Dual Results

Gunnison, Colo. (Saturday, January 9^th, 2016)-The Adams State University women's swim team traveled to Gunnison on Saturday to compete in a dual against rival squad, the Western State Colorado University Mountaineers. Coming into the meet, the Mountaineers were ranked 19^th in the nation. The Grizzlies were unable to fend off the Western swimmers as they fell 197-63.

The first event of the dual was the 200-yard medley relay that saw the Adams State A squad take second, and the B squad take fourth. The time for the A squad was 1:54. 85, only two seconds behind the home team Mountaineers.

Sydney Nelson competed for the Grizzlies in the 1000-yard freestyle where she finished fourth with her time of 12:06.25.

Kayle Mashore, Erin Henderson, and Harley Ruiz all swam in the 200-yard freestyle where they finished within one spot of each other. Mashore took fourth with a time of 2:05.64, Henderson finished in fifth with her time of 2:15.31, and Ruiz took sixth with her time of 2:24.65.

Marissa Mantzey continued on her first place streak with her time of 1:00.85 in the 100-yard backstroke. Mantzey was a full three seconds ahead of the second place time posted by Western's Hannah Meehan. Adams State's Libby Weeks also swam in this event, and finished fourth with her time of 1:09.79.

In the 100-yard backstroke, Anne Seaholm and Riley Ceglowski finished in fourth and fifth respectively. Seaholm swam a time of 1:15.91, and Ceglowski finished in 1:18.07.

Erica Norton swam in the 200-yard butterfly where she placed third with her time of 2:25.79. Sophie Martinez finished in 2:36.40, which saw her take fifth place, and Nelson placed sixth with her time of 2:41.21.

Mantzey placed second in the 50-yard freestyle with her time of 25.36, with Ruiz (28.67) finishing in fifth, and Ceglowksi (28.84) taking sixth.

Henderson was the top Grizzly in the women's 100-yard freestyle where she took fourth with her time of 1:01.38. Also representing Adams State in this event were Ruiz, who took fifth with a time of 1:04.55, and Ceglowski who took sixth with her time of 1:04.94.

Norton and Martinez competed in the 200-yard backstroke. Norton finished in third with her time of 2:17.87, and Martinez took fifth with her time of 2:31.20.

Mantzey, Mashore, Seaholm, and Weeks all competed for the Grizzlies in the 50-yard freestyle where Mantzey finished in second with a time of 25.46, Mashore took fourth with her time of 2:42.27, Seaholm took fifth with a time of 43.80, and Weeks finished in sixth with a time of 2:51.45.

Nelson was the lone Grizzly swimmer in the 500-yard freestyle where she finished in fourth place with a time of 5:57.82.

Norton notched a first place finish in the 100-yard butterfly, where her time of 1:04.05 was .85 seconds quicker than the second place time of 1:04.90 posted by the Mountaineers' Ariel Fitch. Adams State's Martinez also competed in this event where she finished in fourth place with a time of 1:05.78.

In the 200-yard individual medley, Mashore was the top Grizzly swimmer with her third place finish and time of 2:22.58. Weeks swam a time of 2:30.37 and took fifth, while Seaholm swam a time of 2:33.44 to finish in sixth.

Both of the Grizzly relay squads competed in the 200-yard freestyle race that saw Adams State finish in second place with a combined time of 1:46.49. Western State took first with a time of 1:41.49.

Next up for both of the Grizzlies' swim teams is on January 15^th-16^th, when they travel to Colorado Springs to compete at Colorado College.

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