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Saturday, November 8
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11/8/2025 1:16:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Divers Di Scipio, Lee hit Zones cuts
MOSCOW, Idaho  – Less than 24 hours after finishing one meet, they started another.
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A bit tired, Colorado State's women's swimming and diving team trailed at the first break in its dual with Idaho. Then came the surge as the Rams worked their way back into the win column with a 125-112 decision.
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After winning just one individual event in the first part (the 50-yard freestyle by Lexie Trietley), Colorado State won four consecutive races, including a 1-2-3 sweep in the 100 backstroke where Tess Whineray not only won, but lowered her third-ranked time in school history to 52.97. She was the second Ram to crack the program's top 10 during the weekend, as freshman Margo Hauser did so the night before in the 1000 freestyle against Washington State.
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"It's kind of becoming our thing. I think obviously we need to figure out the front end of our lineup a little bit more and not put ourselves in such a deficit, but it's good that we can count on those events and those people," CSU coach Christopher Woodard said. "We always say it's not always a linear progression. We understand and, you know, the hard part as a coach is sometimes you have to balance your impatience with also wanting to get results early. But this was encouraging, I think, not just from a team standpoint, but to see some of those second and third positions really start to develop, especially among our first years."
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The meet was dialed back a bit as the Rams hit the water for a second day. There were no 200s in the strokes (breast, fly, back), and the individual medley was cut back to a 100. The two distance freestyles were still part of the card, with Erin Dawson's victory in the 500 free the fourth win for the team in the run. Included in the string was the first collegiate victory by freshman Evie Munz in the 100 butterfly with a 55.04, with teammate Azalea Shepherd touching second.
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Trietley added to the run with her time of 50.17 in the 100 free. She anchored the 200 medley relay, which opened the day with a win, a quad which included Whineray, Munz and Claire Wright.
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The team had some good vibes from the night prior, with the divers competing on Friday while the swimmers were at Washington State. Maggie Di Scipio and Riley Lee both posted NCAA Zones-qualifying scores on different boards. It is the third consecutive season for the senior Di Scipio, the first cut for the sophomore Lee. Both finished second, with Di Scipio scoring 271.05 on the 1-meter springboard, Lee going 282.98 on 3-meter.
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Lee had a debut season of building, scoring on all three boards at the Mountain West Championships. Di Scipio did the same, but she did so in a season where she battled a shoulder injury which only progressed, forcing her to not compete at Zones. For both to hit the scores on the same night brought joy from different directions.
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"Definitely two different perspectives. Having that zone cut for the first time is always a big deal and comes with a lot of joy and excitement," CSU diving coach Seth O'Dea said. "It kind of just backs up what we've been doing consistently on a daily basis in practice. And it's a little bit of a relief too because everyone has that capability. We're able to do those dives well enough to get those scores in practice. And then the difference in this meet was just kind of letting it be a little bit more like practice and getting those dives off a little bit easier.
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"And on the other side of things, fighting to get that zone cut for the third year ... It was just proving that we're continuing to make progress, coming back from an injury and doing some good stuff on a daily basis is paying off."
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Colorado State will have a bit of time off before closing out the first half of the season at the Phill Hansel Invitational at Houston on Nov. 19-21.
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A bit tired, Colorado State's women's swimming and diving team trailed at the first break in its dual with Idaho. Then came the surge as the Rams worked their way back into the win column with a 125-112 decision.
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After winning just one individual event in the first part (the 50-yard freestyle by Lexie Trietley), Colorado State won four consecutive races, including a 1-2-3 sweep in the 100 backstroke where Tess Whineray not only won, but lowered her third-ranked time in school history to 52.97. She was the second Ram to crack the program's top 10 during the weekend, as freshman Margo Hauser did so the night before in the 1000 freestyle against Washington State.
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"It's kind of becoming our thing. I think obviously we need to figure out the front end of our lineup a little bit more and not put ourselves in such a deficit, but it's good that we can count on those events and those people," CSU coach Christopher Woodard said. "We always say it's not always a linear progression. We understand and, you know, the hard part as a coach is sometimes you have to balance your impatience with also wanting to get results early. But this was encouraging, I think, not just from a team standpoint, but to see some of those second and third positions really start to develop, especially among our first years."
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The meet was dialed back a bit as the Rams hit the water for a second day. There were no 200s in the strokes (breast, fly, back), and the individual medley was cut back to a 100. The two distance freestyles were still part of the card, with Erin Dawson's victory in the 500 free the fourth win for the team in the run. Included in the string was the first collegiate victory by freshman Evie Munz in the 100 butterfly with a 55.04, with teammate Azalea Shepherd touching second.
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Trietley added to the run with her time of 50.17 in the 100 free. She anchored the 200 medley relay, which opened the day with a win, a quad which included Whineray, Munz and Claire Wright.
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The team had some good vibes from the night prior, with the divers competing on Friday while the swimmers were at Washington State. Maggie Di Scipio and Riley Lee both posted NCAA Zones-qualifying scores on different boards. It is the third consecutive season for the senior Di Scipio, the first cut for the sophomore Lee. Both finished second, with Di Scipio scoring 271.05 on the 1-meter springboard, Lee going 282.98 on 3-meter.
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Lee had a debut season of building, scoring on all three boards at the Mountain West Championships. Di Scipio did the same, but she did so in a season where she battled a shoulder injury which only progressed, forcing her to not compete at Zones. For both to hit the scores on the same night brought joy from different directions.
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"Definitely two different perspectives. Having that zone cut for the first time is always a big deal and comes with a lot of joy and excitement," CSU diving coach Seth O'Dea said. "It kind of just backs up what we've been doing consistently on a daily basis in practice. And it's a little bit of a relief too because everyone has that capability. We're able to do those dives well enough to get those scores in practice. And then the difference in this meet was just kind of letting it be a little bit more like practice and getting those dives off a little bit easier.
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"And on the other side of things, fighting to get that zone cut for the third year ... It was just proving that we're continuing to make progress, coming back from an injury and doing some good stuff on a daily basis is paying off."
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Colorado State will have a bit of time off before closing out the first half of the season at the Phill Hansel Invitational at Houston on Nov. 19-21.
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