ALAMOSA, Colo. — Adams State swimming turned in a trio of individual victories and several strong finishes Friday in its dual meet against Colorado School of Mines.

Men Events 

The Grizzly men were led by Kenny Rupp and Devin Walters, who each captured an individual event victory, while Maci Coates earned the top finish for the Adams State women.

Rupp delivered the first individual win for Adams State in the men's 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 22.14 seconds. Mohamed Abujiba added to the Grizzlies' showing in the event by tying for second at 22.68. 

Walters followed with another victory in the men's 100-yard butterfly. He finished in 53.96, narrowly beating Colorado School of Mines' Dan Berke, who touched in 54.10. Dillon Brown added a fourth-place finish for Adams State in 56.53. 

Rupp nearly added another victory in the 100-yard freestyle, placing second in 47.68, just behind Mines' Brenden Cook at 47.24. Joe Jarret-Torres finished sixth for Adams State in 51.31. 

Nathaniel Waxler paced the Grizzly men in their distance races, placing fifth in the 800-yard freestyle at 8:38.81 before taking third in the 300-yard freestyle with a time of 2:58.88. 

Adams State also earned a strong finish in the men's 200-yard medley relay. Rupp, Abujiba, Walters and Landon Brewer combined for a time of 1:37.39, finishing second. 

Women Events

Coates captured the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:14.87. Her performance also represented an improvement from her listed seed time of 1:18.19. 

Ryley Martinez provided another strong performance for the Grizzlies, taking second in the women's 50-yard freestyle in 26.13. Lisa King followed in fourth at 26.56. 

In the distance events, Eleanor Schafer led Adams State with third-place finishes in both the women's 800-yard freestyle and 300-yard freestyle. She recorded a 10:21.72 in the 800 and a 3:41.18 in the 300. 

The Grizzly women closed their portion of the meet by taking the top two scoring positions in the 500-yard freestyle relay. Martinez, Ashlyn Popham, Loralie Gallegos and Schafer combined to finish in 5:18.64, while Brenna Otteman, Clare Bonham, Kat Colson and Coates followed at 5:31.77. Mines' three relay entries competed as exhibition entries in the event. 

In the final team standings, the Adams State women finished with 397 points to Mines' 450, while the Grizzly men totaled 428.5 points against Mines' 655.5. 

Up Next

The Grizzlies compete in the  Intermountain Shootout in Grand Junction, CO Friday, October 2- Saturday October 3rd. Start time is TBA