400 medley relay team of Athena Clayson, Keren Wasserman, Julia Matney, Wiktoria Dabrowska taking sixth in a season-best time of 3:43.53.

Day three of the MW Championships get underway on Friday with the preliminaries of the 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast & 100 Back at 9 a.m. PT.

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Head Coach Jeanne Fleck
"Samarah and Darina scoring in the 500 Free was huge. Mackenzie Hutler, who has dropped over a second in the 50 Free this season which is a huge amount of time for that race, scored for us. Our divers, Yuliya and Silvia are studs, both in the top 11 and did a great job and set personal bests. Our 400 medley relay was great, that was a great time for us. Tomorrow is a big day, because we have a lot of people that did not swim their events yet so we have a lot of doubles tomorrow and get four more swims so that is exciting and they are potential point scorers."

Mountain West Championships Day Two Events (season-best times/marks in bold)
500 Free

Samarah Melia - 9th, 4:52.04
Darina Khisiamova - 16th, 5:00.09
Madison Caserio - 25th, 5:01.60
Maya Gulvady - 40th, 5:13.90
Sera Hanagan - X, 5:04.97

200 IM

Korrie Tengan - 31st, 2:07.27
Eydis Osk Kolbeinsdottir - 32nd, 2:07.87
Katie Ueda - 32nd, 2:07.87
Keren Wasserman - 37th, 2:09.48
Caitlin O'Neill - 38th, 2:09.56
Alyssa Libang - X, 2:12.62
Beth Wilson - X, 2:17.78

50 Free

Mackenzie Hutler - 19th, 23.46
Julia Matney - 25th, 23.72
Wiktoria Dabrowska - 28th, 23.77
Caylynn McEvoy - 39th, 24.44
Celeste Madrigal - X, 24.37
Sara Lucchini - X, 23.42
Athena Clayson - X, 23.54
Sammie Keith - X, 23.58
Anna Chope - X, 23.60

3-Meter Diving

Yuliya Tykha - 10th, 326.05
Silvia Alessio - 11th, 304.30
Emilie Hingray - 25th, 250.00

400 Medley Relay - 6th, 3:43.53 - Athena Clayson, Keren Wasserman, Julia Matney, Wiktoria Dabrowska

Team Scores through Day Two
1. San Diego State - 643 pts.
2. Nevada - 531 pts.
3. UNLV - 428
4. Wyoming - 387
5. Colorado State - 277
6. Fresno State - 262
7. Air Force - 239
8. San Jose State - 207
9. New Mexico - 168

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