Colorado State University Athletics
Friday, November 6
Fort Collins, CO
3:00 PM
Colorado State
129.5
vs
170.5
Wyoming
11/6/2026 8:28:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Whineray, Geyer set Moby Pool records
FORT COLLINS – Early on, Christopher Woodard knew this was going to be a gut-it-out kind of weekend. That hadn't boded well for his Colorado State swimming and diving team the week prior. He just didn't feel his group put up the kind of fight necessary to win a dual, let alone beat an in-state rival.
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Friday brought in the biggest rival of them all, Wyoming, the first of two duals in as many days promising to be battles. The Rams are dealing with some lingering injuries which are keeping some out of competition, and others have had training slowed by illness. On Sunday, Kayda Geyer came down with food poisoning, spent Monday doom scrolling Tik Tok and missed practice on Tuesday.
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Woodard just added it to the list, all the while wondering if his team had taken to heart the directive from the week prior. On Wednesday, Geyer told him she was going to pull a "Michael Jordan with the flu."
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"It was night and day. I never like taking a loss, especially to a rival like Wyoming," Woodard said after dropping the dual at Moby Pool 170.5-129.5. "But one, hats off to them. They are a top-to-bottom a very strong team. But with our team, I think we focused on the task at hand, and we were having fun doing it.
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"We weren't worried about who was in the next lane or how sore or tired we are. And I think that's a hallmark. And so I think we saw it not only in the top end, but we saw more of that middle of the pack kids start to really accelerate."
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Both teams put on a show while wearing tech suits, with the Cowgirls breaking seven Moby Pool records and in a handful of events, multiple swimmers dipped below the mark. Colorado State broke three, starting with the quad of Tess Whineray, Geyer, Mavi Isman and Lauren Golden in the 200-yard medley relay. Whineray targeted the 100 backstroke record, which she beat with a 52.78, and narrowly missed her own 200 back record. Geyer would later break the record in the 200 individual medley with her 2:02.34.
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It wasn't the record she thought about breaking (she was after the breaststroke marks), but after the week she had, she was good with anything. Sometimes that means finding energy when the tank seems empty.
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"It felt better than I expected. Me and Woody were definitely joking that I was a little tapered because I got some time off in the beginning of the week," she said. "I knew I was able to kind of focus on the good part of that of being a little more rested because the past dual meets we've trained so hard throughout the week, so I was just trying to focus on the positive aspects of missing out a little bit for sure.
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"I was definitely disappointed on Sunday when I started feeling sick but just focusing on what I was able to do and resting 100% on Monday. I literally just laid in bed all day just trying to focus on getting better which I think ultimately helped me because if I was trying to balance coming back to the pool and I just let it all be in focus on the present."
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She stuck to her normal events, but a few others were bounced around to fill open gaps, which Tavia Arnell has done the past two weeks. That's included adding the 200 butterfly, an event outside of her wheelhouse for quite some time. She also took on the final two individual events on the schedule, thankfully with a 10-minute break between.
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She was not someone Woodard felt needed to hear his message, not when she's taken on the 200 fly sans complaint and posted a pair of personal bests.
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Coaches take note of those things. So do teammates.
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"Shout out to Tavia for sure. She lives in the dorm right next to mine and we have a connecting bathroom," Geyer said. "She was on my floor the other week and I was like, 'what are you swimming,' and she said 'oh, the two-fly.' I asked have you swam that at a dual meet yet and she said, 'no I haven't swum it in five years, but it should be fun.'
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"I mean their attitudes, we talked about this a little bit last week at Denver too, just having a good attitude, but Tavia for sure is one of the ones where you throw her in somewhere she'll go at it 100% no matter what."
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Whineray and Geyer each won two events, as did diver Sydney Ovesen, who continues to build off as successful freshman season. Friday, she won both the 1- and 3-meter springboards, and for the second time this season, hit Zones marks in both. Her 1-meter score of 305.45 ranks third best at Colorado State, and it's her second 300-point figure of the season.
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Her continued improvement is certainly aiding the team but so has the improvement of Juliana Dodd. Also a sophomore, her main contribution last year was on the platform (she ranks in the top 10), but she has now developed more consistency on the springboards, placing high multiple times this campaign. She placed second and third in Friday's dual.
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"I'm more comfortable and I know I'm more used to the schedule and the competitions," Dodd said. "I just have more confidence in my diving, I'd say. Over the summer, I trained with my club as much as I could, and that definitely really helped.
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"I think a lot of it was just figuring out how to not overthink each of my dives. Just having more competitions under my belt with last year and then coming into this season really helped with that, because each competition didn't feel like as much of a pedestal. It was just do what you know how."
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They dual results aren't making any of them happy, but the change in attitude is greatly appreciated. Whether it is directed at getting better or tougher, it only serves to build up the callouses necessary when the work gets hard.
Â
For Woodard, the mental approach took a sharp turn in the right direction. It was Dodd, but also Hadley Dodson, who placed in both backstrokes. He's seen it in Arnell and Gabby Hall. Mia Axelman looked strong in her sprint freestyles. The more it spreads the better.
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"I think Jules is another one where her attitude really has dictated her elevation. So her attitude is really, really good," he said. "I mean, today we were just watching her, and she was just sinking dives left and right, and that matters. So, yeah, I'm super stoked for her."
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And feeling better about a weekend he was unsure of when the week began.
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Friday brought in the biggest rival of them all, Wyoming, the first of two duals in as many days promising to be battles. The Rams are dealing with some lingering injuries which are keeping some out of competition, and others have had training slowed by illness. On Sunday, Kayda Geyer came down with food poisoning, spent Monday doom scrolling Tik Tok and missed practice on Tuesday.
Â
Woodard just added it to the list, all the while wondering if his team had taken to heart the directive from the week prior. On Wednesday, Geyer told him she was going to pull a "Michael Jordan with the flu."
Â
"It was night and day. I never like taking a loss, especially to a rival like Wyoming," Woodard said after dropping the dual at Moby Pool 170.5-129.5. "But one, hats off to them. They are a top-to-bottom a very strong team. But with our team, I think we focused on the task at hand, and we were having fun doing it.
Â
"We weren't worried about who was in the next lane or how sore or tired we are. And I think that's a hallmark. And so I think we saw it not only in the top end, but we saw more of that middle of the pack kids start to really accelerate."
Â
Both teams put on a show while wearing tech suits, with the Cowgirls breaking seven Moby Pool records and in a handful of events, multiple swimmers dipped below the mark. Colorado State broke three, starting with the quad of Tess Whineray, Geyer, Mavi Isman and Lauren Golden in the 200-yard medley relay. Whineray targeted the 100 backstroke record, which she beat with a 52.78, and narrowly missed her own 200 back record. Geyer would later break the record in the 200 individual medley with her 2:02.34.
Â
It wasn't the record she thought about breaking (she was after the breaststroke marks), but after the week she had, she was good with anything. Sometimes that means finding energy when the tank seems empty.
Â
"It felt better than I expected. Me and Woody were definitely joking that I was a little tapered because I got some time off in the beginning of the week," she said. "I knew I was able to kind of focus on the good part of that of being a little more rested because the past dual meets we've trained so hard throughout the week, so I was just trying to focus on the positive aspects of missing out a little bit for sure.
Â
"I was definitely disappointed on Sunday when I started feeling sick but just focusing on what I was able to do and resting 100% on Monday. I literally just laid in bed all day just trying to focus on getting better which I think ultimately helped me because if I was trying to balance coming back to the pool and I just let it all be in focus on the present."
Â
She stuck to her normal events, but a few others were bounced around to fill open gaps, which Tavia Arnell has done the past two weeks. That's included adding the 200 butterfly, an event outside of her wheelhouse for quite some time. She also took on the final two individual events on the schedule, thankfully with a 10-minute break between.
Â
She was not someone Woodard felt needed to hear his message, not when she's taken on the 200 fly sans complaint and posted a pair of personal bests.
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Coaches take note of those things. So do teammates.
Â
"Shout out to Tavia for sure. She lives in the dorm right next to mine and we have a connecting bathroom," Geyer said. "She was on my floor the other week and I was like, 'what are you swimming,' and she said 'oh, the two-fly.' I asked have you swam that at a dual meet yet and she said, 'no I haven't swum it in five years, but it should be fun.'
Â
"I mean their attitudes, we talked about this a little bit last week at Denver too, just having a good attitude, but Tavia for sure is one of the ones where you throw her in somewhere she'll go at it 100% no matter what."
Â
Whineray and Geyer each won two events, as did diver Sydney Ovesen, who continues to build off as successful freshman season. Friday, she won both the 1- and 3-meter springboards, and for the second time this season, hit Zones marks in both. Her 1-meter score of 305.45 ranks third best at Colorado State, and it's her second 300-point figure of the season.
Â
Her continued improvement is certainly aiding the team but so has the improvement of Juliana Dodd. Also a sophomore, her main contribution last year was on the platform (she ranks in the top 10), but she has now developed more consistency on the springboards, placing high multiple times this campaign. She placed second and third in Friday's dual.
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"I'm more comfortable and I know I'm more used to the schedule and the competitions," Dodd said. "I just have more confidence in my diving, I'd say. Over the summer, I trained with my club as much as I could, and that definitely really helped.
Â
"I think a lot of it was just figuring out how to not overthink each of my dives. Just having more competitions under my belt with last year and then coming into this season really helped with that, because each competition didn't feel like as much of a pedestal. It was just do what you know how."
Â
They dual results aren't making any of them happy, but the change in attitude is greatly appreciated. Whether it is directed at getting better or tougher, it only serves to build up the callouses necessary when the work gets hard.
Â
For Woodard, the mental approach took a sharp turn in the right direction. It was Dodd, but also Hadley Dodson, who placed in both backstrokes. He's seen it in Arnell and Gabby Hall. Mia Axelman looked strong in her sprint freestyles. The more it spreads the better.
Â
"I think Jules is another one where her attitude really has dictated her elevation. So her attitude is really, really good," he said. "I mean, today we were just watching her, and she was just sinking dives left and right, and that matters. So, yeah, I'm super stoked for her."
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And feeling better about a weekend he was unsure of when the week began.
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