Colorado State University Athletics
Seven Rams Amass 14 All-Mountain West Honors
2/28/2024 3:12:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Dawson picks up a trio as a double champion
FORT COLLINS  – Led by Erin Dawson's sensational performance at the Mountain West Championships in Houston, seven members of Colorado State's women's swimming and diving team earned 14 All-Mountain West honors over the course of the four days. The 14 represents the second most all-conference honors for the program in a season, with 11 performers earning 15 back at the 2009 meet.
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Competitors are named all-conference by placing in the championship final of an event.
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Dawson was named the meet's Most Outstanding Swimmer – just the third to earn the honor and the first since Haley Rowley in 2017-18, hit a laundry list of accomplishments at the meet. She became the first female in the Mountain West to win both the 500-yard freestyle and the 400 individual medley, adding a third-place finish in the 200 freestyle, a race which came directly after the 400 IM.
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She broke the school record in both the 200 and 500 freestyle, hit the NCAA B standard in both the 500 free and 400 IM, then she helped two relays break school records. She anchored the 400 free team and led off for the 800 free quad. It is her second year to be named All-Mountain West in the 400 IM, adding the 200 and 500 frees to her resume this season.
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Maya White earned All-Mountain West in the 1,650 freestyle for the third consecutive year, the 500 for the second year in a row and adds the 400 IM for the first time. She hit NCAA B cuts in the 500 and 1,650 freestyles.
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Senior captain Lucy Matheson was all-conference in the 200 butterfly for the third straight season and made it two in a row for the 100 butterfly. Lexie Trietley earned All-Mountain West for the second consecutive season in both the 50 and 100 frees.
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Three other Rams – Maggie Di Scipio, Sydney VanOvermeiren and Tess Whineray – were first-time honorees.
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Di Scipio's comes on the 1-meter springboard, setting a personal-best in the process having already qualified for NCAA Zones. VanOvermeiren, a graduate transfer, earned her recognition in the 400 IM with an NCAA B cut time. Whineray, a freshman, earned two honors in the 100 and 200 backstrokes, the latter of which she was the conference runner-up.
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Competitors are named all-conference by placing in the championship final of an event.
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Dawson was named the meet's Most Outstanding Swimmer – just the third to earn the honor and the first since Haley Rowley in 2017-18, hit a laundry list of accomplishments at the meet. She became the first female in the Mountain West to win both the 500-yard freestyle and the 400 individual medley, adding a third-place finish in the 200 freestyle, a race which came directly after the 400 IM.
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She broke the school record in both the 200 and 500 freestyle, hit the NCAA B standard in both the 500 free and 400 IM, then she helped two relays break school records. She anchored the 400 free team and led off for the 800 free quad. It is her second year to be named All-Mountain West in the 400 IM, adding the 200 and 500 frees to her resume this season.
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Maya White earned All-Mountain West in the 1,650 freestyle for the third consecutive year, the 500 for the second year in a row and adds the 400 IM for the first time. She hit NCAA B cuts in the 500 and 1,650 freestyles.
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Senior captain Lucy Matheson was all-conference in the 200 butterfly for the third straight season and made it two in a row for the 100 butterfly. Lexie Trietley earned All-Mountain West for the second consecutive season in both the 50 and 100 frees.
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Three other Rams – Maggie Di Scipio, Sydney VanOvermeiren and Tess Whineray – were first-time honorees.
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Di Scipio's comes on the 1-meter springboard, setting a personal-best in the process having already qualified for NCAA Zones. VanOvermeiren, a graduate transfer, earned her recognition in the 400 IM with an NCAA B cut time. Whineray, a freshman, earned two honors in the 100 and 200 backstrokes, the latter of which she was the conference runner-up.
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