Air Force Wraps Up MW Swim and Dive Championships
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Air Force concluded conference championship action, Saturday afternoon at the Rec Center on the Campus of Texas A&M. San Diego State won the 2022 Mountain West Swimming and Diving Championships, scoring 1,541.5 total points. The Aztecs’ will bring the hardware back to San Diego for the third time in the last four years.
Nevada finished second on the leaderboard with 1,277.5 points. UNLV was third with 1,249 points and Wyoming fourth, scoring 888.5 points. Colorado State came in fifth with 760 points, followed by Fresno State (691.5), Air Force (678), San José State (597.5) and New Mexico (378.5).
Saturday’s midday competition set up the Falcons for a fast final session. On the platform, diver Grace Treanor nailed her dives in the Consolation Final for a fantastic 12th place finish. Her personal best score of 230.8 qualifies her for NCAA Zones.
The milers came out strong with two new additions to the Air Force Top-10 list to put points on the board. Katie Kucik pushed a 17:01.46 to place 11th and grab the six spot on the AF list. Lauren Arnold’s 17:04.55 got her on the board in 12th place and she jumped to eighth all-time in the Top-10.
The backstrokers raced tough in the 200. Building on morning swims that reorganized the Top-10 list, Corrine Yorkman, Corbyn Cormack, Ella Martin, and Allana Clarke placed seventh, thirteenth, sixteenth, and twenty-third, respectively. With swims done for the day, Yorkman (2:00.16) enters the Top-10 list fourth; Cormack (2:01.16) is sixth; and Martin (2:01.73) is tenth.
The sprinters all looked speedy in finals. Abby Turner dropped half a second from prelims to post a 50.69 for tenth place, with Sefilina Maile close behind in 14th place. Kara Galvin added to the team score with a 24th place finish.
Kimmy Woolfenden swam a new lifetime best in the 200 Breast (2:15.95) to place twelfth and move up to number four on the AF Top Ten list. Senior Evelyn Johnson finished 21st in her final swim as a Falcon. Her points in the 200 tonight added to her 24th place performance in the 100 Breast on Friday.
Three Falcons placed in the 200 fly. Darien Tompkins finished 14th with Alex Clark a touch behind for 15th. Shayla Markle posted a 2:03.94 to finish twentieth and clinched the ten spot on the AF Top-10 list.
Air Force closed out the night with the 400 free relay. A strong seventh place finish in the relay helped The Falcons close out the meet seventh in the conference. The swimmers resume competition at the CSCAA invite and divers at NCAA Zones.
SDSU, which has now won the title six times overall, set a championship record with its 1,541.5 total points, surpassing its own record set in 2020 (1,463.5).