Midseason Invite Presents Opportunity for Rams

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FORT COLLINS – This is a meet where a team and individuals expect to pop.

Dropping out of altitude for the first time this season, Colorado State's women's swimming and diving program is looking to take advantage of some rest and suiting up as the Rams travel to the Hawkeye Invitational on Thursday through Saturday at the CRWC University Aquatic Center at the University of Iowa.

Over the three days, the Rams are looking to drop the 'a' hooked to most of their top times, signifying altitude adjusted.

"Absolutely. I think every team in the NCAA that's in a situation where they're resting for an in-season invite, they're looking for cut times," CSU coach Christopher Woodard said. "They're looking for best performances, they're looking to get seeded well in their conference standings. We're no exception to that rule. Those are all the things we want.

"Seeing a field of a lot of competitors, a lot you don't typically see, I think it sometimes takes away the stigma of the head-to-head competitions and you're heated rivals, you're competing against some of the best in the nation."

Preliminary competition begins each day at 9 a.m. (MT), with swimming and diving finals slated for 4 p.m. There will be a link for live results. There will be one familiar team in the field – San Diego State – but the remaining teams make up mostly Big Ten, Big 12 and one SEC squad.

Colorado State has a handful of swimmers who have come out this season in the neighborhood of their top times from a season ago, an encouraging starting point. A trio of Rams – Erin Dawson, Tess Whineray and Maya White – came close to NCAA qualifying times in 2024, and all of them have their goals aimed at reaching those marks.

The midseason invitational is a chance to put their names into consideration early and build up for a strong finish at the conference meet. Currently, White ranks 33^rd nationally in he 1,650-yard freestyle, Whineray 61^st in the 200 backstroke. What Woodard said they should all be aiming for is "aggressive NCAA B cuts."

He said reaching those standards will not be about chasing times, but executing a plan which involves tempo, power and underwater performance.

"We haven't been really out of altitude yet. We haven't been shaved. We've only suited once," Woodard said. "Now you have some rest heading into a three-day format where you have breaks between your events. Meets like this are very much about performance. It's great if our team does well overall, but it's about individual performances and setting up the greater whole for Mountain West Championships."

Rams in the Mountain West Top 10

1. Tess Whineray, 200 back, 1:57.12
2. Lexie Trietley, 50 free, 23.21
2. Maya White, 1,650 free, 17:14.34
3. Lexie Trietley, 100 free, 50.50
3. Erin Dawson, 500 free, 4:54.59
3. Maya White, 1,000 free, 10:10.43
3. Tess Whineray, 100 back, 54.36
4. Maisy Barbosa, 200 IM, 2:03.61
4. Maisy Barbosa, 400 IM, 4:27.15
5. Rylee O'Neil, 200 fly, 2:03.89
6. Erin Dawson, 200 free, 1:49.91
8. Maisy Barbosa, 500 free, 4:58.27
8. Erin Dawson, 200 IM, 2:04.46
9. Maisy Barbosa, 100 back, 56.09
10. Maya White, 500 free, 4:58.59
10. Emily Chorpening, 1,650 free, 18:01.79
10. Skyler Lyon, 100 breast, 1:03.70

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