PHOENIX, Ariz. –New Mexico State's Raina Brommer and Sheridan Decker shined bright in the diving categories on Saturday afternoon as the Aggies wrapped up their weekend on the road at Grand Canyon. The meet saw the team prevail over Cal Baptist (170-128), but fall short to Rice (207-87) and GCU (180-118).
 
"Despite the loss to GCU and Rice, we showed some character at the end of the meet," head coach Rick Pratt said. "We had many do better than yesterday and our distance swimmers were solid today.  The way we finished says a lot about our training and we're in a good place physically heading towards the rest of the season. Our divers were also great today. We have to keep getting faster and let our swimmers recover, but overall, this weekend was a good experience for our team."
 
NM State's Raina Brommer (276.95) and Sheridan Decker (234.75) placed first and second, respectively in the one-meter diving event. Grand Canyon's Mennattalah Elmidany finished third with a final score of 234.50.
 
GCU's Iryna Glavnyk, Marina McInelly, Diana Jaruseviciute and Samiha Mohsen took home first-place in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:44.39. Alicia Caldwell, Marie-Claire Schillinger, Kiley Beall and Lauren Rhodes from Rice placed second with a time of 1:46.00. Representing the Aggies in sixth-place were Eliana Beaudry, Hanna McGowan, Reagan Nentwich and Johanna Pettersson with a time of 1:49.70
 
In the 1000-yard freestyle, Claire Therien finished first for Rice with a time of 10:20.40, followed by Cal Baptist's Buse Topcu who posted a time of 10:20.81. Hanna Huston gave Rice a third-place finish with a time of 10:24.09. NM State's Katherine Harston placed sixth with a time of 10:45.83.
 
Rice's Ellery Parish (1:52.74) and Lindsay Mathys (1:54.07) captured the top-two positions in the 200-yard freestyle. Cal Baptist's Christie Halverson finished third with a time of 1:54.83. Picabo Bender out of the Aggie camp finished sixth with a time of 1:55.34.
 
Iryna Glavnyk gave Grand Canyon a first-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke when she posted a time of 57.14. Caldwell placed second with a time of 57.31, followed by Emily Longfellow from Cal Baptist with a time of 57.63. Eliana Beaudry gave the Aggies a sixth-place finish when she recorded a time of 59.52.
 
Marie-Claire Schillinger completed the 100-yard breaststroke for Rice in first-place with a time of 1:05.04. Alyssa Christianson (1:05.66) and Marina McInelly (1:05.79) placed second and third, respectively, for GCU. For NM State, Hanna McGowan finished fifth with a time of 1:06.15.
 
In the 200-yard butterfly category, Sofia Petrenko of Cal Baptist clinched first-place with a time of 2:05.38, while Grand Canyon's Estela Davis Ortiz came in second with a time of 2:05.86. Kaitlin Benjamin from Rice placed third with a time of 2:06.76. Harston recorded a time of 2:10.17, which earned her a sixth-place finish for the Aggies.
 
GCU's Jaruseviciute finished the 50-yard freestyle in first-place with a time of 23.56. Lauren Rhodes (23.93) and Jaecey Parham (24.55) finished second and third, respectively, for Rice. Makena Sutherland gave New Mexico State a fifth-place finish when she posted a time of 25.18.
 
Caldwell brought home first-place for Rice in the 100-yard freestyle category with a time 51.05. GCU's Samiha Mohsen finished second with a time of 52.32, while Rice's Rhodes finished third with a time of 52.58. P. Bender gave the Aggie camp a sixth-place finish with a time of 54.53.
 
Kaitlyn Swinney from Rice placed first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:01.44. GCU's Ortiz followed up in second with a time 2:03.35, while Parish placed third for Rice with a time of 2:03.42. Beaudry placed sixth for NM State when she recorded a time of 2:08.64.
 
In the 200-yard breaststroke class, Grand Canyon's Christianson finished in first-place with a time of 2:18.51 while Nicole Limberg out of the Rice camp placed second with a time of 2:19.29.  New Mexico State's Lauren Wood came in third-place with a posted time of 2:20.71.  
 
Cal Baptist's Buse Topcu placed first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:55.91, while Rice's Huston (5:05.57) and Kelsey Evans (5:06.13) placed second and third, respectively. P. Bender came in fifth place for the Aggies with a time of 5:09.86.
 
Jaruseviciute of Grand Canyon nabbed the top spot in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.35. Petrenko of Cal Baptist finished second with a time of 57.60, followed by Rice's Parham in third with a time of 58.09. Reagan Nentwich posted a time of 58.69, which gave the Aggies a sixth-place finish.
 
New Mexico State's Brommer captured first-place in the three-meter diving category when she tallied a score of 291.90, while teammate Decker placed second with a final score of 238.70. GCU's Elmidany finished in third-place with a score of 209.20.
 
In the 200-yard IM, Rice's Swinney (2:04.41) and Parham (2:06.88) placed first and second, respectively. Christianson (2:07.47) of GCU followed up in third-place. Wood of NM State recorded a time of 2:11.03, which was good for sixth-place.
 
In the final event of the day, Grand Canyon's team of Jaruseviciute, Ortiz, Mohsen and Roaia Mashaly finished first in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:28.29, followed by Rice's Parham, Rhodes, Caldwell and Lindsay Mathys with a time of 3:28.78. New Mexico State's P. Bender, Laporte, Sina Wegel and Johanna Pettersson placed fifth in the event with a time of 3:38.32.
 
The Aggies return to the NM State Swimming and Diving Complex as they welcome CSU-Pueblo on Jan. 13. Competition will begin at 11:30 a.m. (MT).