Women Swimmers Continue MWC Dominance

PROVO -- In a match up that pinned the last two Mountain West Conference unbeaten women's swim and dive teams, the BYU Cougars came out on top of the visiting Colorado State Rams Thursday night 158.5-136.5. The Cougars improve to 5-0 in conference competition as they handed the Rams their first MWC loss of the season.

"The best thing we did tonight was win and our girls had some good races which made it all worth it," BYU coach Stan Crump. "CSU has more depth than we have seen in the conference so far this year. They came at us with numbers and because of that I am sure we will have a good re-match at the conference championships."

Natasha Menezes, Jamie Bloom, Rachel Grant and Aleesha Miller all recorded the fastest times in two races for the Cougars. Menezes dominated the distance freestyle events as she finished first in the 1000-yard free (10:19.95) and the 500 free (5:02.15). Menezes improved on her 500 free time from last week versus TCU with the finish she had against CSU.

Bloom was the first to touch the wall at both of the breaststroke distances, 200 and 100-yard. She finished one second off of her previous season best in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.71. Then to compliment that, she also finished first in the 200 breast with a time of 2:22.63.

The Cougars have found two freshman who have been able to make an impact in Grant and Miller. Miller won both the sprint freestyle distances against the Rams with times of 23.82 and 52.48 in the 50 and 100 free, respectively, while Grant has excelled in the 200 fly (2:02.01) and the 200 IM (2:05.16) as she touched the wall first in those two races in the CSU meet.

BYU also had its athletes score the highest from off the diving boards too against the Rams.

"Overall we did really well," BYU dive coach Keith Russell said. "Each diver is making improvements in where they are at in their individual skill level. It is great for our progression as we keep getting a little better with each meet."

The Cougar divers split the highest-score honors between sophomores Ava Jackman and Tawni Jones. Jackman had the highest scoring dive from the 3-meter board as she was awarded a score of 282.30, while Jones took the first-place honors on the 1-meter board with a score of 301.05 -- a new BYU season-best mark.

BYU will next be in action at Air Force on Jan. 24 at 6 p.m.

#1 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
Team			Relay	Finals Time
1		BYU-UT		A	1:46.64
Christiansen, Sara Jayne FR		Bloom, Jamie SR
Price, Angela SR		Miller, Aleesha FR
27.93		30.19		25.28		23.24
2		COLOR		A	1:49.05
Price, Michelle FR		Lynch, Nicole FR
Kennedy, Nora SO		Molzahn, Emily FR
27.99		30.58		26.18		24.30
3		BYU-UT		B	1:49.37
Roberts, Leilani JR		Stacey, Johanna SO
Grant, Rachel FR		Ferrell, Kirsty SO
28.51		30.90		25.90		24.06
4		COLOR		B	1:51.66
Meyer, Stephanie JR		Loftness, Mari Anna SO
Ratz, Mei FR		Johnson, Sam SR
28.17		31.39		27.33		24.77
5		COLOR		C	x1:54.94
O'Brien, Kelly FR		Freeman, Kim FR
Lujan, Annsley JR		Quigley, Shaelen SO
29.29		31.85		28.59		25.21
#2 Women 1000 Yard Free
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Time
1		Menezes, Natasha	 SO		BYU-UT	10:19.95
29.45		31.69		31.89		31.93
31.70		31.66		30.39		30.65
31.02		31.06		31.14		31.12
31.01		31.09		31.08		30.95
31.01		30.98		30.71		29.42
2		Gamble, Maddie	 FR		COLOR	10:26.51
29.22		31.93		31.92		32.14
32.21		32.11		32.11		31.90
31.74		31.38		31.29		31.15
30.97		31.01		31.03		30.96
30.99		30.72		30.94		30.79
3		Parks, Celes	 SR		COLOR	10:30.83
29.75		31.52		31.83		31.79
31.86		31.88		31.79		31.85
31.91		31.60		30.80		31.00
31.37		31.56		31.73		31.87
31.91		31.93		31.61		31.27
4		McCleary, Kathleen	 SO		COLOR	10:33.21
29.42		31.61		31.87		31.81
31.83		31.81		31.29		31.32
31.52		31.64		31.21		31.21
31.12		31.53		31.52		32.41
32.76		32.70		32.11		32.52
5		McHenry, Celleigh	 JR		BYU-UT	10:36.91
30.39		31.65		31.63		31.80
31.68		31.88		31.76		31.64
32.11		31.84		31.72		31.86
31.81		32.29		32.56		32.28
32.87		32.02		32.39		30.73
#3 Women 200 Yard Free
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Time
1		Roberts, Leilani	 JR		BYU-UT	1:55.30
28.06		29.80		29.06		28.38
2		Hall, Whitney	 JR		BYU-UT	1:55.97
28.26		29.84		29.32		28.55
3		Menezes, Michelle	 FR		BYU-UT	1:56.03
27.77		29.66		29.59		29.01
4		Cianci, Gisella	 SO		COLOR	1:56.22
27.92		30.07		29.16		29.07
5		Smith, Carly	 SR		BYU-UT	x1:58.56
27.83		30.10		30.23		30.40
6		Swearingen, Charlie	 FR		COLOR	2:00.41
28.10		30.87		30.50		30.94
7		Parks, Celes	 SR		COLOR	2:05.56
28.41		32.00		33.08		32.07
#4 Women 100 Yard Back
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Time
1		Christiansen, Sara Jayne	 FR		BYU-UT	58.31
28.43		29.88
2		Price, Michelle	 FR		COLOR	58.36
28.58		29.78
3		Price, Angela	 SR		BYU-UT	58.95
29.41		29.54
4		Meyer, Stephanie	 JR		COLOR	1:00.10
29.42		30.68
5		Myers, Molly	 SO		COLOR	1:02.05
30.00		32.05
6		O'Brien, Kelly	 FR		COLOR	x1:02.19
30.38		31.81
7		Crist, Samantha	 FR		BYU-UT	1:04.57
30.90		33.67
#5 Women 100 Yard Breast
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Time
1		Bloom, Jamie	 SR		BYU-UT	1:05.71
30.81		34.90
2		Lynch, Nicole	 FR		COLOR	1:06.75
31.65		35.10
3		Quigley, Shaelen	 SO		COLOR	1:07.50
32.12		35.38
4		Stacey, Johanna	 SO		BYU-UT	1:07.51
32.39		35.12
5		Loftness, Mari Anna	 SO		COLOR	1:07.86
32.59		35.27
6		Freeman, Kim	 FR		COLOR	x1:09.26
32.90		36.36
7		Marriott, Julia	 FR		BYU-UT	1:09.46
33.31		36.15
#6 Women 200 Yard Fly
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Time
1		Grant, Rachel	 FR		BYU-UT	2:02.01
28.33		30.71		31.51		31.46
2		Chan, U-Nice	 SR		BYU-UT	2:09.17
29.17		32.51		33.21		34.28
3		Lujan, Annsley	 JR		COLOR	2:10.56
29.75		32.81		33.86		34.14
4		Kennedy, Nora	 SO		COLOR	2:10.86
30.33		33.18		33.07		34.28
5		Livengood, Elise	 JR		BYU-UT	2:12.79
30.18		33.02		34.21		35.38
6		Servold, Sara	 SR		COLOR	2:13.53
29.99		33.34		34.61		35.59
#7 Women 50 Yard Free
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Time
1		Miller, Aleesha	 FR		BYU-UT	23.82
2		Ferrell, Kirsty	 SO		BYU-UT	24.66
3		Ratz, Mei	 FR		COLOR	24.89
4		Molzahn, Emily	 FR		COLOR	25.08
5		Cianci, Gisella	 SO		COLOR	25.21
6		Johnson, Sam	 SR		COLOR	x25.25
7		Crist, Samantha	 FR		BYU-UT	25.31
8		Yocom, Audra	 FR		BYU-UT	x26.07
#8 Women 1 mtr Diving
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Score
1		Jones, Tawni	 SO		BYU-UT	301.05
2		Jackman, Ava	 SO		BYU-UT	290.25
3		Hall, Elyse	 SR		COLOR	278.10
4		Knudson, Karin	 SR		COLOR	270.08
5		Woods, Emily	 SO		BYU-UT	260.98
6		Bibee, Jacqueline	 FR		COLOR	232.58
7		Swango, Cori	 FR		COLOR	x224.55
8		Chang, Kimberly	 JR		BYU-UT	x215.18
9		Bowdler, Kristie	 SR		COLOR	x213.02
#9 Women 100 Yard Free
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Time
1		Miller, Aleesha	 FR		BYU-UT	52.48
25.48		27.00
2		Roberts, Leilani	 JR		BYU-UT	53.15
26.06		27.09
3		Cianci, Gisella	 SO		COLOR	53.30
26.13		27.17
4		Ratz, Mei	 FR		COLOR	53.45
25.74		27.71
5		Muniz, Jennifer	 SO		COLOR	53.95
26.05		27.90
6		Swearingen, Charlie	 FR		COLOR	x55.43
26.90		28.53
7		Crist, Samantha	 FR		BYU-UT	55.62
26.85		28.77
#10 Women 200 Yard Back
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Time
1		Price, Michelle	 FR		COLOR	2:05.78
30.34		31.99		32.28		31.17
2		Gamble, Maddie	 FR		COLOR	2:06.35
30.46		32.05		32.31		31.53
3		Christiansen, Sara Jayne	 FR		BYU-UT	2:07.53
30.26		32.03		32.73		32.51
(#10 Women 200 Yard Back)
4		McHenry, Celleigh	 JR		BYU-UT	2:07.72
30.03		31.83		33.16		32.70
5		Hall, Whitney	 JR		BYU-UT	2:12.02
31.67		32.87		33.48		34.00
6		O'Brien, Kelly	 FR		COLOR	2:13.00
31.64		33.71		33.97		33.68
7		Myers, Molly	 SO		COLOR	x2:14.54
31.24		33.32		35.00		34.98
#11 Women 200 Yard Breast
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Time
1		Bloom, Jamie	 SR		BYU-UT	2:22.63
32.69		36.61		36.82		36.51
2		Lujan, Annsley	 JR		COLOR	2:23.43
33.52		36.64		37.01		36.26
*3		Patience, Tara	 SR		BYU-UT	2:26.13
34.08		36.85		37.31		37.89
*3		Lynch, Nicole	 FR		COLOR	2:26.13
33.61		37.19		37.53		37.80
5		Loftness, Mari Anna	 SO		COLOR	2:26.44
33.96		37.40		37.43		37.65
6		Stacey, Johanna	 SO		BYU-UT	2:26.97
33.86		37.40		38.02		37.69
7		Quigley, Shaelen	 SO		COLOR	x2:28.22
34.61		37.42		38.23		37.96
8		Marriott, Julia	 FR		BYU-UT	x2:30.42
36.36		38.34		37.41		38.31
#12 Women 500 Yard Free
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Time
1		Menezes, Natasha	 SO		BYU-UT	5:02.15
28.85		30.58		30.36		30.61
30.36		30.67		30.50		30.75
30.26		29.21
2		Menezes, Michelle	 FR		BYU-UT	5:08.03
29.48		31.20		31.32		31.60
31.45		31.38		30.48		30.50
30.94		29.68
3		McCleary, Kathleen	 SO		COLOR	5:08.83
29.54		31.47		31.25		31.26
31.15		30.99		31.14		31.20
30.94		29.89
4		Chan, U-Nice	 SR		BYU-UT	5:09.74
30.17		31.69		31.87		31.48
31.16		31.08		31.21		31.23
30.56		29.29
5		Parks, Celes	 SR		COLOR	5:10.94
29.05		31.16		31.60		31.43
31.21		31.18		31.41		31.57
31.77		30.56
6		Gamble, Maddie	 FR		COLOR	5:13.93
29.39		31.54		31.70		31.76
31.68		31.70		31.92		31.52
31.38		31.34
#13 Women 100 Yard Fly
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Time
1		Kennedy, Nora	 SO		COLOR	58.12
27.74		30.38
2		Price, Angela	 SR		BYU-UT	58.13
28.31		29.82
3		Ferrell, Kirsty	 SO		BYU-UT	58.40
27.94		30.46
4		Muniz, Jennifer	 SO		COLOR	59.58
28.19		31.39
5		Molzahn, Emily	 FR		COLOR	1:00.62
29.13		31.49
6		Livengood, Elise	 JR		BYU-UT	1:01.72
29.24		32.48
7		Servold, Sara	 SR		COLOR	x1:01.95
29.45		32.50
8		Yocom, Audra	 FR		BYU-UT	x1:04.75
30.52		34.23
#14 Women 3 mtr Diving
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Score
1		Knudson, Karin	 SR		COLOR	272.10
2		Hall, Elyse	 SR		COLOR	268.80
3		Bowdler, Kristie	 SR		COLOR	235.95
4		Swango, Cori	 FR		COLOR	x224.53
5		Bowen, Tricia	 SO		BYU-UT	222.45
6		Bibee, Jacqueline	 FR		COLOR	x211.80
7		Malmrose, Holly	 SO		BYU-UT	193.73
---		Chang, Kimberly	 JR		BYU-UT	X223.65
---		Woods, Emily	 SO		BYU-UT	X251.63
---		Jones, Tawni	 SO		BYU-UT	X281.78
---		Jackman, Ava	 SO		BYU-UT	X282.30
#15 Women 200 Yard IM
Name		Yr	 Team	Finals Time
1		Price, Michelle	 FR		COLOR	2:11.77
29.16		32.33		39.82		30.46
2		Lynch, Nicole	 FR		COLOR	2:12.91
28.88		33.71		37.93		32.39
3		Loftness, Mari Anna	 SO		COLOR	2:13.16
30.49		34.68		37.95		30.04
4		Muniz, Jennifer	 SO		COLOR	x2:14.12
28.46		34.90		39.07		31.69
---		Grant, Rachel	 FR		BYU-UT	X2:05.16
28.11		31.05		36.94		29.06
---		Christiansen, Sara Jayne	 FR		BYU-UT	X2:07.45
28.68		31.93		36.52		30.32
---		Patience, Tara	 SR		BYU-UT	X2:10.55
29.57		33.31		36.86		30.81
---		Smith, Carly	 SR		BYU-UT	X2:13.21
29.49		34.84		38.99		29.89
#16 Women 400 Yard Free Relay
Team			Relay	Finals Time
1		COLOR		A	3:36.18
Cianci, Gisella SO		Kennedy, Nora SO
Swearingen, Charlie FR		Ratz, Mei FR
26.30		54.16		26.24		54.52
25.94		55.00		24.58		52.50
2		COLOR		B	3:37.12
Parks, Celes SR		Johnson, Sam SR
Freeman, Kim FR		Molzahn, Emily FR
26.31		54.94		26.09		55.23
25.44		54.23		25.07		52.72
---		BYU-UT		A	X3:32.67
Miller, Aleesha FR		Roberts, Leilani JR
Ferrell, Kirsty SO		Menezes, Natasha SO
25.80		53.13		25.78		53.76
24.89		52.91		25.07		52.87
---		BYU-UT		B	X3:34.60
Menezes, Michelle FR		Chan, U-Nice SR
Price, Angela SR		Grant, Rachel FR
26.58		54.48		25.75		53.44
25.31		53.46		25.39		53.22