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Rams have road, home duals on successive days
FORT COLLINS  – After a week off, it's time to double down.
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Colorado State's women's swimming and diving team will take on in-state rivals on back-to-back days, going from home to road in a manner of 24 hours. The set starts Friday at Denver (2 p.m.), with the Rams returning home to host Colorado Mesa at Moby Pool on Saturday (12 p.m.).
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Well, at least the swimmers will. All the diving for both meets will be competed on Friday while at the El Pomar Natatorium. Having duals on successive days will force CSU coach Christopher Woodard to have a keen eye and an open mind.
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"Generically speaking, it's always shifting gears. You have to shift them in a 12-hour span, so you have to know a little about each meet and then be willing to be flexible, because the first meet is going to dictate the changes you make in the second meet," Woodard said. "It's unique. Both teams present challenges
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"DU has always been a fiercely contested rival of ours and its gone back and forth as of late. I expect they will put up a really aggressive front against us. Then we come back the next day against the No. 1 ranked team in Division II. Mesa and coach Mickey Wender have done a great job developing that program."
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The Rams have already seen the Pioneers once, both opening the season at the Front Range Invitational, with Denver placing one spot higher. The Pioneers are 1-1 in duals, including a loss to Washington State, a team which beat the Rams at Moby Pool. Colorado Mesa, ranked as the top women's dual team by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America in the first poll, sit at 3-4, one of those wins coming over Utah.
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Competing back-to-back days isn't unusual, but duals differ from invitationals in terms of the volume and time between. Colorado State has increased yardage in practice, with Woodard challenging the team to finish out races – and the duals themselves – stronger than they did against the Cougars.
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"These meets don't give you a lot of spacing. The challenge is I just raced, now I have 20 minutes to make sure I'm cooled down and warmed up properly to go," he said. "It's good. You have to learn to manage your time."
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Rams in the Mountain West Top 10
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2. Maya White, 1,650 free, 17:24.34
3. Tess Whineray, 100 back, 54.64
3. Tess Whineray, 200 back, 2:00.47
4. Lexie Trietley, 50 free, 23.42
4. Maisy Barbosa, 400 IM, 4:27.15
7. Maya White, 1,000 free, 10:17.01
8. Lexie Trietley, 100 free, 51.19
9. Erin Dawson, 500 free, 4:59.23
9. Erin Dawson, 200 IM, 2:05.18
9. Maya White, 400 IM, 4:30.93
10. Erin Dawson, 200 free, 1:51.67
10t. Maya White, 500 free, 5:00.93
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Colorado State's women's swimming and diving team will take on in-state rivals on back-to-back days, going from home to road in a manner of 24 hours. The set starts Friday at Denver (2 p.m.), with the Rams returning home to host Colorado Mesa at Moby Pool on Saturday (12 p.m.).
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Well, at least the swimmers will. All the diving for both meets will be competed on Friday while at the El Pomar Natatorium. Having duals on successive days will force CSU coach Christopher Woodard to have a keen eye and an open mind.
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"Generically speaking, it's always shifting gears. You have to shift them in a 12-hour span, so you have to know a little about each meet and then be willing to be flexible, because the first meet is going to dictate the changes you make in the second meet," Woodard said. "It's unique. Both teams present challenges
.
"DU has always been a fiercely contested rival of ours and its gone back and forth as of late. I expect they will put up a really aggressive front against us. Then we come back the next day against the No. 1 ranked team in Division II. Mesa and coach Mickey Wender have done a great job developing that program."
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The Rams have already seen the Pioneers once, both opening the season at the Front Range Invitational, with Denver placing one spot higher. The Pioneers are 1-1 in duals, including a loss to Washington State, a team which beat the Rams at Moby Pool. Colorado Mesa, ranked as the top women's dual team by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America in the first poll, sit at 3-4, one of those wins coming over Utah.
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Competing back-to-back days isn't unusual, but duals differ from invitationals in terms of the volume and time between. Colorado State has increased yardage in practice, with Woodard challenging the team to finish out races – and the duals themselves – stronger than they did against the Cougars.
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"These meets don't give you a lot of spacing. The challenge is I just raced, now I have 20 minutes to make sure I'm cooled down and warmed up properly to go," he said. "It's good. You have to learn to manage your time."
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Rams in the Mountain West Top 10
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2. Maya White, 1,650 free, 17:24.34
3. Tess Whineray, 100 back, 54.64
3. Tess Whineray, 200 back, 2:00.47
4. Lexie Trietley, 50 free, 23.42
4. Maisy Barbosa, 400 IM, 4:27.15
7. Maya White, 1,000 free, 10:17.01
8. Lexie Trietley, 100 free, 51.19
9. Erin Dawson, 500 free, 4:59.23
9. Erin Dawson, 200 IM, 2:05.18
9. Maya White, 400 IM, 4:30.93
10. Erin Dawson, 200 free, 1:51.67
10t. Maya White, 500 free, 5:00.93
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