TUCSON, Ariz. – The New Mexico State women's swimming and diving team completed its first meet of 2018 on Friday afternoon at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center. The meet saw the team fall to Arizona, 168-122.
 
"We had some decent swims today, but overall it seemed like we left our legs on the bus," head coach Rick Pratt said. "We need to get better at facing adversity and we'll certainly need to be much better tomorrow. This meet is always challenging for us, but there were many positive things to take away from it despite the below average swims."
 
In the 200-yard medley relay, Rice captured the top spot with a time of 1:44.35. Northern Arizona followed closely in second with a time of 1:45.99. NM State recorded a time of 1:49.29 to finish in fifth-place.
 
Hannah Cox of Arizona posted the quickest time in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:02.01) with teammate Claire Lockridge coming in second (10:12.93). NAU's Monique King finished third with a time of 10:14.90. NM State's Katherine Harston closed out the event in 10th place with a time of 10:53.31.
 
Arizona's Cox (1:49.53) and Cameron McHugh (1:50.26) finished first and second, respectively in the 200-yard freestyle event. Alicia Caldwell gave Rice a third-place finish when she recorded a time of 1:50.48. Picabo Bender posted a time of 1:55.19 to give the Aggies a seventh-place finish.
 
New Mexico State's Raina Brommer tallied a score of 288.95 to finish first in the three-meter diving category. NAU's Jenny Cheetham placed second with a score of 280.05, followed by Delaney Schnell in third for Arizona with a score of 278.95.
 
In the 100-yard backstroke, Wildcat Daniela Georges completed the event in first-place with a time of 55.04, while Kaitlyn Swinney of Rice posted a time of 56.34 to finish second. NAU's Sarah O'Connor came in third-place with a time of 57.09. New Mexico State's Eliana Beaudry recorded a time of 59.13 to come in eighth-place.
 
Mallory Korenwinder posted the fastest time in the 100-yard breaststroke to secure first-place (1:03.76). Rice's Marie-Claire Schillinger (1:05.68) and Nicole Limberg (1:05.74) finished second and third, respectively. Hanna McGowan of NM State placed fifth (1:06.02) in the category.
 
Arizona's Mackenzie Rumrill and NAU's Alina Staffeldt tied for first-place in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:01.99. Mikayla Raslem out of the Wildcat camp rounded out the top-three with a time of 2:02.28. Lanie McAlpin of the Aggies posted a time of 2:11.61 to finish 12th.
 
At the conclusion of the 50-yard freestyle, Arizona's Morgan Ginnis placed first with a time 23.39. Lauren Rhodes gave Rice a second-place finish when she posted a time of 23.77, followed by Wildcat Zohar Shikler in third with a time of 23.78. New Mexico State's Makena Sutherland placed 10th with a time of 25.43.
 
Rice's Caldwell took home the top spot in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 50.96. Jamie Stone (51.13) and Ashley Sutherland (51.25) of Arizona finished second and third, respectively. P. Bender gave the Aggies a ninth-place finish when she recorded a time of 53.76.
 
In the 200-yard backstroke, McHugh gave Arizona another first-place finish with a time of 1:57.86, followed by Swinney of Rice in second with a time of 2:01.63. Georges finished third with a time of 2:03.20, while NM State's Johanna Pettersson placed sixth overall when she recorded a time of 2:09.44.
 
NAU's Tatiana Kurach placed first in the one-meter diving class with a score of 303.50, followed by Arizona's Schnell with a score of 280.85. Christina Torrente of NAU finished in third-place with a final score of 266.70. Sheridan Decker presented the Aggies with a fifth-place finish when she posted a score of 250.80.
 
Korenwinder of Arizona placed first in the 200-yard breaststroke when she recorded a time of 2:20.20. Rice's Limberg (2:21.26) and Kelsey Evans (2:22.71) finished in second and third-place, respectively. Lauren Wood out of the NM State camp concluded the event in sixth-place with a time of 2:23.65.
 
Kirsten Jacobsen closed out the 500-yard freestyle event for Arizona in first-place with a time of 4:57.36, while NAU's King came in second with a time of 4:58.78. Wildcat Jenna Bauer finished in third-place when she recorded a time of 5:01.46. P. Bender gave the Aggies an eighth-place finish when she posted a time of 5:10.83.
 
The 100-yard butterfly category saw Kiley Beall of Rice claim the top spot with a time of 57.45. NAU's Staffeldt came in second-place with a time of 57.73 followed by Brittany Bui of Rice with a time of 58.16. Reagan Nentwich of New Mexico State placed fifth when she posted a time of 58.96.
 
In the 400-yard IM category, Swinney claimed first-place for Rice with a time of 4:17.86, while teammate Hanna Huston finished in second with a time of 4:32.84. Niamh McDonagh gave NAU a third-place finish when she recorded a time of 4:34.19. Alix Knagg gave the Aggies a fifth-place finish after she posted a time of 4:44.10.
 
Rice took home first-place in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:30.06, followed by NAU with a time of 3:34.25. New Mexico State came in fourth-place with a final time of 3:38.61.
 
Next, the Aggies head to Grand Canyon where they will compete against GCU, Cal Baptist and Rice on Jan. 6. Events are slated to begin at 1 p.m. (MT) at the FR Edward J. Reese Aquatic Center.