Colorado State University Athletics
Friday, January 17
USAF Academy, CO
5 PM/11 AM
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Air Force
Rams Sweep Duals at AFA Quad Meet
1/18/2025 5:26:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Team wins seven of 10 events on closing day
AIR FORCE ACADEMY  – A lesson learned.
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After winning the first four events Friday, Colorado State's women's swimming and diving team let up a little bit the second half of the day, finding themselves trailing in one of the three duals the Rams were competing in at the Air Force Natatorium. Saturday, the Rams won the first four events again, then kept on winning as they swept the three duals with Air Force (187-166), Seattle (282-64) and New Mexico (259-94).
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"They answered the call. They knew what was at stake, and I think they rallied," CSU coach Christopher Woodard said. "Also, as coaches, we had probably made some mistakes in terms of our lineup on day one that we corrected on day two. Part of that was splitting those relays and going for a 1-2 there, and that started us off on the right foot."
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Colorado State won seven of the 10 events competed, including the starting relay. Like the prior day, the Rams had a 1-2-3 finish in a race, the 200-yard individual medley. Unlike Friday, they added more top finishes, going 1-2 in the opening relay, as well as the 50 Â and 200 freestyles and the 100 backstroke.
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Taking the top two spots in the 400 medley relay surged the Rams ahead of Air Force and the team never looked back, with the top quad of Tess Whineray, Skyler Lyon, Rylee O'Neil and Lexie Trietley touching in 3:48.96.
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Maya White started the parade of individual wins by topping the field in the 1,000 free in 10:41.03. The 200 IM surge kept the surge going as Maisy Barbosa came in at 2:07.42, just in front of Erin Dawson's 2:08.28, flipping their order from the 400 IM. Addi Wicklund made it a trio of Rams waiting at the wall with her 2:10.83.
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The Rams have been strong in the individual medley this season, a race which speaks to versatility, and hopefully, performance across the board. So strong are they, Barbosa has the top time in the conference in the 400 IM, but Dawson clipped her Friday. It's not just depth, but top-end potential.
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"I think it's more an indication of our versatility in terms of the way we train and the personnel we recruit,"Â Woodard said. "When you have versatility like that, it make dual meets a little bit easier because people can adjust, swim different events and not be afraid. It gives us strength up the middle and hopefully some punch those first two days of conference."
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Trietley made it a sweep of the sprint freestyles during the weekend with her 23.49 in the 50 free, followed by Ashlyn Hembree in 24.20. A race later, Whineray continued her control of the backstrokes by taking the 100 in 55.87; Barbosa was second in 56.86.
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The final 1-2 finish came in the 200 free as Dawson posted her second win of the meet with a 1:54.87 as Mia Axelman followed at 1:55.87. The race prior, hometown product Katie Flynn, who won her first collegiate race, won the 100 breaststroke in her final meet in the Colorado Springs area with a 1:04.96.
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The sweep moves the Rams to 4-3 in duals this season with two more remaining, both this upcoming week. The Rams travel to Northern Colorado on Friday (4 p.m.), then close with Colorado School of Mines on Saturday at Moby Arena (11 a.m.) when the program honors six seniors.
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After winning the first four events Friday, Colorado State's women's swimming and diving team let up a little bit the second half of the day, finding themselves trailing in one of the three duals the Rams were competing in at the Air Force Natatorium. Saturday, the Rams won the first four events again, then kept on winning as they swept the three duals with Air Force (187-166), Seattle (282-64) and New Mexico (259-94).
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"They answered the call. They knew what was at stake, and I think they rallied," CSU coach Christopher Woodard said. "Also, as coaches, we had probably made some mistakes in terms of our lineup on day one that we corrected on day two. Part of that was splitting those relays and going for a 1-2 there, and that started us off on the right foot."
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Colorado State won seven of the 10 events competed, including the starting relay. Like the prior day, the Rams had a 1-2-3 finish in a race, the 200-yard individual medley. Unlike Friday, they added more top finishes, going 1-2 in the opening relay, as well as the 50 Â and 200 freestyles and the 100 backstroke.
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Taking the top two spots in the 400 medley relay surged the Rams ahead of Air Force and the team never looked back, with the top quad of Tess Whineray, Skyler Lyon, Rylee O'Neil and Lexie Trietley touching in 3:48.96.
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Maya White started the parade of individual wins by topping the field in the 1,000 free in 10:41.03. The 200 IM surge kept the surge going as Maisy Barbosa came in at 2:07.42, just in front of Erin Dawson's 2:08.28, flipping their order from the 400 IM. Addi Wicklund made it a trio of Rams waiting at the wall with her 2:10.83.
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The Rams have been strong in the individual medley this season, a race which speaks to versatility, and hopefully, performance across the board. So strong are they, Barbosa has the top time in the conference in the 400 IM, but Dawson clipped her Friday. It's not just depth, but top-end potential.
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"I think it's more an indication of our versatility in terms of the way we train and the personnel we recruit,"Â Woodard said. "When you have versatility like that, it make dual meets a little bit easier because people can adjust, swim different events and not be afraid. It gives us strength up the middle and hopefully some punch those first two days of conference."
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Trietley made it a sweep of the sprint freestyles during the weekend with her 23.49 in the 50 free, followed by Ashlyn Hembree in 24.20. A race later, Whineray continued her control of the backstrokes by taking the 100 in 55.87; Barbosa was second in 56.86.
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The final 1-2 finish came in the 200 free as Dawson posted her second win of the meet with a 1:54.87 as Mia Axelman followed at 1:55.87. The race prior, hometown product Katie Flynn, who won her first collegiate race, won the 100 breaststroke in her final meet in the Colorado Springs area with a 1:04.96.
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The sweep moves the Rams to 4-3 in duals this season with two more remaining, both this upcoming week. The Rams travel to Northern Colorado on Friday (4 p.m.), then close with Colorado School of Mines on Saturday at Moby Arena (11 a.m.) when the program honors six seniors.
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